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The six candidates vying for three council seats in next week's election in Tinton Falls assembled last night for what turned out to be a "congenial" debate, according to today's Asbury Park Press. Among the points of agreement: the new...
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May 1st, 2007 @ 7am
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New Jersey Treasurer Bradley Abelow is scheduled to lead a forum at Red Bank Borough Hall Wednesday night in which he'll discuss the impact of the proposed $33.3 billion state budget for fiscal '08 on municipalities. In announcing the event...
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May 1st, 2007 @ 7am
NJ Transit's board of commissioners today approved a budget that calls for train- and bus-fare increases averaging 9.6 percent, the Asbury Park Press reports this morning from Newark. The move was depicted as a necessary measure to help close a...
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April 18th, 2007 @ 11am
Spending plans from the school board overseeing Red Bank's K-8 programs and the regional high school were approved by voters yesterday, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The newspaper reports that the Red Bank Board of Ed's $11.34 million budget...
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April 18th, 2007 @ 6am
Ben Forest has an excellent chance of keeping his seat on the Red Bank Board of Education in tomorrow's election: he's the only candidate on the ballot. Unfortunately for the board, there are three open seats; two other members have...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 8am
Need a walk-through on the Red Bank schools' $13.35 million budget, which is up for public approval next Tuesday? Schools Superintendent Laura Morana will host a "conversation" on the spending plan the night before at the Middle School. The budget...
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April 12th, 2007 @ 7am
Public Works Director Gary Watson's $10,000 pay raise was greenlighted by the borough council last night over 'no' votes by the two Republicans on the governing body, John Curley and newcomer Grace Cangemi. The increase was part of a slate...
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April 10th, 2007 @ 7am
Mayor Pasquale Menna has concluded that the public is opposed to the continuation of healthcare coverage for elected and appointed officials, and will waive the benefit for himself if the council doesn't eliminate it. "If the recommendation by the [council...
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April 9th, 2007 @ 7am
Monmouth County's last holdout, Middletown Township, is undergoing a revaluation this year, its first full reset of property values in 23 years. Unlike the process used in Red Bank, which recently completed a reassessment (basically, a drive-by look at each...
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April 3rd, 2007 @ 7am
Rumson officials last night put money behind their desire for a new lookalike version of Memorial Borough Hall, authorizing the issuance of debt to cover the $5.5 million cost, today's Asbury Park Press reports. Financing for the job is included...
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March 30th, 2007 @ 7am
Only four of the 88 kindergarten-through-8th-grade school districts of its size in New Jersey will outspend Red Bank on a per-pupil basis this year, the state Department of Education says. But that unwanted distinction is a reflection of a familiar...
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March 27th, 2007 @ 12pm
Only five of New Jersey's 54 charter schools expect to spend more per child this year than Red Bank's, according to the state Department of Education's Comparative Spending Guide, released last Friday. The Red Bank Charter School ranked 49th in...
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March 27th, 2007 @ 12pm
Republican Grace Cangemi's first two hours as Red Bank's newest council member Monday night were marked largely by the air of civility that has dominated the governing body's meetings this year. "I have a great deal of respect for Mayor...
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March 27th, 2007 @ 12am
How many of Red Bank's 3,326 homeowners does it take to cover the cost of healthcare insurance for the 23 elected and appointed officials who use it? + Thirteen, in the riverside enclave of Hubbard Park, where the average property...
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March 19th, 2007 @ 3pm
Gov. Jon Corzine yesterday told a gathering a Brookdale Community College that he supported a plan to transform Fort Monmouth into a private-sector technology center after the military communications facility is shut down in 2011, the Asbury Park Press reports...
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March 15th, 2007 @ 7am
The owner of the average Red Bank home would pay $40.50 a year more in school taxes under a Board of Ed spending plan being readied for introduction tonight, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The budget is slated for a...
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March 15th, 2007 @ 6am
Gov. Jon Corzine is scheduled to appear at the Lincroft campus of Brookdale Community College tomorrow morning to "outline his vision" for the redevelopment of Fort Monmouth and to answer questions from the public, the Asbury Park Press reports today....
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March 13th, 2007 @ 10am
The local property tax for the average Red Bank home would increase by $58 later this year under the proposed 2007-'08 budget formally introduced last night. That's down from the $97 average increase anticipated by a draft of the budget...
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March 13th, 2007 @ 7am
It's only a draft document, one that even councilman and finance committee chairman Michael DuPont said he had not seen beforehand. But a preliminary Red Bank budget unveiled at a first-ever presentation of its kind Monday night calls for a...
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March 7th, 2007 @ 12am
A head-scratcher over why water usage appeared to triple last year at the Red Bank Middle School appears to have been solved, the Asbury Park Press reports today. The problem wasn't leaks or kids suddenly turned ambitious about hygiene. It...
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March 2nd, 2007 @ 6am
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.