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Category Archives: Religion

RED BANK: CHURCH SELLS 70-YEAR HOME FOR $977K AND GOES “VIRTUAL”
After 70 years in Red Bank, Mount Zion House of Prayer sells its home for nearly $1 million as pastor says church is "virtual" for now and a new congregation breathes new life into the storied address. (click to read)
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February 4th, 2025 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted to prayer.
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April 20th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL AVOIDS ISRAEL-HAMAS DEBATE
RED BANK: Opposing advocates for Israel and Palestine argue over a non-existent ceasefire resolution as council stays out of it.
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February 23rd, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: ‘MIGHTY’ SOCIAL SERVICES IN SPOTLIGHT
RED BANK: With second warming center about to open, town spotlights "small but mighty network" of programs to provide shelter, nutrition and healthcare to those in need.
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October 31st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PILGRIM HOLDS BIBLE CAMP
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RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist Church wraps up its annual three-day Vacation Bible School & Bible Fitness Boot Camp.
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July 23rd, 2021 @ 9am
RED BANK: BON JOVI SPOTLIGHTS PORTER
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RED BANK: Rock star Jon Bon Jovi spoke with Pastor Terrence Porter of Pilgrim Baptist Church for a Christmas Eve segment on NBC's Today Show.
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December 28th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: Council meeting won't be held on Yom Kippur after all as three council members walk back their controversy-stirring votes.
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October 4th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ‘SURPRISE’ RIFT OVER YOM KIPPUR
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RED BANK: Rejecting otherwise routine change, council decides on split vote to stick to its schedule and meet on October 9, Yom Kippur.
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October 3rd, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: BON JOVI WARMS UP CENTER
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RED BANK: With heavy snow falling outside, Bon Jovi opens new 'warming center' for homeless men, the latest endeavor of his foundation.
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November 16th, 2018 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: JEWS MOURN & STAND FIRM
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ON THE GREEN: Hundreds of Jews and non-Jews pack temples in Rumson and Tinton Falls to mourn victims of Pittsburgh shootings.
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October 30th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: IMMIGRANTS PROCLAIM EQUALITY
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RED BANK: A march and rally for immigrant rights through downtown includes a declaration of moral support from borough police.
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December 2nd, 2017 @ 12pm
TINTON FALLS: GIVING BACK ON MITZVAH DAY
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TINTON FALLS: Monmouth Reform Temple members fan out to help in a wide variety of ways on Mitzvah Day.
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November 22nd, 2017 @ 10pm
RED BANK: ‘DREAMERS’ GET, AND LEND, A HAND
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RED BANK: At a clinic on navigating new DACA era, 'Dreamers' help others just like them file paperwork. Meanwhile, their futures are "on hold," says one.
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September 26th, 2017 @ 8am
LINCROFT: The Brookdale campus hosts the 2017 Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by Pilgrim Baptist of Red Bank.
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April 24th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: The Brookdale campus is the setting for a free April 20 panel discussion on "the Golden Rule."
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April 18th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ‘INCLUSIVE’ MEASURE SQUEAKS BY
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RED BANK: Council approves controversial "inclusive community" statement despite concerns about "false hopes" tied to sanctuary city concept.
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April 13th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: IMMIGRATION STANCE REVISITED
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RED BANK: Committee revisits, with no changes, controversial statement on undocumented immigrants expected to face possible council action next month.
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March 28th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: HRC HEAD CALLS FOR RESIGNATION
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RED BANK: Head of Human Relations Committee calls for Clancy's resignation for calling tearful testimony of Latino immigrants "heartwarming sob stories."
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March 16th, 2017 @ 7am
TINTON FALLS: Bring love and dignity, leave the political rhetoric, as Monmouth Reform Temple invites all faiths to a Monday evening gathering.
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March 10th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: NO ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
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RED BANK: Council takes no immediate action on controversial measure regarding law enforcement and undocumented immigrants.
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March 9th, 2017 @ 7am
Partyline
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 ...