Category: HUB News
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Opportunities for serious artists with disabilities
NEW BRUNSWICK — VSA arts of New Jersey is seeking disabled artists who would like to be added to its artist registry to receive news and announcements of opportunities including competitions and juried and nonjuried exhibits. VSA is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to assuring that the arts are available and accessible to all people,…
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Educator turned artist, figurative turned abstract
Exhibit of work over past decade is at Art Alliance in Red Bank BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Untitled Arthur “Art” Newman is living up to his name. He is an artist who paints large abstractions that are usually grounded in a figurative base. And you could say that he is…
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Exhibit reprises art journey
Left, “Mia”; above, “Bouquet with Sunflowers” “My Art Journey,” a retrospective of 10 years of artistic endeavor by Mafalda Cento will open at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center on Sept. 18. The show of works by the Staten Island artist includes 80 paintings and will run through Oct. 1. A native of Rome, Italy, Cento’s…
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Application for treatment center moved to Oct. 6
Facility would treat mainly alcohol problems BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer The application before the zoning board requesting a use variance to open an alcohol rehabilitation facility has been carried until October. At the borough Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting held last week, an application was submitted proposing that the Riverside Avenue building currently being…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Performers from the Cole Bros Circus dazzle the crowd during a visit to Oceanport on Aug. 19.
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BRAC decision on Ft. Monmouth due this week
Local mayors to hold press conference after BRAC announcement BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Aarea legislators and Fort Monmouth advocates were on pins and needles as the fate of the 88-year-old installation, which the Pentagon has targeted for closure, is debated and decided by a federally appointed commission charged with reviewing…
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Protesters, supporters attend anti-war vigil
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — As Cindy Sheehan stands outside of the president’s Texas ranch to speak with him about her son who died in Iraq, thousands of people across the country stood with her last week. As part of a nationwide campaign, there were more than 1,500…
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Borough Council passes employee salary ordinance
Mayor votes yes after council is split 3-3 BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — A discussion over employee perks and salary raises in the borough led to raised voices at this week’s Borough Council meeting. The salary ordinance, calling for an average increase of 3.4 percent, was passed by…
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Army Corps’ flood study in progress
Property owners urge relief of flooding in five-street neighborhood BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Construction of larger storm drains, new bulkheads and a pumping station, all designed to alleviate constant flooding along five downtown streets, will begin after a federal agency taking the lead on the…
