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. THE REV. STEPHEN H. CONGDON JR., 66, of Monroe Township and formerly Monmouth Beach, died March 20 at John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Edison. Born in Rumson,…

  • Horses have left the barn at Willowbrook & throughout boro

    Horses have left the barn at Willowbrook & throughout boro I feel compelled to respond to your article concerning the development of Willowbrook Farms in Tinton Falls. Borough Administrator Tony Muscillo says in your article "there have been no complaints" when asked about any recent comments on the development. I certainly hope your readers don’t…

  • Don’t combine authorities; eliminate Highway Authority

    Don’t combine authorities; eliminate Highway Authority Citizens Against Tolls has learned Gov. James E. McGreevey will soon present his plan to combine the New Jersey Highway and the New Jersey Turnpike authorities. Unless there is a significant cut in costs throughout the bureaucratic structure of these authorities, we do not see many reasons to proceed…

  • No effort made to hear community on mural

    Based on the criteria given by John Gurzo, director of Red Bank’s Neighbor-hood Preservation Program, it is no wonder that Rumson artist James Fitzmaurice was selected to paint the mural in the West Bergen Pocket Park. Based on what he has said the NPP was looking for in the mural, a trompe l’oeil of the…

  • 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. ANDREW JOSEPH BRUDER, 79, of Guttenberg and formerly Rumson, died Feb. 16 at his daughter’s home on Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. He was born in Jersey City. He…

  • Killing a committee is no way to silence critics

    Fair Haven Mayor William Leonard made the right move in deciding not to disband the borough’s Long Range Planning Committee. Leonard was initially going to dissolve the committee, which is submitting reports to the governing body about the future direction of growth in the borough, but when members told him they did not feel their…

  • Guest Column Judith Stanley Coleman Public hearing, comment period should be extended

    Guest Column Judith Stanley Coleman Public hearing, comment period should be extended There is a need to balance the historical, environmental and education importance of Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook with the development plans. We are concerned that privatization will lead to the commercialization of one of the last natural beach areas in the Northeast.…

  • Correction

    In the March 1 issue of The Hub, the story "Full ballot in school elections" neglected to mention Peter Richardson, 669 River Road, Fair Haven, who is a candidate for the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Board of Education.

  • 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. ROBERT JOHN HOFFMAN JR., 33, of Shrewsbury died Feb. 10 at home. Born in Shrewsbury, he was lifelong resident. He was a licensed private investigator for the…