Category: HUB News
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Morana to Christie: Pre-K is closing achievement gap
R.B. schools chief tries to head off potential budget cuts BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Red Bank School Superintendent Laura C. Morana isn’t waiting for Gov.-elect Chris Christie to take office and begin making funding cuts, possibly to programs like the school district’s highly successful preschool. With news surfacing of a larger-thananticipated state budget deficit,…
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Hands-on fun
Clockwise from top: Kyqyam Martin does finger exercises during a drama and puppetry program at the Red Bank Primary School Nov. 19. Yaril Ortiz limbers up her arms and hands as part of the program, which was presented to students by the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank. Morgan Eckert, of the Two River…
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Puppets, crafts at R.B. Library
RED BANK — The Avice Noblett Children’s Room of the Red Bank Public Library will offer programs including a puppet show during December. Paper Moon Puppet Theatre will present “Punch & Judy & the Three Little Lambs” 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30. Come and meet clever characters Punch, Judy, Toby, their dog, three clever lambs…
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Get out the vote for Middle School video
A video created by Red Bank Middle School students is once again a finalist in an international competition. During the past two years, RBMS entries have made it to the finals in eInstruction’s Interactive Classroom Makeover contest. This year, Chris Ippolito’s students are competing for $30,000 in instructional technology from eInstruction. Middle school students wrote,…
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Sea Bright beaches hard hit by nor’easter
County OEM to meet with FEMA BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Sea Bright officials are estimating that damage from the recent nor’easter, which caused major beach erosion, leveled sand dunes and destroyed beach grass, amounts to several million dollars. "We’re hoping for federal funding. The damages are in the millions. "Some of our dunes…
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VNA extends community-based services to North Jersey
Central Jersey VNA partners with Newark nonprofit BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Judith Stanley Coleman, chairwoman of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, and VNACJ Chief Operating Officer Ashley Wharton flank Monsignor William J. Linder, founder and CEO of the New Community Corp., and Donnett Brown, executive director of Essex Valley VNA. RED BANK…
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Friendly rivalry
From top: Faculty member Emily Louis bumps a ball into play during Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s annual Senior- Faculty Volleyball game on Nov. 18. Faculty member Jess Olshefski sets the ball in front of the net. Dave Robbins watches his spike soar past his teachers. Proceeds from the game, An RFH tradition, are donated…
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Ordinance provides $1M for public works
Council introduces funding for capital improvements BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Borough Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance appropriating $1,095,000 for various public works equipment at the Nov. 10 meeting. Public Works Director John N. Bucciero said the funds would make it possible to replace some trucks that are no…
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Swimming River Discoveries cites student logo designer
Red Bank Middle School Art Department Chairwoman Kathy Doherty and sixth-grader Maitte Avila, who holds her logo design. RED BANK — Swimming River Discoveries, a project of the Red Bank Borough Education Foundation (RBBEF), honored Red Bank Middle School sixthgrader Maitte Avila at a recent school-wide assembly for creating the drawing selected for the project’s…
