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RED BANK: SECOND-STORY CONFESSIONS AT 99
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RED BANK: The "love letter to women of color" BUTTERFLY CONFESSIONS goes up (upstairs at the Basie building, that is) for a two-weekend run that begins April 21.
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April 19th, 2017 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LINCROFT: Brookdale Community College honors distinguished alumni, outstanding students and exceptional members of the community during its annual commencement on May 12.
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April 19th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: SALT CREEK RAISES $90K FOR 180
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RUMSON: Salt Creek Grille hits the million-dollar fundraising mark, as its annual tasting event makes a big donation to domestic violence resource 180 Turning Lives Around.
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April 19th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: The Brookdale campus is the setting for a free April 20 panel discussion on "the Golden Rule."
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April 18th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: A REAL FORUM ON FAKE NEWS
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LITTLE SILVER: The roots of "fake news" are discussed in a special presentation to Red Bank Regional students.
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April 18th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: CALL TO ARTISTS FOR ANNUAL FAIR
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RUMSON: The annual Canterbury Art Fair seeks artists to take part in the Labor Day weekend exhibition and sale.
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April 17th, 2017 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: GO OARS-IN FOR INSULIN
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SHREWSBURY: Monmouth CrossFit is the scene for a Half marathon Row event on May 13, to benefit Diabetes Foundation Inc.
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April 17th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: Bestselling "beach read" author Mary Kay Andrews is special guest at a May 11 fundraiser lunch for the local AAUW.
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April 14th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: MHA PRESENTS ANNUAL DINNER
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RED BANK: The Mental Health Association honors professionals and volunteers during its annual dinner on May 10.
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April 14th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE TO ABSORB CONSERVATORY
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RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre plans to absorb the Monmouth Conservatory of Music as part of a $20 million expansion going into the ground this summer.
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April 13th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A BIG EVENT FOR BIG BROS/SISTERS
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RED BANK: The annual Food and Wine Tasting at Buona Sera offers a delicious way to support the programs of the local Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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April 13th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: The Brookdale campus is the setting for a county-sponsored Job Fair on April 21.
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April 13th, 2017 @ 5am
SANDY HOOK: RAMBLE, ANGLE AND STARGAZE
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SANDY HOOK: From surf fishing to holly forests and art shows, the American Littoral Society has a hook-line-and-sinker slate of activities in the days and nights ahead.
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April 12th, 2017 @ 12pm
A WEEKEND-LONG “WHALE” AT RUMSON CDS
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RUMSON: It's a 48th annual Whale of a Sale, as Rumson Country Day School hosts its two-day rummage sale fundraiser.
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April 12th, 2017 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: The Eastern Branch Library forgives fines for FoodBank donations, now through Saturday.
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April 12th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CBA SAILORS AIM FOR NATIONALS
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LINCROFT: The sailing team from Christian Brothers Academy stakes a place in the upcoming High School National Championship competition.
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April 11th, 2017 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN KIDS MEET THE AUTHOR
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FAIR HAVEN: Award winning, NYT bestselling children's author Patrica Polacco makes a special two-day visit to the borough's public schools.
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April 11th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: GLOBETROTTERS RETURN TO BCC
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LINCROFT: The men and women of the Harlem Globetrotters return to the Brookdale campus on their 2017 winter world tour.
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April 10th, 2017 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: BCC TO HOST WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
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LINCROFT: Supermodel Emme Aronson is guest speaker, as the Brookdale campus once again hosts A Women's Conference on April 21.
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April 10th, 2017 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN KIDS DO LUNCH WITH VIPS
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FAIR HAVEN: Parents and other adult "VIPs" join Sickles School students at the table for an annual luncheon event.
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April 10th, 2017 @ 5am
Partyline
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 ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...