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RUMSON DANCERS KICK IT FOR MS SOCIETY
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Kick Dance Studio invites the public to join them at a “Kick for a Cause” event on Sunday, February 23. (photo by Caroline Keating) Press release from Kick Dance StudiosContinue reading "RUMSON DANCERS KICK IT FOR MS SOCIETY"
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February 17th, 2014 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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3rd GRADE BUILDERS GET HANDS-ON IN FH
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Third grade students created their own amusement park through an Exploratory Investigations Program introduced recently at Viola L. Sickles School. Press release from Fair Haven School District Third grade studentsContinue reading "3rd GRADE BUILDERS GET HANDS-ON IN FH"
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February 7th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: SAYING GOODBYE TO ‘GRANDMA’
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Mary Boynton with some of her freshly awakened toddler charges last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Over the past 30 years, MaryContinue reading "RED BANK: SAYING GOODBYE TO ‘GRANDMA’"
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January 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
BATTER UP FOR TWO RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE
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Two River Little League president Chris Kelly (second from left, with t-shirt) is pictured in a file photo with TRLL board member John Caruso, Red Bank Regional athletic director DelContinue reading "BATTER UP FOR TWO RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE"
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January 21st, 2014 @ 6am
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech, on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. By ISABEL HALLORAN In his I Have a Dream speech,Continue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL CELEBRATES KING"
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January 20th, 2014 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT LIBRARY RAZING SPARKS DEBATE
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On Sunday, a backhoe sat on the slab where the library had stood until it was demolished a day earlier. Below, an architect’s rendering of a proposed combination library andContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT LIBRARY RAZING SPARKS DEBATE"
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January 14th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK REC KICKS IT INDOORS FOR 2014
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From press materials furnished by Red Bank Recreation There’s just one day before the January 3 sign-up deadline for Red Bank Recreation’s 2014 Indoor Soccer programs — and, according toContinue reading "RED BANK REC KICKS IT INDOORS FOR 2014"
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January 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: A CALENDAR ABOUT, AND FOR, KIDS
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The cover of the 2014 Prown’s calendar features a shot of the attendees on the 1964 Police Athletic League bus trip.  (Click to enlarge) For five years now, two venerableContinue reading "RED BANK: A CALENDAR ABOUT, AND FOR, KIDS"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 10am
A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION
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Becca Ayers (Mrs. Otter), William Thomas Evans (Dr. Badger) and Mike Faist (Mole) co-star in A WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHRISTMAS, the original family musical now onstage in a new encoreContinue reading "A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 8am
[slideshow_deploy id=’86392′]With temperatures in the low 20s, several hundred parishoners of Red Bank’s St. Anthony of Padua Church celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with their largestContinue reading "RED BANK: A PARISH CELEBRATES"
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December 13th, 2013 @ 6am
TOWNS TEAM UP FOR TWO RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE
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Several of the people who were instrumental in establishing the Two River Little League (TRLL) — a new chapter of Little League International encompassing Fair Haven, Little Silver, Red Bank,Continue reading "TOWNS TEAM UP FOR TWO RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE"
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December 11th, 2013 @ 6am
Press release from Red Bank Elks Elks believe that sporting activities for youngsters provide spirited competition, develop character, and help make new friendships. So the Red Bank Elks Lodge isContinue reading "SHOOTING (HOOPS) FOR ELKS, IN RED BANK"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 6am
TREE LIGHTINGS TO LIGHT UP THE GREEN
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Tree lightings, such as the annual ceremony in Sea Bright, bring light therapy to the Green this weekend. Below, an archived favorite shot from the 2008 Westside tree lighting inContinue reading "TREE LIGHTINGS TO LIGHT UP THE GREEN"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: ANIME FANS GET CREATIVE
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Librarian Stephanie Chadwick with participants in last month’s meeting of the anime club. Below, details of some mangas. (Photos by Isabel Halloran. Click to enlarge) By ISABEL HALLORAN Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: ANIME FANS GET CREATIVE"
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December 5th, 2013 @ 11am
Red Banker Brian McCourt gets it city style at La Esquina. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) In case you missed it on redbankgreen‘s PieHole food page… • AtContinue reading "FROM MEXICO TO DENMARK, VIA PIEHOLE"
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December 5th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIGHTS ON
[slideshow_deploy id=’86173′]It was a night of jolly good cheer as Santa and Mrs. Claus and thousands of revelers in fun hats thronged downtown Red Bank for the annual town light-upContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHTS ON"
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December 2nd, 2013 @ 6am
WEEKEND: FIRST NIGHTERS, FARE-THEE-WELLS
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Lisa Sherman and Sandy Mack bring their all-new Sherman Mack project to the Walt Street Pub Friday night. Below: painter Martin Kammler has the floor at BCC, for a close-up lookContinue reading "WEEKEND: FIRST NIGHTERS, FARE-THEE-WELLS"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Recognize this Where Have I Seen This? Send your answer to [email protected], please.
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November 21st, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: A ‘HEALTHY U’ AT CHARTER SCHOOL
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Students at Red Bank Charter School joined The Community YMCA to kick off a new Healthy U program to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic. Press release from The Community YMCAContinue reading "RED BANK: A ‘HEALTHY U’ AT CHARTER SCHOOL"
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November 19th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOW TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED IT
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A challenging economy means more families need help this year, says Gwen Love, Lunch Break’s executive director. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS With Thanksgiving and ChristmasContinue reading "RED BANK: HOW TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED IT"
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November 14th, 2013 @ 6am
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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.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...