Category: HUB News
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Council: Plastic bag ban bad for business
Many cite economic challenges for local businesses BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer RED BANK — The recessionary financial climate has claimed another casualty: Red Bank’s proposed ban on plastic shopping bags. Citing the need to protect businesses in these challenging economic times, Borough Council members did not second a motion to vote on the long-discussed…
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O’port council supports adoptees’ rights bill
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent OCEANPORT — The Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution that supports passage of a bill in the state Legislature that would give adopted people access to information about their birth parents. The resolution supports the language of the proposed bill, which would provide adoptees access to the “adopted person’s original birth…
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Fair Haven councilman resigns
Gilmour cites job demands, family responsibilities BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent Thomas Gilmour FAIR HAVEN — Leaving behind a legacy of having helped to make the borough’s first cell phone tower a reality, Councilman Thomas Gilmour will officially step down from the Borough Council as of Dec. 31. Gilmour has served on the council for nine…
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Please pass the turkey!
The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is in great need of food donations for the upcoming holidays. Because of the economic downturn, passing the turkey this year will be a struggle for many families. The FoodBank will serve an estimated 10,000 families with all the ingredients for a holiday meal this Thanksgiving and holiday…
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Focus on choices in Red Ribbon programs
First Aid Squad member Tony Pellegrino helps a kindergarten student listen to her heart beat. SHREWSBURY — The Shrewsbury Community Alliance for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse presented a week’s worth of activities to help students at Shrewsbury Borough School learn the anti-drug and alcohol message of national Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon…
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‘Where be these enemies?’
Above: Dennis Chambers (l-r) and David Strbo duel during a rehearsal for Red Bank Regional Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” on Nov. 14. Right: Mercutio, played by Matt Dubrow (center), curses Romeo, played by Tim Patten, during the rehearsal of William Shakespeare’s play about the star-crossed lovers. CHRIS KELLY staff
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Historic Four Corners Lantern Tour Dec. 5 & 6
A guide dressed in period costume lights a lantern before leading visitors on the Historic Four Corners Lantern Tour. SHREWSBURY — The rich history and vibrant traditions of the historic Four Corners of Shrewsbury will be brought together with a holiday bazaar and lantern tour of historic sites Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6,…
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Autopsy results awaited in drowning
SEA BRIGHT — The State Police Dive Team recovered the body of a drowned man in the Shrewsbury River on Nov. 10, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. First Assistant Prosecutor Peter Warshaw said the drowning victim was Fred J. Strom Jr., 46, of Highlands. Strom was reported missing Friday, Nov. 7, and was…
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SPCA celebrates new thrift shop opening
Shop is major source of funds for animal shelter BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) reopened its new thrift store on Wall Street in Eatontown on Nov. 14. EATONTOWN — It was worth the wait, and officials at the Monmouth County Society for the…
