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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Students at two Rumson schools join RFH high schoolers for the annual Environmental Springfest, while Deane Porter kids get hands-on during a Global Day of Design.
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May 12th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: WEST SIDE GOES DARK, BRIEFLY
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A portion of Red Bank’s West Side, including a stretch of Shrewsbury Avenue, above, was briefly without electricity Tuesday night as a result of a burned wire at Bridge AvenueContinue reading "RED BANK: WEST SIDE GOES DARK, BRIEFLY"
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May 11th, 2016 @ 10pm
RUMSON: SPRINGSTEEN TOSSING KEYS TO FOYE
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Bruce Springsteen signs autographs outside the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank in 2009. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [UPDATE: Monmouth County records show the deed to theContinue reading "RUMSON: SPRINGSTEEN TOSSING KEYS TO FOYE"
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May 11th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: BETTER DEAD, OR LED?
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Even Better than the Real Thing? Audience favorites Dark Star Orchestra and Get the Led Out return to the Basie stage this week, with their spot-on evocations of the Dead and the Led.
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May 11th, 2016 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: SKEPTICISM OVER BANK PLAN
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An architectural rendering of the bank, proposed for the former site of a Sunoco station.  (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD Like a customerContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SKEPTICISM OVER BANK PLAN"
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May 11th, 2016 @ 7am
Playing at home, top seed Rumson-Fair Haven raced to a 10-0 halftime lead on the way to a 15-2 victory over Shore Regional in the Shore Conference Tournament boys’ lacrosseContinue reading "RFH SHREDS NET IN SCT QUARTERFINAL"
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May 11th, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON: BIG FUNDING FEAT AT ANNUAL EVENT
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The annual Wine and Martini Tasting Fundraiser at Salt Creek Grille puts the spotlight on the Monmouth County-based family charity Michael's Feat.
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May 11th, 2016 @ 5am
Students at two Rumson schools join the local PTO in recognizing their hardworking educators, during Teacher Appreciation Week.
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May 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: CRASH VICTIM EXTRICATED
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Firefighters in the process of extricating the victim Tuesday. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A 53-year-old driver was hospitalized after an accident left her trapped in herContinue reading "RED BANK: CRASH VICTIM EXTRICATED"
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May 10th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD
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Mayor Pasquale Menna, above right, welcomed Count Basie Theatre CEO Adam Philipson, left, and more than 200 other guests to the second annual Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball at the Oyster Point Hotel FridayContinue reading "RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD"
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May 10th, 2016 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: BANK EYES SITE FOR DRIVE-THRU
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After a four-year vacancy, the former site of a Sunoco station at River Road and Cedar Avenue in Fair Haven may be getting a new use: Investors Savings Bank hopes toContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: BANK EYES SITE FOR DRIVE-THRU"
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May 10th, 2016 @ 7am
LINCROFT: CBA MEN EXCEL IN LATIN
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Latin students at Christian Brothers Academy display stellar results — including more than 30 gold and silver medals — in the National Latin Exam.
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May 10th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR STUDENTS PROTEST RESPONSE TO PRAYER
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According to one account, hall monitor Joel Gray, below, was placed on administrative leave after engaging Jazmin Graham, center above, in prayer. She said she had sought Gray’s counsel. (Photo byContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS PROTEST RESPONSE TO PRAYER"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE-TO-STORE PLAN OK’D
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The former Liberty Hose firehouse at 40 White Street in Red Bank won borough zoning board approval last week for conversion to a retail store with two apartments on theContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE-TO-STORE PLAN OK’D"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS, A DOG & MORE
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Red Bank Patrolman Stan Balmer and the police department’s K-9, Hunter, above, were among the role-model guests at the borough parks and recreation department’s first Mother-Son event, held Saturday at theContinue reading "RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS, A DOG & MORE"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: CARNIVAL OF DREAMS
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The annual Red Bank Catholic Carnival returns on May 7, with all proceeds dedicated this year to the wish-granting volunteers of borough-based Jason's Dreams for Kids.
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May 9th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: AXE THE EXPERTS
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Five fretmeister aces converge on the Basie stage this evening, with the arrival of GENERATION AXE: A Night of Guitars.
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May 9th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK GIRL TO ROCK RAHWAY
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Lily “Grace” Riddle, a sixth-grader at the Red Bank Charter School, has been tapped for the role of Brittany in School of Rock at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. GraceContinue reading "RED BANK GIRL TO ROCK RAHWAY"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: TWO NIGHTS AT THE OPERA
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The vocal majors at Red Bank Regional present a double feature of short operas in Italian and English, May 20 and 21 at RBR.
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May 9th, 2016 @ 5am
Students at Rumson borough schools go without their electronic devices for a week, taking part in community activities as part of a nationwide initiative.
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May 9th, 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.
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.