Category: HUB Opinion
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Don’t miss chance to speak out on Willowbrook Farm
Your article on the Tinton Falls mayor’s informational meeting captured the taxpayers’ confusion about who may be doing what to whom. The borough engineer, who has an admirable professional penchant for precision, was caught between a map and a hard place. Repeatedly he had to caution that the developer’s maps being shown were likely to…
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When will politicians learn to ‘Just Say No’ to ocean dumping?
The week of Aug. 6, President Clinton signed an executive order protecting the ocean. During the same week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued contracts for the dredging and dumping of toxic waste spoils. The dump site is the Mud Dump. The level of hypocrisy, not to mention bad timing, amazes even those of…
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Time to consider others’ agendas
With regard to the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of BSA vs. James Dale, nothing has surprised me more than the ignorance I have read pertaining to the case and verdict. Many people presume that James Dale had flauntingly divulged his sexual orientation to BSA. These people claim that homosexuals, like James Dale, have…
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Pursuit of equal rights only agenda for gays
In a recent letter on the issue of homosexuals in the Boy Scouts the gay equal rights movement was characterized as the pursuit of a "gay agenda." This terminology is often used against us, suggesting a hidden agenda that undermines society. An agenda is simply a list of things that people want to accomplish. Everyone…
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Red Bank Regional H.S. students win scholarship
Red Bank Regional H.S. students win scholarship The Donald E. Maude Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Red Bank Regional High School graduates Anne Forrest and Michael Falvo, both of Shrewsbury. Anne Forrest was a member of the National Honor Society and president of the Student Council. She was the Asbury Park Press Female Sportsmanship Award…
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Timing is right for Red Bank school referendum lindsey siegle The Hub
Timing is right for Red Bank school referendum lindsey siegle The Hub Plans for the upcoming referendum to improve the Red Bank Middle School could be changing. The project itself will remain the same, but the price tag voters face in the Oct. 10 ballot could be far less than the $11.3 million that has…
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Free classes introduce youngsters to music
MARIE ORTIZ Mark Cartier, 6, of Middletown plays the organ at the Monmouth Conservatory of Music. The Monmouth Conservatory of Music is beginning its 36th year in music education. In addition to private instruction in most instruments, the conservatory offers a variety of performance opportunities as well as group programs. Children comprise the majority of…
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Family thanks emergency volunteers in Tinton Falls
Our family would like to publicly thank the Tinton Falls First Aid Squad and the Police Department for coming to our rescue twice in the past six months. We moved to Tinton Falls in November and in February had to call 911 at 5 a.m. because our 2-year-old was convulsing from a fever that spiked…
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Bayshore Ferry project a bust before it begins
The project operator of the proposed Bayshore Ferry Terminal, NY Waterway, is now offering older, slower and fewer boats, making a small fraction of the trips at a much higher average fare than the company offered in their proposal last August. The project sponsors, our county freeholders, have rejected adding a bond to the contract…
