Category: HUB Opinion
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Voters will decide school budgets, boards April 17
$17.2 million tax levy would be a 4.2 percent increase over last year BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer On Tuesday, it is hoped that there will be a larger turnout for the school board elections in Tinton Falls than there was last year. One reason for the low turnout has been…
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A state at risk: What’s left in the garden, part 1
Despite a broad understanding of what it means when a plant or animal species is threatened or endangered, thousands remain at risk in New Jersey because the state has not finished adopting rules or committed the resources needed to protect them. “Endangered species” in New Jersey are those that will become extinct here unless we…
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Wildlife biologist offers tips on how to treat baby animals
Spring has sprung, and baby animals are exploring their big new world. Here’s what to do if you spot a baby animal: Wait and watch. Most baby birds, rabbits, squirrels, deer and other animals don’t need humans’ help – their parents are usually nearby. Baby birds with a half-inch or more of tail feathers are…
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American Red Cross draws on cadre of volunteers
In our busy lives, nothing is more valuable than time. It follows that volunteers — people who choose to give their time to make this a better community – are very valuable indeed. Less than one-third of adults give their time through volunteer work, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service. That makes…
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Stop new bridge; help preserve shore towns
The other day a ‘Dear Neighbors’ letter was distributed throughout my office in Sea Bright. A few days later, a similar letter ran in the local newspapers. Although I am a resident of Long Branch, I have spent every summer of my life in Sea Bright, even when I lived in North Jersey. Five years…
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Bush foreign policy, not dissent, aids enemies
I take offense at the comments of the writer of “No easy solution to end war in Iraq” (March 15) who claims that anti-war letters like mine “help our enemies.” With all due respect to your newspaper, I don’t think “our enemies” read The Hub of Red Bank, N.J. They are too busy blowing up…
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Greg Bean
Coda Pension fund fiasco is Enron on the Delaware For a while, it looked like Monmouth and Middlesex counties were developing a monopoly on political corruption and sleight of hand. In Monmouth County, there were so many bribes being paid to politicians at local bars and restaurants the bad guys had to buy brown paper…
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Reader rejects the phrase ‘war on terror’
The writer of “Iraq war part of war on terror” (March 29) stated in a letter supporting the Iraq war that a previous letter writer had replaced fear with denial. After offering a few weak reasons for starting the war, she listed a number of things that only relate to the clash of cultures in…
