Category: HUB Opinion

  • Students stand up and take action for Darfur

    Teachers form student activist group focused on crisis in the Sudan BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Rumson/Fair Haven High School teachers Megan Arnone and Dana Woods, visited the Deng family in Moorestown. Left to right are Adau Deng, Arnone, Nyaban Deng and Woods. RUMSON – Two Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School…

  • Full disclosure needed on plan for Hubbard Bridge

    Monmouth County engineers and town officials are dead set on elevating the bridge that connects Middletown and Red Bank on West Front Street. The increased height would enable larger boats to navigate underneath the new bridge to property that was recently purchased by the town at Chris’ Landing. Town officials will not disclose what development…

  • Charter school hit with second lawsuit

    Short Term Money seeks repayment of two loans totaling $800K BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – A second lawsuit has been filed against the Red Bank Charter School by a creditor seeking to recover funds. Short Term Money, which made two loans totaling $800,000 to the Red Bank Charter…

  • Entertainment industry exploits WTC tragedy

    Not five years ago the towers fell and already the entertainment business seeks to profit. Innocent lives were lost, hearts were broken, and Hollywood smiles – it’s a gold mine. America’s pop culture is miserably failing us. We make films full of bathroom humor. We exploit tragedy for thousands of dollars. Gore, violence, murder, not…

  • Oceanport council adopts $5.7M budget for 2006

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT – The Borough Council adopted a $5.7 million municipal budget last week, which calls for $3.7 million to be raised by taxpayers. At the April 20 council meeting, five out of the six council members voted in favor of the 2006 budget, which represents a…

  • Greg Bean

    Coda Big brothers specialize in diabolical pranks I stopped at the pharmacy the day before Easter, and among the customers waiting at the register was a mom and three kids – a couple of boys maybe 8 and 9, and a girl, 2 or 3. The boys had the look of mischief in their eyes,…

  • From board member to write-in candidate

    Mess: Still work to be done on choice of new superintendent BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Red Bank RED BANK – A last-minute campaign for write-in votes gave borough voters three candidates for three seats on the Red Bank Public School District Board of Education. Mary-Ellen Mess, a member of the…

  • Letters

    Rental program helps solve housing crisis It’s getting harder and harder to keep up with the rent in New Jersey. But there is good news for so many struggling families. Corzine’s increased funding for the State’s Rental Assistance Program (SRAP) offers real hope to over 4,000 households in New Jersey. We at Homes for New…

  • Your Turn

    Remembering the poorest at budget time Melville D. Miller Jr. & the Rev. Bruce Davidson Guest Column Melville D. Miller Jr. & the Rev. Bruce DavidsonGuest Column Gov. Jon Corzine should be commended for including in his budget proposal several first steps addressing the “moral responsibility” to alleviate severe poverty in New Jersey. Among these…