Category: HUB News

  • Regional Board of Ed. proposes $26.3M budget

    Spending plan calls for hike of less than 1 percent BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Taxpayers in the Red Bank Regional High School District will vote on a proposed $26,398,453 budget, up less than 1 percent from last year. If approved by taxpayers, the 2009-10 spending plan, approved unanimously by the district’s…

  • Four candidates seek three seats on BOE

    Three incumbents, newcomer seek terms RED BANK — Four candidates are running for three seats on the Red Bank Public School District Board of Education (BOE). Incumbents Ann Roseman, Toni Brown and Carrie Ludwikowski and newcomer Grace Costa are seeking the three three-year terms on the board that are up for election. Roseman said she…

  • Lyme disease run/walk to be held May 17

    LONG BRANCH — The 2nd annual Spotlight on Lyme, a 5K run and walk designed to raise funds for and awareness of Lyme disease, will take place on Sunday, May 17 at Pier Village in Long Branch. The proceeds from this fun filled, family oriented event will be used to fund the research and education…

  • Proposal would give Earle housing to vets

    Plan will be presented to public April 18 BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — A proposal to designate 300 units at Naval Weapons Station Earle for use by senior and disabled veterans will be presented to the public on April 18. The concept for the housing units slated to be privatized at the…

  • O’port natives win songwriting award

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff A children’s song written by brothers Daniel and Michael Flannery has won a grand prize in a songwriting contest. OCEANPORT — Two former Oceanport residents have realized their dream of making it big in the booming children’s music field. A tune written by Daniel Flannery and his…

  • District proposes $14.9M Shore Regional H.S. budget

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Taxpayers in the Shore Regional High School district are being asked to vote on a proposed $14.9 million spending plan that, if approved, would result in tax increases in three of the district’s four sending towns. The 2009-10 budget, which was approved unanimously by the district’s Board of Education (BOE)…

  • COA celebrates Earth Day with Beach Sweeps

    Thousands of volunteers will gather at more than 60 sites along the New Jersey coast for Clean Ocean Action’s (COA) 24th annual Spring Beach Sweeps on Saturday, April 25. The largest grassroots environmental event in the state, the COA Beach Sweeps will take place 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Since it began in 1985, more…

  • After 50 yrs., Beth Shalom is ‘cool’

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro RED BANK — Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro has a mission and that is to make religious services, in his words, “cool.” “Most people think of the church or synagogue as old and boring, and I’m trying to make it a place where you go to feel comfortable, a…

  • Second annual river sweep cleanup

    CHRIS KELLY staff This riverfront lot at the foot of Maple Avenue has been preserved as open space. RED BANK — A group of local residents has formed the Friends of Maple Ave. and is collaborating with other community groups to preserve and maintain a small piece of waterfront property at the foot of Maple…