Category: HUB Opinion

  • Frances E. Malone

    Frances Malone, 79, of Columbus, N.C., died July 9, 2008, at the Brain Center in Brevard, N.C. She was employed by Manalapan Township for 13 years and the New Jersey Turnpike before retiring in 1990 and moving to North Carolina. Surviving are two sons, Thomas Vitomski, Columbus, N.C., and Michael Vitomski, Freehold; a daughter, Barbara…

  • Marian Louise Barrett

    Miss Barrett, 54, of Keyport, died July 5, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a dental technician at Annalan Dental Lab, Union Beach, for 40 years, retiring in 2004 to care for her parents. She was predeceased by her parents, Eugene E. and Genevieve R. Poling Barrett; and a brother, Eugene W. Barrett.…

  • Finding fine art at the Laundromat

    Exhibit of photos taken ‘Through the Porthole’ opens Friday BY LINDA DENICOLA Correspondent When Dee Ann McCarthy turns on her washing machine, it is not to wash clothes. It is to conceptualize her ideas about the beauty found in everyday things. Images from Dee Ann McCarthy’s series “Through the Porthole.” It takes a finely tuned…

  • In this discussion, hipness is in eyes of the beholder

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: There’s a new book out that you really need to read, Old Pal. It’s called…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Watch your favorite Dr. Seuss characters come to life in the Monmouth County Park System’s summer theater production of “Seussical.” Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz and all the Whos of Whoville take the stage. Staged in the summer stock atmosphere of the The Barn at Thompson Park, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, performances will take place…

  • Take advantage of library’s summer reading program

    Your Turn Norma E. Blake Guest Column With the summer recess from school just a few weeks away, many parents are thinking of ways to keep their children’s minds and bodies active after those first weeks of euphoric freedom erode to boredom. Let me suggest that before you become frazzled, your local library may offer…

  • These are the stories we can all be proud of

    GREG BEAN Coda I was talking with a young person recently who asked me about my career in journalism, and more specifically, what about it I was most proud of.   The young person is a bit of an idealist, and his notion of newspaper journalism and what goals young reporters should set are influenced…

  • R.B. senior fed up with money wasted in schools

    Iam a senior citizen and a property owner living on a fixed income and 60 percent of my tax dollar goes to fund the schools in the district, and I am opposed to superintendents and administrators receiving hefty retirement packages such as Barbara A Trzeszkowski, superintendent of Keansburg, who was to receive $741,000; however, it…

  • Legislators thanked for preservation of Shore Fund

    The Jersey Shore Partnership, on behalf of everyone who enjoys the shore, thanks the legislators who helped preserve the annual $25 million stable source of funding for shore protection and beach renourishment. The Partnership understands the tight fiscal times everyone is facing, but New Jersey has become a leader in shore protection. To take money…