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MIDDLETOWN: Reserve for March 18, when the historic Stone Church serves up an Irish dinner to benefit a local food pantry.
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February 27th, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LITTLE SILVER SAYS THANKS TO COACHES
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LITTLE SILVER: The men and women who volunteer on behalf of borough youth sports programs are paid tribute at an annual dinner.
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February 27th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: TWO WAYS TO MAKE ‘MERRY’
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RED BANK: Two River Theater offers two different takes on Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor,' beginning with a Saturday night preview.
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February 24th, 2017 @ 7am
RBR HOSTS SPECIAL ‘UNIFIED SCHOOL’ GAMES
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional hosts a series of special basketball games, as part of a Special Olympics Unified School program.
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February 24th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: NOURISH THE THOUGHT
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RUMSON: The authors of the NOURISH community supported cookbook visit Oceanic Library for a Saturday morning signing.
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February 23rd, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: "Love is in the Air" up on Tower Hill, when the Monmouth Civic Chorus returns to First Presbyterian Church on Sunday.
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February 23rd, 2017 @ 1pm
TINTON FALLS: RANNEY NAMES NEW A.D.
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TINTON FALLS: RBC grad and soccer star Natalie Cocchi Gorman has been named new Athletic Director at Ranney School.
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February 23rd, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE TOUTS ARTS IMPACT OPS
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RED BANK: The Basie announces a big fundraise for Middle School art programs, and a new series of Arts Impact scholarships.
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February 22nd, 2017 @ 5am
RBR CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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LITTLE SILVER: Current and former students of Red Bank Regional celebrate Black History Month in words, music and movement.
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February 21st, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: The Downtown All-Stars throw a Wednesday night benefit and CD release at Elks Lodge 233.
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February 20th, 2017 @ 9am
RUMSON: SUPPORT YOUR THERAPY DOG
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RUMSON: Violet the Therapy Dog is the birthday-girl of honor, at several upcoming RFH events.
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February 20th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON HONORS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
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RUMSON: Four borough educators are honored by the Board of Ed in a surprise announcement at the monthly meeting.
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February 20th, 2017 @ 5am
SANDY HOOK: Register now for the second annual Run the Hook fundraiser for Clean Ocean Action, on May 14
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February 17th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: Nine of the borough's most exceptional kitchens are open to the public, during a fundraising Kitchen Tour on May 4.
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February 17th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: A HOOTENANNY IN CHURCH
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LITTLE SILVER: A monthly bluegrass show brings a handful of old-time-music performers to Embury United Methodist Church this Sunday.
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February 16th, 2017 @ 6am
RUMSON: SALT CREEK EVENT TO BENEFIT 180
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RUMSON: The 14th annual Wine and Martini Tasting at Salt Creek Grille will benefit the domestic violence services of 180 Turning Lives Around.
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February 16th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: RFH HOSTS STARS PRESENT & FUTURE
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RUMSON: RFH announces the third annual Night of FUTURE Broadway Stars, to benefit Covenant House of Asbury Park.
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February 16th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: A COUNT-DOWN TO THE OSCARS
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RED BANK: The Basie's bargain-priced screenings of Oscar contenders continues tonight, with Casey Affleck in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA.
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February 15th, 2017 @ 8am
RUMSON: TARZAN SWINGS INTO RFH IN MARCH
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RUMSON: The Disney musical TARZAN comes to RFH as the spring musical from the Tower Players.
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February 15th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: Buy a bowl to help feed the hungry (and bring canned goods and kids' books) during a March 2 special event at RFH.
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February 15th, 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 ...