Category: HUB Opinion
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Your Turn
Guest Column Michael J. Panter & Dr. Robert L. Morgan Lakehurst-Monmouth Junction line best choice As a result of tremendous growth over the last two decades, increased public transportation has become a necessity for Monmouth and Ocean counties. The best way to satisfy this need would be to reactivate NJ Transit’s proposed Lakehurst to Monmouth…
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Obituaries
Constance S. Smith McNally Mrs. McNally, 89, of Red Bank, died May 3 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Lansdowne, Pa., she had resided in Rumson for 30 years before moving to Red Bank. Mrs. McNally was a homemaker. She was active in Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey and the Shrewsbury Historical…
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Letters
Residents Too often these days, “ordinary citizens” feel completely powerless to affect even the most local of issues. Our busy lives demand so much energy; every topic seems so complicated; and we are inundated with an endless tide of bad news about political corruption and back-room deal-making. Sadly, our common reaction is to withdraw from…
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Charges taint long history of service
Mr. Monmouth County. A founding father of Brookdale Community College. Local Republican Party icon. Corrupt politician? What a difference a couple of weeks made for the reputation of Harry Larrison, a man whose term of service on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders dated back to Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency. Upon his retirement from the…
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Letters
Back-to-basics stand misconstrued Recently I ran as a candidate for the Fair Haven Board of Education. On Candidates Night, in response to a question on the role of art and music in our schools, I responded that by the time our children got to Knollwood School (i.e. fourth grade), we should consider a segue into…
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They’re riding a fast track to Nowhereville
Greg Bean Coda Coda Say you’re having lunch in almost any Monmouth County restaurant — Freehold, Tinton Falls, Marlboro, Manalapan, it doesn’t really matter — and see a couple of shady-looking guys in the parking lot passing a paper bag. Do you: • Assume it’s a pair of winos sharing a bottle of Mad Dog…
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Obituaries
Anna T. Weiss Schreiber Mrs. Schreiber, 93, of Holmdel, died April 24 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Newark, she resided in Hazlet for 30 years prior to moving to Holmdel. She was a homemaker. She was a past member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Keyport. She was a past member of the Daughters of…
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Down to Earth
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Stacy Frazee’s third-grade class at Red Bank Primary School performed “An Earth Day Carol” last Friday, as a way of honoring the Earth we share. Samuel Dang, “The Ghost of the Present,” talks with “Ebenezer Litterbug,” Briana Calabrese, about the importance of recycling. Calabrese is warned by “The Ghost of the Future,”…
