Category: HUB News
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Outstanding leaders are recognized
Bette Ivory, volunteer for Lunch Break in Red Bank is among the community leaders who will be honored by The Brookdale Community College Foundation. Ivory will receive the Community Service Award, as one of the exceptional Jersey Shore community leaders feted at the Friday, March 14,AnnualWilbur Ray Scholarship Dinner at Branches, West Long Branch. Sergeant…
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Residents air concerns about redevelopment
Council will hold special meeting to continue dialogue BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN – Keeping the borough practical but not necessarily “precious” was a suggestion made during the recent discussion of the proposed downtown beautification. Residents in attendance expressed mixed reactions to the report suggesting redevelopment along River Road at the Dec. 17…
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Boro acquires tract of land for site of new post office
BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – Borough officials revisited the topic of having a post office located in the borough at last week’s council meeting in light of acquiring the CJS property on Dec. 21. Although the borough is still not guaranteed a post office on the property, which was donated to the…
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Santa arrives early to Rumson, Red Bank fire departments
RUMSON- Afamily-owned brokerage firm has partnered with the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. to award a total of $50,000 to the Rumson and Red Bank Fire Departments; $25,000 going to each department. Along with the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., the grantmoney is being donated by Rumson residents Frank and Mike Walsh, along with Red Bank residentMatt…
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Bridging the gap between the haves and have-nots
Church outreach brings food, clothing and comfort to homeless BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent Robert Frost, in one of his poems, said, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff (Above) Michael Bruno and Adam Miracle, both of Holmdel, sort clothing in…
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Away in a manger
Students at Holy Cross School in Rumson add straw to a manger scene during the school’s annual Posada, a re-enactment of scenes from the Nativity story. Peter Hogan (l-r), Marty Vogt and Grahame Wade take part in the procession in which students re-create the doorto door quest by Joseph and Mary to find lodging in…
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Police address concerns of west side residents
Quality-of-life, violent crime issues topics at west side meeting BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Speaking to issues of overcrowding, enforcement and loitering, residents voiced concerns about different aspects of living on Red Bank’s west side at the Dec. 12 Westside Community Group meeting. The discussion took place during the crime-watch portion at the beginning of…
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Families giving others the gift of a holiday
Salvation Army Christmas program reaches 300 families BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top: Salvation Army volunteer Nancy Poole helps a family select a toy during distribution of Christmas gift and food packages Dec. 14. Volunteer Beverly Starr stacks boxes containing provisions for Christmas dinner at the Salvation Army facility on…
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$250K grant will fund Somers tract purchase
Open space plans call for series of linking trails BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – It’s official. At the Dec. 11 Borough Council meeting, Chief Financial Officer Steven Pfeffer announced that the county has approved a grant of $250,000 for the acquisition of open space in the borough. The $250,000 grant was the…
