Category: HUB Opinion

  • Designate a driver in order to keep holiday season safe

    The holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 1,201 people across America, just during the month of December 2005, were killed in highway crashes involving…

  • Coda

    Here’s a gift idea that is wheely, wheely practical GREG BEAN Idon’t know about you, but I’ve reached the point in my life where I’ve got pretty much everything I need, and with a few exceptions, so does my wife. This is a pleasant circumstance for the two of us empty-nesters. We’re content, we live…

  • Tyler praised for being outside Republican mold

    There are a number of us in Red Bank who object to the ongoing governing philosophy of Ed McKenna and his well-chosen minions who still serve at the highest levels of local power. Some (e.g., Mayor Menna, Mr. Murphy and Mr. DuPont) go so far as to imitate the ex’s bullying methods though with far…

  • Red State/Blue State

    A case of entrapment: so close and yet so far 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Our readers…

  • Residents express pride in RFH Bulldog football team

    (Open letter to Bulldogs and coaches) Iwant you to know how proud my husband and I are of all of you and how much we’ve enjoyed watching you play. How lucky we feel to have been riding your coattails to victory in what has been an incredible season! Sure, yesterday had a different ending from…

  • Elizabeth Behan

    Mrs. Behan, 86, of Keansburg, died Dec. 6, 2007, at home, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Scotland, she immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island, and resided in Royal, Pa., and New York City, prior to relocating to Keansburg 50 years ago. She was employed at Lily Tulip Corporation, Hazlet, retiring…

  • Preserve bridge or design appropriate new span

    (Open letter to local legislators) As one of your constituents and a resident and business owner in the Borough of Highlands, I am writing to implore you to intervene in the matter of the Department of Transportation plan to replace the Route 36 Highlands/Sea Bright drawbridge. The out-of-scale and out-of-character new bridge, as designed, would…

  • Eleanor Cheetham Connell

    Mrs. Connell, 74, died Dec. 8, 2007, at Meridian Nursing Home, Shrewsbury. Born in Rhode Island, she resided there and in the Lincroft section of Middletown, Rumson, Moorestown and several other New Jersey towns as well as Deerfield Beach, Fla., before relocating to Shrewsbury. Mrs. Connell was a former communicant of Holy Cross Church, Rumson.…

  • the Arts

    Rock the halls! Upstairs opera, downstairs rock. On a recent afternoon, those were the sounds coming from the Count Basie Theatre’s Cool School classes. In the Basie studio space, aspiring opera singers attended a master class with Michael Capasso, general director for Dicapo Opera Theatre. The 90- minute workshop allowed students to perform opera selections…