Category: HUB Opinion

  • SHRS board needs to play a different tune

    As amazing as it might seem, members of the Shore Regional High School Board of Education appear ready to use professional musicians rather than student musicians for the school play this year. Under almost any circumstances that would be questionable. Under the existing circumstances at Shore Regional, it is ridiculous. It is wrong for so…

  • 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. WILLIAM McKINLEY LOGAN JR., 56, of Red Bank died Aug. 30 at home. Born in Long Branch, he lived in Ocean and Eatontown before moving to Red…

  • Registration for renters not so ‘hip’ for Red Bank

    I believe the proposed Red Bank ordinance which would require registration of tenants would interfere with the First Amendment rights of people. It may appear to target overcrowding by Hispanics in apartments, but would apply to any renter in "Hip City." Given that the standard of living of a person usually dictates what housing one…

  • Development the logical culprit for local congestion

    What amazing logic for some residents of Middletown to blame Tinton Falls for the traffic problems on Route 520 (The Hub, Sept. 13). Let’s see, one suggestion is that Tinton Falls should have yet another parkway egress. Then the town would have five exits, since there already are four exits in Tinton Falls, one of…

  • Desire to cooperate should be tested

    Sterling Properties’ plan for the Laurino farm in Tinton Falls is on the table. Whether that plan is the right one for all concerned is the question that remains to be answered. The Livingston developer came into the borough saying it wants to cooperate with the community as it develops the nearly 60-acre property between…

  • AHA walk co-chairmen urge residents to join fight against heart disease

    AHA walk co-chairmen urge residents to join fight against heart disease If a loved one, co-worker or friend collapsed in front of you, unresponsive and not breathing, would you know what to do? Would you know to call 911 immediately? Could you perform early CPR? Is there an automated external defibrillator (AED) immediately available? As…

  • A problem a council vote isn’t going to fix

    As difficult as it is to face, for some problems there just are no good solutions. Or at least not any that fall within the framework of the tools we have to deal with them. The Red Bank Borough Council came across just such a problem when it set out to improve living conditions in…

  • 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. JOSEPHINE FIGARO O’BRIEN, 88, of Shrewsbury died Aug. 22 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Long Branch, she lived in Red Bank prior to moving…

  • Fair Haven pulled together for a good cause

    Something very special happened in Fair Haven on Sunday, Aug. 18. Those who attended the Community Fund-Raiser for Historic Fisk Chapel (now known as Bicentennial Hall) that day witnessed a moment in time when everyone was united for a common purpose — to preserve and restore a building that was once an important part of…