Category: HUB News
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Time, space and spirituality
“Wooden Skeleton” ‘Life After Life,” an exhibit of photographs by Melanie Heinrich, is at McKay Imaging Studio & Gallery in Red Bank, where it will run through May 12. The photographs reveal unique perspectives of time, space and spirituality. According to Heinrich, she began work on the images following the death of her brother in…
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Shrewsbury church honors its 50th year
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY – From humble beginnings, when a handful of people met at a home in Long Branch, to the present day, when the First Assembly of God Church in Shrewsbury will celebrate its 50th year, there has been a steady journey toward growth. “We need two…
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Added $1.5M proposed for municipal complex
Council proposes $1.4M in bonds to finance unanticipated changes BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council introduced a bond ordinance providing supplemental funding for the construction of the new municipal complex at its April 4 meeting. The ordinance appropriates $1.5 million and authorizes the issuance of $1,426,000…
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Sea Bright budget calls for 3.3-cent tax hike
Police pensions, higher fuel costs contribute to tax hike BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Sea Bright SEA BRIGHT – Property owners here would see their municipal taxes increase by about $125 annually if the Borough Council adopts the proposed $4.5 million budget for calendar year 2006. The municipal budget, as introduced…
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Dog owners balk at law banning pets on beaches
State Fish & Wildlife official will speak on piping plovers BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – Dog and pony shows would be prohibited on borough beaches from April to early September under a pending law coming up for the governing body’s decision. Actually, it is the walking or running…
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In case of emergency, ‘Westward ho!’
Freeholders seek funding for study of coastal evacuation rtes. BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LINDA DeNICOLA In the event of a major storm, all (county) roads lead west. All main roads leading west are considered evacuation routes for people living on the coast of Monmouth County. As a result, the Monmouth…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Sensei David Franza executes some fancy footwork with a spinning heel kick aimed at knocking the bottle out of the hands of David Michael Franza during Healthy Kids Day held at The Community YMCA of Red Bank on April 8.
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McKenna bows out
Menna, Curley will vie for office of mayor BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Mayor McKenna After 16 years as the mayor of Red Bank, Edward J. McKenna Jr. announced he will not run for re-election this November, ostensibly passing the torch to a fellow Democrat, Councilman Pasquale Menna. McKenna’s announcement on…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Harry Ricker catches a ball on his first day as a Little Leaguer during opening day of Fair Haven Baseball on April 1.
