Category: HUB News
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jazmin Graham, left to right, Abby Matthews, Joe Ferguson and Nick Polis — members of the jazz band at Red Bank Regional Visual and Performing Arts Academy — prepare to perform for schoolmates on March 13 as part of a concert series planned during Music in Our School Month, which highlights…
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Red Bank police lauded by mayor
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Red Bank Patrolman Stanley Balmer introduces Mayor Pasquale Menna to the Police Department’s newest member, Hunter, a 20-month-old Belgian Malinois. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF RED BANK — Several members of the Police Department — including one with fur and a tail — were recognized at a recent Borough Council meeting for the…
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State acquires land for waterfront park
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The state has acquired a 1-acre site on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright that is slated to become a waterfront park. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin announced March 9 that the agency’s Green Acres program purchased the site of the former Anchorage Apartments on Ocean Avenue. The…
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Buyer & Cellar
TOP PICK George Street Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have announced that New Jersey native John Tartaglia — from the original Broadway cast of “Avenue Q,” “Sesame Street,” and “Johnny and the Sprites” — will appear in New Brunswick as the sole cast member of “Buyer & Cellar,” the fourth production of the New…
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Red Bank delays vote on pay stations
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer A plan to install parking pay stations on several Red Bank streets has been put on hold as residents and business owners question whether such a move is necessary. The Borough Council was scheduled to vote March 11 on whether to install 11 pay stations, dispersed throughout Monmouth Street and…
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A winning speech
PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 401 Andrew Murphy, right, who was sponsored by American Legion Post 346 in Neptune as Monmouth County’s candidate for the New Jersey American Legion District Oratorical Contest, placed first in the judges’ scoring for the contest and will now compete in the state finals on March 21 in Trenton.…
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– Concert to celebrate 50th anniversary RED BANK — The Monmouth Symphony will host a celebration of the Monmouth Conservatory of Music’s 50th anniversary at 3 p.m. March 22 at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Led by Music Director Roy Gussman, the Monmouth Symphony will present the world premiere of a…
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MATT DENTON Michael Montague and his friend Massimo Bottino take to the air while sledding on a snow-covered hill at Wolf Hill Recreation Area in Oceanport on March 6. For more photos, see page 6.
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Municipal budget nears $25M in Tinton Falls
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Municipal taxes would increase for residents this year if Tinton Falls’s $24.9 million budget is adopted. “There is an increase. The residential taxpayer with an average residential assessment of $322,000 will see their municipal taxes increase by $48 a year,” Finance Director Thomas Fallon said after the Borough Council introduced…