Category: HUB News

  • NOTES

    Joyce Diamond and Brooks Von Arx, both Rumson, dance the tango at a milonga (social dance) that was hosted by Red Bank Tango at Buona Sera restaurant in Red Bank on Feb. 4. The Woman’s Club of Little Silver recently sent more than $2,000 worth of international telephone cards for use by wounded troops in…

  • Students help launch Kids Change Hunger

    FoodBank: Every $1 provides three meals BY SUSANNE MORELLI Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Students listen to a speaker during the launch of the Kids Change Hunger program at Ranney School in Tinton Falls on Feb. 11. When Ashleigh Conroy planned a community service project to fight hunger, she didn’t expect to team…

  • Focus on South Asian mental health issues

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer South Asians affected by mental illness now have a broader support system in Central Jersey. South Asian Mental Health Awareness in Jersey (SAMHAJ) seeks to improve the lives of South Asian immigrants in the state who are affected by mental illness by providing support, education and advocacy for individuals and…

  • ‘Read-in Chain’

    Clockwise from top: Josiah Evans, 5, a student at West Side Christian Academy in Red Bank, gets help from Learn to Read instructor Jedisiah Velazquez during the International African American Read-In Chain on Feb. 2. Akin Gaddis, 9, listens as 12th District Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon reads during the Read-In Chain held at the school, which…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Eldrina Corrales (second from left) plays the violin in the Red Bank Middle School Orchestra during an interdistrict String Festival featuring student musicians from Shrewsbury, Little Silver and Red Bank schools held at Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver on Feb. 6.

  • NOTES

    The film “Wattstax,” about the evolution of black culture, will be shown 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at Frank Talk Art Bistro & Books, 163 Shrewsbury Ave., Red Bank. A discussion will follow the free film. For more information, call 732-747-2572. ***** Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank will host its annual Marriage Enrichment Weekend Feb.…

  • O’port looks at sharing services

    Boro mulls joining with Sea Bright, W. Long Branch BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Oceanport is looking into shared services agreements with neighboring towns including shared court facilities, public works and police dispatch. At the Feb. 5 regular meeting, the Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution to apply for a grant to fund a study…

  • Prown seeks progress on community center

    Committee opts for Boys & Girls Club to operate facility BY SHARON LEFF Correspondent Community activist David Prown pressed the Red Bank Borough Council about the apparent lack of progress on starting a community center at the Jan. 26 meeting. Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna said the community center issue would be placed on the…

  • ‘A Winter Dance Concert’

    Dance students at the Visual and Performing Arts Academy of Red Bank Regional High School perform in an eclectic program drawing on a wide range of dance styles including classical ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop to Irish step dance and more during “A Winter Dance Concert” held at the Little Silver school on Jan. 30. PHOTOS…