Category: HUB News
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County pushes for win in light bulb switch
With less than two weeks to go, Monmouth County remains in second place behind North Carolina’s Durham County in the number of residents who have vowed to replace their standard incandescent light bulbs with new energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs. According to a press release from the county, if Monmouth County surges these last two weeks and…
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Dylan Anderson, Tinton Falls, helps clear plastic bags and other debris from the falls area of the Pine Brook during a Nov. 16 cleanup sponsored by the Navesink Swimming River Group. CHRIS KELLY staff
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CHRIS KELLY staff Peter Maclearie, Tinton Falls mayor, adds another tire to the pile during a cleanup of the falls area of the Pine Brook by the Navesink Swimming River Group on Nov. 16.
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Cards may be sent to troops
Serving members of the military and their families was the first mission of the American Red Cross more than 125 years ago, and it remains a core part of the Red Cross service to the armed forces mission today. For the second year in a row, the Red Cross is partnering with Pitney Bowes to…
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Boys & Girls Club may run R.B. center
Recommendation needs approval of council, lease BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council’s Community Center Committee is recommending that the Boys & Girls Club of Asbury Park manage the planned center after its request for proposal showed it would be at no cost to the borough. The former Count Basie Learning Center…
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N.J. youths can get help via expanded hotline
New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families has helped 180 Turning Lives Around extend its 2NDFLOOR Youth Helpline to all children in the state. The 2NDFLOOR Youth Helpline is part of Gov. Jon Corzine’s “Strategy for Safe Streets and Neighborhoods” and is funded in part by the Department of Children and Families, according to a…
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Plan to relocate boro hall stirs controversy
Council mulls purchase of Church Street building BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer Angry Church Street residents voiced their opposition last week to Sea Bright’s plan to purchase a commercial building on their street for use as the new borough hall. Sea Bright’s plan to buy this building on Church Street to house municipal offices is…
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Parents fight for vaccination choice
Conscientious objection option sought in New Jersey BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Alex, 7, and mom MaryTara Wurmser, of Brick Township, rallied for vaccination choice at the statehouse in Trenton Oct. 16. When the hundreds of protesters in front of the statehouse Oct. 16 applauded a speaker, 7-year-old Alex Wurmser started screaming. Alex,…
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Students step up to make a difference
Winners of the 2008 Holiday Hunger Challenge to be announced Dec. 1 BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Students throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties are doing their part this holiday season to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Students from the Seashore School in Long Branch drop…
