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ON THE GREEN: BIG THEATER ON SMALL STAGES
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ON THE GREEN: The musical GYPSY highlights a weekend of new stage shows from Phoenix Productions, Monmouth Players and Stone Church Players.
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September 15th, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LINCROFT: A DAY OF FREE DENTAL CARE
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LINCROFT: For the tenth consecutive year, Newman Springs Dental Care offers a free day of Dentistry from the Heart services.
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September 15th, 2016 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: CLEAN UP VOLUNTEERS WANTED
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SEA BRIGHT: Instead of disaster, Hurricane Hermine brought pollution — and on Saturday, two nonprofits team up to host an all-volunteer Beach Clean Up.
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September 14th, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: ART ‘N ABOUT ENDING SUMMER
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ON THE GREEN: Illustrator Mike Quon and a bunch of Latino artists have their works on display locally as summer fades.
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September 13th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SALVATION ARMY HOLIDAY HELP
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RED BANK: The Salvation Army announces October sign-up dates for families seeking Thanksgiving and Christmas assistance.
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September 13th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: TRACING FORTUNE’S FAMILY TREE
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RED BANK: The life and family tree of pioneering African American journalist T. Thomas Fortune is examined, in a free Saturday program at Calvary Baptist.
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September 13th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: UUC HOSTS BLACK LIVES RALLY
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LINCROFT: The Unitarian Meetinghouse is the scene for a September 25 community rally in support of Black Lives Matter.
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September 12th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: MA RAINEY’S COMING TO TOWN
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RED BANK: Stage and screen veteran Arnetia Walker talks to redbankgreen about her title role in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, the August Wilson play that opens a new season at Two River Theater.
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September 9th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK:Parks and Rec hosts the Wag and Woodfish at outdoor fundraising concert.
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September 9th, 2016 @ 5am
SANDY HOOK: ZERO WASTE, MAX FAMILY FUN
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SANDY HOOK: Monmouth Arts Council invites all ages to a free family fun weekend of art, music and environmental awareness, during the first Zero Waste Arts Fest on September 17-18.
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September 9th, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: PADDLE, SKIM, RUNBIKESWIM
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ON THE GREEN: Local Summer continues with the annual returns of Paddle the Navesink Day, Skimbash Sea Bright and the Iron Girl Triathlon.
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September 8th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SIGN UP NOW FOR BASIE ACADEMY
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RED BANK: The Basie's Performing Arts Academy is accepting sign-ups for the new Fall Semester.
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September 8th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CLEARWATER FLOWS AGAIN
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LINCROFT: Clearwater Festival returns to Brookdale for two days of free music and earthly love.
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September 7th, 2016 @ 8am
NJ MONTHLY LISTS RBR IN TOP 100 SCHOOLS
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional once again joins Rumson-Fair Haven and Middletown South on NJ Monthly's list of Top 100 High Schools.
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September 7th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: AN ARTY START TO RECOVERY
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RED BANK: Frame to Please hosts an exhibit of art (with live-paint reception) to kick off Mental Health Awareness Week on October 2.
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September 6th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE OFFERS BOY, ROY AND MORE
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RED BANK: Karma chameleon Boy George and Culture Club herald a week's worth of rock-radio hit sounds at the Count Basie, with a Tuesday night concert.
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September 5th, 2016 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: BOOMER, BEACH, BOOKS, BUCS
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ON THE GREEN: An End of Summer Party on the Hook, a BBQ kickoff for RBR's football Bucs, a roof-raising celebration for Oceanic Library and a Garmany fundraiser featuring Boomer Esiason and other NFL greats are on tap for the post-holiday nights ahead.
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September 2nd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RIBEYE BROTHERS SET TO SIZZLE
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RED BANK: The Ribeye Brothers make a long-awaited return to the Temple Bar at the Dublin House, for some Labor Day Sunday sets of prime cuts and pleasant surprises.
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September 1st, 2016 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR WELCOMES CLASS OF 2020
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional's incoming Class of 2020 gets a guided welcome tour of the school, in advance of the September 6 opening of the academic year.
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August 31st, 2016 @ 4am
RUMSON: A CANTERBURY TAIL ON SUMMER
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RUMSON: Nearly 100 creatives show their wares at the Canterbury Art Show, returning to St. George's Church this weekend.
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August 30th, 2016 @ 4am
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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.
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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.
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.