Category: HUB Opinion

  • Red Bank needs change from McKenna politics

    While at the last meeting of the Red Bank Council in July, I was mortified by the efforts of Mayor Edward McKenna Jr. and Councilman Robert Bifani to ridicule and humiliate Councilwoman Kaye Ernst for her refusal to vote along with the McKenna regime’s transfer of funds to be spent on another waste of taxpayers’…

  • Take a moment to slow down

    There is no time for fun, no time to stop, no time to take a deep breath and relax. All there is time for is work, work, more work and rushing around like the Energizer Bunny. Our lives are ones of constant motion. Always moving, always going from A to B to C and around…

  • Park giveaway in the name of progress

    Reference is made to your story “Court dismisses lawsuit by Save Sandy Hook” in the Aug. 3 edition of The Hub and the Atlanticville. I was delighted to read that Judge Mary Little Cooper dismissed a nonprofit organization’s attempt to stop commercial development of Sandy Hook. I mean, why do citizens of this country think…

  • M’Zum: ‘Come together joyfully’

    Drum and dance troupe’s inclusive call to all ages, cultures, colors BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent M’Zum Carnaval founder Marco Fuchs (center rear) poses with some of the troupe’s dancers and musicians at last year’s Fort Monmouth Community Day in Eatontown. Right, Fuchs, marching while drumming, was introduced to Caribbean music at a…

  • Summer potpourri of artworks

    “Gondola Duet” by Laury Egan A sampler of the work of a half-dozen artists is on exhibit at The Frederick Gallery in Allenhurst. “A Summer Exhibition of Works by Six Artists” will run through Sept. 2 at the gallery, located at 401 Spier Ave. A reception will take place Saturday, Aug. 12, 5 -8 p.m.…

  • In the Arts

    Tonight’s Jazz in the Park concert in Red Bank will present The Tonemasters, blues masters who know how to do it all – Jump, Shuffle, Chicago, Texas. The session begins at 7 p.m. at Riverside Gardens Park on West Front Street in Red Bank. The final performance of the new Summer Jazz Cafe at the…

  • Boro has other options for affordable housing

    The July 13 Hub article titled “Kalian plan meets affordable housing need” should be a clear “wake up” call to the residents of Little Silver that the proposed project requires a comprehensive re-examination. A project of this density, 39 townhouses on 3 acres, is simply out of the character and scale of the borough. It…

  • State should continue funding for Governor’s School

    I was a scholar at the Governor’s School of Public Issues held this summer at Monmouth University. Four years ago, my sister attended this program and not only did she learn so much from the staff, but she learned so much from the variety of people who attended the program, who she keeps in touch…

  • A question for Corzine

    I am a senior citizen living on a fixed income, an independent voter. and a property owner who doesn’t know how much longer I can remain in this state as my income doesn’t keep up with the taxes. I did not vote for our multimillionaire governor as I feel he bought the Senate, State House…