Category: HUB Opinion

  • In the Arts

    Gift books, cook books, just plain good books – Pat Squire will be back at Middletown Township Public Library at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, with more quick and clever reviews. She’ll show and tell about 25 to 30 books that belong on your list, whether you are a book club member, a holiday…

  • Focus on Asbury Park at McKay Imaging

    “Sunset Lake Circles” by David L. Brown McKay Imaging & Studio in Red Bank has announced the second in a series of group exhibitions, “Asbury Park @ McKay Imaging.” The visual celebration of Asbury Park features the best work from more than 20 area artists and includes photographs, paintings, signed posters and video. An opening…

  • Photo

    The AIDS Memorial Quilt is on display in Anacon Hall, Monmouth University. Twenty panels of the quilt, which has traveled around the country since 1987, will be on display at the Stafford Student Center, West Long Branch, through today. World AIDS Day is Dec. 1

  • Obituaries

    Patrick Joseph Shaffery Mr. Shaffery, 73, of Oceanport, died Nov. 24, 2006, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Newark, he resided in Oceanport for 43 years. He was a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, Little Silver, where he was employed 35 years. He served with the U.S. Navy during the…

  • Coda

    It must be the holidays, since Ralph’s eyes are red Greg Bean Nothing says the holidays like an actual buffalo skull with red ornaments in his eye sockets and a floppy Santa hat on his head. My favorite time of year is coming up – the holiday season. The time of family and fellowship. The…

  • They bring tidings of comfort and cheer

    SCOTT PILLINGstaff Members of Holiday Express ring in the holiday season at the 2005 Red Bank tree lighting. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, Holiday Express volunteers will pack thousands of gift bags, prepare food, don elf and Santa costumes, tune up their instruments and hit the road – for the 13th year. The all-volunteer troupe…

  • Thanksgiving another day of struggle for many

    Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all God’s bounty bestowed on us. Many of us have a great number of things to be thankful for – family, friends, food on our tables, clothing on our backs, gainful employment and an occasional vacation. Though we give thanks throughout the year, Thanksgiving Day is truly…

  • Red Bank must implement cost cuts

    Gary Morris again brought to the Red Bank Town Council a petition – currently containing 600 signatures – which asks that the mayor and council stop taking health care benefits. As in the past, the request was met with hostility although Councilman Pasquale Menna stated that it would be considered in 2007. Let’s remember, these…

  • Let’s see what Republicans will do for Oceanport

    The vote is in. On Nov. 7, Mayor Lucille Chaump was elected to serve the remaining one year of the term of the late Maria Gatta. The voters of Oceanport believe Mayor Chaump is the best qualified person to lead Oceanport. The voters wanted an individual with mayoral qualities. They wanted an individual with strong…