Category: HUB Opinion

  • Monmouth Arts Council announces 2007 awards

    HOLMDEL – The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) announced its Local Arts Program Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2007 at a special networking event for members on Sept. 13 at the Holmdel Theatre Company, Holmdel. The grants will go to local nonprofit arts organizations for a wide range of art exhibitions, concerts, dance, theater, film…

  • Oceanport voters pass $2.1M school referendum

    State debt service aid expected to trim cost to taxpayers BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT – By a 2-to-1 margin, borough taxpayers approved a $2.1 million referendum last week that will fund improvements to both district schools. On Sept. 26, more than 1,200 registered voters turned out to vote on…

  • Local musicians click in My Eyes Just Closed

    BY SHARON LEFF Correspondent BY SHARON LEFFCorrespondent Members of My Eyes Just Closed are (l-r) Andrew Lofrano, Charlie Blackwell, Scott Rosen and James Lasavor. Though the four local boys had been playing music since they were children and had all been members of other bands, they finally found the combination that worked when they formed…

  • Shore Reg’l mulls options after referendum defeat

    Voters in four sending towns overwhelmingly rejected building plan BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Shore Regional High School WEST LONG BRANCH — The Shore Regional High School District is wrestling with ways to fund renovations officials believe are needed to bring the 44-year-old school up-to-date. Now that voters in four sending…

  • Visiting Writers Series to begin

    The Brookdale Visiting Writers Series has announced the lineup for fall 2006 events. The public is invited to all presentations, which will begin at 7 p.m. in the Warner Student Life Center, Navesink III Room. A $3 donation for the English Club is requested at the door. The schedule will include; + Oct. 11 –…

  • Democrat slate best for Red Bank

    The combination of autumn’s palette of reds, oranges, golds, browns and its soothing zephyrs can easily inebriate its spectators, especially the residents of Red Bank who can view fall in all its glory from the shores of the Navesink. However, the residents of Red Bank must not forget that the political landscape also deserves their…

  • Candidates have positive vision for Red Bank

    I have seen quite a bit written in this paper regarding the recent Council meetings. I cannot say much about these meetings as I was not there. I do not have any professional or political agenda to address to the council. What I do have is a 20-year friendship with council candidate Michael DuPont. He…

  • Changes refine retail mix at The Grove

    After 10 years of tremendous customer service at The Grove at Shrewsbury, Sealfons department store will close permanently on Dec. 25. We thank the owners, The Model family, and their staff for the many years of loyalty and commitment to our community. After two generations of business, Bert Model, the president, has decided it is…

  • Obituaries

    Bruce George Whitenack Mr. Whitenack, 81, of Tinton Falls, died Sept. 21. Born in Jersey City, he resided in Orange, prior to moving to Tinton Falls in 1956. He was a manager of human resources at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, retiring in 1986. He served with the U.S. Navy as an Ensign stationed in the…