Category: HUB News

  • Red Bank community to join together for Night Out Against Crime

    Police aim to foster community outreach BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Superintendent Laura C. Morana, Mayor Pasquale Menna, Sen. Jennifer Beck and Police Chief Steven McCarthy announce a series of community events planned for Red Bank’s Night Out Against Crime. KIMBERLY STEINBERG RED BANK — Borough officials last week announced collaborative plans for a series…

  • Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at Monmouth Park June 5-6

    OCEANPORT — More than three dozen jazz and blues artists and their bands will performSaturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6, at the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport. Music legends John Pizzarelli and Smokin’ Joe Kubek featuring Bnois King will headline the two-day event as 19 different bands…

  • Environmental groups oppose power plant

    PurGen official says plant would be clean, safe BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local environmental groups are trying to block a proposal for a power plant that would include a 100-mile-long underwater pipeline transporting pressurized liquid carbon dioxide around Sandy Hook, through Raritan Bay and along the coast of New Jersey. Led by the New…

  • LunchMusic series at Riverside Gardens Park

    RED BANK — Beginning June 2, LunchMusic, a free series of concerts, will take place at Riverside Gardens Park on West Front Street in downtown Red Bank every Wednesday in June from noon to 2 p.m. In addition, many Red Bank restaurants and eateries will be offering lunch specials packed to go so they can…

  • Fair Haven hears plan for small-scale senior homes

    Boro Council will hire planner to study proposal BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — After hearing a proposal to create an overlay zone in the borough that would permit construction of age-restricted homes in the area of the borough located between Hance Road and Colonial Court, the Borough Council decided at its May 24…

  • Chess exhibition to benefit YMCA

    The Monmouth Chess School and Club will host Dr. Edward Allen, U. S. Chess Federation National Master, Life Master and two-time New Jersey State chess champion, to give a 20-board simultaneous exhibition starting at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 6. The event will take place at The Community YMCA Children’s Cultural Center, 51 Monmouth St.…

  • StreetLife: Music on the streets in Red Bank

    RED BANK — The sidewalks of Red Bank will be alive with music and entertainment on Saturday nights throughout the summer as Red Bank RiverCenter presents StreetLife. The series of free, outdoor summer performances is now in its 10th year. StreetLife takes place throughout the downtown every Saturday night beginning June 5 and running through…

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    Pictured at the recent Swimming River Discoveries Art Gala are Red Bank Councilman Ed Zipprich, Red Bank Borough School Superintendent Dr. Laura Morana, foundation members Kathleen Panepinto of Red Bank and Elysia Tan, of Fair Haven. The Swimming River Discoveries Art Gala featured a show and sale of art curated by Susan Berke, of Red…

  • Boro & school district partner on summer camp program

    Program will offer enrichment and recreation BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Children enrolled in Red Bank’s summer camp this season will experience action packed days filled with a combination of enrichment classes, including creative writing, mathematical problem solving, world languages, art, music, technology and sports. Schools Superintendent Laura C. Morana touted the new and improved…