Category: HUB Opinion
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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.…
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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…
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More work needed on school funding issue
School board members and administrators in the Garden State may face a difficult challenge when they start to prepare their budgets for the 2005-06 school year. In June, the state Legislature and Gov. James E. McGreevey imposed strict new caps on school spending increases. There are also new limits on how much surplus (savings) a…
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Bill needed to maintain New Jersey’s beach preservation funds
If New Jersey’s beaches are to be preserved and shore protection work continued, a new water resources bill is needed before Congress adjourns for the election and funding that was drastically reduced by the administration in the next fiscal year budget must be restored. New Jersey and other coastal states are in danger of losing…
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Obituaries
Delbert L. Thorne Mr. Thorne, 60, of Folsom, Pa., died Sept. 11 at Taylor Community Hospital, Ridley Park, Pa. Born in Long Branch, he resided in Oceanport for 31 years prior to moving to Folsom five years ago. He was a parts manager, service manager and service director at Springfield Auto Outlet, Pennsylvania. He served…
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Mayor will ‘answer in the next world’ for meters
Open letter to Red Bank Mayor Edward McKenna: I am writing this letter to let you know how awful I think it is of you and the Borough of Red Bank to install parking meters in front of St. James Church. I will mention a few reasons. • Senior citizens like to go to daily…
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Developer’s contribution merely ‘offer of a bribe’
In the Sept. 17 edition of The Hub, there was an article regarding the proposed development project on the current site of the Olde Union House in Red Bank (Right of way could block R.B. project. Parking, open space among concerns with Union Street Village). This article stated that at a recent meeting of the…
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Foundation funds science, stage equipment
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RUMSON — Despite new state-mandated limits on school budgets, the borough’s school district is getting some help from its friends. Recently, the Board of Education received a check for more than $100,000 from the Rumson Education Foundation in grant money raised by the foundation in donations…
