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RED BANK: STATE DENIES CHARTER EXPANSION
A proposal to double the size of the charter school called for using the building on Monmouth Street for new classroom space. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: STATE DENIES CHARTER EXPANSION"
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RED BANK: AID CUTS REKINDLE CHARTER DEBATE
RED BANK: School district again decries double whammy of state funding cuts and forking over millions to charter school.
RED BANK: Here's what council candidate Ben Forest said in response to a redbankgreen questionnaire.
RED BANK: BONATAKIS Q&A
RED BANK: Here's what council candidate Kristina Bonatakis said in response to a redbankgreen questionnaire.
RED BANK: Here's what council candidate Jacqueline Sturdivant said in response to a redbankgreen questionnaire.
RED BANK: APARTMENT REVIEW TO RESUME
RED BANK: After two-year pause, review of proposed Monmouth Street apartment project to resume, if the zoning board can get to it.
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR IN SPOTLIGHTS
RED BANK: Council expected to vote on changes to reduce administrator's power, even as Charter Study Commission work may lead to reversal.
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL WINS EXTENSION
RED BANK: Charter school wins renewal over opposition by district and council; Martello cites "rigorous" state review and calls for end to "divisiveness."
RED BANK: STURDIVANT TEES UP REDEV, ADMIN
RED BANK: Sturdivant calls for disbanding Redevelopment agency over high costs, lack of progress; also wants reset of business administrator's authority.
RED BANK: Superintendent asks council to oppose charter school renewal, citing a 'travesty' of segregative effects over a quarter-century.
RED BANK: COUNCIL CANDIDATE STURDIVANT
RED BANK: Three candidates seek two seats on the borough council in the November 2 election. Here's what Jacqueline Sturdivant has to say about herself and the issues.
RED BANK: RUMAGE REFLECTS ON FIVE YEARS
RED BANK: Jared Rumage reflects on his first five years as schools superintendent, and makes a case for November's $6.75M referendum.
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY NAMED
RED BANK: By 4-1 vote, council approves members of new redevelopment agency, along with a second group to serve as technical advisors.
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL HEAD TO RETIRE
RED BANK: Meredith Pennotti, who led the charter school through most of its first two, and highly fraught, decades, announces plan to retire.
RED BANK: EXTRA CASH FUNDS TEACHER HIRES
RED BANK: The board of ed could hire as many as eight teachers and aides with a "gigantic" infusion of additional state aid, superintendent says.
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL TO BUY BUILDING
RED BANK: The charter school plans to pay $1.73 million for a commercial building that abuts its property to create a gym.
RED BANK: BASIE TO ABSORB CONSERVATORY
RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre plans to absorb the Monmouth Conservatory of Music as part of a $20 million expansion going into the ground this summer.
RED BANK: The ACLU and a marquee civil rights lawyer take up the case of two organizations hoping to close the charter school over charges of segregation.
RED BANK: CHARTER WINS FIVE MORE YEARS
RED BANK: Amid controversy over its impact on it host district, charter school wins state approval to operate for another five years.
RED BANK: Three months after a complaint, feds say they're investigating allegations of segregation related to charter school.
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NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...
RHAPSODY ON ICE
RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...
CRASH ON LEIGHTON
The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...
CAR VS STREET SIGN
The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...
YO, ADRIAN!
It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...
KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK
A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...
CHISELIN’ AWAY
Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...
STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES
  Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...
SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE
RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.
POWER LINE DOWN
Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...
TAR BEACH SOLSTICE
Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...
GOING GREY
Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.