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SANDY HOOK: IT’S ALWAYS FOWL WEATHER
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Pictured are just some of the guests enjoying the Hook (at seasonal rates) to be spotted on Saturday’s Winter Water Fowl and Seal Walk, hosted by the local chapter ofContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: IT’S ALWAYS FOWL WEATHER"
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February 19th, 2015 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN KIDS RAISE $7.5K WITH ‘HOOPS’
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Student cheerleaders and basketball players are pictured with “local celebrities” from the Fair Haven Fire and Police Departments at the conclusion of the Hoops for Hearts event, held at Knollwood School onContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN KIDS RAISE $7.5K WITH ‘HOOPS’"
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February 19th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: TOTE’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG
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Singer-songwriter Taylor Tote — seen working on “Superman” in the studio — debuts her new EP and video on the stage of Two River Theater, this Friday night. (Photo ©RightContinue reading "RED BANK: TOTE’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG"
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February 18th, 2015 @ 12pm
RUMSON: TEMPLE WELCOMES FILMMAKER
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Press release from Congregation B’nai Israel On Tuesday, March 10, Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson will welcome guest speaker Carole Basri for a special event. A lawyer, filmmaker andContinue reading "RUMSON: TEMPLE WELCOMES FILMMAKER"
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February 18th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Congregation B’nai Israel National Poetry Month is just around the corner in April, and the library committee at Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) will once again be hostingContinue reading "RUMSON: CBI CALLS FOR POETRY ENTRIES"
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February 18th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A CUT FOR CHARITY
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Linda Keenan, Director of Development for Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, receives a donation from Denise Pandure, owner of  Classic Cuts & Color in Red Bank, on February 10.Continue reading "RED BANK: A CUT FOR CHARITY"
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February 17th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN GIRLS EARN TITLES
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The Girls Winter Track Team from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School has reigned victorious, earning the school’s first State Group II State Relay Championship for Winter Track and scoring itsContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN GIRLS EARN TITLES"
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February 17th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A COMPELLING A CAPPELLA
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The 2015 touring stage show from the NBC TV series THE SING-OFF takes it back to Basie’s place for a Friday night showcase of vocal artistry, performed live “without aContinue reading "RED BANK: A COMPELLING A CAPPELLA"
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February 16th, 2015 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: HONORING ACADEMIC STARS
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At its January board meeting, the Red Bank Regional (RBR) Board of Education honored its highest achieving academic stars with their very own Varsity Letter. The tradition began many yearsContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: HONORING ACADEMIC STARS"
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February 16th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON 6TH GRADER RULES IN GEO-BEE
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Sixth-grader Peter O’Connor has been announced as first-place winner of the annual Geography Bee, held at Forrestdale School in Rumson on February 4. As the result of in-class competitions heldContinue reading "RUMSON 6TH GRADER RULES IN GEO-BEE"
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February 16th, 2015 @ 6am
M’TOWN: INTIMATE CLASSICS, REVERENT JAZZ
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Violinist Joel DeWitt (left) presents a program of chamber duets at Middletown Library on Monday evening…while drummer John Gronert (right) is among the cats taking part in a February 19Continue reading "M’TOWN: INTIMATE CLASSICS, REVERENT JAZZ"
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February 13th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: YOUTH RUGBY RECRUITING
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Press release from Monmouth Rugby Football Club As the spring rugby season approaches, the U-19 boys and girls teams of the Monmouth Rugby Football Club (MRFC) are preparing for theirContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUTH RUGBY RECRUITING"
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February 13th, 2015 @ 9am
LINCROFT: FAMILIES INVITED TO DIG A SHOW
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Brookdale Community College student actors Adam von Pier of Fair Haven, Emily King of Colts Neck, Marissa Williams of Red Bank and Frank Mendoza of Middletown rehearse DIGGING THE WHOLE,Continue reading "LINCROFT: FAMILIES INVITED TO DIG A SHOW"
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February 13th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK’S FORTUNE PROJECT SPEAKS
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The nonprofit that’s working to save the former home of T. Thomas Fortune hosts readings from the words of the pioneering African-American journalist, with events in Middletown, Red Bank, ShrewsburyContinue reading "RED BANK’S FORTUNE PROJECT SPEAKS"
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February 12th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: WHOLE LOTTA LOVE AT THE BASIE
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Eighties Brit hitmaker Billy Ocean and ’60s girl-group great Shirley Alston Reeves are among the faces of musical romance taking to the Count Basie stage in the Valentine nights toContinue reading "RED BANK: WHOLE LOTTA LOVE AT THE BASIE"
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February 11th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK BOXER RANKED 4th IN NATION
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School Saleem Kelly of Red Bank recently returned from Nevada, where the competed in the 2015 USA Boxing Junior Open and Youth NationalContinue reading "RED BANK BOXER RANKED 4th IN NATION"
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February 11th, 2015 @ 6am
ANATHEMA SPELLS VICTORY FOR RUMSON TEEN
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Eighth-grader Sage Basri of Rumson spelled the word “anathema” correctly to claim victory in the Forrestdale School Spelling Bee. Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Sage Basri, an eighth-graderContinue reading "ANATHEMA SPELLS VICTORY FOR RUMSON TEEN"
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February 10th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: ‘ROOM’ FOR SOMETHING NEW @TRTC
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Playwright Tony Meneses is the author of GUADALUPE IN THE GUEST ROOM, the comedy-drama that makes its world premiere on the stage of Two River Theater, beginning in previews thisContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘ROOM’ FOR SOMETHING NEW @TRTC"
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February 9th, 2015 @ 12pm
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN ATHLETES SIGN UP
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Four student-athletes from  Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School “made it official” by signing their Letters of Intent to participate in college football and soccer programs on National Signing Day, FebruaryContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN ATHLETES SIGN UP"
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February 9th, 2015 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR STUDENTS GOT BRAINS
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Red Bank Regional Interactive Media students and faculty teaming up to bring awareness to the dangers of distracted driving include (back row): RBR Student Assistance Counselor Lori Todd, Mike LoBasso,Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR STUDENTS GOT BRAINS"
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February 9th, 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
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.