Category: HUB Opinion

  • 12th District pols explain stance on S-1962

    In regard to the Hub’s recent story (July 3) about the pension and health benefits reform bill S-1962, which passed the Legislature last week, we would like to add one additional point: all of the reforms are prospective only, which means that no current teacher or government employee will be affected by those changes. We…

  • Joseph Zaccardi

    Mr. Zaccardi, 80, of the Belford section of Middletown, died July 8, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a driver at Sunshine Biscuit Corp., Woodbridge, retiring in 1994. Prior to that, he was a firefighter for the Jersey City Fire Department from 1959 to 1985. He was predeceased by a son, Thomas…

  • Jane Wardell Babeuf

    Mrs. Babeuf, 81, of Fair Haven, died July 5, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, John R. Babeuf; two sons and daughters in-law, John “Steve” and Linda Babeuf, and Robert “Toby” C. and Ann Babeuf, all of Rumson; a daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and Raymond…

  • Marguerite Moss

    Mrs. Moss, 80, of Red Bank, died July 2, 2008, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a retired school nurse at St. James Grammar School, Red Bank, and St. Mary’s School, Deal. She began her nursing career in the polio ward at Monmouth Medical Center and was employed there until 1950. She was…

  • Frances Klem Feely

    Mrs. Feely, 94, of Monmouth Beach, and Brooklyn, N.Y., died July 7, 2008, at St. BarnabasMedical Center, Long Branch. She was one of the first female managers at New York Telephone Co. during the 1950s. She was predeceased by her husband of 26 years, James W. Feely, in 1980; and a brother, John Klem. She…

  • ‘Honk!’: There’s no director in sight!

    Peer Players mount second musical at Middletown Arts Center BY LAUREN BECKETT Correspondent Christina Lennon was never a part of the theater program in her high school, but she didn’t hesitate when her friend Allison Cloonan asked her to join an extracurricular theater troupe. She has since been a fixture. MATT DENTON Clockwise from top:…

  • IN THE ARTS

    The Paint Place in Asbury Park is presenting the paintings and collages of Jill Kerwick. Jill’s new work explores various mediums with a strong sense of color. She searches for moments dealing with American culture, innocence, art history, literature and nature. While her collages are complex, the paintings have deliberate and considered brushstrokes. The exhibition…

  • Two River Theater Co. goes to the movies

    Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow Film Festival: Chicago movies that burn up the screen The Two River Theater Company in Red Bank dives into the movie business July 11-26 with Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow Film Festival. Chicago is the star in each of nine movies from some of Hollywood’s greatest directors in a festival named for the cow…

  • Summer jazz returns to Red Bank

    The annual Summer Jazz Café series will return this year for a four-week run at downtown Red Bank’s River’s Edge Café. Produced by the nonprofit Jazz Arts Project of Red Bank, the series will showcase top jazz performers 7:30-10 p.m. each Friday and Saturday evening from July 11 through Aug. 2. Joe Muccioli, Jazz Arts…