Category: HUB Opinion
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Turn lives around through gift of generosity’
When I think about my childhood, I remember how special my mom and dad made the holidays for my family. All those details from decorating the Christmas tree to making that special holiday meal were built on the love they had for us. My parents, like many others, worked in a very deliberate fashion, making…
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‘Puritans are taking over town council’ in Red Bank
The article and editorial about censorship published in the Dec. 16 Hub raises many questions about our freedom of speech in Red Bank and common sense, which is not so common in Red Bank government. For a town that prides itself as being an art center, I find it hard to believe the Puritans are…
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Cover your eyes
An anonymous ayatollah has put the Borough Council up to drawing up an ordinance that defines what constitutes obscenity in Red Bank. The ordinance also attempts to put controls on public displays of materials that offend that definition. What instigated the proposed ordinance, which was introduced at a “special meeting” held on a different day…
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Soldiers deserve ‘thanks for sacrifices made’
Consider the example of Pat Tillman. He was a safety on the Arizona Cardinal’s football team. A football star — who in the aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2001 — decided to serve his country against those who plot death to America and Americans. His was an unexpected…
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Land trusts are ‘vanguard of land conservation’
Across America, and especially in New Jersey, communities are grappling with accelerating development and sprawl that eats up millions of acres a year. In the Garden State alone, thousands of acres are gobbled up each year — at an average of 50 acres a day. Yet, thousands of quiet success stories lie behind New Jersey’s…
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Hook development ‘speculator’s grab of land’
Open letter to the park superintendent and area director responsible for the Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway National Rec-reational Area: You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.You can call the referenced project an historic preservation, but it’s still what it is — a real estate speculator’s grab of public…
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‘Quality-of-life issues more important than ratables’
Page 14 of the Nov. 11 issue of the Hub contained an article describing a proposal for a 19,561-square-foot office building on the northwest corner of Pearl Street and West Front Street. This is the old Schwartz auto dealership used car lot. Well, here we go again. Several years ago your newspaper published my letter…
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Obituaries
Francis A. “Hank” Cannavo Sr. Mr. Cannavo, 86, of Casselberry, Fla., and formerly Red Bank, died Dec. 5 following a brief illness. Born in Red Bank, he resided there prior to moving to Casselberry in 1994. During his retirement, he worked 10 years at John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown. Prior to that, he was…
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