Category: HUB Opinion

  • Senator misses key points on affordable housing

    Your Turn Guest Column • Joseph Doria In response to state Sen. Jennifer Beck’s latest unfounded attack on the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), (“Gov.’s Affordable Housing Law is Destructive to New Jersey,” News Transcript, Feb. 18), I felt it was necessary to reply and correct the various inaccuracies stated in her editorial.…

  • An auto fix so simple even a caveman could do it

    Coda • GREG BEAN As an admitted American car nut, I’ve watched with horror, disbelief and profound sadness the parade of auto executives coming before Congress with their hands out in recent weeks. General Motors, which had already gotten $17.4 billion in loans from the government, said it needs another $16.6 billion to keep the…

  • Margaret “Midge” Matthews

    Mrs. Matthews, 88, of Middletown, died Feb. 15, 2009, at Brighton Gardens of Middletown. She resided in Sea Bright, Rumson, and the Navesink section of Middletown, prior to relocating to Middletown. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Matthews; and a sister, Charlotte E. Madusky. She is survived by a niece, Linda A. Schiafone and…

  • Paul A. Gayer

    Mr. Gayer, 64, of Sea Bright, died Feb. 5, 2009, at home. He was employed for several years at Shea’s Family Service Station, Sea Bright. He is survived by a brother and sister-inlaw, Michael S. and Anne-Mari Alexander; and his stepmother, Patricia Alexander. Arrangements were by Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. A memorial service will…

  • Joseph Lamar Fann

    Mr. Fann, 23, of Red Bank, died Feb. 10, 2009. He was born in Long Branch and attended Red Bank Regional High School. He was predeceased by his father, Phillip Richardson. Mr. Fann is survived by his mother, Michelle Richardson; 10 sisters; two brothers; and his companion, Rachel Rossnagel. Burial was at White Ridge Cemetery,…

  • Tell ASIG New Jersey’s ocean is not for sale

    Take enough dirt, sediment, and other building materials to fill 10 Empire State buildings. The Atlantic Sea Island Group (ASIG) wants to create an island with this material to be used for a facility to offload, store, and process liquefied natural gas (LNG) only 19.5 miles off the coast of Sea Bright. This group has…

  • Jack P. Triolo

    Mr. Triolo, 78, of Matawan, died Feb. 11, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He resided in Red Bank, prior to relocating to Matawan, 54 years ago. He was a construction technician at HNTB Engineering, Wayne, for more than 20 years; and employed at St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, for 12 years. He is…

  • COAH is result of Congress meddling in mortgage industry

    In his reply to the editor regarding the COAH legislation, Richard Hall makes the argument that it is the failure of the free market system that required the government to create legislation to make housing affordable. There are numerous problems with his editorial, including the greater philosophical question of whether it is the job of…

  • Maria Korowsky Lapa

    Mrs. Lapa, 85, of Tinton Falls, died Feb. 12, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She resided in Matawan, prior to relocating to Seabrook Village, Tinton Falls, 10 years ago. She was a retired secretary at EI DuPont, Parlin, for several years. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank F. Lapa Jr. She…