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RED BANK: AID CUTS REKINDLE CHARTER DEBATE
RED BANK: School district again decries double whammy of state funding cuts and forking over millions to charter school.
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March 14th @ 1pm
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RED BANK: SCHOOLS EYE “DEVASTATING” STATE AID CUTS
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RED BANK: Borough schools face cutbacks if a proposed massive cut in state aid is not restored.
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March 5th @ 11am
RED BANK: PUTH TO HEAD $20M BASIE DRIVE
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RED BANK: Pop star Charlie Puth to lead a $20 million drive to provide arts education "in perpetuity" at the Count Basie Center Academy.
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October 24th, 2022 @ 5am
RED BANK: EX-STUDENT LEADS CONSERVATORY
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RED BANK: Count Basie Center for the Arts names Laura Petillo to head Monmouth Conservatory of Music, where she studied as a child.
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July 18th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: BASIE TO HOST JAZZ CAMP
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RED BANK: Gia Maione Prima Foundation to sponsor free music camp in partnership with Count Basie Center for the Arts and Jazz Arts Project.
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June 14th, 2022 @ 1pm
RED BANK: DISTRICT TAX UP TWO PERCENT
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RED BANK: Still well below "adequacy" funding, school district keeps tax increase at two percent for second consecutive year, Rumage says.
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April 27th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL ‘NO’ TO CHARTER SCHOOL
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RED BANK: After three hours of divided comments, council unanimously endorses measure calling for end of charter school.
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November 24th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: TEACHER NAMED COUNTY’S BEST
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RED BANK: Borough middle school educator Alyssa Geary has been named 2021 Governor's Teacher of the Year for Monmouth County.
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August 30th, 2021 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BASIE ARTS EDUCATOR RETIRES
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RED BANK: After two decades, Basie Center arts educator Yvonne Lamb-Scudiery exits, stage left. Co-directors named to succeed her.
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February 4th, 2021 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: Q&A WITH NEW RBR PRINCIPAL
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LITTLE SILVER: A Q&A with the new principal at Red Bank Regional, who will be familiar to some students from their time in middle school.
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August 9th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: GIVING PLAY-BY-PLAY A TRY
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RED BANK: Young would-be sports announcers get a lesson from Monmouth U announcer Eddy Occhipinti in a Parks & Rec class.
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February 13th, 2019 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: A MUSE FOR ALL AGES
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LITTLE SILVER: Borough woman launches art-instruction studio in a space with odd-shaped rooms, tons of natural light and a pizzeria downstairs.
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February 1st, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: FRESH FASHION ON THE RUNWAY
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RED BANK: Young fashion designers show off their creations at a red runway event, the culmination of a three-week Parks & Rec class.
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January 30th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: MONMOUTH MUSIC TO CLOSE
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RED BANK: After 31 years in business, Monmouth Music is closing, unable to compete with online sales, and will reopen as a STEM-based music academy.
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August 8th, 2018 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: WALKOUTS GET DETENTION
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FAIR HAVEN: Middle-schoolers get detention for walkout in memory of Parkland shooting victims; Red Bank Regional students don't.
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March 15th, 2018 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: LAWMAKERS ADDRESS FUNDING
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LITTLE SILVER: Six lawmakers from both major parties field questions on a wide range of school funding issues here Wednesday night.
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January 25th, 2018 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOL STARTUP SPINS A PROFIT
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FAIR HAVEN: A student-run "company" that was launched to teach kids entrepreneurship landed a legit contract with a Silicon Valley startup this year.
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June 19th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP
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Camera-shy then as now, Irwin Katz hides behind a sign at his short-lived Monmouth Street store in 2007. Below is the August 10 GOP Facebook post that angered Katz. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BASIE UNVEILS NEW ARTS SPACE
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Guests mingled in the new Count Basie Theatre Performing Arts Academy Monday. Below, Yvonne Lamb Scudiery and Mayor Pasquale Menna spoke at the unveiling. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE UNVEILS NEW ARTS SPACE"
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September 21st, 2015 @ 2pm
Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre is $1 million richer this month, thanks to a Brielle-based charity. The Charles Lafitte Foundation, founded by Vonage board chairman Jeffrey Citron and his wife,Continue reading "RED BANK: BASIE NETS $1M FOR STUDENT ARTS"
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July 8th, 2015 @ 7am
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RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...

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