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RED BANK: ‘LEARN TO ROW’ OPEN HOUSE
RED BANK: Navesink River Rowing hosts an open house featuring demonstrations on land and mini-lessons on the water.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
RED BANK: INTRO TO ROWING
RED BANK: Picture yourself in a boat on a river... rowing your heart out. Learn how at Navesink River Rowing's open house Saturday.
RED BANK: GOODBYE TO SUMMER
RED BANK: Luis closes out the Summer Scenes photo series with another nice river shot as he heads back to school.
RED BANK: A SUMMER MOMENT BY THE RIVER
RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes takes a moment to relax by the river.
SEA BRIGHT: HEY, IT’S NOW OAR NEVER
Ilene Winters, below, plans to open her new fitness studio in a former auto repair shop next door to a Dunkin’ Donuts this month. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: HEY, IT’S NOW OAR NEVER"
RED BANK: RIVER VIEWS
Enjoying our beautiful Navesink River on a warm spring afternoon Wednesday were an osprey, above; a fisherman on a paddleboard, right; and crossing squads of girls’s and boys’ rowers, below,Continue reading "RED BANK: RIVER VIEWS"
FAIR HAVEN TAKES PARTY BACK TO THE RIVER
Young sailors air it out at part one of Fair Haven’s centennial regatta, in July. This weekend’s edition will feature high school rowing crews. (Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSEContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TAKES PARTY BACK TO THE RIVER"
DREXEL SWEEPS RUMSON SWEEP RACES
The Drexel University men’s rowing squad, above, gets ready to take to the Navesink River for the third annual Rumson Boat Race Saturday morning, where the school’s men’s and women’sContinue reading "DREXEL SWEEPS RUMSON SWEEP RACES"
PADDLE DAY RETURNS SATURDAY
Participants in the 2011 edition of Paddle the Navesink Day, seen at Maple Cove, below, and from West Front Street down the Corinthian Cove driveway, above.  (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "PADDLE DAY RETURNS SATURDAY"
ROWING INTO THEIR FUTURES
Akin Gaddis’s fellow Pool School participants look on as he works on basic rowing techniques using a simulator before heading into the Navesink for the real deal. (Photos by StacieContinue reading "ROWING INTO THEIR FUTURES"
RFH ROWING: RIG, RIG, RIG YOUR BOAT
Wednesday was the first day of the outdoor season for members of RFH Rowing, the sculling crews of Rumson and Fair Haven teens.  The kids spent the session on dryContinue reading "RFH ROWING: RIG, RIG, RIG YOUR BOAT"
RUMSON BOATHOUSE PLAN ADVANCES
Shells and other gear remain at the site where a boathouse is envisioned.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A waterfront house acquired by Rumson three years ago wasContinue reading "RUMSON BOATHOUSE PLAN ADVANCES"
CLUB SCRUBS DOWN AFTER INFECTIONS
Rowers cleaning oars after an event in 2010. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s Navesink River Rowing club closed for a one-day scrubdown Sunday after officials learnedContinue reading "CLUB SCRUBS DOWN AFTER INFECTIONS"
RUMSON CAN REBUILD ON HOME’S FOOTPRINT
A derelict house on the site, adjacent to Victory Park, is to be demolished and replaced with a boathouse. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Rumson is one step closerContinue reading "RUMSON CAN REBUILD ON HOME’S FOOTPRINT"
Race organizers are hoping for better conditions than last year, when several boats were swamped, leading to a cancellation. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "GIVING IT THE OLD COLLEGE TRY, AGAIN"
RUMSON CUTS FAIR HAVEN FROM REC SPORTS
The change affects kids in the rowing program at Victory Park, above, and a lacrosse program. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Citing capacity issues, Rumson has dropped Fair HavenContinue reading "RUMSON CUTS FAIR HAVEN FROM REC SPORTS"
This week’s spotlight comment comes from a reader who identified him- or herself as “an outsider” and chimed in on the story that announced the return of collegiate rowing toContinue reading "COMMENT: IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS"
WIND AND WAVES SWAMP RUMSON REGATTA
Competitors in the second race of the day found themselves getting wetter than anticipated near the Oceanic Bridge. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The firstContinue reading "WIND AND WAVES SWAMP RUMSON REGATTA"
ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS
One of two shells manned by teen rowers arrives at a residential dock on Fisher Place after flipping in the Navesink. Below, a distraught woman, said to be a coach,Continue reading "ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Dad Vail Regatta won’t be coming to Rumson next year after all, officials announced Thursday, much to the shock and disappointment of Rumson leaders who wereContinue reading "DAD VAIL DUMPS RUMSON; EKDAHL MIFFED"
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IN THE CROW’S NEST
A fish crow waits optimistically for crabbers at Marine Park to drop a bit of bait for lunch. (photo by Brian Donohue)
ANYONE HUNGRY?
A bird feeder awaits customers at Veterans Park. (photo by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)
ALL’S WELL. AND WELLER
  Legend in town. (Photo by Partyline Contributor Jeff Frieri)
DEEP SANDAL THOUGHTS
A pair of sandals left in the doorway on Monmouth Street in this photo by Partyline contributor Ryan Chippendale, who added a choice of capt ...
MARINE PARK REMAKE
New plants for the new Marine Park parking lot appear ready for planing as construction of the new parking lot proceeds. The work is part of ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS
Getting amped up for LION Chicago 2024
JACKPOT!
This squirrel has found a bonanza of seeds to fatten themselves up for winter with on this giant sunflower in a front yard at the corner of ...
RIBEYE WELL DONE
Red Bank rockers The Ribeye Brothers at The Dublin House Sunday. Few things in life have proven as reliable as The Ribeye Brothers playing t ...
PEARL STREET PINK
Pearl street consignment shop. (Photo by Partyline contributor Jeffrey Frieri)
POOP FAIRY BOMBS HUDSON
A pile of a half dozen festively colored plastic bags containing what smelled and appeared to be pet excrement sit in a pile on Hudson Avenu ...
ANOTHER MIDNIGHT CALL
( Photo by Partyline Contributor Jen Singer)
SNAPPER RESCUE
Skylar Gregory, 9, spotted this baby snapping turtle trapped trying to make its way to the river while out walking her dog near the Red Bank ...
DUCK BEACH
Wildlife enthusiasts in Red Bank should know about “duck beach” as it is affectionately called by Evelyn and Gene Taetsch, two o ...
BLAZING NAVESINK SKY
  Sunrise from Maple Cove 08/21/24 (Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)
ROOM WITH A VIEW, AT LEAST
What hospital has better views for their patients than Riverview? For better or worse, one RBG reader is stuck in taking in this view and he ...
DOWN THE DOUBLE YELLOW
Monday evening. Late summer vibes on Broad Street. (Photo by Partyline contributor Jeff Frieri)
TACOTARIANS UNITE!
There are vegetarians and pescatarians. Vegans and flexatarians. And then, there’s Joaquin Rodriguez: tacotarian. Thankfully, the Juan ...
THIS UPCOMING ELECTION AIN’T NOTHING TO —- WITH
This South Street resident provides a less traditional, but certainly valued perspective on political leadership by way of lawn sign.
FORMER FAMEABILIA REMAKE
Coming soon across from Toast! More to come soon on redbankgreen about this development. (photo from Partyline contributor Greg Fitzgerald)
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Whether through schmear force of will or user error, this bagel somehow seems to have escaped the cooking vat or hopped out of the bag as so ...