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RED BANK: CYMCA HOSTS TALK ON JERUSALEM
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RED BANK: Positive relations between Israeli and Palestinian communities is the topic of two special guest speakers, November 11 at the Community YMCA.
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November 1st, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: A borough woman says Donald Trump sexually assaulted her at the 1998 U.S. Open as she waited for a car. His campaign denies it.
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October 20th, 2016 @ 9pm
RED BANK: FIRST DEBATE DOWN
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RED BANK: The first presidential debate of 2016 is now history. Did it change your mind in any way?
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September 27th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: WATCH CLINTON & TRUMP DEBATE
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RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist hosts a community viewing of the first presidential debate of 2016..
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September 24th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 REMEMBERED
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RED BANK: Remembering the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks is essential to vigilance, mayor says at memorial event.
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September 11th, 2016 @ 10am
Local memorial events, and redbankgreen's digital tribute to area residents killed on September 11, 2001.
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September 9th, 2016 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BECK SITS OUT TRUMPFEST
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State Senator Jen Beck, seen here with local Republicans in 2015, passed on this week’s Republican National Convention. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD FourContinue reading "RED BANK: BECK SITS OUT TRUMPFEST"
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July 19th, 2016 @ 11am
MEMORIAL DAY 2016 COMMEMORATIONS
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Towns on the Greater Red Bank Green will hold traditional Memorial Day parades and commemorations Monday.
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May 29th, 2016 @ 10am
LINCROFT: RU JOURNO LANDS OBAMA
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President Obama calls on Rutgers Targum editor Dan Corey during College Reporter Day at the White House last Thursday. (Video by the DC bureau of The Record) A college journalistContinue reading "LINCROFT: RU JOURNO LANDS OBAMA"
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May 2nd, 2016 @ 7am
In the February 28 edition of his cable show,“Last Week Tonight,” comedian John Oliver urged viewers to “make Donald Drumpf again.”  By JOHN T. WARD A Middletown High School SouthContinue reading "M’TOWN: TEACHER DUMPED OVER TRUMP VIDEO"
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April 22nd, 2016 @ 10am
RUMSON: SPECIAL GUEST FROM ISRAEL
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Ethiopia-born member of Israel's parliament Dr. Avraham Neguise is the special guest speaker on May 12, as Congregation B'Nai Israel invites the community to celebrate israel Independence Day.
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April 22nd, 2016 @ 4am
RED BANK: SANDERS BACKERS BERN TRACKS
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Chanting “feel the Bern” and “this is what democracy looks like,” about 300 Bernie Sanders supporters marched in a drizzling ran through downtown Red Bank at noontime Saturday. Among several petitionsContinue reading "RED BANK: SANDERS BACKERS BERN TRACKS"
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April 2nd, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SANDERS BACKERS PLAN MARCH
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The march is slated to proceed on sidewalks from the train station to Riverside Gardens Park via Monmouth and Broad streets.  (Map courtesy of Google Maps. Click to enlarge) Red Bank merchants,Continue reading "RED BANK: SANDERS BACKERS PLAN MARCH"
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March 31st, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: BLOCKING AND TACKLING IN CHINA
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Mario Williams demonstrating a block to football newbies in China, above. Below, Williams at the Danish Cafe in Red Bank last November. (Photo below by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: BLOCKING AND TACKLING IN CHINA"
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March 8th, 2016 @ 8am
KESHIA THOMAS TO SPEAK IN TINTON FALLS
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Noted social activist Keshia Thomas is special guest speaker at Monmouth Reform Temple, during the Shabbat evening service on March 11.
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March 4th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BECK TO CHRISTIE: NJ OR TRUMP
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State Senator Jen Beck says the governorship “is more than a full-time job.” Below, Christie in Sea Bright in 2013. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: BECK TO CHRISTIE: NJ OR TRUMP"
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March 2nd, 2016 @ 3pm
R-FH TEENS HEAR PROS OF LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Panelists Dekker Buckley, Amy Sestito, Claudia De Bonte, and Gianna Maita made a presentation on “World Language in Our Community” at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional on January 12th. Press release fromContinue reading "R-FH TEENS HEAR PROS OF LANGUAGE SKILLS"
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January 25th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: COLLEGE STUDENT EYES CHINA
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Mario Williams, seen here at the Danish Café in Red Bank, has his sights set on a semester in China. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: COLLEGE STUDENT EYES CHINA"
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December 3rd, 2015 @ 10am
RFH TEACHER GETS NEA GRANT FOR CUBA TRIP
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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Spanish teacher Christina Gauss (center) will be traveling to Cuba this January, as part of an education project funded by a grant from the NEA. Press releaseContinue reading "RFH TEACHER GETS NEA GRANT FOR CUBA TRIP"
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November 30th, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON MAN LANDS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
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By JOHN T. WARD A 22-year-old Rumson resident was among 32 Americans chosen Saturday for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England. A senior economics major at Princeton—Continue reading "RUMSON MAN LANDS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP"
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November 24th, 2015 @ 9am
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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 ...
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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.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.