Category: HUB Opinion

  • New Jersey must make some tough choices

    Your Turn Michael J. Panter Guest Column Michael J. Panter Guest Column As Gov. Corzine and the new State Legislature begin their work, there are many challenges demanding their attention. New Jersey is once again faced with an alarming deficit for one simple reason: state government under both Republican and Democratic administrations has lived beyond…

  • 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…

  • BOE races in 2 boros

    Three candidates are running uncontested for three open seats on the Oceanport Board of Education, while in Fair Haven four candidates are vying for three board seats. Oceanport Board of Education incumbent Mary T. Sharkey, Algonquin Avenue, is seeking re-election for her fourth three-year term on the board, and incumbent Kelly McGowan, Mohican Avenue, who…

  • Eight seek board seats in Shrewsbury Boro

    No contest for board seats in Tinton Falls, Monmouth Regional H.S. BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Eight people are hoping to win one of three seats on the Shrewsbury Borough Board of Education on April 18. Considering that the school district is small, with only one elementary school, there is a…

  • Time for an alternate plan for Sandy Hook

    Your Turn Peter P. O’Such Jr. Guest Column Peter P. O’Such Jr. Guest Column Nov. 8, 1999, was a long time ago. This was the date all offerors who were then competing for the long-term lease of Fort Hancock buildings were required to provide proof that they had the financial capacity to perform in accordance…

  • Park there, buddy, and she’ll see you in court

    Coda Greg Bean By recent accounts, it looks like lots of people in Glassboro, N.J., think Maryann Cottrell is a real pain in the patootie. We all know people like Cottrell, who see something wrong and decide to do something about it instead of sitting around on their keisters. They’re windmill tilters and dragon slayers,…

  • Obituaries

    Kingdon Ruldolf Westerlind Mr. Westerlind, 77, of Monmouth Beach, died Jan. 24 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was raised in Babylon, N.Y., and later moved to Middletown. Mr. Westerlind was the president of King Construction, Middletown. He also developed and owned several nursing homes and assisted living facilities. He…