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HONORS FOR RBR TRAINER, STUDENT
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RBR athletic trainer Christina Emrich is pictured with her student athletic trainer Caitlin Brinkman, at the ATSNJ’s annual banquet awards dinner. Press release from Red Bank Regional High School  RedContinue reading "HONORS FOR RBR TRAINER, STUDENT"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Press release from Rumson Country Day School Imagine a place where middle school students are encouraged to argue. On Saturday, March 1, Rumson Country Day School students were among 32Continue reading "RCDS PLACES 2nd IN GARDEN STATE DEBATE"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RFH GRAD APPOINTED SEC’Y OF AIR FORCE
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School As the 23rd Secretary of the United States Air Force, Deborah Lee James is the USAF’s highest-ranking civilian and only the secondContinue reading "RFH GRAD APPOINTED SEC’Y OF AIR FORCE"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 6am
WEEKEND: RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY
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The cast of THE MUSIC MAN brings the Broadway evergreen to ‘Two River City’ for five concert-style performances this weekend. Below, Jersey music Jedi master Glen Burtnik leads an all-ShoreContinue reading "WEEKEND: RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY"
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March 14th, 2014 @ 8am
A BLIP IN TIME, FOR RED BANK REGIONAL
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Red Bank Regional Education Foundation President Paul Noglows (center) presents a symbolic check for $23,533 to Principal Risa Clay and RBR Superintendent Jim Stefankiewicz, to finance the new digital multi-mediaContinue reading "A BLIP IN TIME, FOR RED BANK REGIONAL"
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March 13th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County Most survivors of trauma return to normal in a relatively short period of time. However, some people will have stressContinue reading "COUNSELING FOR THE SANDY AFFLICTED"
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March 13th, 2014 @ 6am
AN OPEN HOUSE, FOR BCC COMMUNIVERSITY
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Press release from Brookdale Community College On Wednesday, March 26, Brookdale Community College’s New Jersey Coastal Communiversity will hold its spring open house inside the Warner Student Life Center, locatedContinue reading "AN OPEN HOUSE, FOR BCC COMMUNIVERSITY"
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March 12th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Red Bank Regional High School The SOURCE, the School Based Youth Services Program at Red Bank Regional High School, will be the beneficiary when the RBR SOURCEContinue reading "RBR’S SOURCE HAS THE HOUSE ADVANTAGE"
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March 12th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER’S GOT TALENT, IN SHREWSBURY
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Press release from the Education Foundation of Little Silver The Education Foundation of Little Silver (EFLS) will hold its annual fundraiser, Little Silver’s Got Talent, on Friday, March 21 at the Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury.  LastContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER’S GOT TALENT, IN SHREWSB ...
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March 11th, 2014 @ 7am
With the Affordable Health Care Act’s open enrollment period scheduled to end on March 31, Lunch Break of Red Bank will host a series of enrollment assistance sessions,  in whichContinue reading "LUNCH BREAK OFFERS HEALTH INSURANCE HELP"
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March 10th, 2014 @ 6am
WEEKEND: MOODY BLUE & MINTY GREEN
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The second annual Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes to the borough streets on Sunday. Below, the Moody Blues. Friday, February 28: RED BANK: From the harmonies of their early,Continue reading "WEEKEND: MOODY BLUE & MINTY GREEN"
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March 7th, 2014 @ 2pm
RBR SKIER TO COMPETE IN JUNIOR NATIONALS
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RBR senior and Little Silver resident Ray Reynolds will be at the USSA Junior National skiing competition in Park City Utah this month, as a freestyle men’s mogul skier. PressContinue reading "RBR SKIER TO COMPETE IN JUNIOR NATIONALS"
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March 7th, 2014 @ 6am
ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS AT RFH
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RFH junior Marcus Iwama celebrates his win in the 132-pound weight class at the Regional Wrestling Championship in Toms River on March 1. Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HighContinue reading "ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS AT RFH"
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March 6th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR HOSTS ASBURY DANCERS, STORYTELLERS
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Guest artists from the Asbury Park Technical Academy of Dance  performed a program on Black History at Red Bank Regional High School, including a powerful piece inspired by the killingContinue reading "RBR HOSTS ASBURY DANCERS, STORYTELLERS"
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March 5th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR LACROSSER SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT
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Pictured at the recent signing ceremony for Red Bank Regional senior Ryan Seely are (back row, left to right) RBR Principal Risa Clay, RBR Coach Dan Femminella and RBR AssistantContinue reading "RBR LACROSSER SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT"
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March 4th, 2014 @ 6am
From press materials furnished by the League of Women Voters of Greater Red Bank The intersection of election politics and big money is an increasingly controversial topic — one thatContinue reading "MONEY, POLITICS, AND BREAKFAST"
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March 4th, 2014 @ 6am
TONY, TINA, BOBBY, SANTTU-MATIAS & MORE
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Above: Champian Fulton, Bob Tuzzo and Tony Corrao take the bandstand when the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra presents “An Enchanted Evening of Song” at Two River Theater. Below, twentysomething EuropeanContinue reading "TONY, TINA, BOBBY, SANTTU-MATIAS & MORE"
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February 28th, 2014 @ 10am
RCDS HEADMASTER SALUTED AT GATOR BALL
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From left: RCDS Board President Shawn Reynolds, Christine Reynolds, Headmaster Chad Small, RCDS Board Vice President Danielle Devine Greene ’79 and Gregory Greene. Press release from Rumson Country Day SchoolContinue reading "RCDS HEADMASTER SALUTED AT GATOR BALL"
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February 28th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Eva Perón — the former actress and second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón, who made a meteoric rise from the slumsContinue reading "TOWER PLAYERS PRESENT ‘EVITA’ IN MARCH"
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February 28th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR’s REARDON SIGNS WITH WAKE FOREST
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RBR’s javelin thrower, Megan Reardon recently signed to play for Wake Forrest’s Division I track and field team.  She is pictured with her family and coaches.  Pictured left to rightContinue reading "RBR’s REARDON SIGNS WITH WAKE FOREST"
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February 27th, 2014 @ 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.