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Monthly Archives: December 2015

LITTLE SILVER: A WALK IN THEIR SHOES
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School Parents who arrived at the most recent Buc Backer Foundation meeting at Red Bank Regional High School were greeted by an unexpectedContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: A WALK IN THEIR SHOES"
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December 8th, 2015 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN ENVISIONS FUTURE OF SCHOOLS
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Fair Haven Police Sergeant Jesse Dykstra, Knollwood School eighth grader Joey Laughinghouse and Sickles School Library Media Services Specialist June Sustick discuss goals for the future of the school district. PressContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN ENVISIONS FUTURE OF SCHOOLS"
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December 8th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: INTRO TO CODING FOR TWEENS
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Web developer Kenny Katzgrau says even fourth-graders can begin to code after a bit of instruction. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The idea of computer code may beContinue reading "RED BANK: INTRO TO CODING FOR TWEENS"
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December 7th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: BIZ INCUBATOR SEEKS IDEAS
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Studio Red Bank team members Gordon Forsyth, Erin Largey and Rob Arace. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Got an idea for a business, butContinue reading "RED BANK: BIZ INCUBATOR SEEKS IDEAS"
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December 7th, 2015 @ 7am
LINCROFT: BIG WORDS ON CAMPUS
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Award-winning poet Tim Seibles (above) and best selling author/graphic novelist Mat Johnson (below) wrap up this season’s Visiting Writers program at Brookdale tonight. A poet and a graphic novelist walkContinue reading "LINCROFT: BIG WORDS ON CAMPUS"
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December 7th, 2015 @ 5am
RFH STUDENTS GET REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
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Rumson-Fair Haven juniors Mariah Parsons, Megan Volker, and Abby Drummond are pictured with new friends, during their volunteer stint at an orphanage in Peru. Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HighContinue reading "RFH STUDENTS GET REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE"
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December 7th, 2015 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN WELCOMES NEW PRINCIPAL
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Press release from Fair Haven School District After serving as Assistant Principal for the Rumson School District since 2013, Amy Romano will soon be featured in a new role asContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN WELCOMES NEW PRINCIPAL"
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December 7th, 2015 @ 5am
R-FH ENDS RBR’S DREAM WITH THIRD TITLE
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Quarterback Michael O’Connor, above, led Rumson-Fair Haven Regional to its third straight state football championship as the Bulldogs ended Red Bank Regional’s undefeated string 21-0 at Rutgers in Piscataway Saturday night.Continue reading "R-FH ENDS RBR’S DREAM WITH THIRD TITLE"
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December 6th, 2015 @ 9am
Defense carried the day as Rumson-Fair Haven Regional defeated Red Bank Regional 21-0 for the NJSIAA Central Group 3 championship at Rutgers in Piscataway Saturday night. On the offensive side,Continue reading "WITH THIRD TITLE, R-FH ENDS RBR’S DREAM"
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December 6th, 2015 @ 9am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 19 to December 3, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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December 4th, 2015 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT: ALL-WELCOME WEEKEND AT UMC
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Sea Bright United Methodist is the place to be this weekend for the official dedication of the relocated Sea Bright Public Library on Saturday, plus a Christmas Cantata and freeContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: ALL-WELCOME WEEKEND AT UMC"
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December 4th, 2015 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? FAST FOOD, GREEK STYLE
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A plate of rotisserie chicken at Greek Eats comes with pita bread and a variety of  sides. A gyro, below, loaded with fillings, including french fries.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? FAST FOOD, GREEK STYLE"
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December 4th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: CAR HITS HOUSE; DWI CHARGED
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Residents of 144 Spring Street in Red Bank got a jolt at about 12:15 Friday morning when a vehicle plowed into their house, at the corner of Elm Place, causing extensiveContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR HITS HOUSE; DWI CHARGED"
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December 4th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: GARMANY STAFF TAKES IT ALL OFF
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It’s an initiative that began at the top of the previous month, when the entire male staff of the Broad Street landmark Garmany of Red Bank made a solemn pledgeContinue reading "RED BANK: GARMANY STAFF TAKES IT ALL OFF"
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December 4th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: ZONERS ZAP RAYRAP PLAN
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Resident Bill Brooks studies a RayRap exhibit prior to the zoning board hearing. Below, a rendering of the proposed six-unit condo building that would front on Harding Road at HudsonContinue reading "RED BANK: ZONERS ZAP RAYRAP PLAN"
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December 3rd, 2015 @ 11pm
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Rumson Police Department for the period of October 1 to December 1, 2015. [SEE UPDATE BELOW] Arrests 10/6/15 S/O Michael Berger arrested RobinContinue reading "RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER"
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December 3rd, 2015 @ 3pm
RED BANK: A VERY GOOD YEAR FOR FRANK FANS
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Jersey guys Joe Piscopo and Uncle Floyd Vivino join Dino’s daughter Deana Martin for a special Sunday afternoon Sinatra Centennial Birthday Bash. In case you haven’t heard, December 12 marksContinue reading "RED BANK: A VERY GOOD YEAR FOR FRANK FANS"
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December 3rd, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: COLLEGE STUDENT EYES CHINA
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Mario Williams, seen here at the Danish Café in Red Bank, has his sights set on a semester in China. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: COLLEGE STUDENT EYES CHINA"
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December 3rd, 2015 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR’S 1975 VICTORY RECALLED
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A photo from the Red Bank Register’s December 8, 1975 coverage of the championship game, and a team photo from the 1976 yearbook, below. (Click to enlarge) Forty years. It’s beenContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR’S 1975 VICTORY RECALLED"
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December 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: JBJ AND FRIENDS FEED THE SOUL
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Star chefs Diane Henderiks and Michael Ferraro are in command on December 8, when JBJ Soul Kitchen hosts a special four-course fundraiser. Hope Is Delicious, as they say over atContinue reading "RED BANK: JBJ AND FRIENDS FEED THE SOUL"
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December 3rd, 2015 @ 5am
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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.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
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 ...