Category: HUB Opinion

  • OBITUARIES

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. THOMAS J. BRENNAN, 74, of Middletown died Oct. 30 at Bayshore Health Care Center, Holmdel. Born in Sligo, Ireland, he came to the United States in 1949…

  • Mayor challenges statements about councilman

    I believe it is normally inappropriate for a sitting government official to comment upon an obviously politically charged, partisan advertisement masquerading as a letter to the editor. Accordingly, when I first read Mr. Stuart Briskey’s letter attacking Councilman Gary Wolfe for every conceivable issue imaginable, I initially dismissed it as little more than a political…

  • Rental ordinance is the wrong answer

    "Having a roof over your head is better, even if shared, than having no roof over your head. That needs to be taken into account when establishing the number of people who should live in a unit." — Donna Rose, director, Monmouth Housing Alliance When the members of the Red Bank Borough Council sit down…

  • OBITUARIES

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. JAMES R. MALTAIS, 51, of Little Silver died Oct. 17 at home after a battle with cancer. He was raised in Middletown and resided in Fair Haven…

  • Communities need to join forces to solve 520 problem

    The following impression came to mind after reading the article on the problem of Route 520 traffic in The Hub: not me, he’s to blame! Every problem has a beginning. This one started with a solution to a specific need some time ago. Years later (the present day), a problem unforeseen years ago arises. Who…

  • Writer: Wolfe needs to keep nose out of fire department

    What is happening to the individual’s right for their vote to count? It’s getting to the point that whenever a potential election’s outcome doesn’t go a certain party’s way, a court is being left to interpret established laws and determine the rules for that specific election. First, the Democratic Party didn’t like the outcome of…

  • Yes vote on referendum will preserve space, farmland

    It’s time to be proactive, instead of reactive, when it comes to open space and farmland preservation in Monmouth County. There is limited open space and farmland existing in our county now. If we sit back and watch that land be developed for other purposes, we will have lost the opportunity to save that land.…

  • Misrepresentations on plan for Sandy Hook

    The media has distorted what Jim Wassel plans to do at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. At least that’s what Wassel said — if we heard him correctly. Of course, hearing Wassel correctly may not be as easy as it might seem. Wassel, apparently, has no problems with reports of his project when they appear,…

  • OBITUARIES

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. GERARD J. FINNEGAN, 76, of Hazlet died Oct. 13 at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided there until moving to Hazlet 42 years ago. He was…