Category: HUB News

  • TriCity Arts Tour returns May 15-17

    There’s no question that eastern Monmouth County — Asbury Park, Long Branch and Red Bank — is a cultural hub where great art is created and celebrated in events like the TriCity Arts Tour. Last year’s TriCity Arts Tour drew crowds to more than 100 featured events. This year, on May 15, 16 and 17,…

  • Community YMCA launches ‘Feel Good Fridays’ series

    RED BANK — The Community YMCA Red Bank Family Health and Fitness Center, 166 Maple Ave., Red Bank, has introduced “Feel Good Fridays,” a series of events to help relieve stress and improve health and wellbeing during these difficult economic times. The series, which will run through May 8, is in recognition of the Y’s…

  • Find out what’s in the school budget

    RED BANK — Borough School Superintendent Laura Morana will discuss the school district’s 2009-10 budget at The Westside Community Group meeting on Wednesday, April 8, at 7 p.m. Attendees will also have an opportunity to meet and greet the candidates for the Red Bank Board of Education. Taxpayers will vote on the board vacancies and…

  • 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…

  • Fort panel waits for feds’ approval

    New authority to be formed to implement fort reuse BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Area residents and officials are still waiting to learn whether or not the federal government has accepted the Fort Monmouth reuse plan. The plan, which was submitted to the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…

  • Church’s predicament leads to DEP rule change

    Agency changes rules for grants for oil leak remediation LITTLE SILVER — A big problem at a small church on Little Silver Point Road has had a far-reaching impact, causing the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to change its policy regarding the awarding of grant money for environmental remediation. The change was brought about…

  • A hero’s visit

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Petrillo talks about his experiences in Iraq to a group of second-graders during a visit to his alma mater, Wolf Hill School in Oceanport, on March 26. Petrillo visited with pupils, including his 8-year-old cousin, Collin McElroy, answering questions and talking about his tour in…

  • NOTES

    Preschoolers at Luther Memorial Preschool in Tinton Falls collected pajamas and books during the month of February to benefit the Pajama Program in Middletown. Their parents were invited to choose a heart from the giving board and then the family shopped together for a child who was similar in age. The numerous items collected will…

  • Variety is the spice of N.J. film festival

    Asbury Park venues will host screenings April 2-5 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Dim the lights, grab a seat and enjoy the talented work of some New Jersey filmmakers during the seventh annual Garden State Film Festival. The film festival will take place April 2-5 in Asbury Park and feature an array of films, dinners…