Category: HUB Opinion
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Pallone mum on bridge demolition
Demolishing one of the most lovely sites on the Jersey Shore would be an enormous mistake. Where else can you see views like the one from the Twin Lights? So where is U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone ? The transportation commissioner of the state of N.J. is coming to Sea Bright on June 21 to address…
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Historical info on President Grant wanted
I am writing about an incident that touches, in part, on President Ulysses S. Grant and Long Branch. On or about Aug. 8, 1873, while summering at Long Branch, Grant received a delegation of Russian (originally German) Mennonites and Hutterites who had come to arrange for their entire communities to move to the United States.…
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Stop the bridge or get out of the way!
Our entire community is in jeopardy, with the threatened demolition of the Highlands-Sea Bright drawbridge and the widening of Ocean Avenue through Sea Bright that will surely follow. So what do the politicians do? They write letters! U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6) wrote a letter urging the state Department of Transportation to “consider again the…
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Realtors’ group supports foreclosure tax relief
The Monmouth County Association of Realtors applauds Rep. Robert Andrews of New Jersey for introducing the Mortgage Cancellation Tax Relief Act. This federal legislation is important to many New Jersey homeowners who are going through the difficult process of foreclosure. Under current law, when a lender forgives some or all of a mortgage debt, the…
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Recent events at concerts are a wake-up call
Thank you for your attention to the issue of underage drinking through your reporting of the issues at the PNC Arts Center. The events at the Gwen Stefani concert could have ended tragically – let us take this opportunity to come together as a community and take a stand against childhood drinking. Alcohol is the…
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In the Arts
First Avenue Playhouse will present Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” June 29-July 26. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Reservations are required. Tickets $20. The playhouse is located at 123 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands. For more information call (732) 291-7552 or go to www.firstavenueplayhouse.com. The Fab Faux…
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Give me ‘Doctor Jazz’
Whether medical man or piano man, the practice makes perfect BY TOM CHESEK Correspondent BY TOM CHESEKCorrespondent Physician and jazz keyboardist Art Topilow will sit in with the Top Dror Jazz Band in a special Fourth of July concert at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal Park. Viewers of the hit TV series…
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Obituaries
Louise Talerico Mrs. Talerico, 92, of Red Bank, died June 16, 2007, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Long Branch, she resided there prior to relocating to Red Bank. She was a retired sewing machine operator employed at several area garment makers. She was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic…
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Congratulations, class of 2007
Top to bottom: Members of the Shore Regional High School class of 2007 process to their seats before the commencement ceremony begins at the West Long Branch school June 21. Less than an hour later, rainfall cut the ceremony short and graduates received their diplomas in far less organized fashion. Valedictorian Charlotte Goldfine had time…
