Category: HUB Opinion

  • Boarding schools offer kids education away from home

    Rumson Country Day event brings schoolsto the community BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer Rumson Country Day event brings schools to the community BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RUMSON — At 13 years old, Nicole Poppitti is ready to leave the nest. "I just think going to boarding school would be a good experience," said Poppitti, 13,…

  • New staff at work at Shore Regional

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer New staff at work at Shore Regional BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Moses White Jr. has arrived at Shore Regional High School as the new vice principal in charge of discipline and co-curricular student activities. There also are seven new teachers on staff this fall. White comes…

  • Council needs to think more like residents

    Council needs to think more like residents The Tinton Falls Borough Council members gave residents who live near Laurino Farms a little something to smile about at their meeting last week. A very little something. Neighbors of the Laurino Farm have been watching anxiously as the borough moves ahead with plans to rezone the property,…

  • Your Turn

    Your Turn Megan Olson Guest Column Freeholders should seize opportunity to add sidewalks on Sycamore Avenue (Open letter to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders) Megan Olson Guest Column Freeholders should seize opportunity to add sidewalks on Sycamore Avenue (Open letter to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders) Thank you for your notice…

  • PTA legislative committee urges use of helmets

    The Monmouth County Council of Parents and Teachers Association (MCCPTA) is an affiliate of New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers and the National PTA. We, as advocates for all children and youth, are concerned about the lack of using bicycle helmets. PTA strongly advocates for safety. Parents are concerned about the number of children…

  • Parking meters mean less business

    I believe parking meters to be very unfriendly to the consumer who is shopping or dining. If Red Bank installs more parking meters, I will definitely take my business elsewhere. Many others share this opinion. Nancy Coe Rumson

  • Obituaries

    Salvatore A. Mazzucco Obituaries Salvatore A. Mazzucco Mr. Mazzucco, 77, of Hazlet died Sept. 19 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he resided there until relocating to Hazlet 45 years ago. Mr. Mazzucco was the owner and operator of Fair Haven Corner Café, Fair Haven, from 1981-86. Prior to that, he…

  • Red Bank school district scrutinizing residency

    Investigator hired to ensure students indistrict are from boro BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer Investigator hired to ensure students in district are from boro BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — The Red Bank school district is cracking down on non-borough residents who are illegally sending their children to the borough’s schools. The Board of…

  • State test scores improve for fourth-graders

    Proficiency inlanguage arts rises dramaticallyCorrespondent BY Kate pichel State test scores improve for fourth-graders Proficiency in language arts rises dramatically Correspondent After months of waiting, Red Bank’s school district released the results of the third- and fourth-grade Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (ASK) standardized exam. District Superintendent Dr. John Krewer announced Monday that there was…