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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
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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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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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