Category: HUB Opinion
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Stranded tourists need to contact DOT re bridge
As I write this at 9:30 p.m. on this warm Sunday evening, there is still a very long line of car lights trying to exit from Sandy Hook. Due to the construction traffic on the new bridge it has been — like every nice day last year — unfairly backed up all day long and…
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Celebrate National Arthritis Month during May
Arthritis is at epidemic proportions in our nation. Forty-six million Americans have doctor-diagnosed arthritis and 1.7 million of them live right here in New Jersey. Yet arthritis remains the silent epidemic, overlooked by many because they view it as an inevitable disease of aging. But it is not inevitable, and it is not just a…
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Leaders need bipartisan approach to health care
Iattended a town hall with Rep. Leonard Lance (R-7th District) hosted by AARP, and I was impressed. Congressman Lance did a great job answering questions from AARP members residing in his district on issues such as health care and financial security. Congressman Lance has already joined his colleagues across the aisle and voted in favor…
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Nuclear a safe, dependable energy source
Itake issue with your cartoonist’s slant on nuclear energy in New Jersey (Suburban, April 9). We have an administration that is openly allied with the liberal green parties that refuse to consider building new reactors. Oyster Creek has shown that nuclear energy is a safe technology and would solve our need for a dependable safe…
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Woman thankful for efforts dedicated to seniors
Irecently read letter in the Atlanticville, sent in by Sara Markowitz, 14, Ocean. Sara has founded the charity Generations Eldercare that provides equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, etc., to senior citizens. I would like to thank Sara and her mother, Meryl, for bringing me a muchneeded walker with a seat, which will enable…
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Jeffrey Gordon Wilson
Mr. Wilson, 53, of Red Bank, died April 28, 2009, at home. He was a volunteer Red Bank fireman for 18 years. Mr. Wilson was predeceased by his parents, Gordon and Mary BennettWilson; and a sister, Holly McSorley. He is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Lesley and Lewie Letshaw of Neptune; a niece; and…
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Ouida B. Jones
Mrs. Jones, 91, of Mount Laurel, died May 6, 2009, at home. She had resided in Red Bank before relocating to Mount Laurel. Before her retirement, Mrs. Jones was a nurse in the intensive care and coronary care units at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles B. Jones; and a…
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John Monahan Photographs
The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series continues in the Monmouth Museum’s Nilson Gallery with an exhibition of photographs by artist John Monahan. The exhibit runs through May 31. “Recovery Room” In a gallery talk 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, Monahan will share insights on his work in a discussion at the museum, which is…
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IN THE ARTS
Themes for the May show at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank are “Recycled Materials” and “Children’s Art.” The “Children’s Art” portion of this exhibition will include creations by young people participating in Art Alliance workshops. The judge and window artist for this show will be Anthony Almeida of New York. The…
