Category: HUB News

  • Library lion artist to speak

    “Wild Imaginings’ sits outside the Eastern Branch library. SHREWSBURY — Enjoy an evening of images and true-life adventure stories told by sculptor Bart Walter, creator of the lion sculpture that greets visitors at the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch. The Maryland artist who created the “Wild Imaginings” sculpture will give a lecture enriched with visuals…

  • Red Bank zones for affordable housing

    Councilwoman protests that multifamily sites are mainly on west side BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council adopted an ordinance Sept. 28, approving a new overlay zone for multiunit residential development and redevelopment in an effort to resolve issues with the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). The ordinance was passed by…

  • Oct. programs at Red Bank Library

    RED BANK — October offerings for adults at the Red Bank Public Library run the gamut from cultural heritage to music to photography. On Thursday, Oct. 8, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the Red Bank Public Library will host speakers from the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold, in a slide talk on “The…

  • Walk to support efforts to Bring Sean Home

    LONG BRANCH — The Bring Sean Home community will hold a walkathon and fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pier Village in Long Branch to benefit The David & Sean Fund. The Bring Sean Home Walkathon and Fundraiser will help defray expenses related to the abduction of Sean Goldman to Brazil and his repatriation to…

  • Effort under way to fund local residence for elderly

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A Red Bank resident who has been affiliated with the Workmen’s Circle since birth will lead the effort to raise money for the construction of a Jewish elder home in Freehold Township. According to a press release, Seena Stein, principal of Newmark Knight Frank’s office in New Jersey, said her lifetime commitment…

  • NPS, developer agree on choice of arbitrator

    Consultant will review decision to cancel Fort Hancock lease BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — Rumson developer James Wassel and the National Park Service (NPS) have agreed on an arbitrator to determine if the park service’s decision last month to cancel the 60-year lease awarded to Wassel to restore and commercially develop buildings in historic…

  • Visit local green building sites Oct. 3

    The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) invites the public to visit local sustainable buildings across New Jersey to talk with energy-saving experts during the 2009 Green Buildings Open House on Saturday, Oct. 3. NESEA’s Green Buildings Open House, part of the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour, is an opportunity to learn first-hand how…

  • Math time is fun time in R.B. schools

    New curriculums stress real-life applications BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough schoolchildren began this school year with a revised mathematics curriculum that utilizes creative and innovative methods, according to district officials. Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction John Bombardiere explained the new program titled Everyday Mathematics (EM) at the primary school at a…

  • Library to hold open house Oct. 17

    The Red Bank Public Library will host an open house 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17. The schedule of events includes library tours, honing library skills such as researching, and library card registration, which will take place all day. Avice Noblett Children’s Room programs will include Drop-in Story Times at 11 a.m.…