Category: HUB Opinion
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Arts council’s annual exhibit opens Jan. 27
The Monmouth County Arts Council’s 28th annual Juried Art Show and Sale will open Jan. 27. The exhibition will run through March 4 at the Monmouth Museum, located on the Brookdale Community College campus in Lincroft. An annual tradition, the Juried Art Show and Sale embraces the arts and savors the creativity of many talented…
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Two get thumbs up from Ivy League
Kyle Fitzgerald LITTLE SILVER – Red Bank Regional High School has announced that two students have been accepted to prestigious Ivy League colleges. Basketball co-captain Kyle Fitzgerald, Red Bank, is heading to Harvard University this fall. Classmate, Nina Cabrera, Little Silver, an avid theater performer, was informed that Yale has accepted her, although she has…
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Injunction needed to stop bridge project
Do the mayors and councils of Sea Bright and Highlands think we should be impressed that they finally had the sense to pass resolutions opposing the demolition of the drawbridge beneath the Twin Lights? Those resolutions won’t accomplish a thing. The Department of Transportation will move ahead as quickly as possible – maybe even more…
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Around the schools
LITTLE SILVER – Third- and fourth-graders at Little Silver Point Road School will participate in “Celebrating Differences in Learning Abilities Day” all day today. The program, consisting of five stations, each teaching about specific disabilities, was organized by parent volunteers. RED BANK – The nation’s nearly 8,000 Catholic schools will celebrate Catholic Schools Week, Jan.…
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Life on the front in the War Between the States
Union soldiers’ letters home provide poignant glimpse into Civil War BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Brick Township historian Gene Donatiello wrote his latest book “A Family of Soldiers, Letters Home to Herbertsville from the Civil War,” after longtime resident Elmer Havens gave him a suitcase…
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Second-grade students at the Red Bank Charter School studied the culture of Vietnam as a class project. RED BANK – At the Red Bank Charter School, each grade adopts a service learning project, to foster a sense of responsibility and community connectedness in the students. This year, the second-grade students are very excited about their…
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Congress has chance to fix health-care crisis
The Democrats have retaken control of both houses of Congress after more then 12 years and now have the unique opportunity to make finding a solution to the health-care crisis their own. And they may have some help from some unlikely sources. Just two weeks ago, a coalition of health-care insurance payers offered a proposal…
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Art inspired by music
‘Music as Muse,” a print exhibit, is at the Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) Gallery at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The exhibit, on loan from the Printmaking Council of New Jersey, will run through March 7. In developing the theme of the exhibit, the council invited artists to submit work created under the…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters extends heartfelt thanks
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County sends our heartfelt thanks to all who made the holidays memorable for so many children this year. The Mill at Spring Lake Heights hosted our annual holiday party, which was attended by 150 Big Brothers and Sisters and their “Littles,” Kids’ Club members, staff, parents and board members…
