Category: HUB News

  • T.F. budget looks to offset state aid cut

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Borough officials found out last week that state aid to the borough would be cut by $44,000, but are determined not to raise taxes and to find a way to offset the decrease. The total municipal budget proposed is $21,843,286, a 4.10 percent increase over last year’s…

  • Transition fair shows students a bright future

    Special needs students learn about college, careers BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer The Middletown Public School District held a transition fair last week to highlight career paths open to students with special needs and to help raise their expectations for the future. CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Paul Panicali speaks with Kim Bratnik, Beachwood, who is…

  • Children’s programs at Red Bank Library

    The Talking Hands Puppet Theatre presents “The Princess Who Escaped from Pirates” on Friday, April 3, 3:30-4:30 p.m. In this adventure story, it’s the princess who slays the dragon and saves the prince. Along the way, you’ll meet a hilarious band of pirates who end up in the water after a belly-bumping contest with the…

  • Teen Arts Festival

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top: Devin Lane, Keyport High School, takes part in an art workshop during the Teen Arts Festival held at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft on March 20. Mater Dei High School seniors Maria Basile (l-r), Nicole Murphy and Alyson Osborn admire the work they created in a workshop…

  • Contest to name waterfront lot

    RED BANK — The borough’s schoolchildren will have the chance to name a reclaimed parcel of waterfront land at the foot of Maple Avenue. Councilwoman Juanita Lewis, a former Board of Education member, suggested letting the children of Red Bank name the park as a way to include them in the process of creating the…

  • Magicians of basketball

    ERIC SUCAR staff The Harlem Globetrotters put on an exhibition before a large crowd at the Robert Collins Arena, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, March 17. Clockwise from top left: Bear Butler, Special K Daley (center), Tiny Lawrence (center), Special K Daley and Scooter Christensen

  • Garden club hosts Art and Garden Tour

    RED BANK — The Navesink Garden Club is sponsoring an Art and Garden Tour of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Museum on Friday, May 15. The day will include a 90-minute guided tour of the gardens, a gourmet lunch in the Steinhardt Conservatory and a guided tour of the Brooklyn Museum American Collection.…

  • Learn about butterflies at Audubon mtg. April 8

    RED BANK — Jeffrey Glassberg, renowned butterfly expert and author, will present “Exotic Beauty: The Butterflies, Landscapes and People of Mexico” at the Monmouth County Audubon Society meeting on Wednesday, April 8. The meeting will be held at the Trinity Episcopal Church on White Street. The public is welcome; admission is free. Glassberg is considered…

  • Sea Bright officials tour Oceanport court

    Boros explore sharing municipal court facility BY SUSANNE MORELLI Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Borough officials recently paid a visit to neighboring Oceanport to attend a meeting and tour municipal court facilities as it explores a proposal to consider sharing court space. Councilwoman Dina G. Long read a memo on the visit on behalf of…