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Category Archives: Philanthropy

FUNDRAISERS BRING WARMTH TO AREA
Buzz, Woody and the gang are back for one more big-screen adventure, when TOY STORY 3 returns for a special showing at Clearview Cinemas to benefit Bridge of Books. WhileContinue reading "FUNDRAISERS BRING WARMTH TO AREA"
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February 3rd, 2011 @ 7am
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DOIN’ GOOD, IN DOLDRUM DAYS
Alan LeBouef (at right, as Paul) leads the Stars of BEATLEMANIA in a fab fundraiser for the Red Bank Rotary Club, at Two River Theater. In case you haven’t noticed,Continue reading "DOIN’ GOOD, IN DOLDRUM DAYS"
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January 7th, 2011 @ 8am
A HEAPING HARVEST OF GOOD DEEDS
Clockwise from top left: Village People chief Felipe Rose, Blondie bombshell Debbie Harry, funk bassmaster TM Stevens and  actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan are the honorees at the Monmouth County ArtsContinue reading "A HEAPING HARVEST OF GOOD DEEDS"
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October 20th, 2010 @ 1pm
OVER A DOZEN FUN WAYS TO HELP OTHERS
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Hollywood’s Siobhan Fallon Hogan, TV’s Real Housewife Caroline Manzo and Broadway’s Michael Mulheren appear at local fundraisers in the coming days. There’s a gala for the neediest of our neighborsContinue reading "OVER A DOZEN FUN WAYS TO HELP OTHERS"
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September 30th, 2010 @ 9am
JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED
Judith Stanley Coleman at the opening of the Tiffany store in Red Bank in November, 2007. (Click to enlarge) Judith Stanley Coleman, an ardent land conservationist and philanthropist from Middletown,Continue reading "JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED"
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August 2nd, 2010 @ 12pm
SUCCESS COMES WITH STRUGGLES AT PARKER
Joseph Aochoa, of Keansburg, has been visiting the Parker Family Medical Center since its start in Red Bank 10 years ago. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "SUCCESS COMES WITH STRUGGLES AT PARKER"
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July 14th, 2010 @ 1pm
IN oRBit: A WINTRY MIX FOR MIDWEEK
Granted, it’s still the darkest days of the cultural offseason, but in today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, we’ll remind you that there’s never nothing happening here in our prime-cutContinue reading "IN oRBit: A WINTRY MIX FOR MIDWEEK"
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January 25th, 2010 @ 6am
Hovnanian Enterprises, the Red Bank-based national homebuilder, has announced the death of its founder, Kevork Hovnanian. No details were given about the cause or date of death. Hovnanian lived inContinue reading "KEVORK HOVNANIAN DIES AT 86"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 1pm
FOOD PANTRY LENDS A CARING HAND
A client signs in at the Project Loaves and Fishes food pantry at St. Anthony’s on a recent Tuesday night. When Jeannette O’Bryant’s son and daughter-in-law lost their jobs recently,Continue reading "FOOD PANTRY LENDS A CARING HAND"
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September 1st, 2009 @ 11am
MORANA SEEDS PRESERVATION EFFORT
Superintendent Laura Morana will give up half her pay raise this year to fund the effort at the Red Bank Primary School. A push to transform the 17-acre Red BankContinue reading "MORANA SEEDS PRESERVATION EFFORT"
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June 19th, 2009 @ 6am
Pim Van Hemmen at home in Fair Haven. By JoANN PILEGGI Just past the crack of dawn several days a week, Pim Van Hemmen can be seen running at a good clip through Fair Haven. But he's running a little...
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February 13th, 2009 @ 5am
Today's Star-Ledger's has a page-one story about the selections of Kevin Ryan and Virginia Bauer to top posts at Covenant House, the New York-based charity for homeless youth. Ryan, a former head of the New Jersey Department of Children and...
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February 2nd, 2009 @ 6am
A frozen turkey ready for pickup near boxes packed with soup, stuffing, canned fruit, vegetables and pies at the Salvation Army facility on Newman Springs Road yesterday. The Red Bank Corps of the Salvation Army gave out frozen turkeys and...
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November 26th, 2008 @ 7am
Eight-year-old Maddy Ward writes her name on the wall of the theater this morning as a four-month renovation got underway. The scaffolding was up and an access hole had already been cut in the lobby wall as the Count Basie...
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June 30th, 2008 @ 10am
By TOM CHESEK Well, that was certainly the summer that was: the season of beach badges, clam shooters and Met meltdowns is barely a week old, but over at the Count Basie Theatre it's a time to shut off the...
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June 27th, 2008 @ 10am
The facade of the small building next door to the theater was the last piece to go; now there's just a hole in the ground. (Facade photo courtesy of Wendy Spencer) A small, ivy-swaddled office building that stood next door...
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June 19th, 2008 @ 6am
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.