Category: HUB News
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Emergency drill a multi-agency exercise
TINTON FALLS — On Oct. 2, the onslaught of pandemic influenza (PI) hit Monmouth County, this time at the American Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter offices on West Park Avenue in Tinton Falls. Through an ongoing exercise program, the Monmouth County regional health officers and the Monmouth County Health Department continue to develop and refine…
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Tapping nature as a classroom
Education foundation sets out to maximize school grounds BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer RED BANK — Plans to adapt the nature preserve that is the site of the Red Bank Primary School into an ecological classroom are being revived. According to Superintendent Laura Morana, the Red Bank Education Foundation has been re-established by the Board…
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Tours, Hallow-Marine at Hook during October
Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, will be the scene of several fall programs this month. The New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge Weekend will be held 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 18, and 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 19. The Sandy Hook Light is one of 11 New Jersey lighthouses included in the tour sponsored by the N.J.…
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Children’s nature play is focus of conference
Child Care Resources will hold its sixth Early Childhood Conference, “Leave No Child Indoors: Nature in the Lives of Young Children,” in the Student Life Center of Brookdale Community College, Route 520, Lincroft, on Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Student Life Center is near parking lots 6 and 7. There is…
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SEAN BRADY Joey Laughinghouse plays a bowls a ‘ghostly’ game during Fair Haven’s annual Harvest Festival held at Knollwood School on Saturday.
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Musical notes
FRANK GALIPO David Emerson and Stacy Roth provided Colonial-style century entertainment at the Allen House on Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury on Saturday, Oct. 4. The Monmouth County Historical Association fundraiser featured period entertainment, food and drinks.
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Boro looks at cost of community center
RFPs will provide info on funding boro youth center BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer The Count Basie Learning Center building may become a community center. Red Bank is accepting requests for proposals (RFPs) from nonprofits or others interested in managing a community center in Red Bank after Mayor Pasquale Menna gave the go-ahead at the…
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Unaccredited degrees at heart of hearing
Proposed legislation targets tuition reimbursement and raises to school personnel BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Fleecing the system by obtaining additional compensation or tuition reimbursement as a result of attending unaccredited institutions will no longer be an option for school district administrators if a bill in the state Legislature is eventually signed into law. On…
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Vets clinic to remain after fort closes
Burry: New building likely to replace current clinic BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent Lillian Burry Although Fort Monmouth is due to close in 2011, the VA clinic located on the fort grounds will continue to provide medical services to more than 10,000 veterans and military retirees. Freeholder Director Lillian Burry, the county’s representative on the Fort…
