Category: HUB Opinion

  • Resident can’t possibly be on ‘jury list’ after eight years

    In 1995, I was called for jury duty in Freehold. The experience was a total waste of time for me and for the 250 others that sat and were never called to be seated on a trial. The reason for this was that all of the judges had just completed seating new jurors Friday afternoon…

  • Variances eliminating ‘hip town’ image in Red Bank (Open letter to Planning Board Chairperson Lauren Nicosia and Red Bank Zoning Board members)

    Variances eliminating ‘hip town’ image in Red Bank (Open letter to Planning Board Chairperson Lauren Nicosia and Red Bank Zoning Board members) I attended the special meeting Aug. 28 dealing with the condo and townhouse project on Monmouth Street, but was unable to stay for the public comment period. First, I want to say thank…

  • Animals should be visited in sanctuary, not circus

    I read with interest the article "Circus and protesters coming to town; animal rights activists say elephants have not been treated properly," The Hub Aug. 15. Renee Storey of Clyde Beatty–Cole Brothers Circus indicated that elephants had "behavioral issues" and intimated it was because one was smaller than the other. Elephants have so-called behavior issues…

  • OBITUARIES

    OBITUARIES RICHARD P. BURKE, 86, of Shadow Lake Village, Middletown, and Bradenton, Fla., died Aug. 25 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. A native of Jersey City, where he was known as "Boots," Mr. Burke was employed in the sales division of Norfolk and Western Railway. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World…

  • Two-party system in county lacks ‘honesty and integrity’

    Let’s bring honesty and integrity back to Mon-mouth County politics. Let’s get rid of incumbent politicians (GRIP). You would think with the scandals, both illegal and barely legal, that have hit Ocean Township, Asbury Park, Marlboro, Long Branch, Manalapan and all the towns where the "pay to play" crony system is costing us millions, that…

  • A new school year, a new school in Shrewsbury

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT The just completed, new addition to the Shrewsbury Borough School, above, offers an expanded and renovated gym/cafeteria and three kindergarten classrooms. At right, the existing school underwent extensive renovations including creation of a new media center/library from the old cafetorium. When the…

  • Residents need to be more involved in housing proposals in Red Bank

    In 1795, American patriot Edmund Burke wrote, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Although not "evil," a number of aggressive building proposals are in the works in Red Bank. What appears to be the master plan could turn our town into another Hoboken without regard…

  • Downtown’s parking has improved, but borough needs to do more

    Thanks to Councilman John Curley for his efforts and approach to the parking situation. Working with Red Bank Catholic High School, he has been able to free up 120 parking spaces previously used by the school’s students. Parking problems are not unique to Red Bank. This one-square-mile town is saturated. As long as businesses are…