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Monthly Archives: June 2014

FAIR HAVEN, RUMSON: ALL’S FAIR
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St. George’s by the River in Rumson is the scene for Saturday’s Canterbury Fair, the annual celebration of friendship, family and summer that begins at 9 am.  While summer doesn’tContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN, RUMSON: ALL’S FAIR"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A quick tour of the Farmers’ Market, as seen on June 1. (Video by Gerda Liebmann. Click to pause.) By JIM WILLIS Red Bank Farmers’ Market regular John Hauser ofContinue reading "RED BANK: TOMATOES EARLY; MOST ELSE, LATE"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know Where this week’s photo was shot? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected]. Last week’s Where? It showed… well, it may have been hard toContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 8am
SANDY HOOK: CAMS AND PARTY MARK 250TH
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National Park Service spokesman John Harlan Warren explains the Fresnel lens used in the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. (Photo by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE On the nightContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: CAMS AND PARTY MARK 250TH"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 6am
SALON’S THE LOCATION FOR ART EXHIBIT
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CLEARWATER MOTEL and other paintings by Shrewsbury-based artist Jimmy Leslie will be on display this Saturday night during a special opening reception for the exhibit LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!, hosted atContinue reading "SALON’S THE LOCATION FOR ART EXHIBIT"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: JOIN IN ON FLAG DAY SINGALONG
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The Elks Lodge will host a communal singing of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ Saturday afternoon. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Mi, mi, mi….Continue reading "RED BANK: JOIN IN ON FLAG DAY SINGALONG"
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June 11th, 2014 @ 1pm
MIDDLETOWN: BAD BOY MAKES GOOD
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NJ’s Bad Boy of Comedy Mike Marino is strictly family-friendly and ready to serve, as High School North hosts a fundraiser night of comedy for a township teen.  They callContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BAD BOY MAKES GOOD"
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June 11th, 2014 @ 12pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’90657′]Against a backdrop of mansions and motorboats, a replica of the Onrust (pronounced AHN-roost) spent a glorious weekend sailing the Navesink River, periodically firing its cannons and giving someContinue reading "ONRUST GRACES OUR BEAUTIFUL NAVESINK"
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June 11th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR PROJECT PROM PROMOTES SMART CHOICES
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Red Bank Regional students watch a simulated Medevac event as part of Project Prom, an annual program that encourages seniors to make smart choices during a time when many drunkenContinue reading "RBR PROJECT PROM PROMOTES SMART CHOICES"
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June 11th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR WRITERS WIN BIG IN NAT’L COMPETITION
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RBR Visual & Performing Art Academy Creative Writing Majors won 97 awards at the prestigious National Scholastic competition, with silver medals awarded to Jack McLoone (far left), Liv Winnicki (secondContinue reading "RBR WRITERS WIN BIG IN NAT’L COMPETITION"
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June 11th, 2014 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: A DATE WITH MARY KAY
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Author Mary Kay Andrews visits Nauvoo Grill Club in Fair Haven Thursday evening for a reading and signing event sponsored by River Road Books. Save the Date. No, really, thisContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A DATE WITH MARY KAY"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: STORES REOPEN DAY AFTER FIRE
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Stores, at right, were back in business as usual Monday, one day after a fire damaged a second-floor apartment at 43 Monmouth Street in Red Bank Sunday. Because customer furs areContinue reading "RED BANK: STORES REOPEN DAY AFTER FIRE"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘GOURMET’ MAC ‘N CHEESE? YEP.
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The mac-and-cheese at Mac Attack. Abe Elkomey at the griddle, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Mac Attack Gourmet Cheesery blew into Red Bank lastContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘GOURMET’ MAC ‘N CHEESE? YEP."
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June 10th, 2014 @ 10am
SPRING 2014: A GRAY WEEK CONTINUES
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Fog-enshrouded sailboats moored in our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Maple Cove in Red Bank Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service forecasts that cloudy, humid weather that arrived MondayContinue reading "SPRING 2014: A GRAY WEEK CONTINUES"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEALTH FOOD RETAILER RETURNS
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Khalid Channa at Healthy Habits on Monday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The paper came off the windows and a six-year vacancy in downtown Red Bank ended withContinue reading "RED BANK: HEALTH FOOD RETAILER RETURNS"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 6am
RFH STUDENTS VISIT THEIR ‘SISTER’ IN CHINA
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Students from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School students immersed themselves in the culture and language of China, during a recent visit to Hanzhou Entel Foreign Language School. Press release fromContinue reading "RFH STUDENTS VISIT THEIR ‘SISTER’ IN CHINA"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 6am
RFH ART STUDENTS VISIT SCHROTH SCHOOL
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Recently, several students from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School visited the Schroth School in Ocean Township to participate in art therapy activitiesContinue reading "RFH ART STUDENTS VISIT SCHROTH SCHOOL"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CYMCA OFFERS SWIM PROGRAM
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Elliott Wright, Claudia Garcia, Anthony Burden and Hannah Ludwikowski leap into the pool at the Community YMCA as part of the Red Bank facility’s annual summer learn-to-swim program last week. AtContinue reading "RED BANK: CYMCA OFFERS SWIM PROGRAM"
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June 9th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: PRIDE AND PRICE(LESS)
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Tom Hanks’ Oscar winning star turn in PHILADELPHIA screens for free on Tuesday night, capping an evening of Two River Pride at the Count Basie.  Cynics insisted that filmmaker JonathanContinue reading "RED BANK: PRIDE AND PRICE(LESS)"
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June 9th, 2014 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: TEACHERS SETTLE CONTRACT
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Superintendent Nelson Ribon fielded pointed questions from parents about the teachers’ contract and other issues at two packed meetings in April. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) AfterContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TEACHERS SETTLE CONTRACT"
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June 9th, 2014 @ 11am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...