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R-FH STUDENTS SET TO MIX IT UP AT LUNCH
Student Peer Leaders at Rumson-Fair haven Regional High School met last year to discuss the Mix It Up at Lunch” event and other activities associated with friendship and respect. SimilarContinue reading "R-FH STUDENTS SET TO MIX IT UP AT LUNCH"
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RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE FOCUS OF COMPLAINTS
The Rumson house where a man was found dead of a suspected drug overdose Sunday quietly became an addiction recovery residence in August, neighbors say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE FOCUS OF COMPLAINTS"
R-FH GIRLS NOTCH BIG VICTORIES THIS FALL
Caroline Heins and Jesse Rigby were announced as winners at the Monmouth County Girls Tennis Tournament on September 21 and 22. A major first place finish for the girls’ crossContinue reading "R-FH GIRLS NOTCH BIG VICTORIES THIS FALL"
RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE DEATH INVESTIGATED
The death of a person found at a Rumson residence Sunday is under investigation, police Chief Scott Paterson tells redbankgreen. Kin of the deceased haven’t been notified, so he’s unableContinue reading "RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE DEATH INVESTIGATED"
GETTING IT RIGHT, FOR DIFFERENT LEARNERS
Accommodations and services are provided in a very different manner in colleges than they are in high schools. For most students, the changes may not be significant — unfortunately, othersContinue reading "GETTING IT RIGHT, FOR DIFFERENT LEARNERS"
A Staten Island man was in the Monmouth County lockup following his arrest on charges he scammed a Rumson family impacted by Hurricane Sandy out of $37,000, authorities said FridayContinue reading "RUMSON: CHARGES FILED IN SANDY SCAM"
RED BANK: BOOTS ON BROAD STREET
It was one of those boring rainy days in downtown Red Bank when everyone seems to stay put in the office or at home. But it didn’t stop Tracy StamerContinue reading "RED BANK: BOOTS ON BROAD STREET"
FORECAST: ‘PROLONGED’ STORM MAY SOAK US
A slow-moving coastal storm is expected to linger along the Jersey Shore, bringing gale-force winds and minor flooding Wednesday through Saturday, according to a report issued by the National WeatherContinue reading "FORECAST: ‘PROLONGED’ STORM MAY SOAK US"
CARNIVAL SETS THE STAGE FOR R-FH VS. RBR
Participants enjoy last year’s inaugural RFH Homecoming Carnival, which was held in the school’s gym due to rain. This year’s event is scheduled for October 4 from 5-8 pm onContinue reading "CARNIVAL SETS THE STAGE FOR R-FH VS. RBR"
RCDS: SMALL BEGINNINGS, BIG ACHIEVEMENTS
Nick Dawes of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is the celebrity guest auctioneer at a gala for the Rumson Country Day School’s Horizons Rumson program, scheduled for November 2 at Rumson Country Club.Continue reading "RCDS: SMALL BEGINNINGS, BIG ACHIEVEMENTS"
CONVICT IN RUMSON MURDER SEEKS RETRIAL
The Red Bank Register story reporting the arrest of Albert Erle Kershaw in February, 1988. (Click to enlarge) From Sunday’s Star-Ledger, a report on the efforts of a convicted killerContinue reading "CONVICT IN RUMSON MURDER SEEKS RETRIAL"
R-FH GRADS EMBARK ON AFRICAN ADVENTURE
Leah Small and Olivia Brown, two members of the 2009 RFH Graduating Class, are heading to Burkina Faso in West Africa to provide Health Care services as Peace Corps volunteers.Continue reading "R-FH GRADS EMBARK ON AFRICAN ADVENTURE"
By JOHN T. WARD A two-day gun-buyback program aimed at getting unwanted firearms out of circulation ended with a bit of a bang this weekend. Police in affluent, suburban RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON OUTDRAWS ASBURY IN GUN BUYBACK"
R-FH ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO ‘BRING IT’
By MARY ANN KAMPFE/ RFHRHS Public Relations Students at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School are now toting something extra to their classrooms along with the usual pencils and notebooks. This month,Continue reading "R-FH ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO ‘BRING IT’"
WEEKEND: IDEAS, MUSIC, FOOD, ART & TRUCKS
Local faves Brian Kirk and the Jirks, above, return for the fourth Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival on Sunday. Below, Touch-a-Truck parks it at the Red Bank Middle School SaturdayContinue reading "WEEKEND: IDEAS, MUSIC, FOOD, ART & TRUCKS"
Rumson is one of two Monmouth County towns that will serve as collection sites Friday and Saturday for a gun buyback program. Weapons may be surrendered anonymously, with no questionsContinue reading "RUMSON: GUN BUYBACK, NO QUESTIONS ASKED"
WEEKEND EVENTS ON THE GREEN
Flashing spokes and vivid colors mark the super-competitive Tour de Fair Haven Sunday.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Saturday, September 14: RED BANK: Scramble up your SaturdayContinue reading "WEEKEND EVENTS ON THE GREEN"
RUMSON: RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATIONS
News about students from Rumson… • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY announced that Rumson’s Thomas Gabriel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Management in May of 2013.Continue reading "RUMSON: RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATIONS"
WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND? SO MUCH CHOICE
The Red Bank Street Fair late summer edition returns Sunday. The Count Basie Theatre, below, is home to a weekend-long food extravaganza called ‘Appetite.’ (Click to enlarge) Friday, September 6:Continue reading "WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND? SO MUCH CHOICE"
RUMSON: PREPPING THE GARDEN FOR AUTUMN
Wendy Weiner, aka the Front Yard Farmer, in a garden she maintains in Rumson. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Think of eating from a Jersey  garden,Continue reading "RUMSON: PREPPING THE GARDEN FOR AUTUMN"
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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.
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.