Category: HUB Opinion

  • Jean V. Longo

    Mrs. Longo, 78, of Middletown, died Nov. 9, 2007, at Gateway Care Center, Eatontown. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided there, Staten Island, N.Y., and Red Bank, prior to relocating to Middletown. She was an executive secretary at Lehman Brothers, New York City, for 20 years, retiring in 1994. She enjoyed cooking Italian food. She…

  • Samuel V. Gilman Jr.

    Mr. Gilman, 76, of Rumson, died Nov. 17, 2007, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was managing director and senior vice president at Chubb & Son Insurance Underwriters, retiring after 35 years. He was also a member of the board of directors at Summit Bancorporation from…

  • Public housing at Earle will mean higher taxes

    As a resident of Tinton Falls for over 10 years, I have seen my real estate tax climb from $2,800 when I purchased my home to the current $8,000, most of which is to support school funding. The U.S. Navy is now letting 500 nonmilitary families move into its Earl Naval base, which sends its…

  • Emma Pohl Lease

    Mrs. Lease, 88, of South Seaside Park, died Nov. 21, 2007. Born in Carteret, she resided in Milltown and East Brunswick prior to relocating to South Seaside Park. She co-owned Sea Gull Deli, South Seaside Park, with her husband and family. Prior to that, she was employed at Sears, North Brunswick, and Pohl Brothers Bakery,…

  • Lunch Break leaders move on to new challenges

    For nearly 25 years, Lunch Break has provided “hot meals and more” to those struggling with poverty in Monmouth County. And for the past five years, Lunch Break’s Board of Directors has been led by Little Silver resident Kay Vilardi and Dan Petrocelli of Lincroft. These two outstanding volunteers recently completed their tenures on the…

  • Mary S. Sobrenski Allocco

    Mrs. Allocco, 93, of Hazlet, died Nov. 20, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in New York City, she resided in Holmdel prior to relocating to Hazlet 23 years ago. She was a retired bus driver for Holmdel School District where she was employed 14 years. She was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Roman…

  • Use eminent domain on N.J.’s toll roads

    Ihave the perfect plan to bring the state out of debt. We let Gov. Corzine sell the toll roads for billions of dollars. Enough money to pay off all the debt, bring the pensions up to date, reduce taxes by 25 percent overall and have enough left over to invest in Christmas tree items for…

  • Stephen P. Kirk Jr.

    Mr. Kirk, 50, of Howell, died Nov. 12, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Long Branch and was a lifelong resident of Howell. Mr. Kirk was part of the first graduating class of St. Veronica Catholic School, Howell, in 1971. He had attended Christian…

  • State property tax amounts to class warfare

    In a recent conversation with a N.J. 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…