Category: HUB Opinion

  • The right memorial in the right place will be welcomed

    I am more convinced than ever that all citizens of Fair Haven strongly support the idea of creating a fitting memorial to our friends and neighbors who perished in the World Trade Center attack. Too many of my friends’ names appear on monuments to the war dead for me to be indifferent to the pain…

  • 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. DONNA DAVIS "BEBE" MAZZUCCA, 67, of Middletown died June 21 at home. Born in Boone, Iowa, she lived in Galesburg, Ill., Little Silver and Tinton Falls prior…

  • Return of oysters key to bringing back bay

    Laws and regulations have been passed. People have been warned and fined. Even some long-standing practices have been reconsidered. All of those things were important steps in trying to restore the ecosystems in estuaries from the Shrewsbury River to the Hudson River. And last weekend, in a collaboration between the New York/New Jersey Baykeeper and…

  • School board develops plan for sweeping change Panel worked to put aside factions that developed over the years

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde School board develops plan for sweeping change Panel worked to put aside factions that developed over the years TINTON FALLS — A Board of Education retreat earmarked the start of sweeping change, underscored by a new mindset. To get things started, two position statements (similar to resolutions) were passed…

  • Residents urged to speak out against hate leaflets

    Imagine that, as you sleepily go out to retrieve your morning newspaper, you find a small bag on your lawn. Curious, you pick it up and find that it is a sand-filled bag with a leaflet. Harmless trash, you might think. Trash it is, but harmless it is not. It is a small bomb of…

  • School to deposit escrow Meridian requires money be set aside for use of Century House

    School to deposit escrow Meridian requires money be set aside for use of Century House RED BANK — As part of its agreement with Riverview Medical Center, the borough’s Charter School has agreed to place $50,000 in an interest-bearing escrow account. The Century House, owned by Riverview and located on the eastern end of the…

  • Congregation bids farewell to interim pastor, wife

    On June 30, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 150 River Road, Red Bank, will be bidding Pastor James Reeb, his wife, Pastor Kay Reeb, and their son, Daniel, a fond farewell. Pastor James Reeb has been our interim pastor for the past nine months. He will be sorely missed as he has brought much happiness, harmony…

  • New rules for release of records

    In a couple of weeks the rules regarding government records that the public has access to will dramatically change for the better. In January — in the closing hours of the last Legislature — a much needed improvement of New Jersey’s open public records law was passed and signed into law. The changes — that…

  • OBITUARIES

    BARBARA K. BUTASH, 56, of Manalapan died June 6 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after a battle with cancer. Born in Scranton, Pa., she lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Manalapan 30 years ago. She was a communicant of St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Manalapan. She is survived by her husband, Stephen;…