Category: HUB Opinion
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Cancer survivor finds catharsis in triathlon
On the Sunday of Sept. 17, after four months of training, a host of 1,300 women athletes and I anxiously entered the waters off Sandy Hook Bay to compete in the Danskin Triathlon for breast cancer research. Twenty years earlier at the age of 24, I had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was suffering…
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Vote for Democratic Congress will end war
Bob Woodward’s new book “State of Denial” reveals that Henry Kissinger has been advising President Bush about Iraq, telling him that “victory is the only meaningful exit strategy.” Can anyone now deny that Iraq is the new Vietnam? Both wars were based on false information, both cost the lives of thousands of American troops and…
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Brookdale gallery celebrates faculty art
“Parking at Marine Park” by Jim Leslie The Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) Gallery at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, is hosting the Arts and Communication Faculty Exhibition through Oct. 20. An opening reception will be held today, 4:30-6:30 p.m. The showing of faculty artwork will feature painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media collage, ceramics and…
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Charter school will mediate legal troubles
9 months after suit filed, judge punts motions for summary judgment BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – Superior Court Judge Joseph P. Quinn has dismissed motions on both sides of the lawsuit brought against the Red Bank Charter School by Patock Construction, and has suggested mediation in the case.…
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Pay-to-play changing landscape
Now that former state Sen. John Lynch and his business partner John Westlake have pleaded guilty to corruption charges and tax evasion, it is important for my fellow residents of the Jersey Shore to understand the nexus between John Lynch and our local politicians, developers and their professionals. Just as importantly, we need to understand…
