Category: HUB Opinion

  • In the Arts

    The “Outside the Box” Women’s Arts Festival presents new and established women artists of all artistic genres and backgrounds in a diverse lineup of performances and educational programs through Oct. 19. The seventh annual festival is presented by the Black Box of Asbury Park. Free and ticketed events, which feature local New Jersey artists and…

  • Art is fun!

    Art The Oceanic Library in Rumson is hosting an exhibit of artwork by Mike Quon, an artist and graphic designer known for his colorful, bold brushstroke artwork. The exhibit runs through Oct. 31 at the library, located at Avenue of the Two Rivers. Quon’s drawings, watercolors, paintings and collages are often whimsical depictions of favorite…

  • Your Turn

    Republicans will stop the budget insanity in Red Bank Guest Column • Kim Senkeleski Stop the insanity in Red Bank. I have read that the definition of insanity is doing the same bad thing over and over again … According to the Red Bank Borough budget resolutions 04-206, 05-126, 06-175, 07-183 and 08-159, the borough…

  • The real lowdown on ‘low-information voters’

    Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: I have a new policy, Old Pal. When I write my half of this column, I listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio. That way, my feelings aren’t hurt when you’re mean to me in your response. Sort of like last week, when…

  • Another casualty of R.B. parking enforcement

    Iwanted to stand up and cheer when I read Brian Daneman’s letter to the editor dated Oct. 9. Mr. Daneman wrote of his frustration with the parking enforcement in Red Bank, warning of the consequences to business, that Red Bank will become a ghost town. I am one more story to support this prediction. On…

  • George F. Tyner

    Mr. Tyner, 78, of Middletown, died Sept. 25, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center Red Bank. He was a self- employed carpenter, and retired building inspector for Middletown Township. He was predeceased by two sons Michael and Stephen Tyner. He is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Patricia and Harry Bossi of Washington, and Kathryn…

  • The old gal was a woman who was ahead of her time

    Coda • GREG BEAN My grandmother, who was a competent and rational woman in most regards, had what we thought were some very weird notions about credit and banks. Those ideas were forged in the Great Depression, when the family lost everything but its socks because the banks went bust and the people who took…

  • Don’t let government manage health care

    The best question of the recent presidential debate was a philosophical one asked by Tom Brokaw. The most honest answer was given by Barack Obama. Sen. Obama answered that he believed that health care is a “right.” This answer speaks volumes about his view of government in our society. In his more scripted description of…

  • John Thomas Wantroba III

    Mr. Wantroba, of Ocean Township, died Oct. 4, 2008. He is survived by his wife, Gail; three daughters, Alexa, Amber and Ashley Wantroba; his parents, Judith and John T. Wantroba of Tinton Falls; and a sister, Dawn Hall of Wall Township. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. at…