Category: HUB Opinion

  • In the Arts

    Juliet Kapanjie (l) and Kittson O’Neill in “October 1962.” “October 1962” by D.W. Gregory opens Saturday at New Jersey Repertory Company’s Lumia Theatre, 179 Broadway, Long Branch. During the Cuban missile crisis, an ordinary middle-American town is turned upside down when a convicted murderer is released and returns home. Performances are Thursdays and Fridays at…

  • New Year’s message for Corzine

    I am sitting here on New Year’s Day 2007 watching the rain attempting to wash away the corruption in this state. You are the worst governor this state has ever had (bar none). You shut down the state because you could not get your way and the people did not count, you bought the CWA,…

  • Stamp art celebrates African Americans

    An exhibition of African American Stamp Art from the collection of Wanda Garbett will open Sunday in the Nilson Gallery at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. The collection includes 40 framed enlarged copies of many stamps in the Black Heritage and Jazz Music Stamp series. An opening reception will be held Sunday 3-5 p.m. The…

  • Hook proposal: Smoke and mirrors

    Two months have passed and still the wait for Sandy Hook Partners’ (SHP) proof of having secured funding has yet to be received. How long will our government allow this abomination of a proposed lease of the public’s property to continue? Local newspapers carried the news that, finally, Sandy Hook Partners (SHP) had located a…

  • Call for works for arts council show

    The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) invites artists to submit original work for the 28th annual Juried Art Show and Sale. The exhibition will run Jan. 27 through March 4 at the Monmouth Museum, located on the Brookdale Community College campus in Lincroft. Open to artists in all fine arts/media, age 16 and over, the…

  • Devastation still evident in Mississippi a year later

    Recently I and nine other AmeriCorps members of New Jersey Public Interest Research Group’s (NJPIRG) Community Water Watch took a service trip down to Mississippi. We went to help with the continued rebuilding effort in an area that, more than a year later, is still ravaged from Hurricane Katrina. I had seen the images on…

  • Bridge replacement a DOT boondoggle

    In St. Augustine, Fla., the town demanded repairs instead of replacement of their historic drawbridge, and they got it. The plan in St. Augustine is to erect a temporary drawbridge right alongside the old one. Then they’ll close the old bridge for repairs. When the repairs are complete, they’re going to dismantle the temporary drawbridge.…

  • Coda

    Next year, how Greg Bean Well, one more holiday season is nearly gone, and once again I’ve failed when it comes to having the perfect decoration for my living room window — a beautiful gal leg lamp like the one in “A Christmas Story.” My wife and I saw the movie when it first came…

  • Schools teach 4-year-olds learning fundamentals

    Skills learned at pre-K carry through students BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — The borough Public School District has implemented teaching methods in its prekindergarten classes, which foster literacy, symbolic thinking and self-regulation Last week, the Red Bank Public School District’s Board of Education brought its meeting to Room…