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RED BANK: CYMCA PROMOTES SWIM SAFETY
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YMCA swim instructor Evan Marx assists Aaron Jean-Louis during a Learn to Swim class in June 2014. Press release from The Community YMCA As part of a national YMCA effortContinue reading "RED BANK: CYMCA PROMOTES SWIM SAFETY"
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June 8th, 2015 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RFH ENGINEERS CREATE, INVENT AND LEARN
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Earlier this year, six freshmen from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School took part in an inaugural Mini Engineering Academy program at Neptune High School, where the aspiring engineers worked inContinue reading "RFH ENGINEERS CREATE, INVENT AND LEARN"
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June 8th, 2015 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: A GALA START TO SUMMER
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The tents will be pitched, the dress will be casual, and Brian Kirk will sound the season’s keynote, at the annual Jersey Shore Partnership Summer Celebration this Monday evening at FortContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: A GALA START TO SUMMER"
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June 6th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK STREET LIFE: BUSKING AFTER DUSK
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The Wag is among the musical acts taking to the sidewalks and storefronts of Red Bank’s business district as the annual Street Life series returns on Saturday. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK STREET LIFE: BUSKING AFTER DUSK"
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June 5th, 2015 @ 2pm
BASIE AWARDS HONOR RBR’S JOE RUSSO
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Long-time Red Bank Regional High School faculty member Joe Russo was honored at the 2015 Basie Awards with the Basie Lifetime Achievement Award in Arts Education. The school’s first andContinue reading "BASIE AWARDS HONOR RBR’S JOE RUSSO"
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June 5th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: COUNT MEETS CONSERVATORY
Vladislav Kovalsky discusses the 50th anniversary commemorations of the Monmouth Conservatory of Music on a recent news program. (Click to enlarge) After a long run, it remains one of RedContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNT MEETS CONSERVATORY"
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June 4th, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: A GREAT HONOR FOR SALT CREEK
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Press release from Salt Creek Grille Continuing a recently established tradition, New Jersey Monthly magazine honored the Garden State’s most generous companies  with its second annual Great Oak Awards. AmongContinue reading "RUMSON: A GREAT HONOR FOR SALT CREEK"
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June 4th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Brookdale Community College According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the welding industry is expected to grow by 15 percent between 2010 and 2020, adding anContinue reading "LINCROFT: FREE WELDING COURSE AT BCC"
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June 4th, 2015 @ 6am
RBR SEEKS DONATIONS FOR FITNESS CENTER
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The Red Bank Regional High School Athletic Director Del Dal Pra receives a generous donation from members of the Red Bank High School Class of 1960, toward the completion ofContinue reading "RBR SEEKS DONATIONS FOR FITNESS CENTER"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: STREET VEGAN TO PARK IT HERE
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Adam Sobel, the Vendy Award-winning proprietor of food truck favorite the Cinnamon Snail, visits River Road Books on Saturday to sign copies of his new cookbook “Street Vegan.” And yes,Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: STREET VEGAN TO PARK IT HERE"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: PADDLING FOR KEVIN
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Jerry Conway, seen here in 2013, coordinates the annual Paddling for Kevin fundraiser, dedicated to the recovery of Middletown resident Kevin Kret, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in aContinue reading "RUMSON: PADDLING FOR KEVIN"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
RBR TEAM SCORES HIGH IN TECH MEET
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A team of Red Bank Regional students competed in this year’s Technology Student Association state conference contests, including (left to right) Elisa Orsini, Vincent Novellino, Jose Ramirez, Erick Camerino, RickyContinue reading "RBR TEAM SCORES HIGH IN TECH MEET"
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June 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: KIDS OFFER TOONS FOR THOUGHT
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As part of a national initiative to raise awareness of gender stereotypes in media, students at Small Factory Productions were invited to create original characters for an animated cartoon short film.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: KIDS OFFER TOONS FOR THOUGHT"
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June 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: SMALL BUSINESS, BIG IMPACT
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Small business expert and consultant Marc Willson visits Brookdale Community College — and makes free house calls to area businesses — during a week of free events and services thatContinue reading "LINCROFT: SMALL BUSINESS, BIG IMPACT"
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June 1st, 2015 @ 6am
TINTON FALLS: NEW PRESIDENT AT MRT
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Zach Gilstein, Holmdel, was recently installed as the new President of Monmouth Reform Temple in Tinton Falls. He is pictured (center) with former MRT President Jay Wiesenfeld, Lincroft, (left) andContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: NEW PRESIDENT AT MRT"
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June 1st, 2015 @ 3am
MIDDLETOWN: OSCAR FILMS AND OTHERWISE
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Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis stumble into a life of crime in HORRIBLE BOSSES 2, one of the free movies screening in June at Middletown Library.  They’re theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: OSCAR FILMS AND OTHERWISE"
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May 31st, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: A ‘SPUNKY, PASSIONATE’ CONCERTO
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Violinist (and 2014 Young Artist Concerto Competition winner) Elizabeth Hendy helps Roy Gussman and the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra close out their season with “driving percussion rhythms and a dazzling displayContinue reading "RED BANK: A ‘SPUNKY, PASSIONATE’ CONCERTO"
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May 30th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: TRTC TAKES A ‘CHILL’ PILL
Joe Iconis and Will Connolly offered a taste of ‘Be More Chill’ at TEDx Navesink in April. The musical opens at the Two River Theater next week. While tickets haveContinue reading "RED BANK: TRTC TAKES A ‘CHILL’ PILL"
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May 29th, 2015 @ 11am
LINCROFT: SIGN-UPS FOR SUMMER CAMP
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There’s still time to give your children a summer to remember by signing them up for camp with the Monmouth County Park System. Openings exist in a number of camps,Continue reading "LINCROFT: SIGN-UPS FOR SUMMER CAMP"
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May 29th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: A PLACE AT THE TABLE, FOR CHARITY
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Top interior designers and favorite local restaurants join forces for The Giving Tables, an exhibit of themed table settings on display at Town & Country Kitchen and Bath, with proceedsContinue reading "RED BANK: A PLACE AT THE TABLE, FOR CHARITY"
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May 29th, 2015 @ 6am
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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
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.