Category: HUB News

  • Charter school appeal of $1M fine denied

    State turns down second appeal of public bid violation BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Red Bank Charter School’s second appeal of a $1 million fine has been denied by the state Department of Education (DOE). According to Jay Doolan, assistant commissioner for the Division of Educational Programs and Assessment at…

  • Two Plus One

    “Walkabout” by Nanci Hersh Works by three artists in an upcoming exhibit at the Mitchell Sanborn Gallery express three views of the natural translated into art. “Two Plus One,” an exhibit of paintings by Nanci Hersh, sculpture by Don Harger and photographs by Joyce Chadwick will open Feb. 4 and run through Feb. 25 at…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Taugh Lynch and Aidan Lynch, Little Silver, begin to tack as they participate in the Monmouth Boat Club’s Permafrost regatta series held on the Navesink River on Jan. 22.

  • Music inspires books and vice versa

    Ken Shane The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts will host the third installment of its free monthly speaker series “Speaking of Art” on Friday at 7 p.m. “A Circle of Creativity in Collaboration: Fusing Music with Literature” will feature author Linda Oatman High and singer/songwriter Ken Shane. Together they will discuss how music can…

  • Buyer makes offer for Tredwell House

    Coalition appeals judge BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer An offer has been made to purchase the Tredwell House with the intent of preserving the historic Rumson structure. According to Michelle Donato, attorney for the Tredwell Preservation Coalition, an organization of concerned citizens dedicated to preserving the 300-year-old house on River Road…

  • Blackberry Bay Park will be ready for spring

    Chaump: Renovations to athletic fields will be done by March 1 BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The long-awaited reopening of Blackberry Bay Park is scheduled for March 1, Mayor Lucille Chaump announced last week. “[The mayor and council] have agreed that the fields will be playable starting March 1,”…

  • Suit charges charter school defrauded builder

    Patock seeks sale of school property to recover $500K owed BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Red Bank Charter School has until Jan. 30 to respond to a lawsuit claiming it has attempted to defraud the construction company that performed the renovation work on the school campus. Attorneys for Patock Construction…

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    PAT HICKEY A piano student with the Monmouth Conservatory of Music plays for residents at Kensington Court, an assisted-living residence in Tinton Falls, during a Jan. 14 concert by conservatory students.

  • Sea Bright’s Keeler will lead council in 2006

    Fernandes, Scriven sworn to new term; council split 3-3 between parties BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — With the start of her 10th year on the Borough Council, Maria D. Fernandes has passed the torch to the opposite side of the aisle. Actually, the torch is the gavel held by Fernandes, a Democrat,…