Category: HUB Opinion

  • Shrewsbury, R.B. Reg’l school taxes to increase

    Red Bank Reg’l Board of Ed. proposes $23.5 million budget BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER- The Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS) Board of Education (BOE) is proposing a school budget that would increase the tax rate in Shrewsbury by approximately 6 cents per $100 of assessed value, the highest increase of the…

  • Chamber scholarship applications available

    RED BANK – The Education Foundation of Monmouth County, the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce (EMACC) education arm, has released applications for its 2008 scholarship program. Applications for the $1,250 scholarships are available at www.emacc.org. The filing deadline is Friday, May 2. Students entering their junior or senior year of college, adults returning to…

  • Your Turn

    Stop industrial, scientific drain in New Jersey PAUL SNIFFEN Guest Column Long before there was a silicon valley in Sunnyvale, Calif., silicon alley in New Jersey produced some of the greatest inventions and scientific discoveries of the 20th century. Geniuses and Nobel laureates such as Armstrong, Bardeen, Brattain, Edison, Einstein, Marconi, McAfee, Nyquist, Penzias, Shannon,…

  • Coda

    Getting a little hysterical about the History Channel GREG BEAN All right, I officially give up, andmust resign myself to the fact that I may never watch anything on theHistory Channel again. Gregory Bean is executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. You can reach himat [email protected], or invite himto watch the History Channel at your…

  • Red State/Blue State

    The media: the profession everyone loves to hate DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN 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: Years ago, I was having a walleye dinner inWisconsin with…

  • RFH Film Club will screen movie classic

    The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Film Club will host its second Movie Night on Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. The feature presentation will be “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which showcases Audrey Hepburn’s signature role as Holly Golightly. There will be breakfast specialties offered, and the Tiffany’s theme will prevail. Prizes…

  • John Powell in Red Bank

    An exhibit of paintings by internationally acclaimed artist John Powell will open at Beacon Fine Arts Gallery in Red Bank on Friday, April 18. “Puebla Cocina” Receptions with the lyrical realist painter will take place 7-10 p.m.April 18 and 5-9 p.m.April 19 at Beacon FineArts, 61 Monmouth St. Powell began his immersion in the arts…

  • IN THE ARTS

    E Rick Rinaldi, musician, composer and songwriter, will perform in concert at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on May 3. The “Where Rivers Run” concert is a theatrical performance of classic symphonic rock music backed by the magic of the symphony; Rinaldi and five skilled musicians and vocalists produce the sound of a…

  • Joseph Anthony Iwanski

    Mr. Iwanski, 69, of Red Bank, died March 15, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a longtime resident of Fair Haven prior to relocating to Red Bank. He was employed at Exxon-Mobil, New York City, and Fairfax, Va., for several years. He was predeceased by a brother, Alex; and a sister, Irene.…