Category: HUB News
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Remediation ongoing for fort environmental sites
BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent TINTON FALLS — As part of the preparation for the federal government to turn over the Fort Monmouth property after it closes in 2011, the Fort Monmouth Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) heard presentations from two ecological remediation groups at a recent meeting. Daniel Duh, an ecological risk assessor for Shaw Environmental,…
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Bridge worker rescued
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A man working on the Highlands Bridge replacement project fell into the Shrewsbury River Thursday after suffering a seizure, according to Highlands Police Chief Joseph Blewett. Demolition of the Highlands Bridge, which connects the boroughs of Sea Bright and Highlands, began this past summer after much opposition…
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Sounding the shofar
ERIC SUCAR staff Contestants do their best to win the First Annual Shofar Blowing Contest held at Congregation Beth Shalom in Red Bank on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
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Local schools enlisted for Holiday Hunger Challenge
TINTON FALLS — Tinton Falls Middle School, Swimming River School and the Mahala F. Atchison School in Tinton Falls have joined together with 47 other area schools in the 2008 Holiday Hunger Challenge, a program of the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. The FoodBank has challenged all elementary, intermediate and high schools, public and…
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All Shore Band prepares for 50th anniversary season
The All Shore Intermediate Band Directors’ Association (ASIBDA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this school year with a very special concert. The band, established in 1958, comprises the finest elementary and middle school musicians in Monmouth and Ocean counties, who are chosen by audition. This year the band will be conducted by one of its…
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Kiwanis pancake breakfast to support young readers
RED BANK — The Kiwanis Club of Greater Red Bank will hold its legendary pancake breakfast Oct. 19 to support the Shrewsbury Borough School summer “Readers Are Leaders” program. The breakfast will be held in the new Shrewsbury firehouse on Route 35 on Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. The cost is $6 for adults…
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Burglar who targeted females sentenced
FREEHOLD — Mauro Vasquez-Galvan, 27, of Red Bank, was sentenced to eight years in prison Oct. 3, on burglary and invasion of privacy charges. The sentence handed down by state Superior Court Judge Paul F. Chaiet calls for a four-year period of parole ineligibility, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.…
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Local landmarks seek historic register listing
Count Basie, First Presbyterian in Rumson nominated BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff The Rev. Shannon Vance-Ocampo, associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Rumson, explains the biblical scenes depicted in the stained-glass windows of the church, which has been nominated for listing on the national and state registers of historic places. The…
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Fire expo
Above and top right: Red Bank firefighter Bruce MacDonald puts out a grease fire in an oven during a demonstration at the Red Bank Fire Prevention Expo on Oct. 12. Right: Colin McSorley holds his ears to block out noise while he and Patrick McSorley watch a demonstration of an extrication during the expo held…
