Category: HUB Opinion
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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. MARY A. CONTE, 84, of Oceanport died June 30 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, she lived in Long Branch before moving to…
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School board member, principal step down Resignations come three months after Rush left for job with state
Correspondent by Robert De Gennaro School board member, principal step down Resignations come three months after Rush left for job with state RED BANK — Two members of the Red Bank school community are quietly walking away from their positions. Judy Burton, a school board member, and Jean Cina, principal of the middle school, both…
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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. LORENZO ILARRAZA, 92, of Long Branch died July 6 at Gateway Care Center, Eatontown. Born in Puerto Rico, he was a resident of Long Branch for more…
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Officials should live by same standards public does
For the past few years, I have been active in grassroots citizen activism. How long do the citizens of New Jersey have to stand by and watch legislators continue to tax and spend until we can no longer afford to live in our homes? It is not necessary and it is not right! Our state…
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Forty-one liquor is licenses more than enough for town
It seems that nearly every week a new restaurant opens in Red Bank. Many establishments have a policy of allowing patrons to bring their own bottle, commonly known as "BYOB." According to New Jersey state law, only beer and wine brought in by patrons for their individual consumption is allowed. No hard liquor is allowed,…
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Take down the huts; leave the rest alone
Take down the huts; leave the rest alone Whatever the political considerations may be and however pleasant passers-by may find the tiki huts on Sea Bright’s public beaches, the Borough Council is right to ask those who built them to take them down. While the owners of the huts may view them as a public…
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Still questions after meeting on Hook
By now, anyone interested in the proposed development at Sandy Hook/Fort Hancock is familiar with the major concerns: the secrecy of the selection process; the shadowy nature of the selected developer, Sandy Hook Partners, LLC; the inadequacy of the environmental assessment and traffic study; the fear that the proposed plan will not be viable and…
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Assembly bill has a nice ring to it
The state Senate session may have had to be extended before passing the last piece of this year’s budget, but in the Assembly at least they accomplished something, and it wasn’t passing the budget bill in time to be barbecuing on the Fourth of July. The Assembly overwhelmingly passed Bill A727, otherwise known as the…
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OBITUARIES
EDWARD R. HULSE, 63, of Ely, Minn., formerly of Freehold Township, died June 22 at Miller-Dwan Medical Center, Duluth, Minn. Born in Long Branch, he lived in Freehold Township for many years before moving to Missouri, then Minnesota. He was an electrician. He was a former member of the New Jersey National Guard in Freehold.…
