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RUMSON: NAVESINK BOAT RACE RETURNS
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RUMSON: The 8th Annual Rumson Boat Race Collegiate Regatta launches on the Navesink from Victory Park Saturday, following a night-before fundraising soiree.
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September 20th, 2017 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: DAY CARE KEEPS ON TRUCKIN’
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RED BANK: BEEP BEEP BEEP... Monmouth Day Care's Touch-a-Truck backs into place once again at the middle school this Saturday.
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September 18th, 2017 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: TWO TICKETS ON THE AISLE
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Red Bank's Phoenix Productions goes "Into the Woods" at the Basie...and Middletown's Monmouth Players go "Moon Over Buffalo" at Navesink Arts...as the fall stage season heats up on the greater Green.
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September 14th, 2017 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: EARTH ROOM SPOTLIGHTS TWO
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LINCROFT: The Earth Room Concerts folk music series continues Saturday at the Unitarian Meetinghouse with Shawna Caspi and Efrat Shapira.
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September 12th, 2017 @ 7am
LINCROFT: CLEARWATER FLOWS AT BROOKDALE
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LINCROFT: The 42nd annual Clearwater Festival returns to Brookdale for a two-day celebration of music and environmentally friendly messaging.
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September 8th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RAISIN’ A FAMILY @ TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Two River Theater season-opener 'A Raisin in the Sun' stars wife-and-husband actors Crystal Dickinson and Brandon Dirden.
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September 6th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: GODDESSES FROM BABYLON
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RED BANK: Opening receptions at the Oyster Point and Art Alliance bring September's gallery season into full swing this week.
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September 5th, 2017 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: ONE ‘ANGRY HOUSE PAINTER’
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ON THE GREEN: A solo show by "Angry House Painter" Paul Hansen highlights the friendly neighborhood art gallery scene this weekend.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 2pm
SANDY HOOK: SUN SETS ON SUMMER ’17
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SANDY HOOK: RSVP by Monday for the annual End of Summer Party fundraiser for the Foundation for Sandy Hook.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 10am
AN RBR SR. GOES TO HARVARD AND RUTGERS
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RED BANK: A rising RBR senior...and first-generation American...spends his summer with two prestigious math and science programs.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: The annual Canterbury Art Show returns to St. George's Church beginning with a Friday night reception and continues through the holiday weekend.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: A CURTAIN-RAISIN’ FREE BBQ
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RED BANK: Two River Theater raisin' the curtain on a new season with a free block party boasting music, food and the cast of 'A Raisin in the Sun' Thursday.
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August 29th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: ROCKIT & A RASCAL TO ROCK BASIE
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RED BANK: The kids from Rockit! are back at the Basie on Saturday, saluting the Summer of Love with special guest Eddie Brigati of the Rascals.
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August 25th, 2017 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR TURNS 58
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FAIR HAVEN: The sights, sounds and smells of a great summer tradition return to River Road this weekend with the 58th annual Fair Haven Firemen's Fair.
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August 23rd, 2017 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: Paddle a kayak or canoe, spot some wildlife and more at Monmouth County Park System sites around the Red Bank fringe. Schedule of events.
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August 21st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: SHEWELL TO SHINE AT JAMIAN’S
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RED BANK: Eryn Shewell, one of the Shore's most celebrated blues chanteuses - and occasional "boardwalk bombshell - returns to Jamian's Saturday night.
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August 18th, 2017 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN: BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE
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MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players warm up for a new season with a sampler of soliloquies 'n such by Shakespeare.
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August 17th, 2017 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: ARTFUL ALTERNATE REALITIES
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ON THE GREEN: Fairy Tales for Adults, "lascivious women" and other alternate realities on the gallery walls of Red Bank area this weekend.
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August 16th, 2017 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: CATCH THESE OUTSIDE
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ON THE GREEN: Movies in the park, music on the sands, streets and docks... all free and in the midsummer evenings ahead.
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August 15th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: IT’S COOL, AND FREE, AT THE BASIE
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RED BANK: The Basie's free summer film series keeps the popcorn popping with Tuesday screenings of two very different features.
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August 14th, 2017 @ 2pm
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.