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RBR SCHOLARSHIP MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE
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RED BANK: The SOURCE at RBR hosts the annual Kroon Memorial Scholarship Fund Fashion Show, February 26 at the Oyster Point.
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February 14th, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LINCROFT: CBA TOPS RBC IN FIRST CUP GAME
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LINCROFT: The first Founders Cup basketball game finds CBA Basketball topping RBC by a score of 64-54.
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February 14th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE
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RED BANK: Two River Theater invites the public to an Open Rehearsal of an economical Shakespeare comedy, tonight on Bridge Avenue.
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February 13th, 2017 @ 9am
FROM RBR TO SENIORS, A SPECIAL SHOW
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SHREWSBURY: Senior Homesteaders enjoy a special program of words, music and theater, courtesy of RBR's Visual and Performing Arts majors.
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February 13th, 2017 @ 5am
ALL’S WELLNESS IN RUMSON SCHOOLS
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RUMSON: The borough schools' Wellness Committee implements a Simplified Culinary program and more, to promote a healthy student body.
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February 13th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: STINSON LIVE & LEFT OF THE DIAL
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RED BANK: Replacements/GNR guitarist Tommy Stinson is live and left of the dial Sunday, at Brookdale Radio and Jack's Music.
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February 10th, 2017 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: BCC HOSTS RENOWNED AUTHORS
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LINCROFT: The Visiting Writers series at BCC resumes on February 20 with two acclaimed poets in attendance.
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February 10th, 2017 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN 7TH GRADER SPELLS VICTORY
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FAIR HAVEN: "Feckless" is the word that propelled a Knollwood student to the Regional Spelldown competition.
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February 10th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: A SATURDAY NIGHT SINATRA
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LITTLE SILVER: Singer Dave De Luca makes like Sinatra in a Saturday night event here, and channels Dino for a Middletown show next month.
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February 9th, 2017 @ 11am
RUMSON STUDENT STARS ‘ROCK THE BOAT’
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RUMSON: The Forrestdale Drama Club rolls the dice for a winner, with a production of the musical comedy GUYS AND DOLLS JR.
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February 9th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: The Unitarian Meetinghouse hosts a trio of guest speakers on the topic of "The New Jim Crow" and mass incarceration.
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February 9th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: A VALENTINE IN MUSIC AND DANCE
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RED BANK: The New Jersey Symphony dances into February with a Friday night valentine to the Great America Songbook at the Basie.
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February 8th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK HUMANISTS MARK DARWIN DAY
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RED BANK: The Humanists host scientist/futruist Ron Flannery in a Sunday morning celebration of International Darwin Day.
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February 8th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON SCHOOLS MAKE ART FOR CHHANGE
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RUMSON: A partnership between Forrestdale School and Brookdale-based CHHANGE promotes the power of art in understanding tumultuous events.
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February 8th, 2017 @ 5am
RBR CYBER PATRIOTS SWEEP STATE FINALS
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LITTLE SILVER: Teams from RBR's Academy of Information Tech sweep all three top places in the state CyberPatriot competition.
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February 7th, 2017 @ 5am
TINTON FALLS: NEW STUDENT CTR AT RANNEY
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TINTON FALLS: A generous donation from Ranney School parents results in an all-new Mann Student Center facility.
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February 7th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: STEWART CREW RETURNS
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RED BANK: As they did in December, writers for Jon Stewart's hush-hush new show are slated to offer a night of standup and improv here this week.
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February 6th, 2017 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR INVESTS IN TEEN HEALTH
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LITTLE SILVER: The new Fitness Center at Red Bank Regional gets a workout, with uses that include after-school strength training sessions.
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February 6th, 2017 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: BE OUR GUEST AT SCHOOL SHOW
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FAIR HAVEN: The "Jr." version of the Disney musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST goes up for one show only at Knollwood School, March 2.
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February 6th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ‘PRODIGIES’ AT ST. THOMAS PIANO
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RED BANK: Thirteen-year-old piano prodigy Adam Jackson inaugurates a new series of classical music concerts at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
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February 3rd, 2017 @ 2pm
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 ...