Category: HUB Opinion

  • Who is Fort Hancock being preserved for?

    President Bush pledged to clear the National Park Service’s (NPS) backlog of projects during the 2000 campaign. The funding shortfall Bush inherited at the time was $5 billion; it is now $7 billion and climbing. Who knew at the time, his administration’s solution to this backlog was to turn over our public parks to private…

  • Red Bank mulls 4-hour parking on some meters

    RED BANK — There may be some relief in sight for those who still haven’t made their peace concerning the controversial parking meters installed on downtown streets. At a recent Borough Council meeting, the council discussed increasing the time on the two-hour parking meters to four hours. “Originally, in the parking plan in 2000 and…

  • Obituaries

    Nicholas F. Romano Mr. Romano, 84, of Red Bank, died Oct. 3 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Red Bank, he resided most of his life in Red Bank. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a communicant of and member of the Holy Name Society at St.…

  • Soccer fields break ground next week

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — After years of kicking around ways to bring a deluxe soccer complex to the borough, the goal has finally been scored. Monday, ground will be broken on what is to become the Sycamore Avenue Soccer Complex. Some two years in the…

  • Help line could be a valuable service

    For all of an adult’s best intentions, sometimes the words “You can tell me anything” will never ring true to a child. Whether it’s a boy being pushed around at the bus stop, a teenage girl pressured to be promiscuous with her boyfriend or a young man struggling with a substance-abuse problem, there are some…

  • ‘Suspect lease’ at Hook should be terminated

    For 2 1/2 years now I have tried to bring to the public’s and the National Park Service’s (NPS) attention to what was done wrong with the Fort Hancock procurement. I have, numerous times, written to the NPS and the Department of the Interior (DOI) officials, pointing out where and how they have failed to…

  • Plaque, exhibit sufficient to honor fort’s importance

    (Copy of Oct. 4 letter to Rep. Frank Pallone) My parents were married in the chapel at Fort Hancock, where my father was stationed in 1942. I have as strong a sentimental attachment to the old place as just about anybody. However, this is 21st-century New Jersey and it is now more important to preserve…

  • Obituaries

    Freda Rosenberg Schneider Mrs. Schneider, 79, of Little Silver, died Sept. 23 at New York Hospital. Born in Trenton, she relocated to Little Silver in 1959. Mrs. Schneider was a former Democratic committeewoman in Little Silver, a member of the Little Silver Democratic Club, and was active in her son’s mayoral campaigns in Long Branch.…

  • Budget cap may have impact on emergency school repairs

    Officials say surplus cap may affect safety of students, staff BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — Faced with new state-mandated budget limits, school officials here are hoping two old boilers hold up this winter. “If one or both [heating units] were to break, we only have $140,000 in surplus to…