Category: HUB Opinion
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Board of Ed. readies plan to improve student performance
By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Board of Ed. readies plan to improve student performance By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — To improve lagging standardized test scores and polish student performance, the borough’s school district has introduced its Long Range Plan for School Improvement. "The plan is not an end in itself but serves rather…
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Board of Ed. candidates lay out vision for schools
Most support role forR.B. Education Initiative with school system By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Board of Ed. candidates lay out vision for schools Most support role for R.B. Education Initiative with school system By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — They agree on the issues; they don’t necessarily agree on the answers. All four candidates…
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OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES KATHERINE HELEN FARLEY HORNECKER of Tinton Falls died March 22 at home. Born in Keyport, she resided in Middletown before moving to Tinton Falls. Mrs. Hornecker was a homemaker. She was a 27-year volunteer at the Fort Monmouth Thrift Shop, as well as Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Her memberships included the Fort Monmouth…
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Funding Charter School main source of tax rise
End of state funding, expansion increase burden on property owners By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — Noting the Red Bank Charter School is playing a major role, district officials announced a 13.8-cent school tax increase for the 2003-04 school year. "It’s not that I’m in a charter school-bashing mode,…
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our view
Educators appear in no rush to inform our view Educators appear in no rush to inform Now might be a good time for school district officials and board members in our area to do a little reading. They might want to sit down take a look at the state’s new Open Public Records Act because…
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Your Turn
Guest ColumnJosephReynoldsBetter plan needed to prevent further spills Your Turn Guest Column Joseph Reynolds Better plan needed to prevent further spills Guest Column Joseph Reynolds Better plan needed to prevent further spills As co-chairperson of the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council, I was shocked at events earlier this month from the breakage of a main sewer…
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Clarification
Clarification Grieco’s, a new corporate dining facility at 106 Apple St. in Tinton Falls, opened Monday. Owned by Grieco LLC, the new eatery is operated by local chef Karen Grieco, Red Bank. A photograph that accompanied a business story about the new restaurant in the March 28 issue depicted the sign belonging to the former…
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Contest gives primary school pupils a place to tell their stories
By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer SANDI CARPELLO Hugo Guerra, (l-r) 6; Allison Haigh, 6; Salvadore Tecalero, 9; Albert Martin, 7; and Akeira Pines, 8, read from Salvadore’s original story, “The Lost Boys.” RED BANK — When Allison Haigh imagines adulthood, she envisions the beguiling life of an award-winning novelist. "When I…
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Resident cites curious cause for constant cloud cover
On many occasions I have witnessed unusual activity in the sky over our area. This involves jet aircraft flying at high altitudes leaving behind white plumes of trail that, unlike traditional aircraft condensation trails, do not fade away but instead expand into large cirrus-like cloud formations, creating a general hazy overcast. This is not the…
