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Category Archives: Children & Teens

A Red Bank man who worked as an organist for a Shrewsbury church faces up to five years in jail for his admission that he sexually assaulted a minor, accordingContinue reading "ORGANIST ADMITS TO CHILD-SEX CHARGE"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 5pm
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Two local teenagers were arrested in Red Bank Thursday after being caught spray-painting a downtown building, police said. Thomas Ley, 18, of Rumson, was arrested and chargedContinue reading "TEENS BUSTED FOR ROOFTOP GRAFFITI"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A recent Red Bank Regional graduate who was accepted to Julliard‘s prestigious dance program was badly injured in an assault Sunday night, Red Bank police said. PoliceContinue reading "RBR DANCE STUDENT INJURED IN BEATING"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
TEEN BUSTED FOR NAVESINK BURGLARY
A Middletown police cruiser. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In this week’s roundup of police activity, Middletown police made a burglary bust at a homeContinue reading "TEEN BUSTED FOR NAVESINK BURGLARY"
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June 22nd, 2011 @ 2pm
“BATTER UP” AT BASIE FIELDS
A challenger in last year’s Batter Up home run derby. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Barrett Dalton; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There are two reasons baseballs will be flyingContinue reading "“BATTER UP” AT BASIE FIELDS"
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June 16th, 2011 @ 12pm
RED BANK AUTHOR DEBUTS NEW RULEBOOK
John Grandits and his new children’s book, which hits shelves next month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI John Grandits, the accomplished children’s author and memberContinue reading "RED BANK AUTHOR DEBUTS NEW RULEBOOK"
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June 16th, 2011 @ 8am
BETTER MAKE MINE A TRIPLE
The 10-year-old Lizzote triplets of Rumson — Michael, Thomas & John, behind the table – set up a lemonade stand Sunday not to add to their piggy banks but forContinue reading "BETTER MAKE MINE A TRIPLE"
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June 13th, 2011 @ 10am
STUDENTS GO OFF THE DEEP END AT THE Y
Swimming lessons for borough third-graders were offered as part of a larger program to expand the Community YMCA’s public outreach. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "STUDENTS GO OFF THE DEEP END AT THE Y"
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June 10th, 2011 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN TEENS PAY IT FORWARD
Cousins Mike Ruane and Erika Rech are gearing up for a round of heavy fundraising for Breast Friends Forever, the non-profit they created as high school freshmen. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN TEENS PAY IT FORWARD"
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June 7th, 2011 @ 9am
CODA FOR TWO MUSIC SHOPS ON MONMOUTH
Summit Music has cleared out, and across the street, Honey Child Music has shut its doors. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Within days of eachContinue reading "CODA FOR TWO MUSIC SHOPS ON MONMOUTH"
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June 2nd, 2011 @ 8am
‘CRASH’ SENDS MESSAGE IN GORY DETAIL
Local volunteers ready a mock patient to be removed from a staged car crash and transported via a helicopter. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI WithContinue reading "‘CRASH’ SENDS MESSAGE IN GORY DETAIL"
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May 27th, 2011 @ 11am
FIREWORKS FEE AMENDED FOR KIDS
The Red Bank council amended the entry fee for the Kaboom fireworks Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s council had a collective palm-to-foreheadContinue reading "FIREWORKS FEE AMENDED FOR KIDS"
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May 27th, 2011 @ 6am
Students at Red Bank Regional held their annual Relay for Life fundraiser for cancer research Friday night into Saturday morning. redbankgreen photog Peter Linder was there to document the smilesContinue reading "WALKING THE SOGGY WALK FOR A CAUSE"
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May 23rd, 2011 @ 12pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI You can’t say the students and administrators of Red Bank Middle School aren’t resilient. After budgetary shortfalls sent after-school sports to the scrap heap, parents banded togetherContinue reading "STUDENTS NYC-BOUND, WITH PUBLIC’S HELP"
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May 20th, 2011 @ 6am
DRUG ALLIANCE SPEAKS HARSH TRUTH
Children and adults packed the auditorium at the Middletown Arts Center for the eighth annual Reaching Out To Prevent Substance Abuse symposium. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "DRUG ALLIANCE SPEAKS HARSH TRUTH"
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May 19th, 2011 @ 8am
FROM SURROGACY ‘EXPERIENCE,’ TWO BIRTHS
The arrival of Blair Sullivan Cuje’s daughter Chloe, who was carried to term by another woman, gave rise to a new Red Bank business. (Click to enlarge) Because of longstandingContinue reading "FROM SURROGACY ‘EXPERIENCE,’ TWO BIRTHS"
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May 10th, 2011 @ 1pm
SCHOOL’S IN AT FAIR HAVEN LODGE
Gene and Debbie Trotta outside the former Masonic lodge on River Road in Fair Haven, which is now home to their pre-school, Smart Start. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "SCHOOL’S IN AT FAIR HAVEN LODGE"
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May 2nd, 2011 @ 3pm
SPRING 2011: BARGAIN BEVERAGE
The first day of May was perfect for catching some sun and a few bucks. Kristina Taylor, 11, set up a lemonade stand outside her home on Ward Avenue inContinue reading "SPRING 2011: BARGAIN BEVERAGE"
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May 2nd, 2011 @ 5am
Coming to Red Bank Middle School tonight: the twirlingest, flyingest, dunkingest Harlem Wizards.
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April 28th, 2011 @ 9am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If voters approve school budgets next week, Sea Bright, which sends students to two different districts and has no schools of its own, will see both increasesContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TAB FOR SRHS: $90K PER STUDENT"
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April 21st, 2011 @ 1pm
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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
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.