Monthly Archives: October 2008

Oct 31, 2008 - 11:36 am

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RBMS VIDEO REACHES CONTEST FINALS

An original music video made by and starring students at the Red Bank Middle School has reached the finals of a contest promising $25,000 worth of educational technology to the winner, redbankgreen has learned. From photo/art/culture teacher Chris Ippolito: We...

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Oct 31, 2008 - 11:36 am

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Oct 31, 2008 - 10:17 am

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RBR TO ADDRESS STUDENT BEHAVIOR

The Red Bank Regional High School board of ed is closing in on a new set of rules governing student conduct following a discipline controversy that erupted last winter. Proposed revisions to what is now an athletic code of conduct,...

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Oct 31, 2008 - 10:17 am

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Oct 31, 2008 - 7:42 am

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HALLOWEEN IN oRBit

All costumed up and wondering where Halloween revelers will be mingling tonight? Check out Red Bank oRBit for guidance. The lineup includes a Halloween Extravaganza/metal tribute to the Bee Gees (those are the culprits, called Tragedy, at right); costume parties...

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Oct 31, 2008 - 7:42 am

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Oct 30, 2008 - 12:26 pm

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IN oRBit: D.C. SATIRE & THE BASIE’S BOOKER

In conjunction with tonight's reopening of the Count Basie Theatre after four months in mothballs, today's edition of Red Bank oRBit contains a two-fer: • We've got an interview with a Mark Eaton, a 15-year Capitol Steps veteran (and former...

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Oct 30, 2008 - 12:26 pm

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Oct 30, 2008 - 9:32 am

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PRESS: STATE ICES BOROUGH APPROVALS

The state Council on Affordable Housing has temporarily barred Red Bank from granting any new multifamily housing approvals until a dispute over the borough's fair share of below-market housing can be addressed, today's Asbury Park Press reports. No such projects...

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Oct 30, 2008 - 9:32 am

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Oct 30, 2008 - 6:50 am

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THE RETURN OF THE COUNT BASIE THEATRE

There was a lot of neck-craning as several hundred visitors took tours of the newly resplendent Count Basie Theatre Wednesday night. A security guard recalled bits of dried plaster sprinkling his hair during a concert by the rock band Kansas....

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Oct 30, 2008 - 6:50 am

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Oct 30, 2008 - 6:09 am

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HALLOWHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

Cue the eerie music and the menacing cackle... If you know where the above photo was taken, please send us an email. Last week's shot generated a single answer, which was mistaken. It shows the back of a building on...

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Oct 30, 2008 - 6:09 am

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Oct 29, 2008 - 6:21 am

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BASIE CONTRACTOR: PAID IN TEARS OF JOY

Contractor Lee Babitt found he wanted to make a mark when he turned 50 — and the Basie fit the bill. Lee Babitt tells the story of a woman walking past the Count Basie Theatre three Sundays ago trying to...

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Oct 29, 2008 - 6:21 am

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Oct 29, 2008 - 6:17 am

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BUT FIRST, AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE PUBLIC

The aisle stanchion on row U, left; a view of the hall from the balcony, right. (Photos by Jim Willis) After four months in dry dock, it's back to the high seas of entertainment for the Count Basie Theatre Thursday...

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Oct 29, 2008 - 6:17 am

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Oct 28, 2008 - 3:55 pm

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CURLEY v. McKENNA: THE SEQUEL

In a reprise of one of his nastiest fights as a member of the Red Bank Council, John Curley says that "scumbags" and "vermin" associated with former Mayor Ed McKenna are trying to undermine his candidacy for Monmouth County Freeholder...

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Oct 28, 2008 - 3:55 pm

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Oct 28, 2008 - 3:31 pm

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BOSS & MRS. BOSS: SORRY, HALLOWEENERS

The Springsteens go goo-goo over an infant outside the Count Basie Theatre in May. The wonder of it is that they kept it up as long as they did. The Star-Ledger reports this afternoon that Bruce Springsteen and his wife,...

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Oct 28, 2008 - 3:31 pm

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Oct 28, 2008 - 9:28 am

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COUNCIL WRAP

Here's a recap of Monday night's Red Bank Borough Council meeting. (Follow along with the agenda, if you like.) • Mayor Pasquale Menna accepted a $162,975 dividend payment to the borough from the Central Jersey Health Insurance Fund, the shared-services...

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Oct 28, 2008 - 9:28 am

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Oct 28, 2008 - 6:45 am

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YO, STUFF THE BALLOT BOX — AGAIN

Eighth-graders Michelle Reyes, in white, and Anisa Abella watch the RBMS video at Monday night's council meeting. This time last year, the kids at the Red Bank Middle School were jamming on a video entry for a contest that might...

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Oct 28, 2008 - 6:45 am

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Oct 27, 2008 - 8:12 am

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SILLY SEASON COMES TO RED BANK

Red Bank's annual Halloween Parade, pulled together as usual by the Parks & Rec department, filled Broad Street with a whole lotta cute and scary under a brilliant autumn sky Sunday afternoon. As is the custom, the event wrapped up...

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Oct 27, 2008 - 8:12 am

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Oct 27, 2008 - 6:32 am

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RED BANK POLICE LOG

Entries from the Red Bank Police Department logbook for the week of October 17 to 24. Burglary reported on 10-17-08 at W. Bergen Place vacant residence within the last two weeks. Owner reported that unknown person(s) gained entry into the...

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Oct 27, 2008 - 6:32 am

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Oct 24, 2008 - 2:54 pm

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NOAA: d-POD CAN SURVIVE WINTER HERE

Dolphins on the west side of the Oceanic Bridge in mid-July. (Photo courtesy of Mary Fenton) A team of experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has decided that the dolphins in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers are just...

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Oct 24, 2008 - 2:54 pm

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Oct 24, 2008 - 11:13 am

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NOAA SAYS IT WON’T MOVE DOLPHINS

Some of the dolphins off Rumson in July, shortly after they moved upriver from the Shrewsbury to the Navesink. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has jurisdiction over the pod of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins that has been in local...

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Oct 24, 2008 - 11:13 am

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Oct 24, 2008 - 8:29 am

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IN oRBit: A HAUNTED HALLOWEEKEND

Aficionados of gore, this is your season. And up in Keyport, brothers Mike and Tom Borelli — the unspattered brains behind the long-running Weeping Willow Cemetery installation in Jackson Township — have teamed with an expert in splatterific horror FX...

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Oct 24, 2008 - 8:29 am

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Oct 24, 2008 - 8:05 am

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SWEATER & UMBRELLA WEATHER

Sheep grazing recently on a farm at the corner of Nut Swamp and Middletown-Lincroft roads in Middletown. Today's weather forecast is lamby-mild, but showers are expected tomorrow. Here's the outlook as the National Weather Service sees it: Today: Areas of...

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Oct 24, 2008 - 8:05 am

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Oct 24, 2008 - 7:14 am

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PRESS BACKS CURLEY AND BURRY

In the driver's seat: John Curley and his running mate, as seen at Red Bank's Centennial Parade in May. The Asbury Park Press editorial page has thrown its weight behind former Red Bank Councilman John Curley in his race for...

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Oct 24, 2008 - 7:14 am

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