Category: HUB News
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CHRIS KELLY staff Don Schlachter, Lincroft, tries to get the one that got away as he fishes off the small pier at Marine Park, Red Bank, on Tuesday.
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O’port school budget fails by slim margin
Fair Haven voters approve $10.1M school district spending plan BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The Oceanport School District spending plan was rejected by voters last week by a margin of less than 100 votes. The proposed $7.8 million budget, which called for a tax levy of roughly $6.6 million, was voted…
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Tinton Falls Public Library will be holding its annual Mother’s Day Plant and Bake Sale Saturday, May 6, through Saturday, May 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 664 Tinton Ave. Perennials will be available at great prices, as well as home-baked goods. For more information, call (732) 542-3110. ***** The Fair Haven Diamond…
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Greater Media Newspapers wins 42 NJPA awards for 2005
“Willie,” first place, Portrait, Miguel Juarez With a total of 42 editorial, photography and advertising awards, Greater Media Newspapers had its best showing ever in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2005. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, and…
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In The Arts
The “Speaking of Art” series hosted by the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch will present “Curator and Artist: Wearing Two Hats!” on Friday at 7 p.m. The panel discussion coincides with the new exhibit, “Artists Curating ArtistS: Two very different similar exhibitions.” Curator/artists Chris Chambers and Pamela Marchin and other participants…
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Covering/Uncovering
“Harlequin” Painter Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern will be exhibiting paintings and works on paper at The Mitchell Sanborn Gallery in Keyport from April 29-May 21. The opening reception for “Covered/Uncovered” is scheduled for Saturday April 29, from 5-7 p.m. Ficarelli-Halpern’s most current work explores various relationships through the use of figurative subject matter. The Shrewsbury artist is…
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Arts council to host Arts Education Awards
The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) will present its annual Arts Education Awards on Tuesday, May 16, 6-8:30 p.m. at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. Each year, MCAC highlights an outstanding arts program, arts educator, administrator, arts-infused school and interdisciplinary project in the county, which successfully incorporates the art standards in the curriculum.…
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Sea Bright budget adopted with 3.3-cent hike
Borough’s 13 percent contribution to Shore Regional budget debated BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – Property owners here can expect local taxes to go up by about $125 this calendar year under the $4.5 million municipal budget adopted by the Borough Council last week. The April 18 public hearing…
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Lighthouse hunters see the light and shoot it
‘Lighthouse Photographs’ exhibit at M.B. Cultural Center BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Eldred Rock, Alaska Photography is about illuminating a passion for something and fixing it forever in a flash. Photographers Christine and Thomas Cardaci call themselves the lighthouse hunters. They have been seeking out lighthouses and shooting them for the…
