Category: HUB News
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Feb. events at Red Bank Library
RED BANK — Acoustic Saturdays, presented by the Adult Department of the Red Bank Public Library, continues on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. The event is the second in a series of acoustic music programs to be presented on the last Saturday of each month through May, featuring New Jersey musicians, singers…
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Tuskegee Airman a guest at historic inauguration
Elmer ‘Ace’ Godwin witnesses President Obama take oath BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer Above: Mignon Williams and her father Elmer Godwin are bundled up against the severe cold at the Jan. 20 inauguration. Left: Williams (l-r), Gen. William M. Fraser III and Godwin at a reception for Tuskegee Airmen at Bolling Air Force Base in…
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ABC backs boro on Best Liquors’ license
Neighbors complained store attracted problems BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer RED BANK — The Borough Council’s revocation of Best Liquors’ license has been affirmed by the director of the state’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), according to a press release from the borough. According to the release, Jerry Fischer, director of the ABC, affirmed…
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School gym dedicated to beloved principal
Don Merce Athletic Center honors Markham Place educator BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Above: The gymnasium at Markham Place School was standing room only during the dedication ceremony for the Don Merce Athletic Center on Jan. 23. Below: Student Council President Nolan Mendoza’s emotions show during the dedication for the athletic center,…
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Red Bank signs on for county services
Boro can share services, opt into commodity resale BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer RED BANK — Monmouth County is reaching out to municipalities to promote shared services and commodity resale, spurred by the economic downturn. The Red Bank Borough Council unanimously passed two resolutions supporting the municipal assistance/shared service and commodity resale agreements with the…
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Two named to Red Bank school board
Terms run until April school board elections BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer SHARON LEFF Toni Brown (l) and Carrie Ludwikowski take their oaths as members of the Red Bank Public School District Board of Education. RED BANK — Carrie Ludwikowski and Toni Brown were appointed and sworn in to the Red Bank Public School District…
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Shrewsbury Quakers hold ongoing food drive
SHREWSBURY — As America enters 2009 and the grimmest economic outlook in decades, Quakers at the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, Religious Society Friends, have resolved to do what they can to help those in need, and they invite people in the surrounding communities to do the same. The Shrewsbury Quakers have launched an ongoing monthly food…
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NOAA: Dolphins may have returned to ocean
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A group of dolphins first spotted in June may have left the Shrewsbury River and entered open ocean, according to a statement from the National Oceanic AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA). “In recent days, we’ve spoken with one eyewitness who was with a group of people when he saw multiple…
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Delivery of library trailer imminent
Trailer will not expand library space BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent TINTON FALLS — Rosemary Tunnicliffe remains “cautiously optimistic,” even as plans to move a trailer from the site of the municipal complex to the borough’s public library by the end of the month are being discussed. “I am hoping it’ll be done by the end…
