Category: HUB Opinion

  • Teaching children reading, writing and values for life john burton JEFF HUNTLEY This fall when the Rev. Elmer Jackson hopes to open his planned West Side Christian Academy, his daughter Jasmine, 9, will be one of his students. The Hub RED BANK — For many of the youngsters in his community with whom the Rev.…

  • Snap, crackle, fizzle: Our Fourth of July fireworks tale of woe A bout this time last year, those of us who live in Red Bank received a little red and white flier in the mail asking for a donation to the Fourth of July fireworks display. Longtime devotees of the event, having come by boat…

  • Skateboarding is not the only sport with ‘risk’ I read your May 12 editorial with great interest. I was also at the town meeting in Fair Haven. My son is one of the kids who has been involved in the skateboard planning committee and I am very proud of all their efforts to advocate for…

  • If you think the skate park is a NIMBY issue, check your map W e recently had the displeasure of reading your Our View opinion in the May 12 edition regarding the May 8 Fair Haven Borough Council workshop meeting. Your perspective seems to be decidedly biased toward Fair Haven building a skateboard park. One…

  • Let us hear from you. . . If you have something to say, The Hub wants to hear from you. Whether it be in response to something you read in The Hub or an issue that concerns you, send us a letter for publication. Letters to the editor will be published weekly on the editorial…

  • Borough Council is Red Bank’s, not McKenna’s Y our editorial for May 5 about Ms. Jennifer Beck "sticking her nose" into the other party’s business is quite revealing. It speaks volumes about how you view Democratic Mayor Edward J. McKenna Jr. and "his" Borough Council and the partisan slant you are willing to present to…

  • Cause of Branchport derailment revealed [Editor’s note: In The Hub’s April 28 Red Bank Retrospect, which features old photos from Dorn’s Photography Unlimited, the photo shown was of a train wreck that we had no information about. This week an Oceanport reader fills in the details for us. Thanks to him and a Little Silver…

  • Fishing for red herrings & other indigenous species Rob Wallman, head of the skate park committee, and John Hendrick, a resident representing opponents of the proposal, once again stated their cases in Fair Haven this week. They spoke for the record and fielded audience questions during the Borough Council’s workshop meeting Monday. In a show…

  • Red Bank school observes Charter School Week A s we celebrate National Charter Schools Week 2000, those of us who have been closely associated with this exciting and thriving educational initiative have much to be proud of and grateful for. Nationally, the movement has grown close to 1,700 schools in 30 states and the District…