Category: HUB Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Janet Helpbringer Rodman Obituaries Janet Helpbringer Rodman Mrs. Rodman, 80, of Tinton Falls died Aug. 11 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Raised in Ohio, she had been a resident of Monmouth County since 1947. Mrs. Rodman was a homemaker. She was a former volunteer with the Visiting Nurse Association and a former PTA…

  • Reader offers correction on law for disabled

    I was happy to see the article by Kathy Hall about theater renovations in the area. There is a serious error though, by Count Basie’s marketing director, Regina Paleau. There is no grandfather clause under the ADA [Americans With Disabilities Act]. (She may be thinking of New Jersey codes, but they are superseded by the…

  • Excitement’s in the air as new school year approaches

    Can August really be half over? Yep. The new school year lies just around the corner. Students already are stocking up the clothes and supplies they will need to greet another season in the classroom. Waiting for them at the door with new lessons to be learned will be their teachers. A new school year…

  • Your turn

    Your turn Peter P. O’Such Jr. Guest Column Hook document not a lease, but an extension The document signed by the National Park Service and Sandy Hook Partners July 9, concerning the Fort Hancock buildings at Sandy Hook has been reviewed by me and here are my findings. • This document is not a stand-alone…

  • ‘Beautiful thing to spend your life in a small town’

    I would like to share some thoughts with the residents of Fair Haven about my grandmother, Mae Quinn. She died last Sunday at Seabrook Village in Tinton Falls, where she moved three years ago, after her husband of 54 years, Jim Quinn, died at Riverview Medical Center. Mae and Jim lived a very happy, very quiet…

  • Residents don’t want to live at ‘gateway to dump’

    The application to expand the Marpal Inc. (Republic Services) dump facility on Wayside Road, Tinton Falls, should be denied. The request to expand is to further assault the quality of life of every resident who lives in the area of this facility and every resident who lives along the roads that provide access to this…

  • Obituaries

    Walter Robert Neidhardt Obituaries Walter Robert Neidhardt Mr. Neidhardt, 93, of Applewood Estates, Freehold Township, died July 21 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had lived in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., before moving to Freehold Township in 1989.…

  • Obituaries

    Clara Battafarano Obituaries Clara Battafarano Mrs. Battafarano, 93, of Red Bank died July 12 at home. Prior to moving to Red Bank, she resided in Cliffside Park. Mrs. Battafarano was predeceased by her husband, Dominic Battafarano. She is survived by a nephew, Thomas R. Kennedy Sr.; four grandnephews; two grandnieces; and several great-grandnephews and -grandnieces.…

  • Pillow tax not too taxing for hotel owners

    Pillow tax not too taxing for hotel owners A hotel/motel occupancy tax is finally on the agenda in Red Bank. For months, despite lobbying from council members, Mayor Edward J. McKenna Jr. held off introduction of the levy, citing concerns about state administration of revenues from the tax. More recently, McKenna was concerned whether the…