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January 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
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A distinctive mural dominates the store's White Street facade. Toy and game merchant Hobbymasters has gotten a Christmas/Hannukah gift of its own this year: Forbes Traveler magazine picked it as one of the nation's 10 best toy stores. Inclusion on...
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December 23rd, 2008 @ 2pm
Students from Red Bank Regional will soon have the option of leaving their class ranking off college applications under a measure approved last night by the school's board, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the story: Red Bank Regional follows...
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December 18th, 2008 @ 7am
George Kolber speaks; Councilman Art Murphy listens. Throwing a possible speed bump in the path of the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County, the owners of the recently repurposed former PS 5 on Drs. James Parker Boulevard last night...
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December 9th, 2008 @ 11am
The Two River Theater Co. brings a children's favorite, 'A Year with Frog and Toad,' to life starting this week for a run through the holiday-season. A family-oriented production with an engaging scene set on Christmas Eve, the musical comes...
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December 8th, 2008 @ 11am
A player for Holy Cross, in Rumson, goes baseline, and below, Coach Kevin Lydon instructs his players from the Knollwood School, Fair Haven, in strategy during a Saturday morning game. Lydon, who coaches both the girls' and boy's teams, led...
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December 8th, 2008 @ 7am
Scenes from the Westside Community Group's annual tree-lighting ceremony at Westside Park (the triangular park at the corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard) in Red Bank Saturday evening. Just look at those faces, huh? And how about...
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December 6th, 2008 @ 6pm
Primary school Principal Rick Cohen and Superintendent Laura Morana at a 2007 event. The Asbury Park Press has a dramatic account today of the previously unreported role of the principal and a guidance counselor at the Red Bank Primary School...
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December 5th, 2008 @ 8am
Details about the roles of Primary School Principal Rick Cohen and guidance counselor Karl Parker in subduing a man as he stabbed his former girlfriend at the school entrance Wednesday morning emerged a day after Superintendent Laura Morana told reporters...
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December 5th, 2008 @ 8am
Red Bank Regional appears ready to join the ranks of other high schools that permit their students to apply for colleges without reporting their class ranking levels, according to today's Asbury Park Press. From the story: The board is close...
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December 4th, 2008 @ 9am
Today's Asbury Park Press describes a bloody scene as a 22-year-old Red Bank man stabbed his former girlfriend outside the Red Bank Primary School shortly before 9a Wednesday. Being held on attempted murder and weapons charges is Jorge Vargas Mancilla,...
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December 4th, 2008 @ 6am
Red Bank Schools Superintendent Laura Morana tells redbankgreen that the primary school is functioning normally this morning following a domestic dispute on the school grounds but outside the building. No staff members or children were involved in the incident, which...
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December 3rd, 2008 @ 10am
Police had the entry road to the school blocked at 9:45a. The Red Bank Primary School was in a state described by one parent as a "lockdown" at midmorning today as authorities dealt with what sources said was a domestic...
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December 3rd, 2008 @ 10am
Tad Emptage and MelissaMarie Wilhelm dazzled students with a sampling of flips, spins and slides from their aerial show Monday. The kids also got into the act. A pair of performers from a show called Circurious rolled into the gym...
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December 2nd, 2008 @ 10am
A string of mutiple births kept hospital staffers busy recently. Today's Asbury Park Press reports that Riverview Medical Center had a streak going this autumn: a spate of twin births. From the article: In an eight-week period from September to...
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December 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
Thousands of Red Bankers and visitors packed Broad Street on Friday night for the annual night-after-Thanksgiving gleefest that kicks off the holiday season hereabouts. Bagpipers led a parade into town from the train station. Holiday Express laid down its R&B-flavored...
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December 1st, 2008 @ 6am
A volunteer serves salad at Lunch Break yesterday. Norma Todd's Lunch Break, the 25-year-old Red Bank soup kitchen, was transformed into a fine-dining hall yesterday, providing free Thanksgiving meals on linen tablecloths to more than 200 area residents in two...
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November 28th, 2008 @ 8am
Grace Scott, left and Cionna Rosenthal of the Rumson Country Day School help homeowner Yvonne Grayson repaint her repeatedly vandalized Obama sign Sunday morning. Late last month, redbankgreen reported on a rash of Obama campaign signs being stolen and vandalized...
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November 17th, 2008 @ 7am
Here's a charming video by Larry Higgs of the Asbury Park Press, who accompanied a fourth-grade class from the Red Bank Charter School on a trip to the newly rebuilt 7 World Trade Center recently. Dana McQuillan, who's both a...
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November 13th, 2008 @ 5am
Lest we forget, Red Bank is still in its centennial year, and reminders of that milestone continue to pop up now and again. The latest is the above video, shot and produced by four students, aged 14 to 17, who...
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November 4th, 2008 @ 5am
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KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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