Category: HUB Opinion
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Hunting doesn’t contribute to society’s greater need
While I understand we all have civil liberties and those who hunt have a right to do so, I amnot sure how anyone can justify that a park is an appropriate site for the killing of any creature to take place. I believe parks were designed for people to get back in touch with nature…
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Coda
Men’s brains aren’t cut out for detailed memory GREG BEAN Whenever my wife and I take a romantic walk down memory lane, remembering our years together as a couple, it always feels a little like tiptoeing through aminefield. One wrong step and BOOM! – you’re blown clean off the river. We’ll be looking into each…
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Nominees sought for RBR alumni honor
For the past six years, the Red Bank Regional High School Education Foundation has observed a warm tradition of honoring its most distinguished alumni. The honor includes an invitation to visit our high school, where they tour the facility with our principal and meet our faculty and students. For those honorees, particularly those that have…
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Experience Latin America
Monmouth U. explores Peru and Brazil in multifaceted events The art, people and culture of LatinAmerica will be the focus of “LatinAmerican Realities,” a monthlong program of events that will explore the art, people and culture of Peru and Brazil. Perú Negro Presented by Monmouth University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences,History andAnthropology Department and…
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Is bringing ‘tax equity’ code for class warfare?
I narecentconversationwitha New Jersey senator, one reason given as to why eliminating the property tax and replacing it with an income tax cannot be done is that it could be construed, or actually become, class warfare. The concern is that the so-called rich would be unfairly targeted to pay more taxes than their fair share…
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IN THE ARTS
‘Chairish the Museum’ to benefit Monmouth Museum The Monmouth Museum presents “Chairish the Museum,” an exhibition and silent auction of one-of-a-kind chairs decorated and designed by local artists and craftspersons. Chairs will be on display at the museum as well as various locations in the community (see list below) Feb. 2 through 15. The public…
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Funding will help keep beaches clean
New Jersey’s 127 miles of white sandy beaches are a source of pride and enjoyment for thousands of residents and visitors alike each year. They are a recreational resource which contributes greatly to the tourism economy. These beaches and waterways need to be maintained and replenished so that they may be enjoyed for generations to…
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United Way dedicated to helping Alzheimer’s cause
By the time you are reading this we will be in the year 2008. I would like to go back a few months and spotlight the works of the Alzheimer’s Association, whose recognition month is November. Their formal mission statement is “to enhance care and support for individuals, their families and caregivers, and to eliminate…
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Alfred D. Payne
Mr. Payne, 91, of the New Monmouth section of Middletown, died Jan. 15, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., prior to relocating to New Monmouth in 1955. He was a director of the import export department for the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry for nine years, retiring…
