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Monthly Archives: April 2016

LINCROFT: CBA COLTS SIGN UP FOR DIVISION I
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Six student athlete seniors at Christian Brothers Academy sign up for Division I colleges, bringing CBA's future Division I athlete count to 24 students.
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April 18th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: TALKING INSIDE THE FISHBOWL
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Rumson parents and students gather for an "active listen" to each other's views on the issues facing adolescents today, during a "Fishbowl" event at Forrestdale School.
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April 18th, 2016 @ 5am
In on of 21 games in 10 locations to help raise money for autism, Red Bank Catholic fell to Barnegat, 4-3, at Count Basie Field Saturday night. Shore Sports Zone hasContinue reading "RBC DROPS ONE UNDER THE BASIE LIGHTS"
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April 17th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO ATTACK
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Red Bank police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the assailant in an attack that occurred shortly after midnight Sunday morning on Boat Club Court, between 10th Avenue BurritoContinue reading "RED BANK: POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO ATTACK"
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April 15th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: A BARD AT THE END OF THE WORLD
William Shakespeare's PERICLES sets sail in previews this weekend at Two River Theater, in an all-new production infused with the songs and original music of Grammy winning singer, actor, composer and musician Rinde Eckert.
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April 15th, 2016 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: TOUCH-A-FIRE-TRUCK SUNDAY
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Little Silver’s historic Parker Homestead plans to honor the borough’s volunteer fire department Sunday. LSFD memorabilia will be on display inside the historic farmhouse, which will also be showing off someContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: TOUCH-A-FIRE-TRUCK SUNDAY"
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April 15th, 2016 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SALAD FROM DEAN’S
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Dean’s Market grab n’ go harvest salad with a cheerful raspberry vinaigrette. Jenna Rae Alexy, manager, seen below, has lost 100 pounds while working at the store… just saying. (Photos byContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SALAD FROM DEAN’S"
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April 15th, 2016 @ 9am
Red Bank Catholic’s Aaron Ahn launched a walk-off home run to left to give the Caseys a 4-3 win against Wall Township at at Count Basie Field Thursday. Shore Sports Zone hasContinue reading "RBC TOPS WALL ON AHN’S WALK-OFF HOMER"
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April 15th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: LONE PARKING SIGN TO GO UP
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Below, a rendering indicates the size and height of the sign, but not the actual location; it’s to be installed on a lamppost at Broad Street and Wallace Street, above. Continue reading "RED BANK: LONE PARKING SIGN TO GO UP"
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April 15th, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON: SEVEN UP FOR SIGNING DAY
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Seven student athletes from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional took part in a National Signing Day ceremony on April 13.
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April 15th, 2016 @ 5am
A Parisian-themed Rendezvous on the (Shrewsbury) River is the occasion, as the Fair Haven PTA hosts its elegant annual luncheon on April 30.
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April 15th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: CAUSE AND FX, AT BASIE FILMFEST
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Film projects made by New Jersey college and high school students — and selected by a panel of judges that included Dan Rather and Timothy Hutton — are screened on Sunday, during the Count Basie Theatre's second annual Project FX filmfest.
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April 14th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARKING IDEA SPUTTERS
A proposal to extend meter enforcement hours appeared to get no traction Wednesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Red Bank councilContinue reading "RED BANK: PARKING IDEA SPUTTERS"
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April 14th, 2016 @ 7am
RFH: SOURLIS ENDS 30-YEAR WINNING CAREER
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Rumson-Fair Haven girls’ basketball coach George Sourlis, the Shore Conference’s all-time winningest coach, announced his retirement Wednesday. Sourlis ends his 30-year leadership of the Lady Bulldogs after five state championships, 14 sectionalContinue reading "RFH: SOURLIS ENDS 30-YEAR W ...
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April 14th, 2016 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: A CURTIN CALL FOR FRIENDS
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Catherine Curtin of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK comes calling at Middletown Library, in an April 30 fundraiser for the MTPL's programs and special projects.
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April 14th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: ESSAY WINS FOR ST. LEO KIDS
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Three students from St. Leo the Great School in Lincroft took top honors in the 2016 essay contest conducted by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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April 14th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK REGIONAL HIRES NEW SUPER
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Louis Moore, below, comes to RBR from Bergen County, where he’s been a high school principal since 2007. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK REGIONAL HIRES NEW SUPER"
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April 13th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PUSCIFER, DION & “EMILY”
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Wrestle-wrapped alterna-rock theatrics; Grammy lauded jazzfunkpop; brand-new sounds from "the real link between Sinatra and rock"...all in a week's work at the Count Basie Theatre.
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April 13th, 2016 @ 9am
Robbie Garavente, Griffin Schultz and Henry Sillen each scored three goals to lead Rumson-Fair Haven’s boys’ lacrosse team  to a 10-3 win at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft Tuesday.  Watch theContinue reading "RFH DOMINATES CBA WITH THREE HAT TRICKS"
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April 13th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: A BIG IMPACT ON PHILANTHROPY
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A group of women from all over the greater Green join forces to create a philanthropic fundraising venture with real impact on the local front.
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April 13th, 2016 @ 5am
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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.
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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.