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LINCROFT: BCC TO HOST FALL OPEN HOUSE
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LINCROFT: The Collins Arena at BCC is the setting for the school's annual Fall Open House, Sunday November 6.
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October 21st, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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MONMOUTH CANDIDATES FORUM SET FOR 10/26
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MANALAPAN: The League of Women Voters hosts a forum of candidates for Freeholder, Sheriff, and Surrogate, Oct. 26 at the County Library.
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October 21st, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Emmy winning music authority David Dubal returns to Monmouth Conservatory this Sunday for an illuminating intro to Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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October 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
M’TOWN: NUT SWAMP GOES GOLD VS. CANCER
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MIDDLETOWN: Staff, students and parents at Nut Swamp School team up to fight pediatric cancer during a weeklong fundraising and awareness drive.
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October 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK HOSTS DRUG TURN-IN ON OCT. 22
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RED BANK: Bring unused and expired prescription drugs to the police station this Saturday, as part of the DEA's nationwide Take Back Day.
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October 20th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: A GUILDED AGE FOR CREATIVES
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SHREWSBURY: The winners of the 24th Annual Open Juried Show remain on display for one more week at the Guild of Creative Art.
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October 19th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BIDS START ON GALA AUCTIONS
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RED BANK: Jets tickets, Colbert tickets, TODAY tickets and a private Antiques Roadshow are just some of the prizes to be bid on Friday, during the annual Lunch Break gala event.
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October 19th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: The Fathers' Club at CBA raises over $35K in financial support to students, at this year's Brother Andrew Fall Outing.
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October 19th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK, RBR TEAM TO TUTOR
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RED BANK: Red Bank Regional faculty partner with two borough-based facilities for an innovative evening tutoring program.
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October 18th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR SEEKS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI FOR 2017
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional is calling for nominations to its 2017 class of Distinguished Alumni, with deadline November 11.
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October 18th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: FRAMPTON COMES UNPLUGGED
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RED BANK: Peter Frampton does it in the raw with an acoustic career retrospective from the Count Basie stage Tuesday night.
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October 17th, 2016 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN KIDS EMBRACE ‘THE OTHER R’
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FAIR HAVEN: The Sickles School hosts a Week of Respect that reinforces the theme "It's OK to Be Different."
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October 17th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A FINE DAY IN THOMPSON PARK
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LINCROFT: The annual Thompson Park Day offers up a family-friendly Fall festival of activities, contests, rides and entertainment this Sunday.
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October 14th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: The Business Alliance hosts its first-ever Holiday Soiree (benefitting two local nonprofits), Nov. 17 at the Molly.
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October 14th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CBA NAMES 2016 HALL OF FAMERS
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LINCROFT: The CBA Hall of Fame inducts a pro soccer player, a Madison Avenue CEO and more, at a November 19 gala.
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October 14th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: HAUNTED HOUSE CREAKS OPEN
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LINCROFT: An eek-spanded edition of Brookdale's Haunted Theater goes up for the first of three big weekends starting Friday night.
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October 13th, 2016 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: Teens and parents are invited to view 'Audrie & Daisy,' a documentary about cyberbullying, sexual assault and suicide.
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October 13th, 2016 @ 7am
MIDDLETOWN: PLANTING SEEDS OF PRAISE
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MIDDLETOWN: The annual Field of Flags tribute takes root once more at Westminster Presbyterian, with a Saturday morning ceremony.
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October 13th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist Church is collecting donations of dollars and needed items, to aid Hurricane Matthew's victims in the U.S. and Haiti.
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October 13th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: YOK-TOBERFEST IS ON AT BASIE’S
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RED BANK: Humorist David Sedaris and improv aces Mochrie + Sherwood explore the many faces of comedy at the Count Basie, this Thursday and Saturday.
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October 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
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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)