Category: HUB Opinion

  • ‘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…

  • Early acceptance sure takes the pressure off

    With interest in music industry, senior has eye on Nashville college BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Jennifer Falco, a senior at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, plans to major in music at college. As a member of the school’s Interact Club, she is involved in…

  • Junior year plays key role in admissions process

    Advisers: Goals should be clubs, community service and good grades BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent Adam Riback Marlboro H.S. junior Junior year in high school is the most important year to rack up the points for extracurricular activities, community service and acceptable grades, according to Helene Unger, an educational consultant from Manalapan. Junior…

  • Being the last to go off to college has advantages

    RFH senior has applied for early-decision option at U of Delaware BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT STAFF Having two older sisters made the college application process easier for Kathleen Clark, a senior at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. Kathleen knew what she wanted in a school and applied for…

  • Obituaries

    Joseph D. Walsh Mr. Walsh, 81, of Middletown, died Oct. 28 at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living, Middletown. Born in Elizabeth, he resided in Hazlet and Roselle before moving to Shadow Lake Village, Middletown, four months ago. Mr. Walsh was a warehouseman at RCA, Clark, and Baxter Industries, Raritan Center, for 47 years, retiring in 1988.…

  • Supply and demand driving admissions

    In the tradition of the SAT, we ask our readers to answer this multiple-choice question: Trying to summarize your life’s story on a few sheets of paper and distinguish it from a stack of 40,000 others is: A) frightening; B) one of the most important tasks in a teen’s life; C) the act of filling…

  • Restaurateur shares a bump in the road: Part 2

    Daniel Murphy Jr. Guest Column Coming out of the doctor’s office with the news that I had cancer, I was more mad than scared. The first thing I did was to call my son and daughter to let them know what was going on. As I stated last week, I had a PET scan on…

  • Plan to preserve Hook ‘rings alarm bells’

    I attended the public forums to discuss the redevelopment of Fort Hancock hosted by Congressman Frank Pallone Sept. 18 and Oct. 26 at Sandy Hook. The objective of the gatherings was to provide an opportunity for the public to question representatives from the National Parks Service (NPS) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation about…

  • Community colleges becoming increasingly popular choice

    2-year programs gaining respect as gateway to 4-year schools BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer FILEPHOTO Middlesex County College, Edison As college-application deadlines loom, many New Jersey high school seniors will visit four-year schools, send out expensive applications and scramble to write that perfect college essay — but many others will not.…