Category: HUB Opinion

  • Rumson-Fair Haven to host Post Prom party

    Plans are under way for this year’s Post Prom party for students at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. The PTSA hosts this yearly event to provide students with a night of safe entertainment in an alcohol- and drug-free environment. The “South Beach Night” will begin at midnight, directly after the prom, and conclude at 4…

  • What is a ‘woman of distinction?’

    That is a question we at the American Heart Association have been considering for a number of months as we prepare to present the inaugural New Jersey Go Red for Women “Woman of Distinction” Award on May 7 at the New Jersey Go Red for Women Luncheon. Is it a woman making extraordinary contributions to…

  • Put $$ into alternative energy, not war

    There are two possible replacements for the fuels that are being depleted rapidly in our mobile society: alternative energy and sustainable or renewable energy. Last October Gov. Jon Corzine spoke of supporting alternative energy, specifically nuclear, clean coal and ethanol. These solutions are almost exactly those suggested by President George W. Bush although the two…

  • A celebration of all things chiseled, shaped & formed

    SICA unveils urban sculpture park in Long Branch Human kenetics The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch will officially unveil an urban sculpture park and orchestrate a host of related sculpture events Saturday throughout the City of Long Branch. At the center of the arts events will be “Sculptoure,” an urban sculpture…

  • In the Arts

    On Wednesday, a 130-by-9-foot mural depicting the history of art was dedicated at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The mural was designed by Bob Mataranglo and painted by him with students and faculty members. The project, consisting of 30 panels of various sizes on a curved wall, was begun in early October. The finishing touches…

  • Photo

    Due to ticket sales volume, Two River Theater Company in Red Bank has extended for an extra week its production of Steve Martin’s outrageously funny adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s German classic farce “The Underpants.” Now scheduled to run May 2-27, the comedy recounts the trials that befall a young housewife after her underpants fall down…

  • Untold stories of the ‘British Invasion’

    Pete Bennett in a vintage photo with the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. For fans who weren’t around yet, or who want to revisit a definitive chapter in rock history, an insider’s look at the music scene during the heyday of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – with a tour guide who…

  • Haleakala Park image featured in calendar

    A landscape at Haleakala National Park National Parks are some of America’s most scenic refuges, and one company encourages employees to capture and preserve the natural beauty of the nation’s 388 national parks by sponsoring a photo contest. Tinton Falls resident Rick Laiken won first prize in Unilever’s 2006 Employee National Parks Photo Contest. Laiken’s…

  • R.B. voters approve $15M school budget

    Two write-ins join incumbent on BOE BY SARAH KLEPNER Staff Writer BY SARAH KLEPNERStaff Writer RED BANK – – This year’s Red Bank School District elections showed that residents will call on neighbors when necessary. Despite two vacant board seats, for which no one was running, the election concluded with two additional board members. Voters…