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RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN BAGS A SPECIAL HELPER
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NY Jets linebacker Quinton Coples is scheduled to play a special guest role in this year’s “Bag a Lunch” fundraising initiative, at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional. Press release from Rumson-Fair HavenContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN BAGS A SPECIAL HELPER"
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October 13th, 2015 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BASIE OPENS PROJECT FX 2.0
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Press release from Count Basie Theatre They come from communities all over New Jersey; from high schools and colleges with a campus anywhere in the Garden State. And on AprilContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE OPENS PROJECT FX 2.0"
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October 12th, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON TEEN’S A HALLOWEEN ANGEL
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They say that a person’s choice of Halloween costume reflects a lot about who they are on the inside — but while Abby Shaw doesn’t appear at first glance toContinue reading "RUMSON TEEN’S A HALLOWEEN ANGEL"
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October 9th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS (T)HERE TO HELP
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A group of seven high school students from Red Bank Regional and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional will be joining their fathers on a humanitarian mission to the Dominican Republic in November.Continue reading "RUMSON: HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS (T)HERE TO HELP"
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October 6th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP
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Camera-shy then as now, Irwin Katz hides behind a sign at his short-lived Monmouth Street store in 2007. Below is the August 10 GOP Facebook post that angered Katz. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER’S VILLAPIANO STEPS UP TO MIC
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Neil Villapiano of Little Silver mans the broadcast desk, as part of a two-year Broadcast Journalism program he completed at Hofstra University.  The Red Bank Regional senior commuted seven hours each day to pursue his dreamContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER’S VILLAPIANO STEPS UP TO MIC"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN THROWS ITSELF A FESTIVAL
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Bouncing back for 2015, the annual Middletown Day celebration brings colorful sights, sounds and savor to the grounds of the township’s Parks and Rec headquarters this Saturday. The annual MiddletownContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN THROWS ITSELF A FESTIVAL"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BIKE SAFETY GIVEAWAY PLANNED
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Cyclists can get a free bike lamp and helmet at the event. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Red Bank retailer Dean Ross, who spearheaded a bike lampContinue reading "RED BANK: BIKE SAFETY GIVEAWAY PLANNED"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 8am
RBR TEENS WORK FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
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During National Suicide Prevention Week, Red Bank Regional students Bridget Kelly and Julie Coker engaged their peers with a small gesture of distributing Life Savers candies wrapped with the numberContinue reading "RBR TEENS WORK FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BASIE UNVEILS NEW ARTS SPACE
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Guests mingled in the new Count Basie Theatre Performing Arts Academy Monday. Below, Yvonne Lamb Scudiery and Mayor Pasquale Menna spoke at the unveiling. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE UNVEILS NEW ARTS SPACE"
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September 21st, 2015 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: BANG THE DRUM FOR MUSIC ED
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Red Bank Regional senior Joseph Ferguson attained his Eagle Scout Rank by supervising the construction of 10 cajons (simple drums) for Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Asbury Park. He isContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BANG THE DRUM FOR MUSIC ED"
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September 16th, 2015 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR WELCOMES CLASS OF ’19
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Among the students and parents who mingled at the RBR Freshmen Orientation barbeque were (L-R) Eric, Sherry and Emily Jaramillo (Millstone); Bettina and Freshman Raymond Forbes (Red Bank); Whitney, Jack, Emily and JimContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR WELCOMES CLASS OF ’19"
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September 1st, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: REC SOCCER GETS A BOOST
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Saturday was shirt pickup day at Count Basie Fields for Red Bank Rec soccer, and players were treated to a clinic put on by players from the national champion BrookdaleContinue reading "RED BANK: REC SOCCER GETS A BOOST"
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August 31st, 2015 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT: WOMAN GIVES BIRTH IN CAR
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Rose and Trevor Abbud with their newborn, Bella, in a screengrab from a CBS2 News report. (Photo by Trevor Abbud. Click to enlarge) Aided by two Good Samaritan health workers, a MiddletownContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: WOMAN GIVES BIRTH IN CAR"
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August 24th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: PROSECUTOR ‘CLOSING IN’ ON KILLER
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A poster displayed at the middle school during a February, 2010 memorial event for murdered teacher Jonelle Melton.  (Photo by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Monmouth CountyContinue reading "RED BANK: PROSECUTOR ‘CLOSING IN’ ON KILLER"
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August 17th, 2015 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: GRAND SLAM FOR SUMMER 2015
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A Tug of War served to help students develop team-building skills, as Red Bank Regional’s Summer Slam program held a culminating day of activities at Thompson Park in Lincroft. PressContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: GRAND SLAM FOR SUMMER 2015"
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August 14th, 2015 @ 6am
In one of two Red Bank accidents involving bicyclists, a 14-year-old boy wound up in the emergency room Wednesday. According to police Chief Darren McConnell, the unidentified boy was travelingContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO CYCLISTS IN CAR ACCIDENTS"
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August 12th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BOE MEMBER SLAMS TAX NOTICE
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Board of ed member Sue Viscomi, left, criticized the borough’s handling of the tax adjustment notice. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After an adjustmentContinue reading "RED BANK: BOE MEMBER SLAMS TAX NOTICE"
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August 12th, 2015 @ 3pm
RED BANK: TAX BILLS SOAR ON ADJUSTMENT
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Though the Red Bank board of ed adopted a budget with a 6.95-percent tax increase, a recalculation based on new data boosted that to 12.7 percent. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: TAX BILLS SOAR ON ADJUSTMENT"
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August 3rd, 2015 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: MEET THE FOLKS IN BLUE
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The chance to dunk-tank a local official is just part of the free, family-friendly fun as the Fair Haven Police presents its 13th annual National Night Out Against Crime communityContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: MEET THE FOLKS IN BLUE"
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August 3rd, 2015 @ 5am
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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.
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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.