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LINCROFT: LEGENDS IN BRONZE, AT BCC
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LINCROFT: Famed athletes, civil rights leaders and everyday heroes assemble at Brookdale's CVA Gallery, for a Thursday reception spotlighting the work of bronze sculptor Brian Hanlon.
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January 23rd, 2017 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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M’TOWN: LOCAL SPCA TO HOLD V-DAY BRUNCH
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MIDDLETOWN: Reserve now for the Monmouth County SPCA's annual Valentine's Day Brunch, scheduled for February 12.
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January 23rd, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: Brookdale's Board of Trustees approve a $80 million budget, as well as a 4 percent tuition increase.
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January 20th, 2017 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN TEEN ATTAINS EAGLE SCOUT RANK
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough resident Michael Frissora attains the rank of Eagle Scout for his garden project at Sickles School.
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January 19th, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: IT’S ALL FREE AT THE LIBRARY
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MIDDLETOWN: From climbing mountains to busting ghosts, the public library has a slate of wintry diversions lined up in coming days.
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January 18th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: A PILGRIM TRIBUTE IN BLUE
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RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist hosts chiefs and officers from around Monmouth County, at its first annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
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January 18th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON’S SWARTZ RE-ELECTED LIBRARY CHAIR
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SHREWSBURY: Renee Swartz of Rumson is re-elected chair of the County Library Commission, a position she's held since 1976.
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January 18th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: K KIDS TAKE CHARGE OF PROJECT
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RUMSON: More than 120 students in the RFH School District make the College Board's annual AP District Honor Roll. 
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January 17th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: More than 120 students in the RFH School District make the College Board's annual AP District Honor Roll. 
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January 17th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: A STAND-UP GUY, TWICE NIGHTLY
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RED BANK: Comedy sensation Sebastian Maniscalco makes an unprecedented SIX-show stand at the Count Basie Theatre, this Thursday through Saturday.
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January 16th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ‘HURRICANE’ WATCH AT TWO RIVER
RED BANK: The borough's suburban streets form the setting of HURRICANE DIANE, a wild comedy of Greek gods and climate catastrophe that makes its world premiere at Two River Theater.
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January 13th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: The Basie's PROJECT FX student film competition extends its deadline for entries to Sunday, February 5.
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January 13th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A BIG (AND LITTLE) ART HAPPENING
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LINCROFT: From big colorful cows to magnificent miniatures, a pair of Monmouth Museum art openings seek to brighten your winter hours this Saturday.
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January 11th, 2017 @ 12pm
REGISTER NOW FOR TWO RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE
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ON THE GREEN: Kids from five local towns are invited to register by Jan. 31 for the new season of Two River Little League.
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January 11th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: FREE WELDING TRAINING FROM BCC
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LINCROFT: Unemployed individuals can train for free as a welder, in a program co-sponsored by Brookdale CC.
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January 10th, 2017 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: Pilgrim Baptist Church and Monmouth Reform Temple team up to extend Martin Luther King Day into a Social Awareness Weekend of events, January 13 through 16.
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January 9th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: Brookdale CC is soliciting nominations for its Distinguished Alumni Awards and Honorary Degrees.
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January 6th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: MULHEREN PLEDGES $1M TO RMC
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RED BANK: Outgoing Riverview Med Center Foundation chair Nancy Mulheren presents a very generous gift to Meridian's "Giving Heals" campaign.
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January 5th, 2017 @ 4am
RED BANK: NJSO IN THE TEMPLE OF TUNES
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RED BANK: The NJ Symphony knocks twice on Basie's door, with a live play-along to RAIDERS and a guest visit by classical superstar Pinchas Zukerman.
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January 4th, 2017 @ 12pm
RBR MAJORS DANCE THROUGH THE DECADES
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LITTLE SILVER: The dance majors of Red Bank Regional go "Dancing Through the Decades" in a January 12 winter concert.
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January 4th, 2017 @ 5am
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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
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 ...