Category: HUB Opinion

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Teen Arts Festival selections named

    RED BANK – The Monmouth County Arts Council announced the selections from the 2006 Monmouth County Teen Arts Festival. Those selected will go on to the New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival May 24-25 at The College of New Jersey. The Teen Arts Festival took place March 16-17 on the campus of Brookdale Community College,…

  • Summer concert series schedule at Sandy Hook

    The Sandy Hook Foundation will sponsor the annual summer Beach Concert Series on Sandy Hook June 21 – Aug. 30. Every Wednesday at 6 p.m. (weather permitting) at Beach Area E, more than 2,000 people listen, dance, relax and enjoy the live music while eating picnic dinners brought from home. Concerts end promptly at 8:15…

  • Obituaries

    Peter V. DeFilippo Mr. DeFilippo, 86, of Middletown, died March 26 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in South Amboy, he was a lifelong resident of the Middletown and Red Bank area. Before his retirement, Mr. DeFilippo was a track foreman for Central Jersey Railroad, later Conrail, Red Bank. He served with the U.S.…

  • Keep up the pressure for school funding fix

    Municipal officials and school district administrators in many New Jersey school districts will be getting down to business this week as they try to pare down budgets for the 2006-07 school year that residents rejected in the April 18 election. Residents should clearly understand one thing – rejecting a school budget does not mean your…

  • End clear-cutting of trees in Fair Haven

    (An open letter to Fair Haven mayor and Borough Council) My wife and I are writing to urge you to give favorable consideration to the proposed Ordinance 3-27-06 B. Thusly, we do not consider this a complaint. First, though, we wish to commend all of you for your commitment and service to your Fair Haven…

  • Rumson mom ‘brews’ rollback of school budget law

    Newsome: Parents must choose ‘between their wallets and their children’ BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Owen Doherty, 7, rehearses for a benefit concert for the Coalition of Families for Excellent Education (COFFEE). Below, Vince Mottern, Hightstown, accompanies Stevi Incremona, 15, Fair Haven, who will also perform…