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PRIMARY SCHOOL BIDS PRINCIPAL FAREWELL
The Red Bank Primary School PTO threw a sendoff dinner in the school cafeteria Monday night for principal Rick Cohen, who is leaving this week to become director of curriculumContinue reading "PRIMARY SCHOOL BIDS PRINCIPAL FAREWELL"
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March 27th, 2012 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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For the third consecutive year, Red Bank Middle Schoolers have exterminated the competition in a national video-production contest sponsored by a pest-control trade group. The $3,000 grand prize for theContinue reading "RBMS BAGS MORE CASH WITH ANTI-RAT RAP"
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March 21st, 2012 @ 8am
A two-classrooom expansion of Point Road School to accommodate a new all-day kindergarten program won overwhelming approval by Little Silver voters Tuesday, according to figures reported by the Asbury ParkContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER OKS ALL-DAY-KINDERGARTEN"
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March 14th, 2012 @ 4am
RFH ROWING: RIG, RIG, RIG YOUR BOAT
Wednesday was the first day of the outdoor season for members of RFH Rowing, the sculling crews of Rumson and Fair Haven teens.  The kids spent the session on dryContinue reading "RFH ROWING: RIG, RIG, RIG YOUR BOAT"
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March 8th, 2012 @ 7am
Garrett Sickels, the Red Bank Regional football standout, has verbally committed to play at Penn State, according to reports making the rounds Monday. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, theContinue reading "RBR’S SICKELS COMMITS TO PENN STATE"
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March 5th, 2012 @ 6am
R-FH TOPS RBR IN RIDGE ROAD RIVALRY
Delores Martin, mother of point guard Asim Jules, cheers on Red Bank Regional in its NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II showdown against Rumson-Fair Haven Tuesday night. Bulldog senior JJ ConklinContinue reading "R-FH TOPS RBR IN RIDGE ROAD RIVALRY"
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February 29th, 2012 @ 6am
Scenes from the second annual Sunday Showcase at Red Bank Regional High on Sunday, in which dozens of students danced, sang, played and spoke, accompanied by Tim McLoone and theContinue reading "SHOW TIME AT RBR"
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February 27th, 2012 @ 8am
Ledger Live‘s Brian Donohue, a Red Bank resident, thinks his property taxes are a pretty good bargain, considering what they buy him.
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February 1st, 2012 @ 7am
Two classrooms would be added to the Point Road School to accommodate the program. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After almost four years of study and discussion, aContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER TO VOTE ON ALL-DAY-K FUNDS"
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January 31st, 2012 @ 7am
TEACHER, LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE TO JAM
The original Pink Floyd video for ‘Another Brick in the Wall.’ At the institution of higher-decibel education known as the School of Rock, there’s a tradition in which students atContinue reading "TEACHER, LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE TO JAM"
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January 18th, 2012 @ 2pm
The water was calm as hundreds dove in Sunday (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click embiggen symbol in lower right corner to enlarge) Hundreds of local Catholic school supporters dashed intoContinue reading "MAKING A SPLASH FOR PAROCHIAL ED"
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January 9th, 2012 @ 7am
FOURSOME LAUNCHING RUMSON ART SCHOOL
Beth Sillen, Eileen Burgess, Meg Sellig and Maricarmen Buckley hope Canvas Studio Art will fill a void that the public schools cannot. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD TheyContinue reading "FOURSOME LAUNCHING RUMSON ART SCHOOL"
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December 8th, 2011 @ 12pm
RBC GYMNASTICS COACH SUTPHEN DIES
The Red Bank Catholic community is mourning the loss this week of  girls’ gymnastics coach Maureen Sutphen. Sutphen, 51, died Tuesday of complications of surgery at Riverview Medical Center, theContinue reading "RBC GYMNASTICS COACH SUTPHEN DIES"
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December 8th, 2011 @ 6am
PUT A TIGER IN YOUR THINK TANK AT BCC
The squadron’s fighter planes featured some fearsome fangs. (Click to enlarge) The Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution at Brookdale Community College presents another in a seriesContinue reading "PUT A TIGER IN YOUR THINK TANK AT BCC"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 6pm
TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS
Seventh-grader Rebecca Unsinn weighs in on stop signs, above, and resident Dorothy Nowack, below, makes a pitch for keeping chickens in her yard. (Click to enlarge) Students at Fair Haven’sContinue reading "TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS"
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November 29th, 2011 @ 8am
LIBRARY HEAD ADDS NEW CHAPTER TO TALE
Eight-year-old Andrea John introduces herself to Mary Faith Chmiel at a meet-the-director event held at the library earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Book-loving Red BankersContinue reading "LIBRARY HEAD ADDS NEW CHAPTER TO TALE"
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November 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
PASTA, POULTRY & GOOD DEEDS ON THE SIDE
The most eagerly anticipated touch football event of the season takes place on November 26, when the annual Turkey Bowl raises funds for Jason’s Dream for Kids, at Thompson MiddleContinue reading "PASTA, POULTRY & GOOD DEEDS ON THE SIDE"
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November 11th, 2011 @ 8am
DOWDY FIREPLUGS GET THE EAGLE EYE
1. Scout Jack Hayes, who organized the hydrant-painting effort. 2. Ryan Jacobs, 15, left and Myles Donohue, 16, of Boy Scout Troop 67 at work on Shrewsbury Avenue. 3. TheContinue reading "DOWDY FIREPLUGS GET THE EAGLE EYE"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 9am
‘A LOVE LETTER TO TEACHERS’ AT TRTC
Nilaja Sun stars as teacher, students, parents and faculty in NO CHILD…, the Obie winning one woman show going up at Two River Theater in Red Bank. (Photo by CAROLContinue reading "‘A LOVE LETTER TO TEACHERS’ AT TRTC"
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November 1st, 2011 @ 5am
Q FOR GOP: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
Westside Community Group president Amy Goldsmith, right, discusses the debate format with candidates Juanita Lewis, Joe Mizzi, Grace Cangemi and Ed Zipprich. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RedContinue reading "Q FOR GOP: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"
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October 20th, 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 ...