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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
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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
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
‘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
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
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
RBR STUDENT DANCES HIS WAY INTO JULLIARD
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The chances were about as good as getting struck by lightning, but a Red Bank Regional senior has made his way to one of the country’s mostContinue reading "RBR STUDENT DANCES HIS WAY INTO JULLIARD"
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April 14th, 2011 @ 9am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mater Dei High School‘s former dean of students was arrested by Middletown police Tuesday on sexual assault charges. Police say William Miltner, who worked at the schoolContinue reading "MATER DEI DEAN CHARGED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT"
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April 14th, 2011 @ 6am
M’TOWN POLICE MAKE 5 WEEKEND ARRESTS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police made five arrests over the weekend, with incidents including two failed burglary attempts and somebody allegedly trying to lift candy, socks and lawn care productsContinue reading "M’TOWN POLICE MAKE 5 WEEKEND ARRESTS"
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April 11th, 2011 @ 2pm
R-FH STUDENTS PRESS NO-BOOZE PLEDGE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If you see Mike Halfacre or John Ekdahl with a libation between now and April 16, be sure to slap them with detention. The mayors of FairContinue reading "R-FH STUDENTS PRESS NO-BOOZE PLEDGE"
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April 6th, 2011 @ 10am
TWEETING ASTRONAUT ORBITS INTO R-FH
U.S. Army Colonel and NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock stopped by R-FH Tuesday morning after spending six months in outer space. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "TWEETING ASTRONAUT ORBITS INTO R-FH"
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April 6th, 2011 @ 6am
TAKING TO THE AIR
A skateboarder takes advantage of Monday’s warm weather by practicing ollies at Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park. Tuesday will be cooler, wetter and windier, says the National Weather Service. (PhotoContinue reading "TAKING TO THE AIR"
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April 5th, 2011 @ 5am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The students at Red Bank Middle School — aka the video factory — are adding another award-winner to their bounty. For the second year in a row,Continue reading "ANOTHER RBMS VIDEO, ANOTHER PRIZE"
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March 25th, 2011 @ 1pm
LITTLE ELBOW ROOM AS YMCA GETS MAKEOVER
Kristen Sidun of Little Silver says she doesn’t mind the temporarily cramped conditions. Below, a schematic of the interior changes underway. (Click to enlarge) They’re sweating it out cheek-by-jowl atContinue reading "LITTLE ELBOW ROOM AS YMCA GETS MAKEOVER"
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March 25th, 2011 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s the moment most television producers pine for: a trip to the Big Apple, a walk down the red carpet and a chance to go home withContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN ‘FACTORY’ GETS EMMY NOD"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 2pm
“FRESH LOOK, FRESH IDEAS” AT OCEANIC
Lolly Ekdahl, Debra Williams and Nanette Reis at the newly renovated Oceanic Free Library in Rumson. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The unassuming building atContinue reading "“FRESH LOOK, FRESH IDEAS” AT OCEANIC"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 8am
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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.
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 ...