Category: HUB News

  • Community center vision becomes a reality in R.B.

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The new Red Bank community center will offer more than programs for borough youth; it will give them a chance for a better future, according to community activist David Prown. Prown has been working with at-risk children in Red Bank for years, running a youth program for 50 to 60…

  • Breathing new life into vintage buildings

    County preservation grants give local restorations a boost BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer About two-dozen historic preservation projects, including the restoration of the Van- Mater Barn in Holmdel and the Little Red Schoolhouse in Middletown, will be able to move forward as a result of grants from the Monmouth County Historical Commission. Church of…

  • Study to look at school consolidation

    Focus on merging districts, creating K-12 districts BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Local superintendents say they will await the results of a study that will look at whether consolidating some school districts would provide educational benefits for their districts. The study is a proposal by Monmouth County Executive Superintendent of Schools Carole Knopp Morris, who…

  • Monmouth Regional BOE proposes leaner budget

    Tax levy cut by $200K from previous year BY KEN WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Monmouth Regional High School District Board of Education is proposing a $25,388,429 school budget for the 2009-10 school year. The budget represents a $418,463 decrease from last year’s budget of $25,806,892. As proposed, the budget calls for a…

  • Palm Sunday

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from left: Sean Newsome, Little Silver, participates in the Holy Cross Church Palm Procession on April 5. The Rev. Michael Manning walks in the procession, which began in Sea Bright and ended at the church in Rumson. An altar server carries a cross in the procession, a tradition that…

  • Open house at Christian Science Reading Room

    RED BANK — The Christian Science Reading Room in Red Bank at 22 Monmouth St. will join other reading rooms around the world for an International Open House from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 16-19. The community is invited to visit and learn what these rooms have to offer. People of all faiths, backgrounds…

  • FAMILY FITNESS – Advertorial

    by Gloria Averbuch Advertorial FAMILY FITNESS The family that plays together, gets fit together. Working out as a unit-including everything from casual family activities to sports and exercise-is an excellent, proven vehicle for practicing healthy habits and developing social and emotional bonds. Particularly in relation to children, research has shown that the number one influence…

  • MRHS asbestos removal to begin in summer

    Officials say asbestos presents no danger BY KEN WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Monmouth Regional High School will begin the process of removing asbestos from a portion of the building this summer. According to Monmouth Regional Business Administrator Maria Anne Parry and Superintendent James Cleary, the asbestos is harmless and does not necessarily need…

  • Boro may use county for public health services

    Move from regional health commission a cost-saving step RED BANK — The borough is poised to switch its public health services contract to the Monmouth County Board of Health as a costcutting measure that would save up to $80,000 this year, according to Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels. A special meeting of the Red Bank Board…