Category: HUB Opinion

  • 2NDFLOOR is a place to reach out for help

    A preteen girl feels like her friends do not want her around anymore When a teenager discovers that her friend is being abused by her mother, she wants to know how she can help. Suicidal thoughts lead one caller to stand across the street from a hospital emergency room, without the courage to go inside.…

  • Stephen K. Burgher

    Mr. Burgher, 75, of Sayreville, died June 22, 2009, at home. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for the New York City Housing Authority. He was predeceased by a daughter, Cynthia Burgher; and a sister, Adele Hoffman. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Sue Burgher of Red Bank; two daughters and…

  • Parents should use caution during summer months

    For parents and children, one of the great joys of summer is the fun of floating, splashing and playing in the cooling water of a swimming pool. This year, the fun can be enjoyed even more through the peace of mind offered by a new law aimed at preventing entrapment dangers in pools and spas.…

  • Mary Derderian Brown

    Mrs. Brown, 87, of Tinton Falls, died June 23, 2009, at Renaissance Gardens, Tinton Falls. She was a retired elementary school substitute teacher in New York, and accomplished pianist who taught privately. She also authored several crossword puzzles until 2001, some of which appeared in publications such as The New York Times. Prior to that,…

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    If you have something to say, The Hub wants to hear from you. Whether it be in response to something you read in The Hub or an issue that concerns you, send us a letter for publication. Letters to the editor will be published weekly on the editorial page. All letters should be typed or…

  • Legislation would help some returning veterans

    Coda • GREG BEAN This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. In the months since, our family has learned a lot about the problems faced by…

  • ‘Jersey Shore’ reads like the cat’s meow

    The 1920s roar to life in local author’s new book BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Flappers, diving horses and, yes, ladies and gentlemen, even Al Capone can be found in the 100-plus-page coffee-table book spanning the Roaring ’20s as chronicled by local author and historian Karen L. Schnitzspahn. Illustrations from ‘The Roaring ’20s at…

  • John Clemens Arlinghaus

    Mr. Arlinghaus, 58, of Maple Glen, Pa., died June 20, 2009, at Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pa. He resided in Rumson prior to relocating to Maple Glen. He was a financial consultant to several corporations such as ICI, McNeil Labs, Enron, and Johnson & Johnson. He was predeceased by his parents, Roselie M. Sullivan and…

  • Elizabeth “Betty” Statler McCall

    Mrs. McCall, 88, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died June 21, 2009. She resided in Colts Neck, Tinton Falls, and the Shadow Lake section of Middletown prior to relocating to Lincroft. She is survived by two daughters and sonsin law, Diane and James Ash of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Donna McCall Brandon and…