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RBR SENIOR STUDENT JOURNALIST OF YEAR
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LITTLE SILVER: The editor of RBR's school newspaper has been named Student Journalist of the Year.
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March 13th, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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TINTON FALLS: Bring love and dignity, leave the political rhetoric, as Monmouth Reform Temple invites all faiths to a Monday evening gathering.
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March 10th, 2017 @ 6am
TINTON FALLS: WIN FOR RANNEY ROBOTICS
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TINTON FALLS: Teens from Lincroft and Red Bank helped send Ranney School Robotics to the upcoming world student competition.
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March 10th, 2017 @ 6am
RUMSON: ST. PATRICK’S PARADE TURNS FIVE
RUMSON: The St. Patrick's Day Parade marches again this Sunday in a fifth annual fleadh of marching bands, floats, step dancers, classic cars and community spirit.
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March 10th, 2017 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: ‘FOOD FOR FINES’ IS BACK
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SHREWSBURY: Get off the hook for overdue books, by donating to the Food Bank during April's National Library Week.
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March 9th, 2017 @ 5am
M’TOWN: NEW MUSIC MINISTER, NEW PROGRAM
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MIDDLETOWN: A new emphasis on music at Westminster Presbyterian includes a public-welcome Crossroads Cafe Coffee House on March 31.
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March 9th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: DUCKS DELUXE, AT 4TH ANNUAL EXPO
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RUMSON: Decoys and demos, awards and appraisals, paintings and pottery and more, as the Two Rivers Exhibition of Sporting Collectible Art returns to Forrestdale School on Saturday.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: A HOME FOR FOLK AT EARTH ROOM
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LINCROFT: Earth Room concert series continues with a twofer by accomplished young songwriters Kirsten Maxwell and Matt Nakoa.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 6am
RBR SOPHOMORE AN OUT-LOUD FINALIST
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR sophomore She Grant is one of two finalists in the regional Poetry Out Loud competition.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: WESLEYAN HONORS BLACK HISTORY
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RED BANK: Guest speaker Rev. Darlene Wilson helps the people of UMC at The Wesleyan to celebrate Black History Month.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: POETRY WITHOUT BORDERS AT RBPL
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RED BANK: Hungarian-born poet, playwright and producer Gabor Barabas speaks on the topic of "Poetry in Translation," as the River Read series continues Saturday mornings at the Public Library.
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March 6th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MOMIX IN THE MIX AT BASIE
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RED BANK: The return of the quirky dance troupe MOMIX signals a week of eclectic entertainment at the Basie.
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March 3rd, 2017 @ 6am
LINCROFT: SENSORY-FRIENDLY ‘MUSIC’ AT CBA
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LINCROFT: "The Music Man" rolls into town tonight at CBA, with a March 10 performance for special needs audiences.
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March 3rd, 2017 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: GALLERY OPENINGS
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ON THE GREEN: A pair of juried award shows at the Art Alliance and the Guild make for some arty excitement, this Saturday and Sunday.
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March 2nd, 2017 @ 8am
TINTON FALLS: RANNEY TEENS FOR CONGRESS
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TINTON FALLS: Teens from Red Bank and Rumson are among the Ranney students who excelled during the Harvard Model Congress event in Boston. 
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March 2nd, 2017 @ 5am
RBR BOARD COMMENDS TOP SCHOLARS
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LITTLE SILVER: The Red Bank Regional Board of Ed honors the high school's Commended Scholars at its February meeting.
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March 2nd, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: DURANG, IN SMALL DOSES
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MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players serve up a weekend's worth of short plays by the modern absurdist Christopher Durang.
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March 1st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: BURRY NAMED TO BASIE BOARD
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RED BANK: County Freeholder Lillian Burry is the newest member of the Count Basie Theatre's Board of Directors.
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March 1st, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: The county seeks volunteer guides for several of the Park System's local jewels.
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February 28th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: HORNSBY, SKAGGS & HOT SARDINES
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RED BANK: The Basie's musical roots are showing with concerts this week by Bruce Hornsby-Ricky Skaggs, and the Hot Sardines.
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February 27th, 2017 @ 7am
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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
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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 ...