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RED BANK: DISTRICT KEEPS PRESSURE ON PLAN
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Red Bank Superintendent Jared Rumage, above, said PARCC test results show that students gain skills as they progress through the middle school. Below, charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti at the forumContinue reading "RED BANK: DISTRICT KEEPS PRESSURE ON PLAN"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ON THE GREEN: A WET, SLUSHY BLANKET
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A soggy blanket of snow on the Greater Red Bank Green made for a pretty scene at the Red Bank train station, above, and some slushy stepping on Chestnut Street Friday morning,Continue reading "ON THE GREEN: A WET, SLUSHY BLANKET"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: KEEP THOSE SHOVELS HANDY
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Two weeks after a blizzard dropped two feet of snow on the Greater Red Bank Green, the powder is likely to return Friday. The National Weather Service has issued an advisoryContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: KEEP THOSE SHOVELS HANDY"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 4pm
Standout athletes from the golf, soccer and swimming programs at Red Bank Catholic formalized big decisions about their futures Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there, and has extensive coverage of signing day acrossContinue reading "FIVE LADY CASEYS PLAN EYE NEXT LEVEL"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 7am
Six members of the Red Bank Catholic  football squad made or reaffirmed college commitments Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there.
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February 4th, 2016 @ 6am
Three members of the state champion Rumson-Fair Haven Regional football team made their college commitments official at a signing-day event in Rumson Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there to speak with the players.
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February 4th, 2016 @ 6am
After a coaching change at Syracuse University, Red Bank Regional standout receiver Sadiq Palmer reassessed his offers to play college football. He was one of three members of the BucContinue reading "RBR TRIO SIGNS FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: A LITTLE BOOK-LABELING PARTY
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Kate Triggiano, who had a custom-built “little library” built and installed outside her Red Bank home for neighborhood kids last October, plans a book labeling party Thursday from 7 toContinue reading "RED BANK: A LITTLE BOOK-LABELING PARTY"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: POLICE REPORTS
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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department for the month of January, 2016. Fair Haven Police Blotter January 2016 • 1/1/16- Patrol was dispatchedContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: POLICE REPORTS"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: COP’S CONVICTION UPHELD
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By JOHN T. WARD A former Little Silver police officer now serving time for an attack on a handcuffed man in the borough police station did not get an unfairContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: COP’S CONVICTION UPHELD"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: CHARTER TRIES SILENCE WITH PR
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Charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti with a school cofounder, Michael Stasi, center, and trustee Roger Foss, in blue tie. Below, charter school parent and middle school employee Diana Archila addressesContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER TRIES SILENCE WITH PR"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 2am
RUMSON: BATCHLER CUT AS FOOTBALL COACH
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Former Rumson-Fair Haven Regional head football coach Bryan Batchler led the team to its third straight state sectional football championship in December. (Image courtesy of Shore Sports Zone) By JOHN T. WARD SixContinue reading "RUMSON: BATCHLER CUT AS FOOTBALL COACH"
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February 2nd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BUONA SERA, JIMMY JOHN’S OK’D
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The former Wayne’s Market on West Front Street is slated to open as a Jimmy John’s franchise owned by Gaslight Anthem bassist Alex Levine, at left below, and Matt Schaffert,Continue reading "RED BANK: BUONA SERA, JIMMY JOHN’S OK’D"
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February 2nd, 2016 @ 7am
RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER
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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Rumson Police Department for the period of December 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016. Arrests 12/16/15 Grace Maggiulli arrested Valerie Valentini, 59,Continue reading "RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 12pm
GET READY FOR A SMOOCHFEST
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Remember those great old Valentines that used to run each year in the classified sections of newspapers? Getting one was a thrill. But just sitting and reading them was aContinue reading "GET READY FOR A SMOOCHFEST"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 11am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 21 to January 28, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 5am
WELCOME TO SMOOCH!
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Welcome to Smooch, redbankgreen‘s first-ever interactive Valentine’s page! Smooch is where lovers, swooners and others aglow with affection can send their beloved a special message for publication on this page onContinue reading "WELCOME TO SMOOCH!"
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January 31st, 2016 @ 7pm
JUST PUT YOUR LIPS TOGETHER, AND… TYPE
Bob and Lisa Travis of Little Silver share a recent smooch at Jamian’s. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) Smooches come in two sizes/orientations: The Horizontal Smooch will beContinue reading "JUST PUT YOUR LIPS TOGETHER, AND… TYPE"
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January 31st, 2016 @ 1pm
‘SMOOCH’ SWEEPSTAKES: OFFICIAL RULES
Chelsea Grasso and Miles McPherson of Red Bank lock lips at a recent trivia night at Jamian’s Food and Drink in Red Bank. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "‘SMOOCH’ SWEEPSTAKES: OFFICIAL RULES"
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January 31st, 2016 @ 10am
The Red Bank Charter School plans to hold an open forum and press conference on its controversial expansion plan Tuesday at 7 p.m., the school announced Sunday. “The press conference will provideContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL SLATES FORUM"
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January 31st, 2016 @ 9am
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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.
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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 ...
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!