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Monthly Archives: May 2016

RFH STUDENTS CREATE iBOOKS FOR ORPHANS
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French classes at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional collaborate on a series of original iBook stories that will be enjoyed by children in a Haitian orphanage.
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May 25th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of May 14 to May 20, 2016. Crime Reports  Report of Theft in the areaContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CRIME REPORTS"
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May 24th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN
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Pat Guadagno saddles up his Tired Horse band (and welcomes some fresh new faces), as Thursday's 18th annual BOBFEST concert salutes the 75th birthday of Bob Dylan, and the 50th anniversary of the epic album BLONDE ON BLONDE.
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May 24th, 2016 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: A HEALTHY TOPIC FOR LUNCH
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An interactive panel discussion on women's health topics is on the menu, as the Women's Heart Fund hosts its tenth annual Spring Luncheon fundraiser.
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May 24th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK’S RAMIREZ A MODEL STUDENT
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Red Bank Regional senior Jose Ramirez achieves a first-place finish in the state Technology Student Association transportation modelmaking competition, moving on to the national level.
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May 24th, 2016 @ 5am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 5 to May 19, 2016. Crime Reports Theft: Theft of items from a trailer.Continue reading "RED BANK: POLICE BLOTTER"
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: STEELWORKERS TOP OFF GALLERY
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 A pickup truck carrying the mobile version of the sculpture, and the newly installed replica atop the Detour Gallery, as seen Saturday. Below, artist Sergio Furnari. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: STEELWORKERS TOP OFF GALLERY"
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: ZOMBIES AND RASCALS @BASIE
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RED BANK: The reunited Zombies and Felix Cavaliere's Rascals take the stage at the Count Basie Theatre.
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 7am
LINCROFT: BROTHERHOOD FOR BREAKFAST
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The Brookdale campus is the scene, as the inaugural Shore Region Interfaith Prayer Breakfast serves up a celebration of a rich and diverse ethnic, cultural and religious community. 
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
Summer reading programs geared to toddlers, tweens, teens and grown-ups are in season, with sign-ups now at the County Library's Eastern Branch.
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
Red Bank police arrested a West Side man for alleged sexual assaults on a minor, according to a police report. Benigno Barrios-Arenas, 50, of Shrewsbury Avenue was arrested Thursday and chargedContinue reading "RED BANK: SEX ASSAULTS ON CHILD CHARGED"
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May 20th, 2016 @ 6pm
RED BANK: LOCAL SMOKE SET TO WAFT
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Steve Raab, right, with partners Loren Raab, his wife, and Eric Keating, left, outside their new restaurant Thursday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD EnteringContinue reading "RED BANK: LOCAL SMOKE SET TO WAFT"
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May 20th, 2016 @ 1pm
SHREWSBURY: “GAS MONEY” GETS HIM HERE
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Author Troy Lewis makes a GAS MONEY pitstop at the county library's Eastern Branch, in a Saturday afternoon appearance.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BODEGA TACOS
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Bistek tacos chosen from the “Spanish” lunch menu at Town and Country Deli, a convenience store selling more than food, seen below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BODEGA TACOS"
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May 20th, 2016 @ 8am
A view of the North Jersey Coast Line northward from the Red Bank station in 2014. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Jersey Central Power & Light isContinue reading "RED BANK: JCP&L REVIVES POWER LINE PLAN"
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May 20th, 2016 @ 6am
LINCROFT: $30K IN SCHOLARSHIPS FROM JOCEF
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Students from Red Bank and Middletown are among the recipients, as the nonprofit JOCEF foundation awards scholarships to Monmouth County culinary students.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: GOD + SCIENCE, PERFECT TOGETHER
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Pro-Future Evangelist and best-selling author REV. MICHAEL DOWD visits Rumson's First Presbyterian Church for a talk on the reconciliation of science and religion, in a June 6 presentation of the Monmouth Community Climate Coalition.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: RBC FOOTBALL COACH RESIGNS
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After seven seasons at the helm and a state championship under his belt, Red Bank Catholic head football coach Jim Portela has resigned. Check out Shore Sports Zone for the full story.Continue reading "RED BANK: RBC FOOTBALL COACH RESIGNS"
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May 19th, 2016 @ 6pm
A RETROSPECTIVE FOR A RED BANK RECLUSE
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The late Red Bank artist Lewis Lanza Rudolph is remembered in a retrospective that opens Friday evening (and continues until Labor Day) at the Monmouth Museum.
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May 19th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE REDUCED
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A half-dozen or so residents, outnumbered by borough employees and officials, attended the budget session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [Update, May 20: Visuals from this presentationContinue reading "RED BANK: TAX INCREASE REDUCED"
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May 19th, 2016 @ 8am
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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.