Category: HUB News
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Adopt a Pet
Noah & Jenny Names Breed rabbits Age five years Color gray & tan/black Sex male & female Description cute dwarfs; spayed & neutered; gentle; friendly; get along well together; allow you to pet them Adoption fees: Adult dogs – $100; puppies up to 4 months – $140; adult cats – $60, or two for $90;…
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Members of Not Your Ordinary Dance Team perform outside Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank on May 4 during the kickoff for Paint the Town Pink, a weeklong breast cancer awareness event. SEAN BRADY
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O’Scanlon: Legislature looks to cut budget by $1B
Fort closing probe, DEP changes topics of luncheon address BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – District 12 Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon was the keynote speaker at the county’s Fifth Wednesday Squire’s Luncheon April 30. O’Scanlon was a last-minute replacement for scheduled speaker state Sen. Jennifer Beck (D-12), who was called out of town…
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Wilkins resigns as R.B. middle school principal
Supervisor of world languages to serve as interim BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Red Bank Middle School Principal Terrance Wilkins resigned his position May 1 after he was arraigned on charges that he arranged to have his leased vehicle set on fire in 2006. Wilkins, who has held the position of principal at the middle…
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Paint the Town Pink
Clockwise from top: Red Bank artist Pinky draws a portrait of Colette Gagliano,Middletown, during theMay 4 kickoff for Paint the Town Pink, a breast cancer awareness event held in Red Bank.Ashley Stiles, 12, Oakhurst, comes bouncing down an inflatable slide during the celebration, which was spearheaded by Riverview Medical Center. The “pink” theme was carried…
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Partnership seeks to stem fort brain drain
State, Army team to keep skilled workers in N.J. BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TRENTON- According to current estimates, more than half of the 5,000 civilian employees at Fort Monmouth will be looking for jobs after the fort closes in 2011. Projections by the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) and planners EDAW estimate…
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Residents get into the budget-trimming act
Many say 7-cent tax rate increase is too high BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Residents unleashed their growing concerns April 28 about the increase in the municipal tax rate proposed in the 2008 municipal budget. The 2008 municipal budget, which was introduced March 10, calls for an increase of 7.7 cents per…
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O’port planners hear revised fort reuse plan
Officials see need for expansion of mass transportation BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer OCEANPORT- Borough officials asked redevelopment planners to revisit their numbers during the third and final municipal presentation of the evolving plan for Fort Monmouth’s reuse. Representatives of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization PlanningAuthority (FMERPA) and their planners from EDAW Inc. presented a…
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Nurturing future political candidates
Workshops aim to encourage women to enter public service BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer Michelle Futerfas, 16, Eatontown, Brianna Sas-Ciampoli, 17, Tinton Falls, Kelly Trochanowski, 17, Neptune, and Kate Mille, 17, Rumson, interview Holmdel Mayor Serena DiMaso during the “Running and Winning Workshop” held on May 2 at Monmouth Regional High School. TINTON FALLS –…
