Category: HUB News

  • Sharing faith with the frail elderly

    Oceanport resident honored for service at nursing home BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Gloria Hennessey sings in the choir at Asbury United Methodist Church in Long Branch. For more than a quarter century she has served the church by ministering to the spiritual needs of the elderly in…

  • Charity found between ‘Rock and a Heart Place’

    Documentary follows Holiday Express troupe bringing cheer to needy BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent For 25 years, Mike Sodano spent his time producing marketing videos and corporate events for Fortune 100 companies, but production partner Nancy Sabino’s invitation to attend a fundraising dinner-dance gave him a new focus. Sodano and Sabino are the…

  • Castings, oils by Harger on exhibit

    “Circus FLower” A solo exhibition of works by Don Harger is currently on exhibit at 17 E. Front St. in Red Bank. The exhibit will run through the end of the month and is the second to open at the building in connection with Metrovation’s commitment to providing an opportunity for artists to bring their…

  • 12 Days of Christmas ring in holiday

    Each year, local garden clubs decorate holiday trees at the Monmouth Museum based on the theme “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Members of the garden clubs of Little Silver, Navesink, Oceanport, Shrewsbury, Bayberry in Brielle, and RFD in Middletown craft handmade ornaments for their trees. The museum’s annual display of model trains returns each year…

  • O’Scanlon asks for Mercer County recount

    Only 65 votes separate challenger and Panter in 12th District race BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Ten days after the Nov. 8 election, the winner of the race for the 12th District Assembly seat became official, at least for the time being. By official count, Democratic incumbent Michael Panter drew 65…

  • In the Arts

    The Art Society of Monmouth County will hold its annual holiday brunch on Dec. 14 at 11 a.m. at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, 128 Ocean Ave. During the brunch, the award of Honorable Membership will be presented to Richard L. Keller, director of the center, where the art society meets on the third Wednesday…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Red Bank Catholic’s Caitlin Dorgan leads a pack of runners out of the woods during Saturday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park. For story, see sports.

  • Boro woman tells all about Jewish weddings

    Lea Bayers Rapp uses experience, research in newly republished guide BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Lea Bayers Rapp SAYREVILLE — When it comes to Jewish weddings, Lea Bayers Rapp wrote the book. Rapp, 59, a full-time writer who has lived in Sayreville since 1972, was working on bridal articles for magazines…

  • District feeling crunch of charter school, S-1701

    NJEA: District students meet or exceed RBCS scores BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The New Jersey Education Association has offered its support to the Red Bank public school system to cope with a looming budget shortfall and possible faculty cuts. If the borough public school district maintains its current staff, faculty…