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SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET
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Here’s lookin’ at you, Red Bank; Shrewsbury Mayor Terel Cooperhouse. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank Regional‘s fiscal fate is now in the handsContinue reading "SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 5am
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M’TOWN GOES ONLINE FOR BOE BUDGET INPUT
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Middletown’s website offers a link to submit comments and suggestions on cuts to the schools budget. (click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI So you’ve got an idea how to trimContinue reading "M’TOWN GOES ONLINE FOR BOE BUDGET INPUT"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 6am
COUNCIL WANTS MORE INFO ON RBR CUTS
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RBR will likely have more layoffs and program cuts since its budget failed last month, officials warn. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Red BankContinue reading "COUNCIL WANTS MORE INFO ON RBR CUTS"
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May 11th, 2010 @ 6am
M’TOWN TEACHERS REJECT FREEZE REQUEST
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Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger discusses the “jousting” between the town and district teachers’ union at Monday night’s committee workshop. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI At the eleventh hour,Continue reading "M’TOWN TEACHERS REJECT FREEZE REQUEST ...
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May 4th, 2010 @ 4am
PARKS & REC HEAD READY TO FILL BIG SHOES
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Red Bank Little Leaguers pose with their new parks and rec director Memone Paden Crystian. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Memone Paden Crystian era has begun inContinue reading "PARKS & REC HEAD READY TO FILL BIG SHOES"
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April 30th, 2010 @ 9am
M’TOWN SCHOOLS IN ‘INVESTIGATION’ MODE
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Two of the three newly-elected board of ed members, Vincent Brand, left, and Chris Aveta, at Wednesday night’s meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Middletown Board ofContinue reading "M’TOWN SCHOOLS IN ‘INVESTIGATION’ MODE"
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April 29th, 2010 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Go ahead, laugh: last week’s ‘Where’ fell completely flat, generating no email responses.
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April 29th, 2010 @ 6am
Ralph Gatta at Riverview Medical Center yesterday, and a note to his customers, below. Ralph Gatta, a butcher and grocer known as ‘Johnny Jazz’ to generations of Red Bank’s WestContinue reading "‘JOHNNY JAZZ’ ENDS FIVE-DECADE SOLO"
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April 28th, 2010 @ 9am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI With a voter-rejected schools budget now landing in the lap of the Middletown Township Committee for recommended cuts, Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger is calling for township teachers toContinue reading "M’TOWN MAYOR WANTS TEACHER PAY FREEZE"
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April 27th, 2010 @ 8am
BOWDON PUSHES THE BUTTON WITH ‘CARTEL’
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Veteran broadcaster and first-time filmmaker Bob Bowdon comes to Red Bank Tuesday night for a special pre-release screening of THE CARTEL, his highly charged “blogumentary” on the state of publicContinue reading "BOWDON PUSHES THE BUTTON WITH ‘CARTEL’"
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April 26th, 2010 @ 6am
A HANDS-ON EARTH DAY
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Among the commemorations of the fortieth Earth Day Thursday was a day of cleanup, planting and distributing flowers to neighbors by students at the Red Bank Charter School, above. AnContinue reading "A HANDS-ON EARTH DAY"
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April 23rd, 2010 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Answering the call of Gov. Chris Christie, Fair Haven teachers agreed to a one-year pay freeze on the same day voters hit the booths and approved theContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TEACHERS AGREE TO PAY FREEZE"
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April 21st, 2010 @ 9am
[Update: This article replaces an earlier version, which cited contract terms that Superintendent Laura Morana says were reported incorrectly in both the Asbury Park Press and the Star-Ledger.] Gov. ChrisContinue reading "UNION TAKES FREEZE, AND GUV HAS PRAISE"
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April 19th, 2010 @ 6am
ON TUESDAY’S BALLOT: SCHOOL BUDGET BLUES
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Red Bank residents at Wednesday night’s presentation on the borough school district budget, led by Superintendent Laura Morana, below. (Click to enlarge) Hoping to whip up support for a spendingContinue reading "ON TUESDAY’S BALLOT: SCHOOL BUDGET BLUES"
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April 15th, 2010 @ 5am
LONE CANDIDATE FACES THE VOTERS
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Ben Forest, below, met with residents Tuesday night in a forum sponsored by the Red Bank NAACP. (Photos by Anthony Trufolo; click to enlarge.) It was board of ed candidate’sContinue reading "LONE CANDIDATE FACES THE VOTERS"
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April 14th, 2010 @ 11am
ART IN BLOOM, UP AT McKAY’s
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Brookdale Community College faculty member Dan Schroll (upper right) is the subject of the solo art show DOCUMENTS • FLOWERS, opening Friday at McKay Imaging Gallery. By TOM CHESEK It’sContinue reading "ART IN BLOOM, UP AT McKAY’s"
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April 14th, 2010 @ 5am
With no state aid coming from Trenton this year, the Rumson school district will eliminate 16 jobs and still ask voters to approve a 4-percent increase in taxes this month,Continue reading "REPORT: RUMSON SCHOOLS TO CUT 16 JOBS"
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April 8th, 2010 @ 6am
You’ve got a former scholar-athlete, a top environmental lawyer, a local councilwoman and a scientist — just a few Red Bank Regional grads to be feted at an alumni dinnerContinue reading "RBR ALUM LOVE"
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April 6th, 2010 @ 9am
BOARD PASSES BUDGET, TAX INCREASE
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Board members Ann Roseman and Ben Forest at Tuesday night’s session. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Red Bank Board of Education unanimously passed a $19 million budgetContinue reading "BOARD PASSES BUDGET, TAX INCREASE"
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March 31st, 2010 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI He may be the town’s top dog, but to the dozen or so kids who showed up Saturday to (belatedly) celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday at the RedContinue reading "IT’S A MAYORAL THING"
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March 29th, 2010 @ 10am
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.