Category: HUB Opinion
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Oceanport PBA warns against bogus telemarketers
The members of the Oceanport Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) Local No. 364 wish to take this opportunity to alert the residents of Oceanport that several residents have reported receiving telephone calls from telemarketers seeking donations to benefit law enforcement concerns. During these telephone calls, the solicitors have implied they represent officers from our jurisdiction. Neither…
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IRENE J. PREBLICK, 78, of Hazlet died Jan. 2 at home. Born in Irvington, she resided there until moving to Hazlet 41 years ago. Mrs. Preblick was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore Preblick, in 1990; a son, Theodore Preblick Jr.; a brother, Frank Stefanski; two sisters, Marie Hanft and Helen Walsh;…
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Clear solution to Sea Bright flooding
It is clear that having recently spent millions of dollars to expand Sea Bright’s beaches, we are obviously now in no position to abandon the strip of land that connects Sandy Hook to the rest of New Jersey. It is equally clear that, despite our best efforts, we will ultimately be unsuccessful at keeping the…
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Correction
In the Dec. 20 issue of The Hub, the cover story on Holy Cross Church’s appeal of a denial by the Rumson Zoning Board of Adjustment incorrectly attributed the decision to the Red Bank Zoning Board. We regret the error.
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A technological solution to Internet gambling
My interest was piqued when I read your recent special section on a purported teen gambling problem which has gone unchecked. According to your stories, there is no doubt that teen gambling is a problem, albeit a masqueraded affliction that bears a different face than that of more common criminal teen addictions like drugs, drinking…
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Holt wants to hear from 12th District residents
Following my election to a third term in Congress (now representing a slightly re-drawn district), I want to thank those who voted for me and otherwise supported my election. I am grateful for the trust placed in me as your representative, and I will continue to work to earn it. Although I received the largest…
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Political leaders must remain behind rail plan
Political leaders must remain behind rail plan It will take all the political support the Monmouth-Ocean county region can muster to advance a plan for passenger rail service through this area of New Jersey, which continues to explode in population. Published reports indicate that in the next decade, it is expected that approximately 25 percent…
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New law violates citizens’ constitutional rights
An open letter to the mayor and council of Red Bank I want to take this opportunity to commend the Red Bank Borough Council for putting their concern for us tenants well ahead of our rights as American citizens. Despite volumes of legal precedent regarding the sanctity of a person’s home, our brave-hearted leaders have…
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Commute may be more
taxing to N.J. residents taxing to N.J. residents Facing a $7.4 billion budget deficit over the next two years, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking outside the city to commuters in order to pay $1 billion in additional taxes to help bail the metropolis out of its fiscal troubles. Repealed a few years…
