Category: HUB News
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Business sprang from simple idea in 1980
WD Communications Inc. presents seminars on many business skills BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent BY PATRICIA YOCZISCorrespondent Four women who taught English and communications skills at Brookdale Community College and Bell Labs recognized a need and created a business opportunity. “We saw students who worked during the day and studied English at night to improve their…
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11th District campaigns kick into high gear
Candidates define major issues and challenges BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent FREEHOLD – The June 5 primary is over, and all the votes are counted. As anticipated, there were no surprises in the 11th District uncontested primaries for Senate and Assembly seats. On the Republican side, Assemblyman Sean T. Kean, the…
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VNA awards honor service to community
Janice Androsiglio, 2007 VNA Nurse of Year RED BANK – Janice Androsiglio has been named 2007 Nurse of the Year by the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ). The award was presented at VNACJ Nurses’ Day ceremonies held May 2 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. A VNACJ nurse for 30 years, Androsiglio spent…
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Shrewsbury graduates first CERT team
Winter ice storm prompted six to volunteer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY – After years of planning, the borough is graduating its own Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). On June 13, six borough volunteers received their completion certificates following four weeks of training provided by Bill Kelleher from the Emergency…
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Union pickets walk at Red Bank job site
Contractor denies his workers get paid less than union rate BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent Members of Local 400 of the IBEW picketing a construction site in Red Bank. RED BANK – A picket line of union workers walked in front of a construction site on Wallace Street last week, with electrical workers…
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Kalaka-Adams trumps GOP primary challenge
Murphy’s run lacked support of local, county party BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Kalaka-Adams SEA BRIGHT – Incumbent Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams was the winner in the Republican primary, after being challenged by former Councilman C. Read Murphy in the June 5 primary election. Murphy, who acknowledged he was not supported by either the…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Steve Renn of Rumson makes the final preparations on the Battle of Black Point float prior to the start of Rumson’s Centennial Founders Day Parade and Picnic held June 9. More photos on page 26.
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Consolidating school districts on the table
Legislation sets timetable for districts to go K-12 BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent After many years as merely a talking point, consolidation of school districts is finally taking shape as a way to cut property taxes in the state. According to Richard Vespucci, spokesman for the state Department of Education (DOE), new legislation,…
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Write-ins sweep O’port GOP primary
Two council seats, mayor’s office up for re-election in Nov. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Joseph Irace A last-minute write-in campaign by borough Republicans cost Oceanport Councilman Hugh P. Sharkey a bid at re-election. The incumbent councilman was defeated by a margin of more than 45 votes in the Republican primary…
