Category: HUB Opinion
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Children keep history of resistance to Nazis alive
Youth opera ‘Brundibar’ was originally performed in concentration camp BY TAMMY McKILLIP Correspondent BY TAMMY McKILLIPCorrespondent Above, the cast of the original production of “Brundibar” in Terezin. Ela Weissberger, as the Cat, is wearing all black in the front row. She will be in attendance for the upcoming shows in Holmdel. At left, photo of…
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School budget tax levy up 2.4 percent
Four percent of district’s state aid to go to R.B. Charter School BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer RED BANK – The preliminary budget for the Red Bank Public School District calls for a 1-cent increase per $100 of assessed property value. Because of the recent reevaluation that took place in the borough, the owner of…
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Preschoolers celebrate ‘helpers’
Oceanport Preschool celebrated community helpers recently by inviting Sgt. Steven Cioffi of the Oceanport Police Department and Red Bank First Aid Captain and firefighter Diana DeFazio. Above, the children enjoyed an interactive presentation from each about their jobs.
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Deane-Porter School celebrates reading
Krisanne Zajak as “Cat” with Steve LaVlava, Deane-Porter principal. RUMSON — From coast to coast, more than 45 million readers, young and old, took part in the nation’s largest reading celebration – the National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America Day March 2. Launched 10 years ago as a way to get children excited about…
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Obituaries
Dolores I. Finn Rocheford Mrs. Rocheford, 78, of Tamarac, Fla., died March 16, 2007, in Plantation, Fla. She resided in Red Bank prior to relocating to Tamarac 14 years ago. She was a retired sales associate at Steinbach’s Department Store, Red Bank. She was a communicant at St. Gregory’s Roman Catholic Church, Plantation, and former…
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Playground honors Kortney’s playful spirit
Kortney’s Playground at Wolf Hill School in Oceanport was dedicated last month in memory of Kortney Rose Gillette, who was a 9-year old student at the school. On April 27, 2006, four months after a diagnosis of brainstem glioma, Kortney lost her battle with the pediatric brain cancer. The Kortney Rose Foundation was established and…
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Green Eggs and ‘hams’
CHRISKELLY staff Nicholas Saint Onge and Joe Mendoza at a dress rehearsal for “Seussical.” The Tower Players of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School will present “Seussical the Musical” Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. This energetic production, based on the works of Dr. Seuss, includes many favorite characters: The Cat…
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District airs tentative school budget Monday
TINTON FALLS – – A public hearing on the Tinton Falls School District’s tentative $27.3 million budget will be held on Monday, March 26, at the Mahala Atchison School at 8 p.m. Tamar R. Sydney-Gens, business administrator/board secretary, said there are some changes that the Board of Education has to make, so the 2007-08 spending…
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Students connect with seniors through arts
RBR student project uses writing, art, photography BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – The arts have brought high school students and senior citizens together for the common goal of reliving the past. Students from the Visual and Performing Arts program at Red Bank Regional High School visited the Red…
