Category: HUB News

  • 180 Turning Lives Around realigns focus

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET – 180 Turning Lives Around announced recently that itwill expand some programs, including its teen telephone help line and acclaimed art therapy program, to better meet the needs of the community. According to a press release fromHazletbased 180, after nearly two years of intense introspection and strategic planning, the…

  • Beck to speak at luncheon

    Sen. Jennifer Beck will be the keynote speaker at the county’s Fifth Wednesday Squire’s Luncheon at noon April 30 at Branches, 123 Monmouth Road in West Long Branch. Beck, who represents the 12th Legislative District, will discuss her efforts in Trenton to reform state government and control spending. Her topics will include a discussion about…

  • Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival announces headliners

    RED BANK – The 22nd annual Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival will take place May 30 through June 1 in Marine Park, along the banks of the Navesink River. The festival offers three full days and nights of jazz, blues, food, crafts and plenty of family fun.More than 100,000 attendees are expected this year…

  • Residents adamant: No sale of riverfront lot

    Menna: Appraiser hired, but no action pending BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Residents spoke out unanimously against the potential sale of one of the last remaining borough-owned riverfront properties on the east side of Red Bank at the April 14 council meeting. Residents are urging the borough of Red Bank not to sell this vacant…

  • ‘Surviving the Plan’: Holocaust photo exhibit

    When Jerry Casciano aims the lens of hisHasselblad camera, he delves deep into the heart of his subject. Casciano’smost recent exhibit, “Surviving the Plan,” documents the power of survival of Holocaust survivors from Auschwitz, Treblinka and theWarsaw Ghetto. At left: Margit with a photo of her parents, who were separated from her in Auschwitz. She…

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    Barbara Lehman, who is deaf, demonstrates sign language for students as they learn what it is like to live with a disability, while Debbie Gerbman (lr) and Uneeda Williams look on, during Understanding Disabilities Day at Viola Sickles School in Fair Haven on April 10. Story, page 3. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Give back to the shore: join COA Spring Beach Sweeps

    State’s longest-running volunteer cleanup takes place April 26 SANDY HOOK – Clean Ocean Action (COA) invites citizens and organizations to participate in the 23rd annual Spring Beach Sweeps on Saturday, April 26, at more than 60 sites along the New Jersey coast. The Beach Sweeps begins at 9 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m., rain…

  • Pallone calls for DOT inquiry on bridge project

    Asks agency to investigate charges of forged documents BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6) has entered the Route 36 Highlands Bridge controversy by calling for a comprehensive investigation by the N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) in connection with the alleged forgery of certain documents relating to the bridge. Highlands bridge…

  • Sea Bright takes part in oyster gardening project

    SEA BRIGHT- The borough held the first of two meetings on March 15 to institute a program of the NY/NJ Baykeeper that promotes cleaner waters in the Shrewsbury River. The first meeting was held at the residence of Councilman Thomas Scriven, and seven households signed up for the program. They will be working as a…