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RUMSON ESTATE GOES TO DERBY HORSEMAN
The Dawkins estate in Rumson as seen from the Navesink in 2008. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In a record-setting deal for Rumson, a Wall Street hedge-fund tycoon andContinue reading "RUMSON ESTATE GOES TO DERBY HORSEMAN"
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August 10th, 2011 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN: ARBORCIDE AT NATURAL AREA
Nature enthusiasts want the borough to fund restoration of a mistakenly cleared-out area at the Fair Haven Fields Natural Area. Below, the affected site. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: ARBORCIDE AT NATURAL AREA"
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August 9th, 2011 @ 3pm
REC ON THE RIVER
Members of Navesink River Rowing introduced six participants in the Red Bank’s summer recreation program to rowing shells on Friday.
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August 1st, 2011 @ 9am
The sand, and ponytails, went flying at the 27th annual All-Women Lifeguard Tournament at Sandy Hook on Wednesday. Hosted by Gateway National Recreation Area, the tourney – billed as theContinue reading "FOR LIFEGUARDS, A DAY AT THE BEACH"
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July 28th, 2011 @ 9am
HOOPS UNDER A SLANTING SUN, THEN LIGHTS
Under the aegis of Rumson-Fair Haven boys basketball coach Chris Champeau, ‘Thursday Night Lights‘ hoops action is back at Rumson’s Victory Park for the second summer, with fivesomes that featureContinue reading "HOOPS UNDER A SLANTING SUN, THEN LIGHTS"
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July 21st, 2011 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s query proved no real challenge for more than two dozen redbankgreen readers.
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July 21st, 2011 @ 9am
COACH ASKS PUBLIC TO KICK IN FOR CLINIC
Enrico Ciabattoni is spearheading an effort to raise money for boys and girls soccer clinics in Red Bank. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A possibleContinue reading "COACH ASKS PUBLIC TO KICK IN FOR CLINIC"
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July 19th, 2011 @ 11am
Y FINISHES A SET, UPS THE CHALLENGE
The Y’s new health services center combines cardio and weight machines that had been scattered across two floors. Below, Claire Donohue works out under the guidance of personal trainer ErinContinue reading "Y FINISHES A SET, UPS THE CHALLENGE"
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July 15th, 2011 @ 2pm
B-BALL TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL
A couple of Rumson teenagers inspect the newly installed plexiglass backboard and basketball hoop at Victory Park. The borough also repainted the court, from black to green and purple, toContinue reading "B-BALL TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 5am
The 18th annual running of the George Sheehan Classic swept through Red Bank, Little Silver and Fair Haven, NJ, under blue skies Saturday. More than 1,400 runners completed the five-mileContinue reading "A THREE-TOWN TROT"
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June 20th, 2011 @ 6am
“BATTER UP” AT BASIE FIELDS
A challenger in last year’s Batter Up home run derby. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Barrett Dalton; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There are two reasons baseballs will be flyingContinue reading "“BATTER UP” AT BASIE FIELDS"
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June 16th, 2011 @ 12pm
DOC SHEEHAN RETURNS FOR ANNUAL CHECKUP
The finish line at the 2009 George Sheehan Classic, and this year’s course, below. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If there’s one thing Red Bank won’t be short onContinue reading "DOC SHEEHAN RETURNS FOR ANNUAL CHECKUP"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Well, where have you seen this? Tell, please.
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June 9th, 2011 @ 8am
Dozens of multitalented athletes took to the water and roads Sunday morning for the Red Bank Triathlon, run by the Sandy Hookers Tri Club to benefit the Riverview Medical CenterContinue reading "GIVING IT A TRY, OR THREE"
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May 16th, 2011 @ 11am
MORE TURF MAY COME TO BASIE FIELDS
An engineer’s rendering of the proposed upgrades to Count Basie Fields. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank is hoping to go grassless at Count Basie Fields. Borough EngineerContinue reading "MORE TURF MAY COME TO BASIE FIELDS"
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May 12th, 2011 @ 11am
The Womans Club of Red Bank will host a “no junk” flea market on Sunday to raise funds for its weekly jazz shows. (Click to enlarge) The name Fair TradeContinue reading "DONE GOOD: HOP, BOP, BIKE, SWIM ‘N CRAWL"
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May 12th, 2011 @ 6am
The Monmouth Boat Club opened its 2011 season last weekend by hosting the the 50th Annual Long John Regatta for Lightning Class sailboats. redbankgreen lensman Peter Lindner was out onContinue reading "REGATTA OPENS SAILING SEASON"
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May 4th, 2011 @ 9am
Coming to Red Bank Middle School tonight: the twirlingest, flyingest, dunkingest Harlem Wizards.
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April 28th, 2011 @ 9am
PLAY BALL!
Following a rainy night, the skies cleared to pitch-perfect weather at Rumson Little League’s opening day Saturday. Hundreds of children and parents gathered for an opening day ceremony at PipingContinue reading "PLAY BALL!"
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April 11th, 2011 @ 5am
LOCAL TEAMS DEFECT FROM POP WARNER
The Rumson-Fair Haven Bulldogs in action against Manalapan. (Photo courtesy of Pim Van Hemmen Visuals. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When gradeschool-aged football players from Middletown, Red Bank andContinue reading "LOCAL TEAMS DEFECT FROM POP WARNER"
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April 4th, 2011 @ 11am
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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 ...
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 ...