Category: HUB Opinion

  • Borden’s lawsuit grounded in the First Amendment

    Coda Greg Bean I’ve had my issues with East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden over the years — personal and philosophical. I thought he was acting like a baby when he resigned in a snit because the administration told him he couldn’t lead or participate in prayers before a game. The next week,…

  • If you feel ‘badly,’ take the Band-Aids off your fingers

    Comma Sutra Adele Young If you remember Howdy Doody, then you remember when English grammar rules were pretty clear-cut: Don’t end a sentence with a preposition, don’t split an infinitive, and never, ever begin a sentence with a conjunction like and or but. Times have changed, though. Some rules have changed or been relaxed, while…

  • Letters

    Lunch Break gives thanks for support At Lunch Break, we’re thankful for the recent attention given to organizations like ours – small nonprofits that feed hungry kids, families and seniors on a year-round basis. On Thanksgiving Day, families throughout our area gathered around a table to share a hot meal and warm thanks for the…

  • Obituaries

    Thelma G. Cremeans Mrs. Cremeans, 84, of Red Bank, died Nov. 11 at home. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., she resided in Little Silver before moving to Red Bank a year ago. Mrs. Cremeans was a bookkeeper at The Cellar, Fair Haven, where she was employed several years. She was the only female member of the…

  • New principal named at RBR High School

    Union County educator board BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER — With the help of students, staff and parents, the Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education has hired a new principal. After what RBR Superintendent Dr. Edward Westervelt called “a thorough and extensive” interviewing process, James Stefankiewicz, current…

  • Obituaries

    Timothy J. McMahon Mr. McMahon, 64, of Fair Haven, died Nov. 5 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was the restaurant manager at the Dublin House, Red Bank. He also worked with private construction contractors, and prior to that, was an adjunct history professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He was a communicant of…

  • It may take a village to fix the charter school

    Red Bank Superinten-dent of Schools John Krewer has said publicly that the school district could educate the students at the Red Bank Charter School for a lot less — $600,000 — than the $1.5 million in per pupil fees the district transfers to the charter school each year. In fact, the financial strain the charter…

  • There’s more than one way to trap a possum

    Coda Greg Bean There’s an old saw that says you have to be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it. I wish I’d remembered those words of wisdom a couple of weeks ago, when I asked readers for advice on how to get rid of the possum that’s been living in…