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Monthly Archives: March 2014

RBR STUDENTS ARE NJ CYBERPATRIOT CHAMPS
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Academy of Information Technology students at Red Bank Regional recently clinched the New Jersey CyperPatriot State championship. Pictured above are (seated, left to right): Cris Sochaki, Zach Carrano, Tyler Birn,Continue reading "RBR STUDENTS ARE NJ CYBERPATRIOT CHAMPS"
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March 21st, 2014 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Press release from the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County  On the afternoon of Sunday, March 30, the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County invites the public to a screeningContinue reading "COUNTY MHA SCREENS PTSD DOC IN M’TOWN"
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March 21st, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: SWAPPING PEWS FOR CUBICLES
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On the Red Bank Planning Board agenda Thursday night: the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at 211 Broad Street wants to turn a good portion of its worship space intoContinue reading "RED BANK: SWAPPING PEWS FOR CUBICLES"
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March 20th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: PURGE THAT IMPOTENT PAPRIKA
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Bianca Montalbano of the Spice & Tea Exchange gives PieHole some tips on spring cleaning our spice cabinet. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS For many home cooksContinue reading "RED BANK: PURGE THAT IMPOTENT PAPRIKA"
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March 20th, 2014 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: CELL TOWER GENERATES STATIC
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The proposed 160-foot tower would be sited in the municipal parking lot. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Sea Bright is facing an “ultimatum” over it’s long-discussed butContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CELL TOWER GENERATES STATIC"
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March 20th, 2014 @ 9am
SPRING ARRIVES. HALLELUJAH.
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WE MADE IT! The winter of 2014, with its seemingly endless snowfalls, ends Thursday with the vernal equinox at 12:57 p.m. Thursday, according to the Old Farmers Almanac. The NationalContinue reading "SPRING ARRIVES. HALLELUJAH."
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March 20th, 2014 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Can you identify the subject of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected].
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March 20th, 2014 @ 7am
STUDENTS IMAGINE, CREATE A HEALING SPACE
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Rumson-Fair Haven student volunteers worked with designer Liz Balogh of Lin’s Linens, to transform the living space of an area cancer patient. Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High SchoolContinue reading "STUDENTS IMAGINE, CREATE A HEALING SPACE"
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March 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: EFFU EYES SNOW BOWL RETURN
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For the second year in a row, Red Bank’s Eastside Flag Football Union (EFFU) is heading to the Meadowlands Sunday for the Snow Bowl tournament to benefit the New JerseyContinue reading "RED BANK: EFFU EYES SNOW BOWL RETURN"
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March 19th, 2014 @ 7am
FAMOUS JERSEYANS PAY A VISIT TO RCDS
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Joseph Kyrillos meets famous New Jersey natives William “Count” Basie (Lydia Lu) and fellow public servant Grover Cleveland (Emma Wachtel), during the NJ State Senator’s recent visit to Rumson CountryContinue reading "FAMOUS JERSEYANS PAY A VISIT TO RCDS"
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March 19th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Brookdale Community College Eighty men and women of various ages and backgrounds will compete in a face-to-face competition at Brookdale Community College on March 22, for aContinue reading "NJ CYBER ACES COMPETE AT BCC"
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March 19th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: SFINGE, ZEPPOLI OR ONE OF EACH?
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Peter LaRosa gives PieHole a delicious history lesson on St. Joseph’s Day sfinges and zeppolis. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Monday’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations mayContinue reading "RED BANK: SFINGE, ZEPPOLI OR ONE OF EACH?"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BOARD DEFENDS LIBRARY LAYOFFS
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The library board of the trustees at a meeting in February. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Responding to “misinformation” and “half-truths… stretched beyondContinue reading "RED BANK: BOARD DEFENDS LIBRARY LAYOFFS"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 9am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of March 7 to March 13, 2014. Report of Identity Theft in the area ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: TWO REPORTS OF ID THEFT"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 6am
HONORS FOR RBR TRAINER, STUDENT
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RBR athletic trainer Christina Emrich is pictured with her student athletic trainer Caitlin Brinkman, at the ATSNJ’s annual banquet awards dinner. Press release from Red Bank Regional High School  RedContinue reading "HONORS FOR RBR TRAINER, STUDENT"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Rumson Country Day School Imagine a place where middle school students are encouraged to argue. On Saturday, March 1, Rumson Country Day School students were among 32Continue reading "RCDS PLACES 2nd IN GARDEN STATE DEBATE"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 6am
ST. PADDY’S: CHECKING IN ON THE EARLY SHIFT
[slideshow_deploy id=’88872′]redbankgreen made a lightning round of visits to four bars with Irish names on their doors – Molly Maguire’s and Murphy‘s in Rumson, Brannigan’s and the Dublin House inContinue reading "ST. PADDY’S: CHECKING IN ON THE EARLY SHIFT"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 7pm
RED BANK: CIGARETTE SPARKS FENCE FIRE
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Volunteer firefighters on the scene of a yard fire at 62 Washington Street in Red Bank Sunday night. Fire Chief Tommy Welsh tells redbankgreen the fire, reported at around 7:30Continue reading "RED BANK: CIGARETTE SPARKS FENCE FIRE"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOUQUETS OF SUDS AND FROMAGE
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Red Bank’s Cheese Cave paired up with Canadian-based brewer Unibroue to host a cheese-and-beer tasting event at the Molly Pitcher Inn Sunday. About 50 sudsophiles and cheesionados lent their noses and tasteContinue reading "RED BANK: BOUQUETS OF SUDS AND FROMAGE"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 7am
RFH GRAD APPOINTED SEC’Y OF AIR FORCE
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School As the 23rd Secretary of the United States Air Force, Deborah Lee James is the USAF’s highest-ranking civilian and only the secondContinue reading "RFH GRAD APPOINTED SEC’Y OF AIR FORCE"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 6am
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PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.