Category: HUB News
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Coalition advocates for amendments to S-1701
Parents, educators want changes to bill that caps surplus, budgets BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Mary Anne Kligman shows her opinion about S-1701 with a magnet on her car. RUMSON — Parents and school administrators are banding together to advocate for a roll back of restraints on school budgets.…
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Officials pledge to fight for Fort Monmouth
Federal, state, county, local legislators react to closing of fort BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Tinton Falls TINTON FALLS — Joan Hardy, a civilian electrical engineer at Fort Monmouth, insists that the technological expertise that she has drawn upon during her 20-year tenure at the local military base can…
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Ft. Monmouth targeted for closure by Pentagon
Operations, personnel would be transferred to other bases BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — More than 5,300 military and civilian employees at Fort Monmouth are facing uncertainty regarding their jobs following Friday morning’s announcement that the Pentagon has targeted the U.S. Army base for possible closure. The…
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BRAC head invited to check out fort’s mission
Congressmen: Pentagon number-crunchers don BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Maj. Gen. Michael R. Mazzucchi (l), commanding general of the Communications Electronics Life Cycle Management Command at Fort Monmouth, and Col. Ricki L. Sullivan, Fort Monmouth Garrison commander, field questions from media representatives at a press conference…
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United in Memory: 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt
Exhibit will be at Brookdale CC May 20-22 BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer The United in Memory: 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt, created in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, stretches a quarter-mile when laid end to end. Created as much for healing as for remembering, a…
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Former political ally unseats longtime mayor
Maclearie landslide ends McNamara BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer There are some phone calls people just dread having to make. Tinton Falls Mayor Ann McNamara had to make one of those calls last week. The top administrator for 16 years in the borough had to do what she knew…
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Crowd pleasers
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Monmouth Conservatory of Music, Red Bank, celebrated its 40th anniversary at a Gala Concert at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on April 24. The concert included performances by students, faculty, members of the Arcadian Chorale and Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, and other guest artists.
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Quakers reach out for help with restoration
History of meetinghouse dates to 1672; structure in need of repair BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer The historic meetinghouse of the Religious Society of Friends is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers, don’t believe in drawing attention to themselves, but they…
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Art of the week
Show of portraits and landscapes at Cultural Center “Brian and Anna” An exhibit of portrait paintings and landscape prints by Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern will be at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center through May 29. The opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, from 2-4 p.m. Ficarelli-Halpern, a graduate of Parsons School of Design in Manhattan, is inspired…
