Category: HUB Opinion
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Letters
180 program addresses teen dating violence The U.S. Senate recently designated National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week earlier this month, passing the resolution by unanimous consent. S 275 calls on government, private organizations and public officials to promote activities in their communities that raise awareness about the high incidence of teen dating violence…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Elijah Gisleson, a fifth-grader at the Red Bank Charter School, reads from “Snuggle Me Clowns Attack” during the school’s annual Evening With the Author event on Feb. 15.
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Cheney was too slow in accepting the blame
Coda Greg Bean I was 6 years old when I shot my grandfather in the back with an arrow. Ours was a hunting culture, and I’d been along on hunting trips since I was old enough to walk. This, however, was the first time I’d been in the field with anything more deadly than a…
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Obituaries
William Thomas King Mr. King, 78, of Red Bank, died Feb. 3 following a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born in New York City, he had been a resident of the Bayshore area for 30 years. Before his retirement, Mr. King was employed for 42 years by Tile Layers Helpers Union Local No. 88 and…
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Letters
Polling place added at Seabrook Village I would like to thank the Monmouth County Board of Elections for creating an additional polling place in Tinton Falls Seabrook Village. Seabrook Village is one of the largest out of the 11 districts in Tinton Falls. There are over 1,200 registered voters in the community. Many residents have…
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Eyes wide shut
It’s impossible not to be affected by the data that was revealed in an assessment of the needs of Red Bank schoolchildren. The report is an outgrowth of the Red Bank Education and Development Initiative’s work, and was done in partnership with Meridian Health and the Red Bank schools. Among other facts, the report revealed…
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Weight of indictments is dragging Merla down
Coda Greg Bean For those of you who are interested, the federal indictment against Keyport Mayor John Merla is now up to 18 pages. Merla, as most people in Monmouth County know by now, was indicted again last week by U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie — this time on a new corruption charge for allegedly…
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Schools get an F in teaching literacy
Coda Greg Bean The newspaper business is facing the biggest challenge in its entire history, as publications across the country struggle to find ways to appeal to the next generations of readers. But for all our collective soul-searching in the industry — for all our attempts to make our publications more attractive, more colorful, more…
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Obituaries
Aram S. Yezdanian Mr. Yezdanian, 70, of Red Bank, died Feb. 6 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was a sales representative at Cooperative Communications for five years. Prior to that, he was a marketing manager at S & H Green Stamps, Edison, for 16 years. He was…
