Category: HUB Opinion

  • To our readers

    To our readers Forms for social announcements are available by calling (732) 358-5200, ext. 8226. If you wish to have a photo returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope; however, we cannot guarantee that pictures will be returned.

  • Other viable solutions for town center offered

    I’m sure we are all keeping up with the discussions about the town center. One of the important facts we keep hearing is we need a town center like our surrounding towns — a center that would give the town another supermarket, which I truly do not believe we need; a huge shopping mall with…

  • To our readers

    Forms for social announcements are available by calling (732) 358-5200, ext. 8226. If you wish to have a photo returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope; however, we cannot guarantee that pictures will be returned.

  • Coda Greg Bean There was plenty of hokey in the Monmouth pokey As far as I’m concerned, the two biggest problems with the courtroom hearings in Freehold Borough that ended with the jailing of striking Middletown Township Education Association

    Coda Greg Bean There was plenty of hokey in the Monmouth pokey As far as I’m concerned, the two biggest problems with the courtroom hearings in Freehold Borough that ended with the jailing of striking Middletown Township Education Association (MTEA) members by the score last week were: 1. Superior Court Judge Clarkson S. Fisher called…

  • Private operations don’t belong in public parks

    With little notice and no fanfare, some big changes have been proposed for the Sandy Hook portion of Gateway National Park. The Hook, one of the last remaining stretches of largely undisturbed coastline in the state, has been a part of the National Park System since 1974. It contains significant environmentally sensitive areas and provides…

  • Chairman extends thanks to heart walk supporters

    As a Monmouth County resident and businessman, I want to say thank you to Monmouth County. Like all Americans, everyone at the American Heart Association and who are involved with the Monmouth County American Heart Walk were saddened by the tragic events of Sept. 11. Both President Bush and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani encouraged…

  • Thompson would never play favorites, reader says

    I am writing in regard to the article in which you discuss Betti Thompson’s response to your paper’s question about the Charter School’s float. You describe her response as "flip." In the past 15 years, I have known Betti on many levels. She has been my employer, my mentor, my children’s guidance counselor and, most…

  • Vote no on Tinton Falls referendum

    On Tuesday, Dec. 11, the voters of Tinton Falls will be asked to approve a $6 million referendum for additions to our middle school. Is this building project necessary and are we, the voters, being given all of the facts by the Board of Education? This building project is not scheduled to be completed until…

  • Sheriff thanks supporters, renews pledge to work hard

    During the past six years, it has been my distinct honor and privilege to serve the residents of Monmouth County full time as their sheriff. I’m very proud of the progress we’ve made during the past six years and realize that none of these achievements were done alone. This has been a team effort from…