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RED BANK: DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: This year's Navesink Hook & Ladder Santa Run seeks contributions to aid two families displaced by fire last week.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: WALK THE WALK FOR THE HUNGRY
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LITTLE SILVER: The 37th annual Red Bank CROP Hunger Walk takes to the streets of the Greater Red Bank Green this Sunday. Details here.
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October 13th, 2017 @ 7am
LINCROFT: A FAVORITE OCTOBER HAUNT
LINCROFT: The EEK!spanded 15th annual Brookdale Haunted Theater returns for the first of three big weekends, starting, you guessed it, Friday the 13th.
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October 12th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: ‘BUTTERFLY’ ALIGHTS AT BASIE
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RED BANK: The Basie's upstairs Studio 99 is the scene for an encore presentation of Dunbar Rep's 'Butterfly Confessions,' beginning Friday.
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October 11th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: ENJOY THE SHOW, WEAR YOUR PJ’S
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RED BANK: Wear your PJs to the theater, when Two River hosts a four-day stand of SKELETONS, A Day of the Dead Bedtime Story for all ages.
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October 8th, 2017 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: The Stone Church Players and Monmouth Players once again warm up autumn audiences in their landmark performance venues.
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October 6th, 2017 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: The Air Force Association cites Red Bank Regional's CyberPatriot program for excellence
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October 5th, 2017 @ 5am
TRUHAN IN AS RBR GIRLS HOOPS COACH
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LITTLE SILVER: NJ Hall of Fame coach John S. Truhan III is named the new head coach for RBR Girls Basketball.
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October 3rd, 2017 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: IMMIGRATION POET VISITS RBR
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LITTLE SILVER: Award winning British poet Caroline Smith visits Red Bank Regional to discuss the real life stories behind her collection THE IMMIGRATION HANDBOOK.
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October 3rd, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: THE WAG MOVE INDOORS
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MIDDLETOWN: Locally based pop-rockers the Wag use their indoor voices for a free library concert Wednesday evening.
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October 2nd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: A CUP OF TEA AND SYMPHONY
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RED BANK: The Music Ministry at St. Anthony's presents part two of its "Three for Tea at the Piano" recital series Sunday.
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September 29th, 2017 @ 10am
SANDY HOOK: BE IN ON THE BLITZ
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SANDY HOOK: Volunteers of all ages are welcome as the annual BioBlitz census project hits the beaches and trails Saturday.
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September 28th, 2017 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: 5K BACK FOR 24TH RUNNING
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LITTLE SILVER: The annual 5k run returns to the track at Red Bank Regional for a 24th edition Sunday, with after party at the borough firehouse.
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September 28th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ‘LIVING LEGENDS’ HONORED AT PBC
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RED BANK: Three nonagenarian "Living Legends" are honored during the Women's Ministry Weekend at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
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September 28th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR HONORS COACH STRANGIA
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LITTLE SILVER: Legendary RBR football coach Robert Strangia is honored at the kickoff to the Bucs' home field season.
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September 27th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: ‘MARK FELT’ SCREENING AT BOW TIE
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RED BANK: "Deep Throat" (no, not that one) is on screen at Bow Tie Cinemas when Liam Neeson stars as Watergate tipster Mark Felt in a fundraiser for Monmouth Arts.
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September 26th, 2017 @ 12pm
RBR: NO MINOR FEAT FOR TEEN PLAYWRIGHT
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LITTLE SILVER: A Red Bank Regional senior joins a select group of veteran playwrights and actors as her short drama is presented as part of a major theater festival.
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September 26th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER SERVES UP ‘HITS FOR LILY’
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LITTLE SILVER: Schoolkids, family members and faculty team up to play a fundraiser softball game for the young daughter of a borough teacher.
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September 25th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: OYSTERFEST IS PARTY TIME
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RED BANK: Oysterfest returns for its eighth annual strolling party of food, beverage and top-shelf local tunes Sunday.
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September 21st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: A HOT MIC AT WOMAN’S CLUB
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RED BANK: The Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation hosts another Youth Open Mic session Friday at the Woman's Club.
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September 20th, 2017 @ 3pm
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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.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.