Category: HUB News
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ArtsCAP restructures
ASBURY PARK – Embarking on its second year of operation, the board of The Arts Coalition of Asbury Park (ArtsCAP) has elected Mark McDonald president. The former executive director of New York City’s Big Apple Performing Arts, McDonald succeeds Dawn von Suskil, who led the start up of the arts organization and who will remain…
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Raichle wants more out of Shore’s top team
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer Shore Regional High School girls lacrosse coach Chris Raichle knows that you have to earn every victory in the Shore Conference. Now, he wants his players to play like they know it, too. The Blue Devils, last year’s Shore Conference Tournament and South B state champions…
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Corzine will sign fort reuse bill in area
Location of visit to be disclosed later, gov’s spokesman says BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Protests went unheeded by the Pentagon, which decided to close Fort Monmouth by 2011. Gov. Jon S. Corzine is scheduled to come to the area Wednesday to sign the bill creating a state-sanctioned authority to direct…
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S.B. GOP looking to pick up council seat in Nov.
Keeler, Bills file to run against Democratic newcomer BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – The town’s Republican Party is hoping to add one more of their own to the Borough Council. Two GOP candidates, a longtime incumbent and a former contender making a second consecutive run, will face a…
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Sports Shorts
Jeff Kulat, a 6-foot-4, 270-pound offensive lineman from Red Bank Regional, has committed to play at Virginia Military Institute. VMI is a member of the Big South Conference. VMI plays against Army this year (Army coach Bobby Ross is a VMI graduate), which includes former RBR linebacker Bo Olsen. In addition, Jeff was 22-10 in…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Brenn Swanson of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus coaches Kyra Weiner, 7, Fair Haven, in the finer points of balancing a spinning plate on her fingertip during a circus arts program held at the Children’s Cultural Center in Red Bank on April 14.
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Veterinarian cited for work with Katrina pets
Red Bank vet receives NJVMA award for work with hurricane victims BY ANUM AZAM Correspondent BY ANUM AZAMCorrespondent Dr. Jenine Avellini examines a patient at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital. She was honored recently for her work with animals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. When Dr. Jenine Avellini volunteered to assist animals hurt by Hurricane Katrina, last…
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Losing bidder challenges award of library contract
Construction co. says it should get $1.2M contact GLORIA STRAVELLI With the children’s department at the Red Bank Public Library down a flight of stairs, and no elevator to access it, the library is not ADA compliant. BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer The award of a contract for improvements to the Red Bank Public Library…
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Eastern Branch library weathers growing pains
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LINDA DeNICOLA An expansion project at the Monmouth County Library Eastern Branch is close to completion. SHREWSBURY — There is an old proverb: Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit. That’s how Ken Sheinbaum, director of the county library system, feels about the…
