Category: HUB News
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YMCA Healthy Hearts Day promotes heart health
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Community YMCA hosted its fourth annual Healthy Hearts Day on Feb. 21 and welcomed back member James Booth, whose appearance helped underscore the event’s focus on preventing heart disease and stroke, the biggest health risks among men and women. Booth was revived by YMCA employees on Dec. 24 after…
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Foundation will expand rec programs in Little Silver
Donations sought for Rec Rack fundraiser March 6 BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — The recently formed Little Silver Recreation Foundation (LSRF), a nonprofit created to broaden and enhance recreational opportunities for Little Silver residents, is planning its first fundraiser. “Our first fundraising event is a ‘Rec Rack,’ where people will drop off…
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Nelson Riddle ‘Studio Sessions’ March 5 & 6
On March 5 and 6, Tim McLoone’s Supper Club in Asbury Park will host a second concert of the music of Nelson Riddle, the iconic band leader and musical genius whose arrangements helped define an era. “The Nelson Riddle Show: Studio Sessions” will set the mood for the audience to revisit the original studio arrangements…
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Hoops for Haiti a success at RFH
capacity crowd fills the RFH gym during a benefit for the Haitian relief effort. RUMSON — A Hoops for Haiti basketball game held at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School on Jan. 30 raised close to $4,000 for the relief effort. Spirits were high, with every seat taken in the gym bleachers, and the game was…
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Keith McHeffey fun run March 14
The KDM Foundation will sponsor the ninth annual Keith McHeffey 3 Mile Fun Run, which kicks off at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 14. Registration begins at 10 a.m. but because of a large turnout, preregistration is recommended by visiting www.raceforum.com/kdm/. The Mad Hatter, located just steps from the finish line at 10 Ocean Ave.…
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O’port council vexed over fort authority
Public forum, withdrawal from reuse plan on the table BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Borough officials last week bounced around concerns about the redevelopment of Fort Monmouth and discussed options such as holding a town hallstyle meeting or even withdrawing support for the fort reuse plan. Their concerns center on legislation that would…
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Meridian Health: A great place to work
RED BANK — Meridian Health, the county’s largest employer, has been recognized as one of the best companies to work for in the nation. The health care provider based in Wall can now be counted among the corporate elite, ranking 79th on Fortune magazine’s 13th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. Meridian Health…
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Back by popular demand: ‘Dine Downtown’
RED BANK — Red Bank RiverCenter is once again sponsoring “Dine Downtown,” a restaurant promotion during the month of March that caters to all tastes and budgets. Every Tuesday and Wednesday evening in March, 20 Red Bank restaurants will be offering special prix fixe menus, which include an appetizer, entrée and dessert, ranging in price…
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NJ Transit director seeks public input
Hearing will be held in Manalapan NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein has announced that the statewide transit agency is aggressively confronting current and future budget shortfalls that have arisen due to the severe national recession and the state’s $2.2 billion currentyear budget gap, and $11 billion 2011 budget gap. In a press release,Weinstein called…
