Category: HUB News
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R.B. council proposes zoning change for YMCA expansion
Appeal made after Zoning Board denied application BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — The Borough Council has introduced a zoning change that would make it possible for the Community YMCA to expand its facility on Maple Avenue. The ordinance introduced at the Feb. 22 meeting is in response to pleas from CYMCA officials…
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Students to perform in a children’s opera
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Members of the school community at the Vincent S. Mastro Montessori Academy have spent the past few months immersed in learning about a foreign culture and preparing to tell a folk tale in the form of a children’s opera. On Friday, current students and recent alumni of…
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Free trees available to celebrate Arbor Day
The New Jersey Tree Foundation is offering free 2-year-old trees (1 to 2 feet tall) to celebrate Arbor Day 2010 in New Jersey. Schools, local governments, tree groups, nonprofit organizations, Scout groups, and any volunteer organization may apply for the free trees. All planting must occur on public lands, be done by volunteers and maintained…
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The Arc hosts Job Shadow Day for students
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Work Opportunity Center (WOC) in Long Branch hosted a group of high school students for a day of exploring career options recently. Above: Monmouth Regional High School students tour the Work Opportunity Center (WOC) in Long Branch during a Job Shadow Day at the facility on Feb. 9. Below:…
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Donated shoes will help Haitian earthquake victims
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough officials, schools and businesses are working in tandem to help the people of Haiti by collecting much-needed gently used shoes A drive is being coordinated in conjunction with the nonprofit international organization Soles4Souls, Councilman Michael DuPont with the Borough Council’s Education and Technology Committee, borough schools…
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‘Gypsy’
Abbey Reinhardt rehearses the role of June for The Shore Players production of the musical “Gypsy,” which will be performed at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch March 4-6. GALIPO
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Artist Michelle Chen, of Holmdel, works on a pastel rendering of the vibrant orchids in the greenhouse at Sickles Market in Little Silver on Feb. 21 during the market’s annual Artist Days. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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R.B. district would lose $700K under gov’s plan
School enrollment projected to increase by 10 percent BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Public School District would begin the 2010-11 school year with a $700K deficit if Gov. Chris Christie goes through with a plan to cut $1.6 billion in state aid to school districts across New Jersey. According to Superintendent…
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Sea Bright to issue resident parking permits
Eleven streets will have reserved spaces BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer An ordinance introduced during the Feb. 16 Sea Bright Borough Council meeting would establish an annual residential on-street permit parking program in the downtown district. The ordinance, if approved at the council’s March 2 meeting, would allow for 11 streets in the borough to…
