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RED BANK: REC DIRECTOR QUITS
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Memone Crystian with Red Bank Little Leaguers in 2010. Tamila Bumback, below, will head the department on an interim basis. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’sContinue reading "RED BANK: REC DIRECTOR QUITS"
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May 27th, 2015 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The lacrosse squad of Rumson-Fair Haven missed out on a Shore Conference championship this year, but picked up another prize Saturday, topping New Providence, 12-8, for the South Jersey GroupContinue reading "RFH WINS SOUTH JERSEY GROUP 1 LAX TITLE"
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May 23rd, 2015 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT SERVES UP BEACH VOLLEYBALL
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Press release from Sea Bright Volleyball The Sea Bright Beach Volleyball League is serving up notice that the action will be in full swing for summer 2015, with registration openContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SERVES UP BEACH VOLLEYBALL"
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May 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
Eighth-seed Red Bank Catholic held off a rally to beat top-seed Colts Neck, 16-8 in the quarterfinals of the Shore Conference Tournament baseball Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone has the highlights.Continue reading "RBC TOPS COLTS NECK IN SCT QUARTERS"
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May 21st, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: OLD YEARBOOKS GET PIXELATED
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A screengrab of a “popularity poll” page in the 1956 Red Bank High School yearbook. And hey, do you recognize the graduate shown below? (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: OLD YEARBOOKS GET PIXELATED"
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May 20th, 2015 @ 6am
After falling behind 2-0, the Red Bank Catholic girls’ lacrosse squad surged to a 15-9 win at home over Robbinsville to advance in the South Jersey Group 2 title tourneyContinue reading "RBC GIRLS HEAD TO STATE LACROSSE SEMIS"
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May 19th, 2015 @ 8pm
RED BANK PUTTING COURT PLANS INTO PLAY
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The courts haven’t been playable since they were swamped by the Navesink River during Hurricane Sandy in October, 2012. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK PUTTING COURT PLANS INTO PLAY"
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May 19th, 2015 @ 9am
RUMSON GIRL ADVANCES IN JUNIOR OLYMPICS
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Nicolette DeVito of Rumson placed first in the long jump and third in the 100-meter dash for girls 13 and 14 years old at the USA Track & Field JuniorContinue reading "RUMSON GIRL ADVANCES IN JUNIOR OLYMPICS"
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May 19th, 2015 @ 5am
With the girls’ lacrosse squad of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional heading into the second round of the South Jersey Group 2 playoffs as the top seed, midfielder Jillian Swikart is clearlyContinue reading "RFH: SWIKART’S ALL ABOUT THE ASSISTS"
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May 18th, 2015 @ 5am
Red Bank Catholic edged Toms River South, 4-3, at Count Basie Fields to advance in the Shore Conference Tournament Saturday. The Caseys will face top-seed Colts Neck in the quarterfinalContinue reading "RBC ADVANCES IN SCT BASEBALL TOURNEY"
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May 16th, 2015 @ 11pm
Defending Shore Conference lacrosse champs Rumson-Fair Haven came up emptyhanded in their quest for a fifth consecutive lacrosse title as they fell to Southern Regional, 16-6, in the title gameContinue reading "RFH FAILS IN BID FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT TITLE"
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May 13th, 2015 @ 5am
Number-one seed Rumson-Fair Haven’s girls dominated Shore Regional, 17-5, enroute to a third consecutive Shore Conference Tournament lacrosse championship at Monmouth University Monday. Jillian Swikart scored seven goals and BrittanyContinue reading "RFH: GIRLS CLINCH SCT LACROSSE TITLE"
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May 11th, 2015 @ 8pm
Defending five-time Shore Conference lacrosse champs Rumson-Fair Haven heads to yet another title game following its 6-0 demolition of Freehold Township at Toms River Saturday. The Bulldogs will be seekingContinue reading "RFH UP FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT LACROSSE TITLE"
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May 11th, 2015 @ 5am
SICKELS POSTS BIG SPRING AT PENN STATE
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Former Red Bank Regional football standout Garrett Sickels closed out a big spring at Penn State with an honor as the team’s most improved defensive player, according to Fight OnContinue reading "SICKELS POSTS BIG SPRING AT PENN STATE"
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May 11th, 2015 @ 5am
The number-one seed Rumson-Fair Haven Lady Bulldogs earned a trip to the Shore Conference Tournament lacrosse finals with a 16-11 win over Colts Neck at Ocean Township Saturday. Brittany BrunoContinue reading "RFH: GIRLS HEAD TO SCT LACROSSE FINALS"
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May 11th, 2015 @ 4am
On the diamond at  Count Basie Fields, the Red Bank Catholic Caseys forced Manalapan into extra innings but fell, 8-6, in the quarterfinals of the Monmouth County Tournament Saturday. ShoreContinue reading "RBC FALLS TO MANALAPAN IN TOURNEY"
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May 11th, 2015 @ 4am
Jillian Swikart scored five goals to pace the Rumson-Fair Haven Lady Bulldogs to a dominating effort at home over Red Bank Catholic in lacrosse Wednesday.  Brittany Bruno added three goalsContinue reading "RFH GIRLS CRUISE PAST RBC, 14-2"
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April 30th, 2015 @ 6am
RFH ACHIEVERS HONORED BY BOARD OF ED
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Rumson-Fair Haven junior Hannah Stamer (center) was among the RFH students recognized for academic and athletic achievements at an April 14 meeting of the RFH Board of Education. Press releaseContinue reading "RFH ACHIEVERS HONORED BY BOARD OF ED"
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April 28th, 2015 @ 6am
‘BRAND NEW KEY’ SINGER GETS RBR HALL PASS
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Melanie Safka Shekeryk, better known to radio listeners of a certain age as the Woodstock-era singer ‘Melanie,’ visited Red Bank Regional for induction into the school’s Distinguished Alumni Hall ofContinue reading "‘BRAND NEW KEY’ SINGER GETS RBR HALL PASS"
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April 24th, 2015 @ 6pm
RED BANK REGIONAL STARS SIGN IN
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Left to right: Red Bank Regional athletes Sam McPherson (soccer), Marissa Albano (track) and Dan Vilardi (lacrosse) signed to play Division I Sports for their accepted colleges on April 15,Continue reading "RED BANK REGIONAL STARS SIGN IN"
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April 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
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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 ...
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 ...