Category: HUB News

  • BOE president slams senior housing conversion

    Planning Board to hear application Jan. 27 BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — An application for a 300-unit housing development is set to be heard by the Planning Board later this month and has school officials worried about having to build a new school. The applicant, Rose Glen at Tinton Falls, is scheduled…

  • Tinton Falls Library welcomes new director

    TINTON FALLS — The borough’s public library celebrated the retirement of one library director and the arrival of a new director at the beginning of the New Year. Rosemary Tunnicliffe retired at the end of December after a career at the library that spanned two decades. The Borough Council recognized Tunnicliffe’s contributions to the library…

  • Cinderella’s Closet hosts Prom Fashion Showcase

    Cinderella’s Closet of Monmouth County will host its third annual Prom Fashion Showcase from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, at PNC Reception Center in Holmdel. Fashions will be provided by Diane and Company of Freehold, Men’s Wearhouse, Tuxedo Court, Manalapan. The fashion show will feature models from local high schools, including Christian Brothers Academy…

  • RBR dance majors present winter concert

    LITTLE SILVER — The Red Bank Regional (RBR) Dance Ensemble will present the winter concert “Colors: A Winter Dance Concert” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, at the Red Bank Regional High School Theater, 101 Ridge Road. An encore performance will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30. Tickets will be $5…

  • NOTES

    The Shrewsbury Chorale will hold open rehearsals for its March performance of Haydn’s “The Creation,” 7:45 p.m. Jan. 19 at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft section of Middletown. Call 732-776-5276. ***** Family Resource Assoc Inc. & TECHConnection, Shrewsbury, will hold a clothing drive in the Shrewsbury area Jan. 28…

  • Red Bank’s ‘crown jewel’ now national landmark

    Count Basie Theatre added to National Register of Historic Places BY KIMBERLEY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Count Basie Theatre occupies a special place in the Red Bank community, and now its provenance has been recognized on the national level. The Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank Chief Executive Officer Numa Saisselin announced that the National Park…

  • Polar plungers

    Participants brave the frigid weather and dash toward the ocean at the start of the fourth annual Polar Bear Plunge held at the Sea Bright public beach on Jan. 10. More than 300 people took a dip in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the annual ritual hosted by the Ancient Order of…

  • Open space tax cut one vote away

    Public hearing, vote set for Jan. 19 meeting BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Borough officials continued to be split on acceptance of a referendum that would cut the borough’s open space tax rate from 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to 2.25 cents. The Borough Council introduced an ordinance by a…

  • Vietnam center to host educational film screening

    HOLMDEL — The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a film screening and discussion of “The Camden 28” at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16. The film and discussion led by director Anthony Giacchino, of Astoria, N.Y., will focus on the group of 28 individuals who placed themselves at risk of arrest and…