Category: HUB News

  • 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…

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    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…

  • Web site shows moms how to care for kids & the Earth

    Realmama.org provides environmental info, natural alternatives BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Two of the founders of Realmama.org, Kirsten McPolin (l) and Tricia Simon, are pictured with their daughters Emma and Caroleena, above. The two other founders, Camille Lafaro Sowinski, seen with her daughter, Sophia, left, and Corey Burnham-Howard, with her husband,…

  • GOP holds on to two R.B. council seats

    Curley, Ernst carry seven of nine districts; call for unity made BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer He won a second term on the Red Bank Borough Council in the Nov. 8 elections, but Councilman John P. Curley said he would like to see borough governance transcend political parties. “I just think…

  • Sanitary sewer work postponed until spring

    Council president: Contractor pledges to keep same $278,750 bid BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Visions of residents in one five-street neighborhood hauling Thanksgiving turkeys, Christmas trees, or gifts over open trenches this coming holiday season have prompted the Borough Council to delay the start of planned sanitary sewer…

  • Two honored for impact on communities

    The Rev. Michael Perkins, Avery Grant recognized with community awards BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The Rev. Michael Perkins It takes a special type of person to positively influence the lives of young people in the community, according to a member of the Shrewsbury Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church in Red Bank.…

  • Soccer complex nears completion

    Paving, lights last on check list for Sycamore Ave. fields BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LINDA DeNICOLA A new tot lot and restroom/concession building are ready for soccer season in Tinton Falls. TINTON FALLS — Plans to complete the soccer complex on Sycamore Avenue and the ball/dog park on West Park…