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Category Archives: Places of Worship

RUMSON: ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR ANNUAL SHOW
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Michael Scherfen — whose painting “The Ruthie ‘n Junie, Belford NJ” is pictured above — was among the award winners at last year’s Canterbury Art Show in Rumson. The annualContinue reading "RUMSON: ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR ANNUAL SHOW"
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May 1st, 2015 @ 6am
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Press release from Monmouth Reform Temple Tikkun Olam, the Jewish tenet of “Repairing the World,” will be on full display in May during two major social action events planned byContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: SOCIAL ACTION EVENTS AT MRT"
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May 1st, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: CHURCH GOING TO THE DOGS
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Pets and their human companions are welcome at a new animal-friendly worship service launched by St. George’s-by-the-River in Rumson last month. The service is held on the second Saturday ofContinue reading "RUMSON: CHURCH GOING TO THE DOGS"
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April 10th, 2015 @ 10am
Press release from Congregation B’Nai Israel On Saturday, April 25, Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson will be hosting a gala dinner dance to honor congregants and raise essential funds forContinue reading "RUMSON: A BENE FETE AT CBI"
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April 6th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Congregation B’Nai Israel In light of recent events in troubled nations around the globe, it is important to educate ourselves and our children about the horrors ofContinue reading "RUMSON: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AT CBI"
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April 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: PULITZER WINNER SPEAKS AT CBI
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Press release from Congregation B’Nai Israel On the morning of Sunday, May 3, Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson welcomes the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Bret Stephens, for a discussion aboutContinue reading "RUMSON: PULITZER WINNER SPEAKS AT CBI"
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March 20th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: IN COMMUNION WITH THE ANIMALS
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Mass celebrants weren’t all equally attentive to Reverend Ophelia Laughlin at a pets-welcome worship at St. George’s-by-the-River in Rumson Saturday. About two dozen dogs, and a hamster named Hamstie, atContinue reading "RUMSON: IN COMMUNION WITH THE ANIMALS"
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March 16th, 2015 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: PLAN FOR CHURCH SITE WINS OK
The Episcopal Diocese plans to repurpose the windows of the church, which was built by volunteers in 1967. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: PLAN FOR CHURCH SITE WINS OK"
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March 12th, 2015 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: PLAN CALLS FOR RAZING CHURCH
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The church, seen here and below in photos from 2009, would be replaced by three homes if a developer’s plan is approved. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: PLAN CALLS FOR RAZING CHURCH"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: IT’S ANOTHER TEQUILA TWILIGHT
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Under the musical direction of Jeff MacPherson — seen here with a dove friend at his Red Bank home in 2013 — a flock of local musicians, including Pat Guadagno,Continue reading "RUMSON: IT’S ANOTHER TEQUILA TWILIGHT"
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March 4th, 2015 @ 8am
RUMSON: TEMPLE WELCOMES FILMMAKER
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Press release from Congregation B’nai Israel On Tuesday, March 10, Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson will welcome guest speaker Carole Basri for a special event. A lawyer, filmmaker andContinue reading "RUMSON: TEMPLE WELCOMES FILMMAKER"
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February 18th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Congregation B’nai Israel National Poetry Month is just around the corner in April, and the library committee at Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) will once again be hostingContinue reading "RUMSON: CBI CALLS FOR POETRY ENTRIES"
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February 18th, 2015 @ 6am
M’TOWN: INTIMATE CLASSICS, REVERENT JAZZ
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Violinist Joel DeWitt (left) presents a program of chamber duets at Middletown Library on Monday evening…while drummer John Gronert (right) is among the cats taking part in a February 19Continue reading "M’TOWN: INTIMATE CLASSICS, REVERENT JAZZ"
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February 13th, 2015 @ 12pm
RUMSON: PETS WELCOME AT CHURCH SERVICE
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Reverend Ophelia Laughlin blesses a dog at St. George’s-by-the-River’s annual St. Francis Day event last October. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Vatican mayContinue reading "RUMSON: PETS WELCOME AT CHURCH SERVICE"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 10am
RB REGIONAL’S CLAY HONORED ON MLK DAY
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Red Bank Regional principal Risa Clay was honored by the Pilgrim Baptist Church’s Commemorative Celebration Committee with its Community Leadership Award, on Martin Luther King Day. Press release from RedContinue reading "RB REGIONAL’S CLAY HONORED ON MLK DAY"
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January 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: A DOC-THRILLER ON THE GREEN
The trailer for “The Green Prince,” screening at Congregation B’nai Israel later this month with a kosher lunch. It’s preceded by “a delicious, kosher Israeli lunch,” according to a pressContinue reading "RUMSON: A DOC-THRILLER ON THE GREEN"
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January 13th, 2015 @ 5am
LINCROFT: UNINDICTED COW-CONSPIRATORS
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The cow-troversial documentary feature COWSPIRACY: THE SUSTAINABILITY SECRET screens for free at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Lincroft, as a Sunday presentation of NJ Farm Animal Save. It’s beenContinue reading "LINCROFT: UNINDICTED COW-CONSPIRATORS"
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January 10th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: A TALK ABOUT ‘DEGENERATE’ ART
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Press release from Congregation B’Nai Israel “Degenerate Art” — or artwork that Hitler saw as a menace to German culture — is once again in the headlines, as looted artContinue reading "RUMSON: A TALK ABOUT ‘DEGENERATE’ ART"
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January 6th, 2015 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: WHERE IS JUDGE GRIMKE?
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Author Louise W. Knight joins a panel of fellow historians at Shrewsbury’s Christ Church on Tuesday morning,  for an investigation into the somewhat curious burial of Revolutionary War figure JohnContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: WHERE IS JUDGE GRIMKE?"
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January 3rd, 2015 @ 12pm
SANDY HOOK: A NEW YEAR’S REFRESH
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The beaches and walkways of Sandy Hook’s northern tip in winter are the subject of the 39th annual New Year’s Day Beach Walk, hosted by the local chapter of theContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: A NEW YEAR’S REFRESH"
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December 31st, 2014 @ 12pm
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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 ...