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RUMSON: STUDENT ATHLETES SIGN FOR NCAA
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RUMSON: Thirteen student-athletes from Rumson-Fair Haven sign on the line during National Signing Day.
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February 3rd, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RBR VOICES JOIN IN HONORS CHORUS
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LITTLE SILVER: Vocal majors from RBR's Visual and Performing Arts Academy will lend their voices to two prestigious local and regional choruses.
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February 3rd, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: PLAYERS DISH UP FINE ‘DINING’
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MIDDLETOWN: Monmouth Players take it into A.R. Gurney's engagingly experimental ensemble comedy 'The Dining Room" for six performances.
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February 2nd, 2017 @ 5am
RBR CELEBRATES YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
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LITTLE SILVER: Guests from Jersey Shore Chinese School help Red Bank Regional students welcome the Year of the Rooster.
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February 2nd, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: Students from RBR and Middletown North are among those competing in the local round of Poetry Out Loud, on February 7.
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February 2nd, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: SNEAK PEEK AT ‘THE COMEDIAN’
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RED BANK: Here's your chance to get an advance look at Robert DeNiro in 'The Comedian.'
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February 1st, 2017 @ 12pm
RUMSON, FAIR HAVEN PARENTS GO TO SCHOOL
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RUMSON: Parents of Special Ed students here and in Fair Haven can take advantage of monthly Parent Academy workshops organized by the school districts.
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February 1st, 2017 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: A ‘SOUPER’ PARTY FOR THE NEEDY
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FAIR HAVEN: The Knights of Columbus host a game-day "Souper Bowl Party" for area homeless and hunger charities.
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January 31st, 2017 @ 5am
RANNEY STUDENTS LEARN OF UNTOLD HISTORY
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TINTON FALLS: Ranney School hosts National Poetry Slam champ Clint Smith as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series.
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January 31st, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: TRIBUTES TO CARPENTERS & MORE
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RED BANK: Tribute acts rule the Count Basie Theatre stage with upcoming salutes to the music of The Carpenters and stars of the 80's.
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January 30th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: PBC VOLUNTEERS SHARE THE CARE
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RED BANK: Volunteers at Pilgrim Baptist reach out to homeless Monmouth neighbors via Project Community Cares.
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January 30th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: THINKING AHEAD TO FUTURE CITY
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RED BANK: Volunteers at Pilgrim Baptist reach out to Monmouth County neighbors via Project Community Cares.
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January 30th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: CLEESE BRINGS ‘GRAIL’ TO BASIE
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RED BANK: Madcap Brit John Cleese delivers 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' to the Basie Sunday for a screening and audience Q&A.
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January 27th, 2017 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: BCC HOSTS MINORITY MALE EVENT
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LINCROFT: Brookdale CC will host its third annual Minority Male Initiative conference on the morning of February 17.
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January 27th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A SPIKE IN ATTENDANCE AT UUCMC
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LINCROFT: A free set by jazz pianist Spike Wilner highlights a Sunday of special guest speakers and Social Action films at the Unitarian Meetinghouse.
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January 26th, 2017 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: The late Dr. Sy Siegler of Red Bank is honored during a Holocaust Day program at Brookdale CC.
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January 26th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: A HISTORY LESSON FOR RCDS KIDS
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RUMSON: Students at Rumson Country Day School take part in special events on the history of the civil rights struggle, and their own school's anniversary.
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January 26th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A WINTERFEST OF SEASON’S BEST
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LINCROFT: Winterfest returns to Thompson Park Saturday, snow or no.
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January 25th, 2017 @ 2pm
MIDDLETOWN: The Old Stone Church introduces a new series of Mastery Class art, craft and information sessions.
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January 24th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: CHARTER KIDS MARCH FOR MLK
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RED BANK: Charter School students attend class on MLK Day, and take part in a full day of activities.
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January 24th, 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 ...