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Category Archives: RUMSON

RUMSON: LIBRARY RAISES ROOF FUNDS
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Rumson’s Oceanic library, a former post office, needs a new roof. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club in RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON: LIBRARY RAISES ROOF FUNDS"
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September 15th, 2014 @ 4pm
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OARS IN FOR FIFTH RUMSON BOAT RACE
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The rowing team from Drexel University gets set to compete during a past edition of the Rumson Boat Race. The champions of the annual Dad Vail competition return to theContinue reading "OARS IN FOR FIFTH RUMSON BOAT RACE"
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September 15th, 2014 @ 8am
Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School The Daily Beast has named Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School to its “Top High Schools 2014.” The highly popular news and opinionContinue reading "RFH MAKES LIST OF TOP US SCHOOLS"
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September 10th, 2014 @ 6am
SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR COAST’S FUTURE
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The documentary film SHORED UP, which examines the collision between coastal development and severe weather in New Jersey and North Carolina, will be shown September 20 at a special screeningContinue reading "SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR COAST’S FUTURE"
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September 8th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: JAKE TAVILL, SOULFUL SENIOR
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Jake Tavill at home in Rumson last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD This may be the era of inescapable rap, but listenersContinue reading "RUMSON: JAKE TAVILL, SOULFUL SENIOR"
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September 4th, 2014 @ 11am
RUMSON: JUST ANOTHER TEARDOWN?
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A riverfront mansion in Rumson may put a new spin on the concept of real estate teardowns. The 12,000-square-foot house at 8 Navesink Avenue, with eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms,Continue reading "RUMSON: JUST ANOTHER TEARDOWN?"
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September 2nd, 2014 @ 5pm
RUMSON: ART SHOW OPENS
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With watercolors, oils, and photography by 84 artists lining the halls, rooms and cloisters, more than 200 people showed up for the opening reception of the Canterbury Art Show atContinue reading "RUMSON: ART SHOW OPENS"
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August 30th, 2014 @ 9am
IT’S ALL CRICKET, AT LIBRARY FUNDRAISER
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The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is the setting for a roof-raising fundraiser, on behalf of Rumson’s Oceanic Free Library and scheduled for September 14. When last we lookedContinue reading "IT’S ALL CRICKET, AT LIBRARY FUNDRAISER"
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August 29th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: ON THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY
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St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church takes its place among the works of art on display, with tours offered during the annual Canterbury Art Show that begins on Friday, August 29. ReturningContinue reading "RUMSON: ON THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY"
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August 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
The overdose death of an Oxford House resident has resulted in charges against a man described by authorities as an acquaintance.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RUMSON: MAN CHARGED IN OXFORD O.D."
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August 26th, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HEARING OPENS ON MARKET PLAN
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Audience members reviewing the site plan for a market, condos and townhomes at Red Bank’s five corners, detailed below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: HEARING OPENS ON MARKET PLAN"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 10pm
RUMSON: SUEDE TO THE RHYTHM
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Social media-savvy Canadian band Cherry Suede takes it to Molly Maguire’s in Rumson for their sole area appearance, this Saturday night. The tour itinerary includes Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia and…Rumson? LastContinue reading "RUMSON: SUEDE TO THE RHYTHM"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HEARING SET FOR MARKET & HOMES
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Developer Ray Rapcavage’s plans call for a market, above, as well as condos and townhomes at Red Bank’s five corners, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Almost aContinue reading "RED BANK: HEARING SET FOR MARKET & HOMES"
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August 20th, 2014 @ 6am
How do you top an 11-1 season that ended with a NJSIAA Group II State Championship? After the best football campaign in school history, the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Bulldogs areContinue reading "CHAMPS IN 2013, R-FH TRIES TO STAY HUNGRY"
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August 19th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: A DAY TRIMMED IN BLUE
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Residents of the Green awoke to cool temperatures in the low 60s Thursday morning, which reminded redbankgreen of these photos from a week ago, taken on West River Road andContinue reading "RUMSON: A DAY TRIMMED IN BLUE"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 6am
A ‘TOAST FOR DENNIS’ IN RUMSON
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Press release from Christine Burke Associates For the sixth year, the Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski II Memorial Fund will present its annual Toast to Dennis on Saturday, September 6. ScheduledContinue reading "A ‘TOAST FOR DENNIS’ IN RUMSON"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 6am
ST. GEORGE’S SHOW BENEFITS AMANDA’S EASEL
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Amanda’s Easel Program Coordinator Cindi Westendorf is pictured with volunteers in the children’s art gallery at the 2013 Canterbury Art Show. The locally based art therapy program will once againContinue reading "ST. GEORGE’S SHOW BENEFITS AMANDA’S EASEL"
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July 31st, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: PIEBALD DEER SPOTTED
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A redbankgreen reader spied this unusual piebald white-tailed deer in Rumson earlier this week, declining to be more specific about its location. A genetic mutation that occurs in less thanContinue reading "RUMSON: PIEBALD DEER SPOTTED"
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July 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: MEET YOU UPSTAIRS
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In one of the more unusual post-Sandy renovation jobs, the Rumson home of David and Trish Docherty has the lower floors finally re-meeting the dormers, which were been suspended inContinue reading "RUMSON: MEET YOU UPSTAIRS"
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July 18th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: TWO RIVER TIMES SOLD
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New Two River Times owner Domenic DiPiero watching the fireworks show he hosted for Riverview Medical Center at his mother’s home in Locust last month. Mickey Gooch, below with stateContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO RIVER TIMES SOLD"
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July 17th, 2014 @ 6am
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.
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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.