Category: HUB Opinion
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Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser
Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: As you know, I’m working hard to be a good loser, telling anyone who will listen that Barack Obama will soon be our president, and we must support him. I’m trying to be a lot nicer than your side was to George W.…
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Need for food donations is up this holiday season
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, many of us are planning what we are going to eat for Thanksgiving Day dinner. However, there are also many Monmouth County residents who are not planning a big dinner on Thanksgiving Day. They are worrying about putting food on the table for their families each and every day.…
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Veterans Day had special significance this year
Coda • GREG BEAN On Nov. 11, my wife and I attended the annual Veterans Day observance at Veterans Park at the East Brunswick Municipal Complex. I’ve attended many of these observances over the years as a reporter and observer, but this year was different. This year, as part of the observance, they were dedicating…
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A target-rich environment for columnists these days
Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: I’m still chuckling amiably about the way you ended a post-election e-mail to me, which I think we should share with our readers. (I’m determined to remain amiable these days, takingwhat comes my way with Falstaffian good humor.) What you asked me was…
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David McAulay
Mr. McAulay, 78, of Highlands, and formerly Rumson, died Oct. 31, 2008, following a battle with cancer. He was a U.S. Merchant Marine from 1951 to 1988, and a member of the Master Mates & Pilots Union. Following retirement, he was employed at Interport Pilots, Port Monmouth section of Middletown. He was predeceased by his…
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Mary Notabartolo
Mrs. Notabartolo, 90, of the Wayside section of Ocean Township, died Nov. 8, 2008, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She resided in Neptune before relocating to Wayside in 1991. She was predeceased by her husband, Augustine, in 1990. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Kathleen Notabartolo of Neptune City; a…
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For the record
Janus Solutions President Thomas Blatner gave a presentation about the Monmouth County strategic plan at a Nov. 6 meeting hosted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders. Blatner was incorrectly identified as Bill Heine, director of the Monmouth County Department of Public Information, in a story on the meeting and a photo caption in the Nov.…
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Harris D. “Mac” MacBeth
Mr. MacBeth, 75, of Rumson, died Nov. 6, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a photographer editor at The Associated Press for 47 years. He was predeceased by a daughter-in-law, Victoria Knight MacBeth. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Lynn; a…
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A story to remember
In the News • MARK ROSMAN One of the most difficult tasks this job presents is writing articles about children who are battling serious diseases, or about young people who lose their life in a tragedy. The articles that describe the challenges these individuals and their families are facing tug at the heartstrings. The people…
