Category: HUB Opinion

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    Carole Balmer Guest ColumnDemand congressional probe into Hook leasing Your turn Carole Balmer Guest Column Demand congressional probe into Hook leasing Carole Balmer Guest Column Demand congressional probe into Hook leasing Local newspapers recently aptly pointed to the total disrespect the National Park Service (NPS) displayed for Rep. Frank Pallone’s efforts on behalf of his…

  • ‘Pay toilets or toll plazas’ next for Red Bank?

    ‘Pay toilets or toll plazas’ next for Red Bank? It should come as no surprise that our petition against the installation of parking meters on Broad and Monmouth Streets was largely ignored by the mayor and most of the Red Bank Council. As I presented the case against the meters, I couldn’t help but notice…

  • Resident questions Sandy Hook Partners’ proposal to rehabilitate buildings at Fort Hancock

    With regard to the July 2 article in the Hub concerning the proposal to rehabilitate historic buildings at Fort Hancock, the National Park Service (NPS) states Sandy Hook Partners (SHP’s) financial information is privileged and confidential and so it will not be made public at this time. This caused me to reflect on comments that…

  • Condemnation of homes is ‘legal theft’, resident says

    This weekend, while I was researching properties along and around the north Jersey Shore, it hit me like a ton of bricks as I realized what was actually happening to the Marine Terrace, Ocean Terrace, Seaview Avenue (MTOTSA) residents in the North Beach area of the redevelopment zone. Not only are these residents being forcibly…

  • Obituaries

    Penny Gledhill Loring Obituaries Penny Gledhill Loring Mrs. Loring, 55, of Fair Haven died July 23 at home. She was a graduate of Monmouth College, West Long Branch, where she earned a degree in anthropology. Mrs. Loring was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her parents, Lorraine and Raymond Bucko; her first husband, Sidney Gledhill,…

  • SkatePlex fulfills county parks’ obligation

    SkatePlex fulfills county parks’ obligation Monmouth County’s new "SkatePlex" is scheduled to open in Long Branch in little over a month. Kudos should go to the county’s park system for making it a reality. This surely was not an easy project for the park system to undertake, given the liability possibilities, but the Board of…

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    Tim HoganGuest ColumnRiverview contributes to Red Bank Your turn Tim Hogan Guest Column Riverview contributes to Red Bank’s quality of life Tim Hogan Guest Column Riverview contributes to Red Bank’s quality of life Councilman John Curley recently wrote a letter that was published in The Hub urging the mayor and council to implement a municipal…

  • Parker Clinic grateful for benefits of Sheehan race

    Now that the dust has settled from the latest George Sheehan Classic event, we at the Parker Family Health Center would like to extend our thanks to the organizers — especially Bob Rosa — to all the participants, to the members of the Sheehan family, and to all of Red Bank for keeping this annual…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries Ferdinand Donato Vezzosi Jr. Mr. Vezzosi, 60, of Shrewsbury died July 17 at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. Born and raised in Newark, he resided in Holmdel before moving to Shrewsbury 20 years ago. Mr. Vezzosi was a elementary wood shop teacher for the Middletown School District for 35 years,…