Category: HUB Opinion

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    Tom (Matt Krenz) and Billy (Joey McCabe) scheme while Pauline (Diana McCorry) listens during a scene from Red Bank Regional High School’s recent production of “No, No Nanette.”

  • Obituaries

    Eleanor Smith Mrs. Smith, 97, of Red Bank, died March 14 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Long Branch, she resided in Oceanport before moving to Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph B. Smith in 2000. She is survived by a son, David K. Smith of Eatontown. Interment was at…

  • Letters

    School reform is a long & arduous process The irony of last week’s letter in The Hub is I agree with Dave Tarver about a lot of things. I think Dave Tarver is a smart guy and concede he is well-intended. We frequently vote on the same side of an issue. I was disappointed to…

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    Photos by CHRIS KELLY staff Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School students rehearse for their school’s production of the musical “Grease” on March 18. Performances will take place on March 24, 25 and 26 at the school auditorium. Senior Molly Ladd and junior Casey Stolowski rehearse their roles.

  • A new way of looking at books

    Teacher: Novel display method attracts young readers BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT – The new rain gutters being installed at Wolf Hill School in Oceanport won’t help keep students dry, but will encourage them to read books, according to a teacher who came up with the idea. “This gutter will…

  • There’s a word for that, and the word is …

    Coda Greg Bean My son was looking for some important paperwork recently when my aging brain went into full-tilt freeze mode. It not only temporarily erased one word I was looking for in my memory bank, it erased two. “Where did you say the papers were?” he asked. “They’re out there in the thing under…

  • Obituaries

    Raymond E. Blatz Mr. Blatz, 81, of Freehold Township, died March 10 at Pine Brook Care Center, Manalapan. Born in Jersey City, he had lived in Lyndhurst before moving to Freehold Township six years ago. Before his retirement in 1990, Mr. Blatz was a clerk for the U.S. Postal Service at the Dominick Daniels Branch…

  • Parents, charter school work in partnership

    I was saddened by the recent article, which gave front-page attention to the various opinions of Mary Ellen Mess, including the idea of choosing a school for one’s children in order to find friends for one’s self (“Mess: Race, class issues divide school systems,” March 9). As a parent of two children at the Red…

  • Parent: Charter, public schools should cooperate

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – A call for responsibility and cooperation with the borough public school district was made by a parent last week during a meeting of the Red Bank Charter School Board of Trustees. Jeff MacPherson, South Street, read aloud a letter to the board, thanking…