Category: HUB Opinion

  • A talent sampler at ‘Arts Alive 2009’

    Who? Everyone is welcome. What? Open event: Arts Alive at Brookdale Community College, 2009 PHOTOS BY GEANNA MEROLA When? Lunchtime: Thursday, May 7, 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Where? Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) – Park in Lots 1 and 2 Why? It’s spring – time to celebrate the arts at Brookdale Admission? Free. How? Just…

  • Karen Farber Swanson

    Mrs. Swanson, 52, of Fair Haven, died April 19, 2009. She was raised in Rumson, and resided in London, and Florence, Italy, for 14 years, prior to relocating to Fair Haven nine years ago. She was employed at the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York City, prior to relocating to London. She…

  • IN THE ARTS

    The M Shanghai String Band will perform in concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Central Baptist Church, Third and East Highland avenues in Atlantic Highlands. The concert by the Brooklynbased, roots/bluegrass band is sponsored by the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council. Tickets are $15, $5 for children 12 and under, and may be ordered…

  • Arts council to host Arts Education Awards & Showcase

    MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) announces the Arts Education Awards & Showcase will be held at Middletown Art Center, 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, May 28. An annual event, the awards and showcase is an evening for students, parents, teachers and community arts supporters to come together to acknowledge the power of art…

  • Joanne “Jan” Yorke Bunnell

    Mrs. Bunnell, 85, of Oceanport, died April 15, 2009. She had resided in Rumson and Middletown before relocating to Oceanport. She was an interior designer for more than 40 years, and co-owned with her husband, LeRoy Bunnell, an antiques store, The Mews at Blossom Cove, Shrewsbury. She was a co-founder of the MonmouthMuseum, Lincroft section…

  • Ann Ross Malkames

    Miss Malkames, 83, of Hillsborough, and formerly Red Bank, died April 14, 2009, at The Avalon at Hillsborough. She was a retired English teacher at Henry Hudson Regional High School, Atlantic Highlands, where she was employed 45 years. She also worked for the elementary school system in Atlantic Highlands. She is survived by Jane Malkames…

  • Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly

    Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn’t the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. Nope, family vacations were a more immediate form of…

  • Dems need to embrace idea of sales tax holidays

    Gov. Jon S. Corzine and his Democratic colleagues in Trenton often say they are receptive to any idea that will help New Jersey with its struggling finances, and falsely accuse Republicans of offering no constructive proposal. Since last fall, we have proposed halving the state’s sales tax in specified periods to help our struggling retailers…

  • Public invited to attend first-ever Rutgers Day

    In recognition of Rutgers University’s unique relationship with the people of New Jersey, we are opening our doors to the public for the first-ever Rutgers Day on April 25. In difficult economic times, it is more important than ever to connect the university’s resources to those we serve. On Rutgers Day, all New Jerseyans are…