Category: HUB News
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Fort towns are back at table
Proposal to consolidate some services resulted in rift BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Oceanport has rejoined the Fort Monmouth Emergency Services Advisory Committee (ESAC) after a hiatus spurred by a report calling for the absorption of its police and court operations by neighboring Eatontown. Officials from Oceanport have been absent from ESAC meetings…
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Recycle caps for clean ocean, beaches
SANDY HOOK — The Wolfe family of Fair Haven has jump-started a new environmental program aimed at keeping plastic lids from littering the ocean and beaches. Casey, 12, and James, 9, have introduced Clean Ocean Action’s (COA) “Flip Lids for the Ocean” contest to their schoolmates, resulting in the collection of more than 75,000 plastic…
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‘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.
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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Sea Bright submits plans for court offices
Rec center expansion will bring boro into compliance with state regs BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Borough officials have submitted plans and a timeline detailing how the borough will renovate municipal court offices to bring the workspace into compliance with state regulations. In October, Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson told the borough…
