Category: HUB Opinion
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Jersey Syndicate hopes to follow initial success
First year gives band, audiences good feelings as group gets rolling BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Mike Sasso has always believed that you should never burn bridges because the people you deal with may be able to help you in the future. That has proved to be a good strategy for Sasso and his band…
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Perfect together: New Jersey and who?
For many Garden State residents, it looks as though “New Jersey and you” are no longer perfect together. A recent report by Rutgers University uncovers an alarming exodus of residents from this state we’re in. Titled “Where Have All the Dollars Gone? An Analysis of New Jersey Migration Patterns,” the report was published earlier this…
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IN THE ARTS
The Ocean Grove Area Chamber of Commerce and New Jersey Natural Gas are sponsoring the fifth annualMonmouth/Ocean Counties Food Bank Benefit Concert. Two shows will be presented at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26. The concert of classical and flamenco guitar, Chinese pipa, Turkish oud and 12-string guitar will be performed by David…
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Do homework, and stay updated with election
Iwas shocked to find that according to a recent CBS news poll, 31 percent of registered voters said they are more likely to vote for a candidate based solely on the fact that that candidate is endorsed by Oprah Winfrey. Elections appear to be a breeding ground for polls and statistics, many of which can…
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Community urged to protect pets
For the entire community’s safety, let’s hope that, if convicted, the man who allegedly obtained cats and kittens through “free to a good home” ads and reportedly tortured and killed them is given a strict sentencing, including jail time, counseling, and a ban on contact with animals (“Shelter warns: Avoid ‘free to good home’ ads,”…
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Robert Gear Spencer
Mr. Spencer, 78, of Tinton Falls, died Jan. 7, 2008, at Care One at King James, Navesink section of Middletown. He was born in Newark, Ohio. He was a computer programmer at IBM, retiring in 1994. Prior to that, he taught vocal music and directed musical shows for 20 years for groups such as the…
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Gov. has not placed New Jersey on a path to stability
Greg Bean’s column that appeared on Dec. 26 was right on the mark (“Day of Reckoning Is on the Horizon for Budget”). I would like to add that Gov. Jon Corzine and the lame duck Legislature don’t apparently get the message, “the money well has run dry, something realistic must be done.” I really have…
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Fenimore P. “Fred” Storch
Mr. Storch, 94, of Shrewsbury, died in January 2008 at RiverviewMedical Center, Red Bank. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he resided in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as well as Shrewsbury. He was a retired flavor technologist and entrepreneur in the United States and Canada, responsible for creating the mint formula for Girl Scout thin mint cookies.…
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Something more troubling than global warming
Idon’t fear global warming as much as I fear global stupidity. We couldn’t have the first problem without the second. But then again we wouldn’t have either to fear, if we had managers with moral competency at both the corporate and governmental levels. It’s the absence of them that we should fear. We need leaders…
