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MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players continue a Season of Classics with no less than DEATH OF A SALESMAN, beginning Saturday night.
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November 4th, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY HOSTS JOB FAIR
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MIDDLETOWN: The Public Library hosts a November 19 Community Employment Fair, sponsored by The Community YMCA. 
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November 4th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A GRAMMER LESSON AT UUCMC
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LINCROFT: Modern folk icon Tracy Grammer shares new songs, and stories of her years with the late Dave Carter, Saturday night at the Unitarian Meetinghouse.
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November 3rd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK CHARTER DANCES FOR KINDNESS
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RED BANK: The Charter School joins the world in preparing for the fifth annual Dance for Kindness, with a November 13 flash-mob event on Broad Street.
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November 3rd, 2016 @ 5am
RBR FEMALE STUDENTS EXPLORE ENGINEERING
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR's Academy of Engineering has attracted several female students to its S.T.E.M.-based curriculum.
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November 3rd, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: AN ABUNDANCE OF ART SHOWS
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RED BANK: From metalwork to paintings made to be destroyed, art shows abound on the Greater Red Bank Green through the weekend.
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November 2nd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SEEKING MERRY WIVES, AND MORE
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RED BANK: Two River Theater puts a call out to high school age performers, to be part of the annual "A Little Shakespeare" production.
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November 2nd, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON SCHOOLS HOST EDUCATION EXPERT
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RUMSON: Nurturing each student (and challenging top learners) was the theme of a special teachers' session with author and educator Dr. Bertie Kingore.
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November 2nd, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: A CREATIVE WAY TO FUNDRAISE
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SHREWSBURY: An artist's unusual exhibit involves the fundraiser "sale" of temporary works that will be dismantled after the show that opens on Sunday.
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November 1st, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: CYMCA HOSTS TALK ON JERUSALEM
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RED BANK: Positive relations between Israeli and Palestinian communities is the topic of two special guest speakers, November 11 at the Community YMCA.
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November 1st, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: LET’S TALK GENDER AT RBR
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LITTLE SILVER: Author and activist Sam Killermann visits Red Bank Regional for a well-received talk on the issue of Gender Identity in American society.
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October 31st, 2016 @ 5am
TINTON FALLS: INTRO TO JUDAISM STARTS 11/2
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TINTON FALLS: Rabbi Kline of Monmouth Reform Temple invites the public to a free, 8-week course on the fundamentals of Jewish thought and practice.
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October 31st, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: DEAD ON LIVE AT THE BASIE
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RED BANK: The Dead walk the earth, or at least the Count Basie boards, in the personae of Marc Muller's meticulous tribute band, Dead On Live.
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October 27th, 2016 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: SPOOKY WALKS AND TALKS
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SANDY HOOK: A "ghost tour" of Fort Hancock, plus a pair of lectures on ghosthunting and the Jersey Devil creep onto this week's calendar.
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October 26th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MORGAN PICKS UP THE PIECES
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RED BANK: Back on the road after a limo crash that killed a friend and seriously injured him, Tracy Morgan is slated to do two shows at the Basie Friday.
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October 26th, 2016 @ 9am
MIDDLETOWN: The 16th annual Navesink Challenge races are set to kick up donations for worthy causes, on the morning of November 27.
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October 26th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: The Tower Players take to the RFH stage with the merry medieval farce "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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October 25th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: YES MEN RETURN, BUT NOT AS YES
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RED BANK: The music of prog-rockers Yes comes to the Basie Wednesday, courtesy of veteran Yes men Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman — aka ARW.
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October 24th, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON STUDENTS WALK, BIKE TO IGNITE
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RUMSON: Kids got themselves to school on foot or on bikes, as part of a safety campaign promoted by the police and PTO.
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October 24th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: A HALLOWED TRADITION TURNS 69
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The annual Red Bank Halloween Parade takes to the pavement this Sunday for another colorful display of cosplay and community pride.
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October 21st, 2016 @ 2pm
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KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
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)