Category: HUB Opinion

  • Street Fair

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Robin Berardesco of Toms River (r) checks out a hat for sale by Heidi Robak at the Red Bank Street Fair Sept. 9. At left: Aubrey Parasolle of Rocksbury performs with Full Court.

  • Benefit for Hook, bridge groups

    Two local grassroots groups are cohosting a fundraiser Sept. 23 to support their causes. Save Sandy Hook and Save Our Bridge are sponsoring Jazz on the Navesink II, a benefit cocktail party that will begin at 4 p.m. at the Navesink estate of Judith Stanley Coleman and James Coleman. Music will be provided by Leif…

  • Little Silver concert series

    The Little Silver Gazebo Concert Series has changed seasons. Formerly presented during the summer, the concert series has been moved to September and early October in the hopes of drawing a larger audience, according to series organizer Peter Roskowinski. The concerts are presented Fridays at 7 p.m. at the Markham Place Gazebo. The series began…

  • Artists find welcoming reception at Arc gallery

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Anyone who frequents the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township has noticed there are many new and exciting structural changes going on at the mall. Some of those changes go much deeper than the interior and exterior construction projects and actually touch the people of the community on a different…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Monmouth University’s Performing Arts Series will present Saving Jane in concert Monday, Sept. 17, at 9 p.m., at Pollak Theatre in West Long Branch. The power pop band fronted by singer/songwriter Marti Dodson attained sudden fame when the single “Girl Next Door” from their debut album of the same name struck a chord among all…

  • Bon Jovi concert to benefit Parker Family Health Center

    The Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank will host its first benefit concert Friday, Oct. 26, with “The Bon Jovi Concert.” The concert will be the grand opening of Newark’s Prudential Center Arena. Proceeds from the benefit will support the Parker Family Health Center’s mission to provide free medical care to Monmouth County residents…

  • My Take

    Goodbye vines, hello retirement LINDA DENICOLA Iam semi-retired. My last day as a full-time beat reporter was uneventful, except for one incident that it seemed to me was noteworthy. A ladder appeared outside the window next to my desk and before I knew what was happening, the vines that were growing up the outside wall…

  • Basie hosts ‘Raise the Roof’

    Rusty Young, CEO of the Count Basie Theatre, and Sen. Ellen Karcher (D- 12) (right), along with representatives of the Count Basie, the borough of Red Bank, the state of New Jersey, Lowe’s and the National Trust for Historic Preservation marked the completion of the theater’s roof replacement project Aug. 9 with “Raise the Roof,”…

  • Felix Joseph Turtur III

    Mr. Turtur, 88, of Shrewsbury, died Sept. 2, 2007, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in New York City, he resided in Elizabeth, Asbury Park, and Fair Haven for 42 years, prior to relocating to Shrewsbury in 2000. He was chief real estate officer for the United States Postal Service, retiring in 1981. Prior…