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The state-leading 18.6-percent increase in aid to Red Bank schools disclosed Monday put the Board of Education in a pleasant position a day later: having to rework a preliminary budget to accomodate an additional $2.36 million $367,871 in funding for...
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February 28th, 2007 @ 8am
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Gov. Jon Corzine's proposed budget includes a more than 18-percent increase in state aid to Red Bank schools. From today's Star-Ledger: Details of Corzine's state budget proposal released yesterday show the first significant, across-the-board increases for schools since 2000, with...
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February 27th, 2007 @ 7am
Ralph Gatta, aka "Johnny Jazz," did not set out to become an institution. It was never his intent to transform what had been a simple family-owned butcher shop into a working monument to what he considers America's greatest art form....
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January 17th, 2007 @ 11pm
Red Bankers have heard a lot about code enforcement in recent months. There appears to be a consensus that a lack of vigor in holding absentee landlords accountable for housing violations is at the root of rental-house overcrowding, particularly but...
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January 8th, 2007 @ 11pm
Having dodged a bullet last August, the Red Bank Charter School has now gotten a green light to continue operating for another five years, the Asbury Park Press reports today. From the story, by Larry Higgs: The best news came...
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January 3rd, 2007 @ 7am
Red Bank led all 623 school districts statewide in Hispanic student enrollment growth from 2000 to 2006, according to a report in today's Star-Ledger. An analysis by the state's largest newspaper found that 57.9 percent of students in the Red...
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December 24th, 2006 @ 10am
Today's Asbury Park Press has a story about an effort to explain what appears to be soaring water usage at the Red Bank Middle School, which tripled in the July-October billing period, to 1,500 gallons per day. So far, plumbers,...
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December 20th, 2006 @ 9am
We're not quite sure what to make of it when not even one reader correctly identifies a 'Where' entry. Does it mean that we've gone too obscure? Too obvious for those who know the answer to even bother writing in?...
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December 14th, 2006 @ 1am
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November 17th, 2006 @ 10am
A garage sale at the Red Bank Middle School on Saturday featured a table run by members of the school's class of 2007, who were raising funds for this year's class trip. Boston is a possible destination, but the final...
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October 16th, 2006 @ 10am
The Asbury Park Press has an article today on the Red Bank Borough Council's formation this week of a committee on education and technology, and how Councilman John Curley's vote on the matter may have backfired against him. Curley's was...
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October 11th, 2006 @ 10am
The Southies got the crowd they wanted—and the startled attention of Red Bank's governing body—as an overflow throng descended on the Borough Council Monday night to demand a halt to rising property taxes. Responding to a recent leafletting campaign launched...
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September 26th, 2006 @ 2am
There's never a blade of grass out of place, it seems, at the Mac Testing & Consulting facility on the corner of Maple Avenue and Reckless Place. The green-shuttered white building, the verdant lawn and the flowerbeds surrounding the educational...
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September 22nd, 2006 @ 11am
Only a few months ago, the Red Bank Charter School appeared to be on the brink of financial disaster. Now it's on a hot streak of fiscal good fortune, one that continued yesterday. Last month, the state Department of Education...
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September 20th, 2006 @ 11pm
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September 6th, 2006 @ 10am
News that the state had slashed a fine on the Red Bank Charter School from $1 million to $55,000 arrived just in time for the school's annual picnic, which made the event at Eastside Park rather more jubilant than it...
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September 1st, 2006 @ 9am
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August 30th, 2006 @ 11pm
Red Bank Middle School and Red Bank Regional High School were among the 643 schools statewide that failed to make “adequate yearly progress” under the federal No Child Left Behind law, the state Department of Education disclosed today. The results...
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August 22nd, 2006 @ 3pm
Monmouth University has leapt a dozen spots in the U.S. News & World Report magazine ranking of the best colleges and universities for 2007. The West long Branch school was listed as number 62 among northeatern U.S. institutions offering a...
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August 21st, 2006 @ 1pm
In a state where community college tuitions are among the nation's highest, Brookdale Community College in Lincroft is at the top of the heap, according to a story in today's Star-Ledger. Brookdale will charge $98 a credit starting next month....
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August 8th, 2006 @ 2pm
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NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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 ...
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