Category: HUB News

  • Council supports bill to save historic properties

    Tax incentive seeks to preserve ‘character and a sense of place’ BY SARAH KLEPNER Staff Writer BY SARAH KLEPNERStaff Writer SARAH KLEPNER The Thomas Fortune house RED BANK – – The Borough Council is supporting legislation that will provide an incentive to restore historic properties. At its April 23 meeting, the council unanimously voted to…

  • Studying two ‘Rs’ through the arts

    Red Bank – The Children’s Cultural Center (CCC), a branch of The Community YMCA, is piloting a new program in coordination with Red Bank Middle School that will give fourth-grade students an opportunity to explore reading and writing through the arts. Young Authors and Artists Unite!, brings teachers from the CCC to the middle school…

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    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Antoni Kalogrides dances the “Hasaposerviko,” a traditional Greek dance, at festivities marking the 35th anniversary of the Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey. Top left: Dancers perform at the celebration, which was held at the Pines Manor in Edison on Sunday. Left: Dressed in traditional costume, Maria Zalokosta takes part in…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Holly Spadavecchia, 3, and her father, Ron, of Eatontown, were among the volunteers who helped clean debris from the beach in Sea Bright and other local beaches during Clean Ocean Action’s 22nd Annual Spring Beach Sweeps Saturday.

  • Green Scene

    May 2007 – Bring cachet to the flowerpot Gotti Kelley Green Scene May 2007 – Bring cachet to the flowerpot Gotti Kelley  A gardener’s Mecca is indeed the time in spring and early summer when pale leaves break through the soil and you envision carpets of color soon to appear. On my way to the…

  • Boro will resolve to be an inclusive community

    Vote on Human Relations Committee resolution May 16 BY SARAH KLEPNER Staff Writer BY SARAH KLEPNERStaff Writer A Red Bank resident stepped forward last week to make sure that everyone in the community feels welcome. David Pascale, a member of the borough’s Human Relations Committee, presented a resolution to the Borough Council last week that…

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    CHRIS KELLYstaff Fair Haven seniors held a social Sunday to thank members of the town’s Be a Good Neighbor Committee, which assists with snow shoveling. Joanne Fracalossi helps Ryan Corbett, 13, with a drink during the event at the Fair Haven Knights of Columbus Hall.

  • Fort reuse panel hires planning consultant

    $1M contract runs through April 2009 BY LINDA DENICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DENICOLAStaff Writer After sifting through proposals from eight master planning firms, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) has chosen one. The vote to engage EDAW Inc., consultants with offices in multiple locations, including New York and Alexandria, Va., as the…

  • Painting the town pink

    CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: “Paint the Town Pink,” a townwide breast cancer awareness initiative, kicked off in Red Bank April 29. In conjunction with the “pink” theme, Taralynn Van Brunt, Middletown, decorates a tree on East Front Street with pink breast cancer awareness ribbons. Chase Boyle, 3, Little Silver, decorates a cupcake with…