Category: HUB Opinion
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Beck gives bipartisan politics in Red Bank a new meaning I f Ed McKenna is using Red Bank as a stepping-stone to higher office, then he’s been standing on this rock a long time. McKenna has been mayor of Red Bank for a decade. He’s not a carpetbagger from some other town, pretending to be…
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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…
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Times, they are a changin’, or not I t’s Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. Do you know where your Borough Council is? If every Red Banker reading this could answer that question, then this editorial would be a moot point. Councilwoman Jen Beck is pushing for moving the council’s meetings to a later time so that more…
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DEP offers some ways to prevent pollution T his month New Jersey’s Department of Environmen-tal Protection will award $13.4 million in Clean Communities grants to counties and municipalities for anti-litter campaigns across the Garden State. The relationship between litter on our streets and water pollution is clear. Whatever hits the sidewalks and gutters of our…
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So long, farewell to Rumson’s post office crew A fter 35 years, I have just retired as a letter carrier from the Rumson post office. I want to extend my regards to all the people I have met during my career carrying mail in Sea Bright and Rumson. Your friendship, kindness and generosity will always…
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Fair Haven, a great place to live I n the past year, there has been a lot of negative press in the local papers regarding Fair Haven. One would believe, based on some of the letters that certain residents continue to pen, that Fair Haven is a place where people just can’t get along. As…
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What kind of country is this that we live in? T he battle rages on over Elian Gonzalez, 6-year-old survivor whose drowning mother’s last words were to get her boy to freedom. It reminds me of the line in our national anthem that says this is the "land of the free and home of the…
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Seniors enjoyed Rumson-Fair Haven’s ‘Cinderella’ T he Rumson Senior Citizens Club would like to thank the Rumson-Fair Haven High School Board of Education, the performing arts department, faculty and students, and the Tower Players for a very enjoyable experience on March 26. The seniors were invited to a luncheon and performance of the show Cinderella.…
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