Category: HUB News
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Boro’s West Side Christian Academy holds read-in
RED BANK — For the sixth consecutive year since the school’s founding, the West Side Christian Academy in Red Bank will participate in the International African American Read-In Chain. The free Red Bank event will take place on Monday, Feb. 2, 9:30 a.m.-noon and 1 -3 p.m., at the Calvary Baptist Church, 23 River St.,…
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R.B. looks at ways to tighten belt
Finance committee proposes cuts, hiring freeze BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council’s finance committee is recommending budget cuts, a hiring freeze and a spending freeze because of the current economic downturn. Councilman Michael DuPont, chair of the finance committee, made the committee’s recommendation at the Jan. 12 council meeting. “The estimated…
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COA call to action against LNG island
Public meeting on proposal set for Jan. 27 in Eatontown BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer JAMIE ROMM Signs displayed at the press conference carry slogans used by opponents of the LNG proposal Clean Ocean Action (COA) continued its fight last week to block a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility from being built within miles…
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New shop provides art, book haven
Frank Talk Art Bistro & Books strives for open discussions BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Bistro tables, artwork and books create a cultural haven at Frank Talk in Red Bank. The new venture is located in a storefront on Shrewsbury Avenue on the borough’s west side. Gilda Rogers wants to…
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Housing corp. ready to seek funding
Education program will ready buyers to apply for mortgages BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer The Red Bank Affordable Housing Corp. will begin looking for funding and will also begin an education initiative for prospective homeowners in a planned affordable housing development. According to the Rev. Terrence Porter, president of the Red Bank Affordable Housing Corp.,…
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Chief: Land-line phone needed for Code Red
Police and DPW cited for rescue of stranded deer BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent OCEANPORT — Sometimes the old is better than the new and when an emergency situation occurs in the borough, this can be the case, Police Chief Harold Sutton told the Borough Council at the Dec. 18 meeting. Referring to the Code Red…
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Transit village status on table for R.B.
Zipprich, Lewis sworn in to all-Dem Boro Council BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer Atransit village designation by the state could boost Red Bank’s downtown area and create new retail opportunities during a fiscally challenging period, Mayor Pasquale Menna said last week. “In difficult financial circumstances and a market that is completely dead in its tracks…
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YMCAs to host 20th annual MLK memorial breakfast
The Community YMCA, Red Bank, and the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, Freehold, will host the 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 19. The annual celebration of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held 8-10 a.m. at Branches, 123 Monmouth Road, West Long Branch.…
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GOP takes control in Sea Bright
Republicans vote against mayor on attny., prosecutor BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer The Republicans, now in control of the Sea Bright Borough Council, voted against the mayor’s appointments for borough attorney and borough prosecutor at the Jan. 3 reorganization meeting. New council members Read Murphy and James LoBiondo III, both Republicans, were sworn in to…
