Category: HUB Opinion
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Culture of sculpture in L.B.
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch is introducing two ground-breaking projects: Sculptoure and SCULPT. Sculptoure is SICA’s urban Sculpture Park with work to be displayed throughout the city of Long Branch from May 5 through Oct. 14. The sculpture event will take place at more than 30 locations through the…
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Towns must fight bridge replacement
I have to be astounded by the reports I’ve been reading in The Hub about the proposed Highlands-Sea Bright Drawbridge replacement project. Good reporting! I used to work as a project manager for a commercial construction firm. Now I own a bed and breakfast within walking distance of the drawbridge. I know both sides of…
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Wells would save buildings, not bridge
I was furious reading your interview with Richard Wells, as he tried to justify his support of the demolition of our community’s beautiful drawbridge. In his noble quest to preserve the historic buildings on Sandy Hook, he argues for demolishing the historic bridge down the street, for better traffic flow to his own facility. If…
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Council member thanks supporters
I am honored that you chose me to represent you on Oceanport Borough Council. I would like to thank my running mates, Ellynn Kahle and Joe Irace, for their hard work and for making our campaign an enjoyable experience. Congratulations to my opponent, Ted Ibex, on his victory and I commend Gary LaBruno on an…
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Hook ferry service best alternative to save bridge
I’ve followed with great interest the emerging story of the Coalition for Sandy Hook Ferry Service, and would like to respond to a letter to the editor you published from a Highlands resident who was concerned that such summertime ferry service would increase traffic congestion in Highlands (“Parking congestion unwanted in Highlands”). The letter writer…
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Hook super wants new bridge to boost project
Sandy Hook’s superintendent, Richard Wells, is urging the state to replace the Route 36 bridge connecting Highlands with Sea Bright and Sandy Hook with a higher, $99.3 million fixed span, even though Sea Bright and Highlands officials just voted against the project. Mr. Wells voiced concern about public safety during evacuations, but he really is…
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Wells would sacrifice bridge to benefit project
How utterly fascinating, National Park Service Superintendent Richard Wells, the great “historic preservationist at any cost” of Sandy Hook/Fort Hancock fame, wants the historic Highlands Bridge torn down and replaced with a vision-obstructing, 65-foot-high, potential winter safety hazard that would also have a negative effect on yet another historic site, namely, the Twin Lights in…
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Charge owners of tall boats for costs of drawbridges
Every week I read the same old stories about the replacement of the bridges over the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers. The public is demanding that all alternatives be explored, so here are a couple of new ones. Most of the hype seems to be about the height of the proposed fixed span bridges. The height…
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Young artists showcased in ‘Holiday Joy’
MIGUELJUAREZ staff Evelyn Leavens tells Aiden Arden, 14, not to be shy with color on his watercolor painting during art class Friday. At left: His brother, Louis, 12, works on a drawing. Colleagues at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury approached Evelyn Leavens to put together a show for the holiday season anticipating a…
