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RED BANK: “UNSTINTING SERVICE” HONORED
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Local veterans saluted as the Red Bank Charter School choir sang ‘The Star-Spangled’ at a Veterans Day commemoration in downtown Red Bank Wednesday. Mayor Red Bank Menna told a small crowdContinue reading "RED BANK: “UNSTINTING SERVICE” HONORED"
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November 11th, 2015 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES 2015
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The monument to war veterans at Monmouth Street and Drummond Place in Red Bank, above, and Memorial Park in Fair Haven, at right, are once again host sites for  Veterans DayContinue reading "VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES 2015"
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November 10th, 2015 @ 11am
RUMSON: FISHMAN TALKS TURKEY, AT CBI
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The nation of Turkey has featured prominently in recent news (as recently as yesterday, when US media editorialized that this past weekend’s election solidified the authoritarian ambitions of President RecepContinue reading "RUMSON: FISHMAN TALKS TURKEY, AT CBI"
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November 3rd, 2015 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER TEEN GOES GLOBAL IN GHANA
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Red Bank Regional junior Julia Nijnens of Little Silver is pictured above amid the many friends she made in a community service trip to Ghana over the summer. Below, theContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER TEEN GOES GLOBAL IN GHANA"
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October 27th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK CHARTER HOSTS UGANDAN GUESTS
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Father Lawrence Kizito Kimbowa (left) of the nonprofit Change a Life Uganda meets with Red Bank Charter School principal Meredith Pennotti (second from left), during his visit to the schoolContinue reading "RED BANK CHARTER HOSTS UGANDAN GUESTS"
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October 12th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: NYT JOURNOS MAKE A ‘PATH’ TO BCC
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Pulitzer-winning journalists (and matrimonial partners) Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn visit Brookdale Community College on Wednesday, for a discussion keyed to their latest book (and affiliated PBS documentary), A PATHContinue reading "LINCROFT: NYT JOURNOS MAKE A ‘PATH’ TO BCC"
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September 29th, 2015 @ 12pm
Below are details about local memorial services planned to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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September 11th, 2015 @ 12am
MEMORIAL DAY 2015 COMMEMORATIONS
Red Bank, above, and Fair Haven, below, return with traditional Memorial Day events Monday. (Click to enlarge) RED BANK: Memorial Day Commemoration, Monday, 11 a.m., Veterans’ Monument, 51 Monmouth Street,Continue reading "MEMORIAL DAY 2015 COMMEMORATIONS"
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May 24th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BRINGING IN THE BIG GUN
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A 120-ton, 16-inch cannon from the battleship USS New Jersey sat in the rail yard in Red Bank Saturday awaiting transport to Battery Lewis in Middletown’s Hartshorne Woods Park. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: BRINGING IN THE BIG GUN"
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March 23rd, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: PULITZER WINNER SPEAKS AT CBI
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Press release from Congregation B’Nai Israel On the morning of Sunday, May 3, Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson welcomes the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Bret Stephens, for a discussion aboutContinue reading "RUMSON: PULITZER WINNER SPEAKS AT CBI"
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March 20th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK REGIONAL LEADS AT MODEL UN
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Left to right: Red Bank Regional High School students Lauren O’Brien, Victoria Ovanesian, Jack Anderson, Kristen Wimmer and Brianna Napoli were among those who held leadership positions during the 2015Continue reading "RED BANK REGIONAL LEADS AT MODEL UN"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: TEMPLE WELCOMES FILMMAKER
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Press release from Congregation B’nai Israel On Tuesday, March 10, Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson will welcome guest speaker Carole Basri for a special event. A lawyer, filmmaker andContinue reading "RUMSON: TEMPLE WELCOMES FILMMAKER"
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February 18th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: A DOC-THRILLER ON THE GREEN
The trailer for “The Green Prince,” screening at Congregation B’nai Israel later this month with a kosher lunch. It’s preceded by “a delicious, kosher Israeli lunch,” according to a pressContinue reading "RUMSON: A DOC-THRILLER ON THE GREEN"
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January 13th, 2015 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A MAJOR VOICE, A BIG READ
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IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES author Julia Alvarez visits Brookdale Community College on Tuesday, in the culmination of The Big Read 2014 slate of events. (Photo by Pete Smith)Continue reading "LINCROFT: A MAJOR VOICE, A BIG READ"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVED
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Red Bank Charter School fourth-graders sang, and local officials paid tribute to those who’ve served in America’s wars with a ceremony at the Veterans Monument on Monmouth Street on Tuesday,Continue reading "RED BANK: REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVED"
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November 11th, 2014 @ 12pm
VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES 2014
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The monument to war veterans at Monmouth Street and Drummond Place in Red Bank is once again host to a Veterans Day commemoration. Click “read more” for town-by-town events onContinue reading "VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES 2014"
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November 10th, 2014 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: BIG READ ON CAMPUS
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Author Julia Alvarez is among the special guests taking part in the slate of events for The Big Read 2014, beginning this Monday and centered around her novel IN THEContinue reading "LINCROFT: BIG READ ON CAMPUS"
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October 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: ART FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE
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Artists David Thebaud (left) and Myke Joseph Surpris (right) visit Canvas Studio Art in Rumson on October 3, for the opening of an exhibit dedicated to the art school theyContinue reading "RUMSON: ART FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE"
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September 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: A LIFE-CHANGING SUMMER VACATION
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Students from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School are pictured with the coffee farmers they assisted during a recent language-immersion trip to Guatemala. Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High SchoolContinue reading "RUMSON: A LIFE-CHANGING SUMMER VACATION"
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September 24th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: LOCALS LEND VOICES ON CLIMATE
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Among those heading to New York  for the People’s Climate March was Emma Reardon, right, who gathered with several dozen others for the train ride from Red Bank Sunday morning.Continue reading "RED BANK: LOCALS LEND VOICES ON CLIMATE"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
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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.