Category: HUB News

  • Help end violence against women in Darfur

    MIDDLETOWN — The Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College invites the community to join on the evening of Feb. 11 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. to press for an end to violence against Darfur women. The free event will be held in the Warner Student Life Center, Navesink rooms I…

  • Learning about differences

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from above: Third-graders Colin Marshall (l-r), Isabella Arege, Dominic Mozino and Charlotte Cochrane experience vision impairment at one of the stations set up for Different Learning Abilities Day on Jan. 29 at Point Road School in Little Silver, with exercises designed to teach tolerance and understanding of people with…

  • Frank Talk Bistro slates black history programs

    RED BANK — Frank Talk Art Bistro and Books, 163 Shrewsbury Ave., has announced upcoming offerings, including events marking Black History Month in February. On Jan. 28, author Phillip Thomas Duck will begin a workshop series, “The Writer in You.” Duck established himself in the young teen market with the book “Dirty Jersey” in which…

  • Eco summit: Survival tips during the downturn

    Rents, parking in Red Bank among issues raised BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer The need for more parking as well as a cooperative relationship between tenants and landlords were among the topics discussed at the Red Bank Economic Summit Jan. 27. ERIC SUCAR staff The Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank hosted the Red Bank…

  • Holy Cross kitchen tour

    RUMSON — The Holy Cross School PTA announced its winter fundraiser, the Hearth and Home Kitchen Tour, will take place on Friday, Feb. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature nine different homes in Rumson and Locust. Collaborating with the ongong yearlong celebration of the 125th anniversary of Holy Cross Parish, the…

  • Advocates: ‘We want to protect our ocean’

    Pallone says LNG proposal is wrong energy policy BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Ocean advocates used a public hearing on a proposal to build an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to rally opposition to a project they have dubbed “Insanity Island.” “Just remember, everyone, that the corporations whose projects, products and byproducts can result…

  • Students participate in YMCA Model U.N.

    Community YMCA delegation honored at conference Students from Red Bank Catholic High School participate in the YMCA Model United Nations Conference in Hershey, Pa. RED BANK — The Community YMCA’s Model United Nations delegation, consisting of students from local schools, were recognized at the annual YMCA Model United Nations Conference held Jan. 9-11 in Hershey,…

  • Activist chronicles fight for equal pay

    Obama signs Lilly Ledbetter bill into law BY Lori Anne Oliwa Correspondent Lilly Ledbetter, standing against a backdrop of the Capitol Building, waged a 10-year battle to secure the right to equal pay for equal work for women. She is the face of equality, her story personifying the struggle of generations of women in their…

  • NOTES

    Students of The Jersey Shore Chinese School, Holmdel, performed for the Rumson Country Day School student body Jan. 26 in celebration of Chinese New Year. The Chinese school’s drum ensemble and a dance group performed two dances, a Tibetan Dance and a Comb Dance. The Lion Dance elicited giggles and shrieks from the younger students…