Category: HUB Opinion

  • Memorial Day is more than a three-day holiday

    It is 10 o’clock Monday morning and I am standing on the Sunset Avenue Memorial Park grounds in Asbury Park. There are several veterans post members of all faiths present and people who came to remember and honor those lost during the Civil War, World War I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War,…

  • Neighbors acted as good Samaritans

    I’d like to take a minute to thank a local family for renewing my faith in humanity. At a time when everyone is so busy, a neighbor took the time to go the extra step to save our family from what could have been an awful loss. Our 8-year-old shih tzu, Baxter, having survived cancer…

  • Abortion ruling puts pregnant women at risk

    The U.S. Supreme Court, for the first time, succeeded in banning an abortion procedure when five justices voted to outlaw late-term abortions. This could be a political preface to trying to outlaw Roe vs. Wade. Doctors say the outlawed procedure is used rarely and only when absolutely necessary. They say it is the safest method…

  • Shore birds are worth protecting

    I’m writing in response to the article that discussed some residents in Sea Bright who are miffed because of the protected nesting area of piping plovers. To the residents who are fortunate enough to be able to live near a beach and the beautiful wildlife that inhabits it: get a pair of binoculars. Birds such…

  • Find your new best friend at the shelter

    June is Adopt a Shelter Cat month, and as an animal shelter volunteer and guardian of two adopted cats, I can say that there’s no better place to find your new best friend than your local shelter. From playful kittens to cuddly “lap cats;” regal Persians to cute calicos, shelters have them all. Shelters across…

  • Marimba concert series celebrates 28th season

    Leigh Howard Stevens The 28th Leigh Howard Stevens Summer Marimba Seminar is being held through June 21 in the Ocean Grove/Asbury Park area. Stevens, a world-renowned classical marimbist, also designs and manufactures marimbas, xylophones and other keyboard percussion instruments. Each summer, between 30 to 40 university-level music students from around the world converge on Monmouth…

  • First Avenue Playhouse will host the world-premiere reading of “With This Ring” by resident playwright Joe Simonelli at the playhouse, 123 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands, Saturday at 8 p.m. The story involves three vignettes that span three generations of couples who occupy the same apartment located in an old Victorian house in Rockaway Beach, N.Y.…

  • Can smarter planning save our open space?

    Dianne Brake Your Turn Dianne BrakeYour Turn A special fund set up in the 1990s to buy open space in New Jersey is expected to run out of money in July. Media attention has focused almost exclusively on how to raise the money to replenish the fund. But what’s missing from the conversation is how…

  • Arts council celebrates creative arts education

    (l-r) Dr. Stephen Westervelt, Peter L. Lyden III, James Gleason, Anthony Migliaccio, Tara Durkin Rochford, Emily A. Doherty, Barbara Calvo, Lorraine R. Hilton, Kathy Kokoll, Marianne Petty, and Debbie Boenig. RED BANK – The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) honored the winners of the 2007 Arts Education Awards May 10 at a ceremony held at…