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SPECIAL HAPPENINGS AT FAIR HAVEN SCHOOLS
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Author Lester Laminack conducted workshops for young writers, and addressed parents and teachers on the topic of the writing process, during his recent visit to the Fair Haven School District.Continue reading "SPECIAL HAPPENINGS AT FAIR HAVEN SCHOOLS"
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April 27th, 2015 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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For more than 50 years, the Red Bank-based Monmouth Civic Chorus has brought a selection of the world’s finest choral music classics to area audiences, at venues that include theContinue reading "RED BANK: MCC ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIPS"
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April 27th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: A SUPERSIZED SCIENCE MONDAY
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Famed paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara — pictured with the bones of Dreadnoughtus schrani, the titanic dinosaur he discovered in Argentina in 2005 — comes to Brookdale Community  College for aContinue reading "LINCROFT: A SUPERSIZED SCIENCE MONDAY"
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April 25th, 2015 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: SPRING ARTS, SUMMER FUN
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Nature photography by Colin Seitz is on the program for the first annual Spring Arts Festival at Thompson Park, May 2 and 3 — part of a weekend in whichContinue reading "LINCROFT: SPRING ARTS, SUMMER FUN"
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April 24th, 2015 @ 7am
MIDDLETOWN: EXTENDED EARTH DAY WEEKEND
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Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown is the scene for the Great Spring Perennial Plant Swap, just one of several special events going on at Monmouth County Park System facilities thisContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: EXTENDED EARTH DAY WEEKEND"
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April 23rd, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK REGIONAL STARS SIGN IN
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Left to right: Red Bank Regional athletes Sam McPherson (soccer), Marissa Albano (track) and Dan Vilardi (lacrosse) signed to play Division I Sports for their accepted colleges on April 15,Continue reading "RED BANK REGIONAL STARS SIGN IN"
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April 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: FLAVOUR FEST BACK IN FAVOUR
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The Weeklings, featuring Glen Burtnik and Bob Burger, below, are among the musical acts adding savour to the Sunday’s Red Bank International Flavour Festival on White Street. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: FLAVOUR FEST BACK IN FAVOUR"
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April 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: NEW LEASH ON MCSPCA EVENT
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Middletown band the Wag takes the air, and canine aerialists Tyronne and Abbydoodle take a curtain call, as the Monmouth SPCA’s Dog Walk and Pet Fair returns to the BrookdaleContinue reading "LINCROFT: NEW LEASH ON MCSPCA EVENT"
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April 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
RBR GETS OUT THE VOTE FOR SAFE DRIVING
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TV production students in Mr. Carl Grillo’s Interactive Media class at Red Bank Regional High School have opened up the online voting process for their RBRHSDBD (Don’t Be Distracted whileContinue reading "RBR GETS OUT THE VOTE FOR SAFE DRIVING"
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April 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY DAR ANNOUNCES TOP ESSAYISTS
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Press release from the Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter, D.A.R. The Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has announced the winners of its 2015 essay contest,Continue reading "SHREWSBURY DAR ANNOUNCES TOP ESSAYISTS"
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April 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
Former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, former Asbury Park Mayor Ed Johnson and actor-director-playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson take part in an April 26 panel discussion on Creating Social Change, an eventContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘BLUES’ WITH SOMETHING EXTRA"
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April 21st, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN TEENS GOT TALENT
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The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Dance Troupe claimed First Place — and helped raise over $2,000 for the American Cancer Society — during the 2015 RFH Talent Show. Press release fromContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN TEENS GOT TALENT"
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April 21st, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN’S MAYFIELD SIGNS TO ST. PETER’S
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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional senior Janae Mayfield signs her letter of intent to play Division I Basketball at St. Peter’s University, as her parents John and Davida look on. Press releaseContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN’S MAYFIELD SIGNS TO ST. PETER’S"
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April 21st, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A BARD OF EDUCATION, AT TRTC
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A cast and crew of teens from local schools rehearse A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, the annual “Little Shakespeare” production  that presents four public performances this weekend. (Photos courtesy of TwoContinue reading "RED BANK: A BARD OF EDUCATION, AT TRTC"
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April 20th, 2015 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN SKIER IS RANKED NJ’S #1
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School A Fair Haven teen is currently ranked as the number one male skier in New Jersey aged 16-17, by the national NASTARContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN SKIER IS RANKED NJ’S #1"
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April 20th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK CHARTER TO HOST BLOOD DRIVE
Press release from Red Bank Charter School As part of an ongoing commitment to service learning, Red Bank Charter School (RBCS) will host a community blood drive on Friday, MayContinue reading "RED BANK CHARTER TO HOST BLOOD DRIVE"
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April 20th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from the English Speaking Union of Monmouth County Andrew Nowak, an internationally noted scholar in the field of education of students on the autism spectrum, chose central andContinue reading "BRIT SCHOLAR VISITS RUMSON, M’TOWN, RBR"
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April 20th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: SOME FRANK TALK ABOUT JAZZ
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Above: Rosemary Riddle Acerra — daughter of the great Sinatra arranger-conductor (and onetime Rumson resident) Nelson Riddle — joins author and music historian Will Friedwald (below) for a new slateContinue reading "RED BANK: SOME FRANK TALK ABOUT JAZZ"
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April 19th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: LADIES WHO LEARN, LAUGH, LUNCH
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Bestselling author and radio personality Sandra Tsing-Loh (above) joins Fox 5 News reporter Teresa Priolo (below) as keynote speakers for the 2015 Women’s Conference, going on Monday at Brookdale CommunityContinue reading "LINCROFT: LADIES WHO LEARN, LAUGH, LUNCH"
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April 18th, 2015 @ 6am
The Sony Pictures Classics rockumentary LAMBERT AND STAMP is screened as part of statewide student film competition Project FX, with finalists in the High School and College categories showcased at theContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE ‘FX’ THE FUTURE OF FILM"
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April 17th, 2015 @ 12pm
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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.