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Category Archives: Human Rights

LINCROFT: BROTHERHOOD FOR BREAKFAST
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The Brookdale campus is the scene, as the inaugural Shore Region Interfaith Prayer Breakfast serves up a celebration of a rich and diverse ethnic, cultural and religious community. 
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LINCROFT: ART ‘FACING RACISM’ AT BCC
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Students from 19 area schools are the contributing artists, as Brookdale Community College hosts a reception for an art exhibit on the issue of Facing Racism.
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March 30th, 2016 @ 5am
The Fair Haven chapter of the UN's Girl Up Club campaign hosts a Father-Daughter Fundraiser dance at the Red Bank Elks Club on May 7, with deadline to register on April 10.
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March 21st, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: AMAZING GRACE AND JOAN
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Folk legend Joan Baez returns to the Count Basie stage for a Tuesday night concert on March 8.
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March 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: TALKING OUTSIDE THE ZONE
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The Eastern Branch Library is the setting, and the public is invited, as the local League of Women Voters host a March 30 discussion on race relations in our age.
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March 7th, 2016 @ 5am
KESHIA THOMAS TO SPEAK IN TINTON FALLS
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Noted social activist Keshia Thomas is special guest speaker at Monmouth Reform Temple, during the Shabbat evening service on March 11.
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March 4th, 2016 @ 5am
A MOVING BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM AT RBR
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The Red Bank Regional VPA orchestra accompanied Jazmin Graham as she sang the Nora Jones ballad “Don’t Know Why,” during the annual Black History Month program at the school. PressContinue reading "A MOVING BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM AT RBR"
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February 9th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A FREEDOM RIDER VISITS BCC
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Noted civil rights activist the Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. will give a free talk at Brookdale Community College on February 23. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr.) Press release fromContinue reading "LINCROFT: A FREEDOM RIDER VISITS BCC"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 5am
TINTON FALLS: ARC HAS NEW EXEC DIRECTOR
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Press release from The Arc of Monmouth In an announcement earlier this week, The Arc of Monmouth named Linda Mayo, MSW, MS as its new executive director, following the recentContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: ARC HAS NEW EXEC DIRECTOR"
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January 28th, 2016 @ 5am
PILGRIM BAPTIST, REFORM TEMPLE HONOR MLK
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A free screening of a documentary on Rabbi Joachim Prinz (left, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) is among the events scheduled during a weekend-long MLK Day observance, presented jointlyContinue reading "PILGRIM BAPTIST, REFORM TEMPLE HONOR MLK"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR STAFF HOSTS TRANSGENDER ADVOCATE
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School The staff of Red Bank Regional High School recently invited author, educator and advocate Seth Rainess to speak on the topic ofContinue reading "RBR STAFF HOSTS TRANSGENDER ADVOCATE"
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December 1st, 2015 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: THE SUBJECT IS RACE
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On Wednesday, December 9, the League of Women Voters of Greater Red Bank will present an interactive discussion about race relations in America today, with special guest panelist Gilda RogersContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: THE SUBJECT IS RACE"
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November 9th, 2015 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: A DANCE TO HERITAGE AT RBR
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Students and staff who produced and performed in the Hispanic Heritage program at Red Bank Regional High School included, back row, left to right:  Guadalupe Rodriguez, Brandon Trani, Guadalupe Luna, MizaniContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: A DANCE TO HERITAGE AT RBR"
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October 19th, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN MARKS A WEEK OF RESPECT
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Laraine Gaunt holds up the letter “R” for respect while addressing Sickles School students, as Principal Cheryl Cuddihy looks on. Press release from Fair Haven School District During the weekContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MARKS A WEEK OF RESPECT"
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October 15th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: NYT JOURNOS MAKE A ‘PATH’ TO BCC
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Pulitzer-winning journalists (and matrimonial partners) Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn visit Brookdale Community College on Wednesday, for a discussion keyed to their latest book (and affiliated PBS documentary), A PATHContinue reading "LINCROFT: NYT JOURNOS MAKE A ‘PATH’ TO BCC"
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September 29th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: STATE BIDS FOR FORTUNE HOUSE
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The home of pioneering human rights journalist T. Thomas Fortune has been vacant for many years. Below, an undated photo of Fortune, who owned it from 1901 to 1911.  (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: STATE BIDS FOR FORTUNE HOUSE"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: FRANK TALK ABOUT RACE AT RBPL
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Gilda Rogers is your host, as Red Bank Library presents the first in a series of free presentations entitled LET’S TALK ABOUT RACE. It’s being branded by the Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: FRANK TALK ABOUT RACE AT RBPL"
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August 24th, 2015 @ 12pm
Press release from Brookdale Community College In response to the recent tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education (Chhange) at Brookdale Community CollegeContinue reading "LINCROFT: A COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ON RACISM"
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July 15th, 2015 @ 6am
Sunday’s edition of the New York Times includes an article on the divergent fates of two historic New Jersey homes, one of them the Red Bank abode of early 20th-centuryContinue reading "RED BANK: NYTIMES NOTES FORTUNE EFFORT"
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June 20th, 2015 @ 8pm
LITTLE SILVER: MR. ZOOK’S OPUS
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Red Bank Regional music teacher Kristopher Zook conducts a multi-generational assembly of voices in the world premiere of his original work VOICES OF CHANGE, Thursday at RBR.  It’s an ambitiousContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: MR. ZOOK’S OPUS"
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May 19th, 2015 @ 4am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...