Category: HUB Opinion
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Persistence + passion = tenacity
Little Silver author launches mystery novel series BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Dissatisfaction with the stock and bond trade led Little Silver resident and former stockbroker Jack Getze to write a mystery novel. For Jack Getze, getting his mystery novel “Big Numbers” published is a big deal. In fact, it is…
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On Campus
Kate Aras, Little Silver, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Pennsylvania State University, University Park campus, State Park, where she is a sophomore majoring in communications. Brian Erickson, Red Bank, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Fairfield (Conn.) University. The marketing major is…
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Ranney’s Science Week offers fun and discovery
Erik Bovino, a fourth-grader at Ranney School, and Morgan Rice, a beginner, show off their science projects. March was a busy month for young scientists in Ranney’s Lower School in Tinton Falls. Students in beginners through fifth grade presented the results of their own scientific inquiries, displaying more than 200 projects for the Ranney community…
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State at risk, part 2: Chance to save critters
Michelle S. Byers Michelle S. Byers Guest Column One of the limits on our language is that words don’t always convey the full story. When we talk about “endangered” or “threatened” species, for example, most people understand that plants and animals in danger of becoming extinct are placed on federal or state lists that are…
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‘Heroes & Cool Kids’ mentors
RBRstudent mentors pose with former pro football player Keith Elias. Are the research papers as hard as my teacher says they will be in high school? Will I have time to go to my locker between classes? What is it like being a freshman at Red Bank Regional High School? These were some of the…
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Coda
Greg Bean We’d all feel better if the punishment fit the crime There was a while in the last decade when, in addition to my newspaper work, I wrote mystery novels. Four of them were published by St. Martin’s Press, and are currently out of print. I gave up fiction writing when I finally had…
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All that jazz
The Monmouth Regional High School Jazz Band will present Jazz Nite 2007, an evening of music, food and fun, Friday, May 4, 6-9 p.m. in the Monmouth Regional High School Commons, 1 Norman Field Way, Tinton Falls. Admission is $6, $3 for students. Proceeds will benefit the high school’s band program. The MRHS jazz band…
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Obituaries
Hector Acevedo Mr. Acevedo, 82, of Middletown, died April 6, 2007, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. Born in Puerto Rico, he came to the United States in 1931, and resided in New York City and Red Bank prior to relocating to Middletown. He was employed in housekeeping at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, for…
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Dancing to an Earth Day message
Students at Oceanport’s Wolf Hill School celebrated Earth Day Thursday by attending a dance assembly performed by an ensemble of their peers. The third- and fourth-grade Dance Club members performed a warmup dance titled “Think Green.” After that, 67 first-graders performed a dance routine using a hula hoop to symbolize the earth and remind us…
