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TEEN DEPRESSION IS THE TOPIC AT RBR
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Author, performer, TED Talk sensation and mental health activist Kevin Breel recently brought his important message of teenage depression and awareness to Red Bank Regional High School. Press release fromContinue reading "TEEN DEPRESSION IS THE TOPIC AT RBR"
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October 21st, 2015 @ 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: PERPS AND PUPPETS AT TRTC
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Director Stephen Brackett (above) returns to Two River Theater for a one-night reading of THE GREAT PRETENDER this Thursday…while Rumson’s own Maggie McDonald Condon presents her one woman comedy “whodunit”Continue reading "RED BANK: PERPS AND PUPPETS AT TRTC"
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October 20th, 2015 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: AN EXPANDED OPEN HOUSE AT BCC
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Press release from Brookdale Community College This fall, and for the first time, Brookdale Community College will host two open house events, featuring expanded offerings for adult learners, career-changers andContinue reading "LINCROFT: AN EXPANDED OPEN HOUSE AT BCC"
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October 20th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A NEVERENDING TALENT SHOW
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The All Star Tour edition of America’s Got Talent LIVE! (above) takes it to the Count Basie stage Tuesday, and  the Celtic songcraft of Loreena McKennitt (below) makes for anContinue reading "RED BANK: A NEVERENDING TALENT SHOW"
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October 19th, 2015 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: A DANCE TO HERITAGE AT RBR
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Students and staff who produced and performed in the Hispanic Heritage program at Red Bank Regional High School included, back row, left to right:  Guadalupe Rodriguez, Brandon Trani, Guadalupe Luna, MizaniContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: A DANCE TO HERITAGE AT RBR"
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October 19th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW
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Red Bank Middle School students proudly display the notebooks that have helped them grow academically and personally, as part of Project Write Now’s Literacy Outreach Program. The nonprofit has announcedContinue reading "RED BANK: WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW"
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October 16th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Red Bank Regional High School What is your vision for the future of Red Bank Regional High School? The RBR School Board wants to know, and encouragesContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: A CALL TO SHAPE OUR WORLD"
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October 16th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A HALLOWED TRADITION RETURNS
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Classic goblins, licensed characters and some fanciful floats take over downtown Red Bank Sunday, when the Halloween Parade returns for its 68th annual edition. (Photo by John T.Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: A HALLOWED TRADITION RETURNS"
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October 16th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: RAISE A CROP OF AWARENESS
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The annual CROP walk takes participants through downtown Red Bank. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)  Peanut butter, rice and beans. Together they make up the big three “MostContinue reading "RED BANK: RAISE A CROP OF AWARENESS"
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October 15th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: BCC PLUGS INTO JCP&L PROGRAM
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Trainees in the Jersey Central Power and Light Power Systems Institute training program scale new heights in their career ambitions. The public is invited to a free informational session onContinue reading "LINCROFT: BCC PLUGS INTO JCP&L PROGRAM"
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October 15th, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN MARKS A WEEK OF RESPECT
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Laraine Gaunt holds up the letter “R” for respect while addressing Sickles School students, as Principal Cheryl Cuddihy looks on. Press release from Fair Haven School District During the weekContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MARKS A WEEK OF RESPECT"
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October 15th, 2015 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT, LINCROFT HAVE THEIR DAYS
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You never know who’ll be popping up this Sunday, when Thompson Park Day returns to the spacious park located just off Newman Springs Road. Despite the best efforts of professionalContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT, LINCROFT HAVE THEIR DAYS"
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October 14th, 2015 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: A MINI “PGA” FOR CPA’s
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Just another day at the office? For the tenth consecutive year, the certified public accounting firm Curchin Group transforms its Schultz Drive office suite into a nine-hole miniature golf course,Continue reading "LINCROFT: A MINI “PGA” FOR CPA’s"
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October 14th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK “FUTURE BUCS” BIG ON MU CAMPUS
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Press release from Red Bank Charter School This past week, the Monmouth University Womensʼ Basketball team hosted a group of 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls from Red Bank CharterContinue reading "RED BANK “FUTURE BUCS” BIG ON MU CAMPUS"
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October 14th, 2015 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A HAUNTED HOMECOMING AT BCC
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Prepare to diorama as the staff of Brookdale Haunted Theater creaks open the doors of their live-action eeks-cursion beginning Friday night. While it sometimes seems that the shambling zombies andContinue reading "LINCROFT: A HAUNTED HOMECOMING AT BCC"
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October 13th, 2015 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: A CAMPUS SPRUCING-UP AT RBR
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The presidents of the Red Bank Regional BUC Backer Foundation display images of new signage and landscaping designs created for an ambitious multi-phase Campus Beautification Project. Press release from Red BankContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: A CAMPUS SPRUCING-UP AT RBR"
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October 13th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN BAGS A SPECIAL HELPER
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NY Jets linebacker Quinton Coples is scheduled to play a special guest role in this year’s “Bag a Lunch” fundraising initiative, at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional. Press release from Rumson-Fair HavenContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN BAGS A SPECIAL HELPER"
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October 13th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: A G.N.O. WITH BFF’s
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Girls of most ages are invited to gather in downtown Red Bank this Thursday for the latest in a series of Girls Night Out events designed to spotlight the town’sContinue reading "RED BANK: A G.N.O. WITH BFF’s"
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October 12th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK CHARTER HOSTS UGANDAN GUESTS
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Father Lawrence Kizito Kimbowa (left) of the nonprofit Change a Life Uganda meets with Red Bank Charter School principal Meredith Pennotti (second from left), during his visit to the schoolContinue reading "RED BANK CHARTER HOSTS UGANDAN GUESTS"
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October 12th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BASIE OPENS PROJECT FX 2.0
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Press release from Count Basie Theatre They come from communities all over New Jersey; from high schools and colleges with a campus anywhere in the Garden State. And on AprilContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE OPENS PROJECT FX 2.0"
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October 12th, 2015 @ 5am
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(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
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.