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FH KIDS ON A ROLL FOR TRANSITION DAY
The Fair Haven tradition known as Transition Day celebrates the progress of Sickles School third graders toward fourth grade at Knollwood School — and highlights the fact that a majorityContinue reading "FH KIDS ON A ROLL FOR TRANSITION DAY"
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RBR PROJECT PROM PROMOTES SMART CHOICES
Red Bank Regional students watch a simulated Medevac event as part of Project Prom, an annual program that encourages seniors to make smart choices during a time when many drunkenContinue reading "RBR PROJECT PROM PROMOTES SMART CHOICES"
RBR WRITERS WIN BIG IN NAT’L COMPETITION
RBR Visual & Performing Art Academy Creative Writing Majors won 97 awards at the prestigious National Scholastic competition, with silver medals awarded to Jack McLoone (far left), Liv Winnicki (secondContinue reading "RBR WRITERS WIN BIG IN NAT’L COMPETITION"
RFH STUDENTS VISIT THEIR ‘SISTER’ IN CHINA
Students from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School students immersed themselves in the culture and language of China, during a recent visit to Hanzhou Entel Foreign Language School. Press release fromContinue reading "RFH STUDENTS VISIT THEIR ‘SISTER’ IN CHINA"
RFH ART STUDENTS VISIT SCHROTH SCHOOL
Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Recently, several students from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School visited the Schroth School in Ocean Township to participate in art therapy activitiesContinue reading "RFH ART STUDENTS VISIT SCHROTH SCHOOL"
FAIR HAVEN: TEACHERS SETTLE CONTRACT
Superintendent Nelson Ribon fielded pointed questions from parents about the teachers’ contract and other issues at two packed meetings in April. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) AfterContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TEACHERS SETTLE CONTRACT"
It’s Grad Season at colleges and universities across the country, and young people from all over the greater Red Bank Green are among the many thousands of Class of 2014Continue reading "AREA STUDENTS EARN DEGREES, HONORS"
RED BANK: PROM PIX POSTED, OLD-SCHOOL
Photos from Red Bank High School proms of the 1950s in a display at borough hall. (Photos of photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: PROM PIX POSTED, OLD-SCHOOL"
TUTORING PARTNERSHIP HELPS RBR STUDENTS
In partnership with the Horizon Student Enrichment Program in Rumson, and donated space in the River Street Commons, the RBR SOURCE was able to create a valuable evening tutoring programContinue reading "TUTORING PARTNERSHIP HELPS RBR STUDENTS"
RED BANK: GIRL’S WISH IS TO ENABLE OTHERS
Eight-year-old Kasey Kennedy, a student at St. James School in Red Bank, with the members of the Red Bank Catholic Making Wishes Club – plus her little brother, Colin. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: GIRL’S WISH IS TO ENABLE OTHERS"
TRI-DISTRICT MUSIC FEST TAKES IT OUTSIDE
The June 12 Tri-District Music Festival will feature RFH student musicians along with their counterparts from Knollwood and Forrestdale schools. An annual tradition for over 17 years, the Tri-District MusicContinue reading "TRI-DISTRICT MUSIC FEST TAKES IT OUTSIDE"
RFH LACROSSE EARNS FIFTH TITLE
Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School The Boys Lacrosse team at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School won its fourth consecutive Shore Conference Tournament title, a feat that givesContinue reading "RFH LACROSSE EARNS FIFTH TITLE"
RED BANK HONORS ITS WAR DEAD
Red Bank marked Memorial Day 2014 with a song from the Red Bank Primary School Chorus, above, at the Veterans Monument at Monmouth Street and Drummond Place. (Photo by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK HONORS ITS WAR DEAD"
RFH, M’TOWN SOUTH WIN BIG AT BASIES
The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School staging of THE THREE MUSKETEERS won Outstanding Drama honors at the ninth annual Basie Awards, Wednesday night. Productions of Evita by Middletown High SchoolContinue reading "RFH, M’TOWN SOUTH WIN BIG AT BASIES"
FH KIDS WAX POETIC FOR SANDY VICTIMS
Caption: Diane Keaveny prepares to distribute tee shirts to the Knollwood fifth graders, while Kim Slate displays a copy of the book the students created to elicit donations for Sandy-relatedContinue reading "FH KIDS WAX POETIC FOR SANDY VICTIMS"
RFH STUDENTS HELP HAITIAN KIDS’ LITERACY
Students from Christine Berg’s French II Class with the “big books” they created in French after learning about a shortage of reading resources in Haiti. Press release from Rumson-Fair HavenContinue reading "RFH STUDENTS HELP HAITIAN KIDS’ LITERACY"
RBR CAPTAIN SIGNS WITH NJIT LACROSSE
Red Bank Regional senior and Lacrosse Captain Jake Smolokoff of Little Silver recently signed to play Lacrosse for NJIT’s inaugural team next year.  Pictured above at the signing are: (leftContinue reading "RBR CAPTAIN SIGNS WITH NJIT LACROSSE"
PTO GIVES A SURPRISE GIFT TO RBR STAFF
The transformed teachers’ lounge at Red Bank Regional High School was designed, managed and funded by the RBR PTO in collaboration with the school district. It was unveiled as aContinue reading "PTO GIVES A SURPRISE GIFT TO RBR STAFF"
RBR SPRING DANCE SHOW IS A CELEBRATION
Red Bank Regional senior dance majors are dressed for the concluding number of their Spring Dance Performance (as well as their high school careers), which is appropriately named Celebration.  PressContinue reading "RBR SPRING DANCE SHOW IS A CELEBRATION"
RBR STUDENTS REDUCE COLLEGE APP STRESS
Sophia Gutchinov, above, survived the challenges of the college-application process. Siani Henriques, below, is contending with them now. (Photo below by Isabel Halloran. Click to enlarge) By ISABEL HALLORAN RedContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS REDUCE COLLEGE APP STRESS"
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
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 ...
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.