Category: HUB Opinion
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Obituaries
Marjorie Frederickson Broten Mrs. Broten, 82, of Rumson, died April 9 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Wethersfield, Conn., she was a 50-year resident of Rumson. She was a homemaker, and volunteered on various school committees for her children. She enjoyed golf, boating and the beach. She was predeceased by her husband of…
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Honor real meaning of Memorial Day
We have in the past looked back to the pages of the old Freehold Transcript, the forerunner of our sister paper the News Transcript, for commentary on issues that are still topical today. Last week, we came across the following editorial from May 1906. An unknown author discusses the topic of Memorial Day in his…
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On Campus
Bryan Henry Kligman, Red Bank, a member of the class of 2008 at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., received Eugene P. Chase Phi Beta Kappa Prize at the school’s all-college honors convocation held in late April. He is pursuing a bachelor of arts degree in economics and business. John R. Young, formerly Fair Haven, a 2005…
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Pinder to leave Red Bank Primary School
Principal will join charter school in Harlem (NYC) Children’s Zone BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Glen Pinder RED BANK – After two years with the Red Bank Public School District, primary school Principal Glen Pinder has received an offer he can’t refuse. Pinder has been offered a position as the middle…
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Pupils learn to avoid trouble
Sgt. Steven Tagerty of the Oceanport Police Department talked to students at Wolf Hill School about techniques to use in resisting peer pressure. OCEANPORT – Students in the fourth grade at Wolf Hill School in Oceanport were visited by the borough police department last week to discuss the consequences of giving in to peer pressure.…
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Appetite for instruction
Rock ‘n Music Academy, Middletown, a summer camp with power chords BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Students of the Rock ‘n Music Academy practice their songs. MIDDLETOWN – This ain’t your daddy’s summer camp. Howard Lee Edwards, the owner and operator of Rock ‘n Music Academy in Middletown, is offering summer…
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Tinton Falls K-8 budget approved by one vote
Court rules absentee ballot should be counted; vacations blamed for tie BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – A resolution on the Borough Council’s agenda Tuesday night to discuss cuts in the school district’s budget became unnecessary when a court ruled that a disputed absentee ballot should be counted. That…
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Obituaries
John Kowalski Mr. Kowalski, 85, of Freehold Township, died May 9 at St. Barnabas Hospice, Long Branch, after a battle with kidney disease. Born in Bayside, N.Y., he moved to Freehold Township in 1929. Mr. Kowalski worked as an apprentice weaver in the A & M Karagheusian rug mill from 1939 to 1942, when he…
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In the Arts
The Music of Invention series will present Bruce Gremo on Shakuhachi and Laptops tonight at 8 p.m. at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, 20 Third Ave., Long Branch. Gremo, an electroacoustic flutist, solo performer, composer and improviser based in New York City has a studio, Suddensite, in Lower Manhattan, and is an important…
