Category: HUB Opinion
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In the Arts
EyeSights 2007, the fourth annual All-Members Juried Photography Show and Exhibit, will open this weekend at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. This year’s competition will have prizes and awards in Color, Black & White, and Alternative categories. The juror is Nancy Ori, director of photography and video production, New Jersey Media Center. An…
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Community left out of decision on new boro hall
I’ve always liked Rumson Memorial Borough Hall. A stately residence, it was given to the town in 1927 by Warren Barbour and is very much of it’s time. Three stories tall without being massive, it sits confidently on River Road, proud, but not overbearing. It seems to know that it’s part of a fabric that…
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In the Arts
Phoenix Productions will present the musical “Camelot” at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank March 2, 3, 4, 10 and 11. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. Written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, “Camelot” is based on the familiar Arthurian legend of the love between Guinevere…
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Re: Treason
Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: The Constitution, which you swore to uphold, defines treason as giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Your recent nonbinding resolution definitely qualifies as an act of treason against our country and our military. You have said it’s unfair to question your patriotism, I agree; it’s impossible to question…
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Thanks to those who helped fire victims
As residents of the Fountains condominiums in Sea Bright, my husband and I want to thank the many people and agencies that came to our aid on Monday morning, Feb. 5, when we awoke to a fire of unimaginable ferocity. First, our own residents who were calm and caring for their neighbors, supporting one another…
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State must meet demand for affordable housing
A recent appellate court decision that voided the state’s guidelines for affordable housing was an essential step in getting back on course to providing homes for New Jersey’s low- and moderate-income workers. K. Hovnanian, the state’s largest homebuilder and the largest for-profit provider of affordable housing, joined other organizations taking a stand against the third-round…
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Snow removal anyone?
It has been more than a week since the “storm of 2007,” which, granted, dropped snow and ice that was quite difficult to remove, but still I would like to understand why many of my fellow residents of Red Bank, including a church on River Road, saw no obligation to attempt to remove snow from…
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Bridge height meets standard for sailboats
Letter to NJDEP, NJDOT AND U. S. Coast Guard officials We are writing this letter in support of the design height of 65 feet for the Highlands Bridge on Route 36 in New Jersey. The design height for all bridges on the Intercoastal Waterway is 65 feet. This means that all the manufacturers of sailboats…
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For the Record
The byline on the story “Bipartisan group forms Women’s Political Caucus” in the Feb. 22 issue was incorrect. The article was written by Staff Writer Layli Whyte. The byline that ran above the story incorrectly identified the writer as Lori Anne Oliwa, who was interviewed for the article.
