Category Archives: Education

Red Bank voters will be asked to approve a local schools budget that increases the tax rate by a penny per $100 of property value, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The owner of a home assessed at the borough-average $404,627...

The Red Bank school district was among 170 statewide that received beef products involved in the nation's largest-ever meat recall, today's Star-Ledger reports. There's no word yet from the district about when the beef arrived here. Officials said the meat...

Today's Asbury Park Press provides a district-by-district rundown of candidacies for school boards in Monmouth County. The elections are scheduled for April 15. Declarations by candidates were due yesterday at 4p. Here's what the Press reported regarding filers in our...

Red Bank officials appear to be building a case that the Community YMCA may sell its Children's Cultural Center on Monmouth Street only to another educational or cultural non-profit. Otherwise, Mayor Pasquale Menna tells today's Asbury Park Press, the property...

The proposed 2008-2009 budget for Red Bank's primary and middle schools hasn't been set, but Superintendent Laura Morana hints the spending plan will be little changed from last year's, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the article, by reporter Larry...

Among the records broken at the Two River Theater in its smash 'Macbeth' run: most students attending one of its plays. Not in the legions Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd In evils to top Macbeth. Well,...

A string of fatal car crashes involving teens on provisional licenses has given rise to a test program: requiring those drivers to display a golden decal on the rear windows or bumpers of their cars. Students wishing to park their...

The white building at far right and other property is available for a community center, says Rev. Terrence K. Porter. The push for the creation of a Red Bank community center has a new element to it: an offer of...

After five years and a massive infusion of capital, the Community YMCA has put the Children's Cultural Center at 51 Monmouth Street up for sale, redbankgreen has learned. Asking price: $2.55 million. That's $145,000 less than the non-profit sank into...

Today's Star-Ledger reports that a fundraising organization at Red Bank Catholic has lost direct contact with a small school in the vast Kenyan slum of Kibera amid the internecine carnage that has gripped Nairobi for the past six weeks. Through...

Bailey Taft, left, and Melissa Dominach amid the bounty they've collected for Red Bank athletic programs. (Photo courtesy of Margie Dominach) By LINDA G. RASTELLI Bailey Taft and Melissa Dominach are 12-years-old who listen to Bruce Springsteen and are active...

By TOM CHESEK It's not uncommon for a stage troupe to throw some local kids in with a cast of more seasoned professionals whenever the script calls for a couple of young performers. The more hometown kids in the show,...

Rev. Elmer Jackson, left , and his son, Jeff, in training at WOW in Middletown. By TIM HATHAWAY Before having open heart surgery in June 2006, Rev. Elmer Jackson met a bicyclist who had already been through the procedure. "He...

Each year, the Buccaneer Booster Club at Red Bank Regional High School gives out thousands of dollars in scholarships to graduating seniors and grants to teachers. The organization, which functions as the school's parent-teacher organization, also raises money for academic...

Several dozen Red Bank residents gathered at the Mount Zion House of Prayer Saturday afternoon for discussion about ways to head off violence by young people. The event was prompted by the November shooting of two brothers at Montgomery Terrace,...

Tuition and fees are about to climb at Brookdale Community College, the Asbury Park Press reports, adding to student costs that are already the state's highest among community colleges. From the story: Students will see a 4.9 percent tuition increase...

By LINDA G. RASTELLI Sea Bright taxpayers paid $75,000 for each of the 24 students who attended Shore Regional High School last year. The school's cost to educate them was only $13,000. In running for mayor last year, Maria Fernandes...

A refurbished room on the second floor of the library. The room was once a bedroom in the Eisner family home. Months overdue but not over budget, the renovated Red Bank Public Library will reopen at 1p next Tuesday, Borough...

Data released by the state Department of Education indicates that Red Bank schools would see an 18-percent jump in state aid under the widely anticipated new funding formula unveiled today by Gov. Jon Corzine. That translates into $369,000 more than...

Red Bank Regional High School will get a $30,000 bump in state aid under the new funding formula announced by Gov. Jon Corzine today. At about two percent, the increase is the minimum amount that the Corzine administration is doling...