Category: HUB Opinion

  • Your Turn

    George MoffattGuest ColumnTime for public officials to step up and protect parks Your Turn George Moffatt Guest Column Time for public officials to step up and protect parks George Moffatt Guest Column Time for public officials to step up and protect parks What price should we be willing to pay to preserve buildings in our…

  • Monmouth Regional students make the grade

    School administrators unavailable forcomment on report card BY ELAINE VANDEVELDEStaff Writer Monmouth Regional students make the grade School administrators unavailable for comment on report card BY ELAINE VANDEVELDE Staff Writer In comparison to other area high schools, Monmouth Regional High School’s state report card made an average grade in the 2002-03 school year, with some overall improvements…

  • Writer questions need to display personal information

    The spring fishing season is just around the corner. Identity theft season is with us all year long, as was so aptly reported by Greater Media Newspapers recently. Does it make any sense for the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife to require fishermen to carry their fishing license "conspicuously displayed on outer clothing…

  • Test change cited as cause of decline in math scores

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Test change cited as cause of decline in math scores BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The scores of students at Shore Regional High School took a dive in the mathematics portion of the state High School Proficiency Assessment test (HSPA) last spring and Superintendent/Principal Leonard G. Schnappauf…

  • Intolerance and fear are society’s real problems

    Intolerance and fear are society’s real problems I feel compelled to comment on Judith Tier’s article in "Your Turn." She and some other believers in God feel a need to declare their values as God’s values and to push those values on others who hold different beliefs. The Catholic Church and other conservative Christians project…

  • Ballots set for April 20 school board elections

    Ballots set for April 20 school board elections The following is a list of candidates who have filed for election to local Boards of Education. The election is April 20, and voters also will have the opportunity then to pass on the budget of their local school board. The hour that the polls open varies…

  • Obituaries

    Clifford Whiteside Obituaries Clifford Whiteside Mr. Whiteside, 70, of Tinton Falls died March 3 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Prior to moving to Tinton Falls, he lived in Sterling Heights, Mich., and Shrewsbury. Mr. Whiteside was an electrician for General Motors in Detroit, Mich., for 40 years. He was predeceased by a son-in-law,…

  • Hands-on approach works for students and teachers

    McLaughlin, Bakerhonored by teacher recognition program BY NICOLE GERAGHTYStaff Writer McLaughlin, Baker honored by teacher recognition program BY NICOLE GERAGHTY Staff Writer RED BANK — Joan McLaughlin’s third-graders are busy with an art project — they don’t even glance up when a visitor enters the room. "This is really a place for them to feel…

  • Past coming back to haunt Fort Hancock?

    Past coming back to haunt Fort Hancock? Past coming back to haunt Fort Hancock? As a newspaper that has covered plans for private development of the Fort Hancock buildings on Sandy Hook in recent years, it has become apparent that the buildings are under some kind of curse. The curse, apparently, renders those who would…