Category: HUB Opinion
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Alanna Rebecca Olson
Miss Olson, 29, of Point Pleasant, died Oct. 21, 2008. She resided in Holmdel, prior to relocating to Point Pleasant in 1999. She was a model, and began and ran an online business. She is survived by her parents, Ann Doherty and David Olson; two brothers, Todd Olson of Middletown, and Erik Olson of Durham,…
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Help available to victims of domestic violence, abuse
Crimes of violence against women and children are too often hidden. Only about 25 percent of violent physical assaults and 20 percent of rapes perpetrated against women by intimate partners are reported to police, causing untold physical and mental injuries to the weakest members of our society. October — which has been designated Domestic Violence…
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Family of EMT thanks public for outpouring of concern
As many readers may already know, Ed Ryan, EMT, was responding to a first aid call when he was struck by a car on Main Street, Oceanport. He broke bones in his lower right leg, two ribs and right shoulder. He was rushed to Jersey Shore Trauma Center and underwent surgery to place a rod…
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Outsider artist works from the inside
Leonardo resident exhibits at the MAC BY LINDA DENICOLA Correspondent “Picked A Pumpkin” Middletown artist Tracey Ann Finley has passion and a personal vision that enable her to create original and intuitive artwork that come from her life experience and ideals. Without years of artist training and obsessing over style, she is beginning to mature…
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IN THE ARTS
Running Rabbit Family Theatre will present its newest production, “Cow and the Beanstalk,” at the Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University. Children’s classic “Jack and the Beanstalk” is given a fanciful turn in this version recommended for children age 2 and up and their families. There’s Jack, there’s an enormous beanstalk, there’s a surly giant and…
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Art Society show in Little Silver
Longing assemblage by Cecilia Swatton The Art Society of Monmouth County will exhibit members’ artwork at Little Silver Borough Hall through Dec. 19. This annual exhibit, the H&E Luhrs Show, is made possible through the generosity of the Luhrs Endowment Fund. Little Silver Borough Hall is located at 480 Prospect Ave. For directions and hours,…
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Director returns to local scene with play at Jewish museum
After a three-year hiatus from the Monmouth County arts community, David Sorin of Howell is making his directorial return with the production of Mark Harelik’s “The Immigrant” at the HayLoft Performing Arts Space in Freehold Township. The new space is inside the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County in the Mount’s Corner shopping center at…
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Frescos and found objects
“Crow” by Mary Cooper The Paint Place of Asbury Park will be hosting an exhibit of art work by Betsey Regan of Middletown and Mary Cooper of Fair Haven. Regan is known for her paintings of animals. She works in a medium she calls modern fresco, a complex process both ancient and innovative. Regan has…
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IN THE ARTS
“Apple”, a powerful play dealing with love, betrayal and forgiveness, will have its New Jersey premiere Oct. 23 at The New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway in Long Branch, where it will run through Nov. 23. Vern Thiessen’s drama about an extramarital affair that develops more than the usual problems will have regular performances Thursdays…
