Category: HUB Opinion

Public invited toOct. 18 dedication of revamped facilities BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer Public invited to Oct. 18 dedication of revamped facilities BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — After three years of drudging and drilling, the Red Bank Middle School renovations are complete. The $11.2 million refurbishment, which was approved by borough voters in…

Your Turn James M. Coleman Jr. Guest Column Public ought to have say in Sandy Hook plan (Open letter to Russel J. Wilson, superintendent, Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area) The National Park Service (NPS) regional director, Marie Rust, signed a finding July 8 that the proposed project by Sandy Hook Partners (SHP) at…

In an effort to encourage motorists to slow down and observe the residential speed limits in Shrewsbury, the safety campaign "Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25" is under way. It is a community-based effort in conjunction with the mayor, Borough Council, and Shrewsbury Police Department. The response so far has been excellent, and we have formed…

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and according to the American Cancer Society, more than 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. That’s a huge number, but 200,000 women isn’t where breast cancer stops. This is an insidious disease. It uproots families, devastates marriages, and changes lives forever. Breast cancer makes a daughter…

In 1998, the New Jersey voters approved a bond issue that allowed the state to borrow $100 million for each of the next 10 years. The cost of this bond was to be paid by allowing the state to withhold $98 million annually from sales and use revenues to purchase land for open space. The…

It is simple math — the Democrats control the New Jersey Assembly and hold exactly 50 percent of the seats in the New Jersey State Senate. So I was quite surprised to hear the Democratic candidate for state Senate state that the current Legislature "can’t and won’t" establish a Constitutional convention to address property tax…

Marge Pallone Obituaries Marge Pallone Mrs. Pallone of Little Silver died Sept. 25 at home. She was born in Red Bank, and resided in Little Silver for 49 years. She was a retired school nurse and health teacher at Memorial School, Eatontown, where she was employed for 31 years. Mrs. Pallone was a communicant and…

New president addresses local mayors on futureof school BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Monmouth University planning for next decade New president addresses local mayors on future of school BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Monmouth University plans to draw up a strategic plan outlining the path the school should take over the next decade,…

Program designed to impart a sense of what happens in the world BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — It’s never too early to start career planning. That’s why RiverCenter and the Red Bank Development Initiative have kicked off the Educational Partners Program — a local professional speakers bureau and…