Category: HUB Opinion

  • Art Forms evolves under new owner, new name

    Charlotte Scherer hands baton to Emily Asher Neiman BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent While not exactly throwing out the old, there is a new owner at the Art Forms Gallery on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. She has renamed the storefront space the Asher Neiman Gallery but has retained a number of the artists, including the…

  • Coda

    If it looks like a tax hike, and smells like a hike … GREG BEAN So, it looks like Gov. Jon Corzine has started shooting the cocker spaniel. As longtime readers might remember from the last time I used the term, shooting the cocker spaniel is an old technique used by administrators facing budget cuts…

  • IN THE ARTS

    The Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College is presenting “Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story” through March 9. Relationships can be murder. This is a two-character musical drama that recounts the chilling true story of the legendary duo who committed one of the most infamous and heinous crimes of the 20th century. Performances…

  • Coda

    Do these people think that he’s made of money? GREG BEAN So, formerMarlboroMayor and admitted felon Matthew V. Scannapieco would like the U.S District Court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the community to recoup damages resulting fromhis criminal activity. Man, there’s a surprise. Here’s a guy who admitted he took $245,000 in bribes from…

  • William M. Matthews Jr.

    Mr. Matthews, 64, of Rumson, died Feb. 23, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was the retired manager at Commercial Properties, Red Bank. He is survived by his friends, John Kondrup and Shirley Brooks. A funeral service was at Fair View Cemetery, Middletown. Arrangements were by Freeman Funeral Home, Freehold.

  • Red State/Blue State

    With friends like FEMA, then who needs enemies? 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 GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: I know you joinme in…

  • Robert John Mulligan

    Mr.Mulligan, 79, of Red Bank, and formerly Little Silver, died Feb. 16, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was employed at New York Telephone and its successor companies for 35 years. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Ginger; two daughters and sons-inlaw, Valerie andMichael Zusack of Little Silver, and Colleen…

  • Hopefuls audition for Visual & Performing Arts Academy

    A prospective VPA student auditions with vocal teacher Kristopher Zuk. LITTLE SILVER – For students hoping to be accepted into Red Bank Regional High School’s Visual and Performing Arts Academy (VPA), preparation begins well before the audition date on the second Saturday in January each year. Two weeks prior to their interview, creative writing applicants…

  • Helen V. Forehand

    Mrs. Forehand, 84, of Long Branch, died Feb. 17, 2008, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was an electronic technician at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, for 39 years. She was also a product insurance industrial trainer and toastmistress at Fort Monmouth. She was predeceased by her husband, Clarence; two daughters, Leslie Forehand and Gail Forehand;…