Category: HUB Opinion

  • Kill the messenger

    After three years of wrangling, the fight between Oceanport residents and the owners and operators of the helipad at the Monmouth Corporate Park has come to an end. The biggest loser in the saga turns out not to be the residents who suffered from the overhead flights or the owners or operators of the helipad.…

  • for the record

    In the photo that accompanied last week’s story about scholarships awarded by the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce Christina Charron of Ocean was incorrectly identified as Christina Scarano of Middletown. We regret the error.

  • Dog graduates

    Dog graduates It was a bittersweet ceremony as Harrison R.B. Charter, a 14-month-old yellow Labrador retriever, graduated from his training at the Red Bank Charter School. Over the last year the students had been caring for and training Harrison, who will go on to be a Seeing Eye dog. JEFF HUNTLEY

  • School board moving on renovation

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON RED BANK — Moving ahead on the middle school renovation project, the Board of Education announced that it has hired a construction management firm. The board has awarded the contract to Hill International Construction Co., Willingboro, according to Fran Finkelstein, the district’s business administrator. "They (Hill International) are one of…

  • RBR arts program gets national attention School district is this year’s state nominee for Kennedy Center Award

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON RBR arts program gets national attention School district is this year’s state nominee for Kennedy Center Award JEFF HUNTLEY The highly regarded performing arts program at Red Bank Regional is just part of what helped the school to receive its nomination for the national Kennedy Center Alliance for the Arts…

  • Brookdale to charge $78 per credit in ’02 College officials call $3 per credit, or 4%, increase slight

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito Brookdale to charge $78 per credit in ’02 College officials call $3 per credit, or 4%, increase slight MIDDLETOWN — Tuition for Brookdale Community College is slated to go up 4 percent next year. According to the state Commission on Higher Education, Brookdale already had the highest tuition of the…

  • Borough schools may benefit from ship sailing

    Staff Writer By lindsey siegle TINTON FALLS — Changes at Naval Weapons Station Earle may ultimately benefit the borough’s school district. Recently the Navy announced that in June the USS Seattle would be changing its homeport from Earle to the naval base in Norfolk, Va. One month later the USS Supply would be reassigned from…

  • Distinct music streams will flow together Performers to draw from many genres for upcoming RFH concert

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Distinct music streams will flow together Performers to draw from many genres for upcoming RFH concert JEFF HUNTLEY Music teacher Donald Swinchoski goes over the program fro the upcoming Prism concert at the school with some of his students during a recent class. The great jazz musician Charlie Parker said,…