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RED BANK: LOCAL ARTS ORGS GET 2017 GRANTS
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RED BANK: The Art Alliance is one of 15 arts-based organizations on the greater Green to be awarded 2017 ArtHelps grants by the Monmouth Arts Council.
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October 12th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ON THE GREEN: A FORTUNE IN HISTORIC VALUE
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SHREWSBURY: The Eastern Branch Library hosts an October 19 panel and an ongoing exhibit about the fight to rescue and restore Red Bank's historic Fortune House.
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October 12th, 2016 @ 5am
TINTON FALLS: EXPRESS SEEKS HOLIDAY ELVES
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TINTON FALLS: Holiday Express is looking for adult and junior "Warehouse Elves" to volunteer at its Shrewsbury Avenue facility, beginning this month.
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October 11th, 2016 @ 5am
HOW RBR’S VPA TEENS SPENT THEIR SUMMER
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LITTLE SILVER: The performing arts majors of Red Bank Regional used their school-year break to hone their performance skills and passion for their craft.
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October 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: DENMAN TO DISCUSS OLYMPICS
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RED BANK: Olympic racewalker ('56) and journalist Elliott Denman to discuss a new book on the Olympics at the public library.
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October 10th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK UMC BAGS BIG ROLE IN KIT PROJECT
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RED BANK: Residents and staff of The Wesleyan on Wall Street lend a helping hand with United Methodist Communities' Project Health Kit initiative for disaster victims.
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October 10th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN KIDS GET A LEGO UP ON LEARNING
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FAIR HAVEN: Not just another brick in the wall, as Sickles School students sharpen STEM skills by working with LEGOs.
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October 10th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: STEWART GOODYEAR AT THE BASIE
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RED BANK: Pianist Stewart Goodyear helps the New Jersey Symphony open a good new year at the Count Basie Saturday night.
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October 6th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: SATURN RISING AT SALON SHOW
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RED BANK: Artist Brittany James gets a solo spotlight at Salon Concrete, beginning with a Saturday reception.
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October 6th, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON SCHOOLS WELCOME THERAPY DOG
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RUMSON: A therapy dog named Violet joins RFH high schoolers for a new program at the borough's primary and middle schools.
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October 6th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: CETERA (ET CETERA) AT THE BASIE
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RED BANK: Longtime voice of Chicago PETER CETERA keynotes a tuneful October interlude at the Count Basie, this Thursday.
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October 5th, 2016 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: CBA HOLDS ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
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LINCROFT: Prospective students and parents get a tour of student clubs, organizations and Varsity athletic programs, during Open House day at CBA.
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October 5th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN MARINE MAKES WALL OF HONOR
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough native and US Marine Joe McGovern Jr. is the newest active military member named to the Wall of Honor at Knollwood School.
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October 5th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR SENDS FIVE VOICES TO ALL STATE CHORUS
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LITTLE SILVER: Five vocal majors from Red Bank Regional's VPA program will represent the school in the year's All State Chorus.
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October 4th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: GRANT $, GALA FOR TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Two River Theater announces a set of major grants and awards, along with a fun Halloween fundraiser on October 22.
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October 4th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BROMBERG, BRADLEE AT THE BASIE
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RED BANK: Everything old is swingin' again, as David Bromberg and Scott Bradlee bring their mastery of retro musical styles to midweek shows at the Count Basie.
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October 3rd, 2016 @ 2pm
ON THE GREEN: Free public talks in Rumson and Fair Haven will update residents on ways to help keep the Navesink River clean and healthy, October 18 and 20.
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October 3rd, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: A St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals commences in coming days, with events in Rumson, Shrewsbury and Navesink.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: 3RD ANNUAL COMPETITION IN ‘FX’
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RED BANK: Calling all high school and college filmmakers, as the Count Basie announces the third annual PROJECT FX competition.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: O’REE OF LOTSA FAITH
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RED BANK: Bon Jovi and occasional road sideman Matt O'Ree put on simultaneous shows just doors apart Saturday night.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
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(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.
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.