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RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: JOY TO THE EARS
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RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: In separate shows Saturday, the Monmouth Civic Chorus and Shrewsbury Chorale herald the holiday season with classic songs.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: Support your local Public Library, through its annual fundraising appeal coming to a mailbox near you.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BACH’IN AROUND THE XMAS TREE
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RED BANK: The Monmouth Conservatory of Music's holiday show this Saturday will feature an unusual guest: jazz pianist and vocalist Sandy Sasso.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR SENDS HOLIDAY CHEER
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LITTLE SILVER: A group of Red Bank Regional students and teachers take part in a nationwide Cards for Hospitalized Kids initiative.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 4am
RUMSON: TEAMWORK WINS BIG, AT RCDS
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RUMSON: Students at Rumson Country Day School learned the fundamentals of teamwork, confidence building and public speaking, during the school's recent Forensics Festival.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 4am
LINCROFT: The Unitarian Meetinghouse welcomes neighbors of all faiths to a special Christmas morning gathering.
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December 13th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: GUILD AWARDS MEDAL WINNERS
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SHREWSBURY: Red Bank's Eileen Kennedy wins Best In Show honors at the Guild of Creative Art's annual holiday group exhibit.
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December 13th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: HOLIDAY SHOWS ROCK THE BASIE
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RED BANK: Darlene Love brings a "Souled Out Christmas' to the Basie Friday, followed Saturday by Brian Kirk and his big holiday show.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
LEGRAND BRINGS MESSAGE OF HOPE TO RBR
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LITTLE SILVER: Paralyzed football star turned motivational speaker Eric LeGrand is the special guest for a December 7 event at Red Bank Regional.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CBA, TRINITY HALL RAISE $7,500+
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LINCROFT: The men of CBA teamed up with the women of Trinity Hall, serving up a 10th annual Dinner for the Troops that raised over $7,500.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: A WILDER WAY TO HOLIDAY
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MIDDLETOWN: Monmouth Players serve up some more Thornton Wilder, plus dessert, with "A Long Christmas Dinner."
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December 9th, 2016 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR SEEKS HALL OF FAMERS
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional seeks nominations by may 1, to its newly established Athletic Hall of Fame.
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December 9th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: DECORATING CONTEST RETURNS
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RED BANK: There's one more week to register (and be eligible for prizes) for the borough's Holiday Home Decorating Contest.
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December 9th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: ACTOR HELPS MAKE A BOOK ‘SCENE’
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RUMSON: Busy actor Siobhan Fallon Hogan adds 'co-author' to her résumé. She and collaborator Lori Oakes will debut their new kid's book at the Oceanic Library.
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December 8th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOOK & LADDER IS SANTA’S HELPER
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RED BANK: Register by December 16, for Navesink Hook and Ladder's big Santa Present Drop-Off event.
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December 8th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: LANGUAGE PANEL THINKS GLOBALLY
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RUMSON: Five special guests lecture a crowd of RFH students on the benefits of learning world languages.
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December 8th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: FOUR BIG CHRISTMAS EVENTS
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RED BANK: Four big events in Christmas music and dance roll onto the Greater Green in coming days, including The Nutcracker and the Vienna Boys Choir.
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December 7th, 2016 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN: A weekend-long Live Nativity and more, when the Old Stone Church hosts its first annual Winter Festival.
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December 7th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: STOP-IT COP STOPS AT SCHOOL
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FAIR HAVEN: Knollwood students and parents get the facts on cyber-safety, from an internationally recognized "STOPit Cop."
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December 6th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: STEWART CREW COMING TO TOWN
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RED BANK: Contributors to the Jon Stewart project in the works for HBO are slated to offer an evening of comedy here Thursday. Will Stewart himself show?
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December 5th, 2016 @ 1pm
Partyline
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.
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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.