Category: HUB Opinion

  • Public needs to be more aware of hunters’ role as conservationists

    I am writing this editorial in response to a letter and a cartoon that was in your March 26 issue. The letter was written by Joy Gamache of Middletown, who feels there should be no hunting allowed within the Monmouth County parks and the cartoon portrays hunters as mindless idiots that do not know the…

  • Obituaries

    Leah Lorenza Acuna Obituaries Leah Lorenza Acuna Leah Acuna, 16, of Little Silver died March 24. She resided in Rumson prior to moving to Little Silver in 1995. She was a student at Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, where she was a member of its junior varsity field hockey and basketball teams. Leah…

  • Antonia Santoro

    Mrs. Santoro, 91, of Freehold died March 28 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Mineola, N.Y., she resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Old Bridge prior to moving to Freehold in 1973. Mrs. Santoro was a claims adjuster at Home Insurance, New York City, retiring in 1977. She was a parishioner at St. Rose…

  • State off-track on horse racing

    State off-track on horse racing State off-track on horse racing Local and Sports and Exposition Authority officials seem to be putting the cart before the horse in discussions about the leasing of Monmouth Park. Before making a plan for the future of the racetrack, it would be worth spending more time considering the future of…

  • Your Turn

    Your Turn Brian Unger Guest Column Resident makes plea for Oceanport Creek property Brian Unger Guest Column Resident makes plea for Oceanport Creek property (Open letter to Larry Miles, bureau chief, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Endangered & Non-game Species Program) Many residents of Oceanport and adjacent towns along our two-river area are concerned…

  • Monmouth County’s parks are no place for hunting

    I have lived in Monmouth County my entire life. With all of the urban sprawl that is happening all around us, the deer are being pushed into smaller and smaller areas. We should be protecting them and their beauty as part of the heritage of this area. The people/taxpayers of this community have a right…

  • ‘Protection of park resources paramount’

    The National Parks Conservation Association has followed the debate over the proposed rehabilitation of Fort Hancock with considerable interest ("Local opposition to project at Fort Hancock emerging," Feb. 27). As America’s only nonprofit membership organization dedicated solely to protecting and preserving the National Park System, we are committed to the restoration and preservation of historic…

  • Reasons given for Fort Hancock’s demise (Open letter to the federal government regarding the National Park Service policy for Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook)

    Reasons given for Fort Hancock’s demise (Open letter to the federal government regarding the National Park Service policy for Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook) We, the people, are not buying this exploitation of Sandy Hook. Leave our national parkland in the public’s control. The National Park Service says it can’t afford to maintain our parklands.…

  • Obituaries

    Helen A. Schlosser Obituaries Helen A. Schlosser Mrs. Schlosser, 87, of Middletown died March 18. Born in Newark, she resided in Red Bank prior to moving to Middletown several years ago. She was a receptionist at United Teletech, Tinton Falls, before her retirement. Prior to that, she was secretary to the president at Gray and…