Category: HUB Opinion
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Do you remember when children were cheap?
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch It only seems like $8 million ago that my husband and I admired our eldest as he rode his cheap little Hot Wheel down the walk. Vernon was so small back then, so innocent, so easy to please, and so gosh darned inexpensive. Well, pass the time and check…
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In the Arts
Cast of “Pinocchio” “From Plein Air to the Studio,” a solo show of works by landscape artist Anthony Migliaccio, is on exhibit at the Jewish Community Center in Deal. An artist’s reception will be held today, 6:30-8 p.m. The exhibit will run through June 28 at the JCC Gallery, located at 100 Grant Ave. For…
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Bad timing may have led to defeat of school budgets
Tie vote on Tinton Falls K-8 levy; voters reject Monmouth Reg’l HS budget BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — Voters going to the polls in Tinton Falls on April 18 were asked to vote for candidates for their local school district and for the regional high school district which…
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Worlds collide at the Guild of Creative Art
“Early Spring Holmdel” by Nessa Neilson Morse If artists were asteroids there would be a high probability of meteor showers in May at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. “The Nonconformist Show,” independent art created by associate and exhibiting members of the Guild, has opened at the guild, 620 Broad St. The multidisciplinary collection…
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Obituaries
Silvio Sama Mr. Sama, 80, of Red Bank, died April 22. Born in St. Andrea, Calabria, Italy, he immigrated to the United States in 1947. He was a lifelong resident of Red Bank. Before his retirement, Mr. Sama was an employee of the Monmouth County Highway Department, Freehold. He served with the U.S. Army during…
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Divisions re-emerge over charter school woes
Trustees reject, parents support Friends’ proposal BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – More than 100 parents of Red Bank Charter School students attended the meeting of the school’s board of trustees last week, many pushing for a resolution to the school’s debt. Mark Cool, parent of a third-grade student,…
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In the Arts
SICA issues call for help Ralph Finaldi SICA, the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch, will get by with a little help from its friends. SOS (Save Our SICA), a benefit for the center for contemporary art, music, video and spoken word, will be held May 12, 5-11 p.m., at its home…
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Volunteers make a difference every day
Last week, health-care organizations across the country celebrated the efforts of their volunteers. At Riverview Medical Center, National Healthcare Volunteer Week provided us with the perfect opportunity to thank our own outstanding volunteers for the work they do all year long. Volunteers can be found throughout the medical center. They help in patient areas such…
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Tony, Oscar … now ‘The Basies’
Nominees for the first Count Basie Theatre Awards, known popularly as “The Basies,” will make their way into the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on May 24 at 7 p.m. for the much-anticipated awards ceremony. In the tradition of the Tony Awards but geared toward high school productions as the next generation, the program…
