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Category Archives: Children & Teens

Today's Asbury Park Press takes a look at the four-candidate race for three Red Bank Board of Education seats and labels it a 'dogfight.' Huh? Hyperbole aside, the article frames the race among the candidates: board Vice President Ann Roseman;...
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April 17th, 2009 @ 8am
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Superintendent Laura Morana, left, records results as school board members Janet Jones and Peter Noble draw lots. Red Bank School officials today drew lots to fill next school year's expanded pre-K program for three-year olds. The lottery was needed because...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 2pm
The four candidates for seats on the Red Bank Board of Education have been invited to a Q&A sponsored by the the Greater Red Bank branch of the NAACP scheduled for Tuesday night. Incumbents Ann Roseman, Carrie Ludwikowski and Toni...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 8am
Red Bank crossing guard Carl Colmorgen has been known to get into the spirit of the season with unusual headgear at his post at the corner of Broad Street and Harding Road. Yesterday, he wore rabbit ears supplemented by a...
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April 10th, 2009 @ 5am
Tuesday's Red Bank oRBit brings you an update on the kids from Rockit! For Kids, the Red Bank-based classic rock conservatory whose students have been leaving parents, professional musicians and even Rockit commander Bruce Gallipani "blown away" with their rapidly...
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April 7th, 2009 @ 5am
Cindy Burnham and Jack Privetera were onsite yesterday talking about where to plant a tree. Plans are moving ahead for the opening of Whatchamacallit Park in Red Bank. That's the borough-owned lot at the foot of Maple Avenue that last...
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April 1st, 2009 @ 10am
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that taxes in Rumson-Fair Haven high school district will drop overall next year as a result of a successful effort to shrink the budget. Fair Haven homeowners, however, will see an increase in their contribution...
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April 1st, 2009 @ 6am
Workers grade soil and lay sod at Red Bank's East Side Park Monday. The effort, which included the installation of several inches of clean topsoil, followed reports of soil contaminated with broken glass and other debris having been used at...
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March 31st, 2009 @ 5am
The center is to be housed at the corner of Drs. James Parker Boulevard and Bridge Avenue in a building that was once a bar and more recently served as the Count Basie Learning Center. Last week, after more than...
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March 30th, 2009 @ 10am
George Naeder outside Starbucks on March 18. A Red Bank man featured in a redbankgreen article last week about his dog's ability to attract the attention of women was arrested and charged with a sexual offense against a teenage girl,...
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March 27th, 2009 @ 1pm
About 150 parents turned out at Red Bank Regional on Thursday night for the second annual 'Surviving the Teen Years' symposium. Ptl. Peter Gibson, school resource officer, above, was joined by counselors and other law enforcement personnel to talk about...
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March 27th, 2009 @ 6am
At Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Thursday night, the student environmental club hosted 'Enviropalooza,' a confab highlighting efforts to reverse the degradation of the planet. Seniors Melanie Daly and Emily O'Connor displayed their research on horseshoe crabs, above, while juniors Brittany Wheaton...
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March 27th, 2009 @ 6am
Contractors working on the midfield at Count Basie Fields earlier this week raked out contaminated soil from the same loads used at East Side Park, borough officials confirmed. Playing fields at Red Bank's East Side Park, where soil containing shards...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 12pm
Neighbors Marc Dostie, left, and Mark Halloran show off some of the debris found in soil laid down recently at East Side Park. Evidence of glass and ceramic shards in fill dirt installed recently in Red Bank's East Side Park...
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March 24th, 2009 @ 8am
Students at the Red Bank Primary School getting into the spirit of the day at the unveiling yesterday of new playground equipment. (Click to enlarge. Photos courtesy of Jim Willis)
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March 24th, 2009 @ 7am
The action commences at 7:30p at borough hall. Red Bank's proposed spending plan for the coming fiscal year is slated for introduction at tonight's bimonthly council meeting. Also on the agenda: approval of a deal to start a community center...
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March 23rd, 2009 @ 9am
RBR Source program director Gilda Rogers and parent Karen Lloyd discuss plans for last year's 'Surviving the Teen Years' event, which will be reprised next week. By LAURA KOSS Teens can deplete medicine cabinets just a pill or two at...
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March 20th, 2009 @ 6am
The December stabbing of a woman outside the primary school during classes led to a brief lockdown of the River Street facility for security purposes. A man who authorities say repeatedly stabbed his estranged girlfriend outside the Red Bank Primary...
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March 18th, 2009 @ 6pm
Schools Superintendent Laura Morana, far right, watches a student learning demonstration last night with, from left, board members Marjorie Lowe and Rosemarie Kopka and business administrator Annie Darrow. Looks like Red Bank taxpayers will get some relief this year. Enough,...
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March 18th, 2009 @ 11am
She writes, she directs, she sings: Suzanne Sweeney leads her actors in warm-up vocal exercises before a recent rehearsal for this weekend's show. By LAURA KOSS Sitting alone in an otherwise empty auditorium, Suzanne Sweeney watches from the fourth row...
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March 18th, 2009 @ 6am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
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.
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