Category: HUB Opinion
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Take Me Home!
Aphotography exhibit with heart is on display at the SCAN Learning Center at Monmouth Mall. “Coco” by Valerie Craig “Take Me Home! Portraits of Adoptable Shelter Animals” features photographs by Valerie Craig and Jack Norton, who are longtime volunteers at the Monmouth County SPCA, and Sisi Ho and David Segelstein. The photographers hope their exhibit…
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Student showcase is harbinger of annual arts festival
Avisual arts student from Red Bank Regional High School took first place Jan. 27 in the Student Art Competition portion of the Monmouth Festival of the Arts held at Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls. First-prize winner Abigail Burpee with her mixed-media piece titled “Wisdom.” Abigail Burpee, Fair Haven, received top honors for her mixed media…
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Transponders will be hot commodity in future
In the very near future, a new form of swap meet will be developing along our state’s toll roads. Arranged by word of mouth, upraised printed signs or discrete ads on Craigslist, service areas parking lots accessible to both northbound and southbound traffic will become bustling centers of trade. What will become the hot commodity?…
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Paper or plastic?
Quick quiz: What is the proper response to the familiar checkout line question “paper or plastic?” As you may have guessed, this is a trick question. Usually, the appropriate answer is neither. Most of us have heard the environmental slogan reduce, reuse, recycle. However, you may have not recognized the implicit hierarchy within the three…
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Coda
Besides Rush, there wasn’t a friendly face in the house GREG BEAN You have to give Gov. Jon Corzine credit for walking into the lion’s den. Either he just doesn’t care that so many people are furious with him, or he feels safe because of the New Jersey State Police security detail that protects him…
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World should be outraged by use of disabled for attack
It was an act so appalling I could not imagine it could be true. I read with horror the news story of how two women with Down syndrome – with limited intellectual ability – were identified as the “suicide bombers” in the Feb. 1 attack in a Baghdad pet market. Let’s be perfectly clear –…
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IN THE ARTS
“Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt on Stage Together” will come to the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. Two of the best singer/songwriters today join forces for an evening of solo acoustic song. Tickets are $62.50-$20 at the box office, 99 Monmouth St., (732) 842-9000 or www.countbasietheatre.org. OnFriday,Feb. 22,master…
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Owners need to be cautious during Valentine’s season
Warning to pet owners: danger lurks in your Valentine’s Day candy box. In the weeks leading to Valentine’s Day, large quantities of chocolates and candies are purchased. Before heading to your local retailer for your “goodies” purchase, remember that most of these treats are extremely harmful to pets. Some have been known to cause death.…
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Paul Casale, American Realist
From his art, you can see that Paul Casale was a city kid. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he never lost his love of the colorful people and street scenes he grew up with. His early high school training inManhattan exposed him to teachers who were social realists and as a result, Casale’s work always…
