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Monthly Archives: August 2016

RED BANK: MA RAINEY’S BLOCK PARTY @TRTC
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RED BANK: Two River Theater sounds a keynote for their upcoming season, with a free-admission Taste of the Blues Block Party on Friday evening featuring live tunes and a chance to meet the cast of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: SICKELS FACING HEAVY DEBT WOES
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RED BANK: Stanley Sickels, the borough government's most powerful unelected official, may lose his home to foreclosure.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: POST-SANDY REBUILD DEBATED
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SEA BRIGHT: Residents pack town hall to debate a $12.7 million plan to rebuild, all at once, every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: A CIRCLE OF LIFE, AT RBR
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LITTLE SILVER: Students of Red Bank Regional's Visual and Performing Arts Summer Academy "Feel the Love," during an August 10 performance of THE LION KING JR.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: AT LAIRD’S, A SIGN OF CHANGE
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FAIR HAVEN: The sign comes down at Laird's Stationery, marking the end of an era.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BASIE ROLLS (WITH) THE DICE
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RED BANK: The Diceman returneth to the area, for a Thursday night throwdown at the Basie.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: OUT BACK AND UP ABOVE
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RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes takes us behind some familiar downtown buildings.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: TOWN HALL ON REFERENDUM
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SEA BRIGHT: Residents will gather for a town hall meeting tonight on next month's referendum on rebuilding public facilities.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE TO STAY BASIE FOR CENTURY
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RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre makes its name official, and will keep it for another century under a deal with the Basie Trust.
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: WEATHER TO FROLIC IN
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ON THE GREEN: There's lots of sunshine in this week's weather forecast.
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: MCAC EXEC STEPS DOWN, MOVES UP
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RED BANK: The Monmouth County Arts Council names a new Acting Executive Director, as Mary Eileen Fouratt moves to the NJ State Council on the Arts. 
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 5am
RBR FRESHMEN DISCUSS HISTORY, HARMONY
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LITTLE SILVER: Students of Red Bank Regional's Summer Slam program are treated to special guest presentations on racial tolerance, and the legacy of Red Bank's T. Thomas Fortune.
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 5am
COOL INSIDE: TALL AND COOL IN THE SADDLE
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COOL INSIDE gets its fix of caffeine, peanut butter and chocolate in a cold cupful at Red Bank's Coffee Corral.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 6pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BURGERS, FRIES & A VIEW
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RUMSON: What's For Lunch bellies up to the bar at Barnacle Bill's to watch its burger get grilled.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: OLD-TIME SODA SHOP PLANNED
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RED BANK: Sub shop to be replaced by Fizz Soda Fountain, featuring an old-school soda dispenser, shakes and malts.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: CORNER GETTING A MAKEOVER
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SHREWSBURY: With two new stores and an assisted-living facility on the way, a high-profile corner is in the midst of a needed makeover, says the mayor.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN: WILDER TIME TO BE HAD BY ALL
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MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players serve up an appetizer for their forthcoming season, with an intimate program of one-acts by the great Thornton Wilder.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK CHARTER STEM PROGRAM SETS SAIL
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RED BANK: A summer program launched by the Charter School lets kids from borough schools "set sail" with STEM-curriculum activities on and around local waterways.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: GOOD TIMES, GOOD CAUSES
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ON THE GREEN: A community picnic and softball game hosted by Lunch Break kicks off a round of recreational charity events.
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August 18th, 2016 @ 9am
M’TOWN: A TAYLOR-MADE TUNE FOR A FIGHTER
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MIDDLETOWN: Shore pop singer Taylor Tote joins a chorus of young cancer fighters and first responders, for a weekend video shoot inspired by 6 year old cancer survivor Natalie Grace Gorsegner.
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August 18th, 2016 @ 5am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...