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RED BANK: Comic Jon Stewart returns to the stage of the Count Basie this month for a Q&A to raise money for the theater's $26 million expansion.
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RED BANK: Rejecting allegations of enrollment bias, state education commissioner upholds charter school renewal through 2022.
RED BANK: INKY PROBES SEGREGATION CLAIMS
RED BANK: Philadelphia Inquirer probes segregation claims leveled at charter school.
SHREWSBURY: SEABROOK ZONE ISSUE CITED
SHREWSBURY: Borough tells controversial new drug counseling center that its plan for group sessions doesn't comply with zoning.
SHREWSBURY: CHRISTIE IN CLASH OVER REHAB
SHREWSBURY: Governor Chris Christie opens new outpatient drug counseling center here by shouting down protestors as "ignorant" NIMBYs.
SHREWSBURY: CHRISTIE TO OPEN REHAB UNIT
SHREWSBURY: Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to cut the ribbon on a new outpatient drug addiction treatment center here Thursday.
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: ACLU ENTERS CHARTER BATTLE
RED BANK: The ACLU has joined two other organizations battling the charter school over charges of segregation and will appeal this week's charter renewal.
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.
RED BANK: CHARTER FOES ALLEGE FALSE DATA
RED BANK: Charter school opponents allege the "outright fabrication" of data used by the school in pursuit of a five-year extension.
RED BANK: PAYOUTS WILL DEPLETE FUND
RED BANK: Payouts to three town employees for unused sick days and vacation time will deplete a rainy day fund, officials said.
SHREWSBURY RESIDENT JOINS BCC BOARD
LINCROFT: A Shrewsbury resident is sworn in as the newest member of the Brookdale Board of Trustees.
RED BANK: DISTRICT CALLS FOR CHARTER END
RED BANK: District superintendent asks state to reject charter renewal because the borough "can no longer support two separate school districts."
RED BANK: P.R. BATTLE OVER CHARTER SCHOOL
RED BANK: Charter school and adversaries swap charges in press release skirmish.
RED BANK: CHARTER FOES CLAIM BROAD BASE
RED BANK: Who's behind the Civil Rights complaint against the Red Bank Charter School filed with the Justice Department earlier this week?
RED BANK: GROUPS SEEK FEDS PROBE OF CHARTER SCHOOL FOR STUDENT ‘SEGREGATION’
RED BANK:Two groups ask the Justice Department to investigate alleged Civil Rights violations in the continued existence of the charter school.
RED BANK: CHARTER CLAIMS NO ‘SEGREGATION’
RED BANK: In an op-ed, charter school superintendent Pennotti blasts "segregation" claims of critics, citing a 2004 court ruling.
RED BANK: Middletown resident Phil Murphy's run for governor gets big boost from elected officials statewide, including Red Bank.
RED BANK: CURLEY, CHRISTIE TRADED F-BOMBS
RED BANK: Former councilman and now-Freeholder John Curley swapped F-bombs with Christie, Bridgegate testimony reveals, and Curley admits.
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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 ...
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.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.