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RUMSON: A PARTNERSHIP TO ‘GROW NJ KIDS’
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RUMSON: The School District partners with a statewide early learning initiative to develop an enhanced preschool program.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LITTLE SILVER 5K IS A SERIOUS FUN RUN
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LITTLE SILVER: The 23rd annual 5K run welcomes runners of all ages on October 2, with awards, cash prizes, and a family-friendly Post Party.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 4am
LINCROFT: A BARNBURNER OF A MUSIC FEST
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LINCROFT: Members of Bon Jovi and other monsters of classic rock converge on the Brookdale campus, during Saturday's fundraiser Rock the Farm Music and Food Truck Festival.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: A FAIR-THEE-WELL TO SUMMER ’16
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FAIR HAVEN: The sights, sounds and smells of a summer tradition return when the 57th annual Firemen's Fair arrives for an eight-night stand.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: JOIN THE 100TH BIRTHDAY BLITZ
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SANDY HOOK: Nature lovers, citizen scientists and other volunteers are invited to sign up for the sixth annual BioBlitz project on September 23-24.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 4am
RED BANK: MA RAINEY’S BLOCK PARTY @TRTC
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RED BANK: Two River Theater sounds a keynote for their upcoming season, with a free-admission Taste of the Blues Block Party on Friday evening featuring live tunes and a chance to meet the cast of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: A CIRCLE OF LIFE, AT RBR
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LITTLE SILVER: Students of Red Bank Regional's Visual and Performing Arts Summer Academy "Feel the Love," during an August 10 performance of THE LION KING JR.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE ROLLS (WITH) THE DICE
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RED BANK: The Diceman returneth to the area, for a Thursday night throwdown at the Basie.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MCAC EXEC STEPS DOWN, MOVES UP
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RED BANK: The Monmouth County Arts Council names a new Acting Executive Director, as Mary Eileen Fouratt moves to the NJ State Council on the Arts. 
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 5am
RBR FRESHMEN DISCUSS HISTORY, HARMONY
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LITTLE SILVER: Students of Red Bank Regional's Summer Slam program are treated to special guest presentations on racial tolerance, and the legacy of Red Bank's T. Thomas Fortune.
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: WILDER TIME TO BE HAD BY ALL
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MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players serve up an appetizer for their forthcoming season, with an intimate program of one-acts by the great Thornton Wilder.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK CHARTER STEM PROGRAM SETS SAIL
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RED BANK: A summer program launched by the Charter School lets kids from borough schools "set sail" with STEM-curriculum activities on and around local waterways.
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August 19th, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: GOOD TIMES, GOOD CAUSES
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ON THE GREEN: A community picnic and softball game hosted by Lunch Break kicks off a round of recreational charity events.
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August 18th, 2016 @ 9am
M’TOWN: A TAYLOR-MADE TUNE FOR A FIGHTER
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MIDDLETOWN: Shore pop singer Taylor Tote joins a chorus of young cancer fighters and first responders, for a weekend video shoot inspired by 6 year old cancer survivor Natalie Grace Gorsegner.
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August 18th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A BIG LIFT FOR CBA STUDENTS
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LINCROFT: Two CBA student athletes (and the school's Strength Coach) were medalists in a recent USA Weightlifting competitive event.
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August 18th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: SONGS FOR A SUMMER NIGHT
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RED BANK: St. Anthony's Church kicks off a new music series with a Thursday night concert by soprano Alexis Rodda.
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August 17th, 2016 @ 4pm
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional's building, students and faculty will benefit this year from a set of generous grants by the Buc Backer Foundation.
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August 16th, 2016 @ 3am
LINCROFT: A 60TH SEASON, A SUMMER SING
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LINCROFT: The Shrewsbury Chorale and new music director Neil F. Brown invite the public to join in a Summer Sing on August 16.
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August 14th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SEX, LINES AND ADHESIVE TAPE
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RED BANK: Lambs and Wolves salon hosts an opening for artwork executed in adhesive tape.
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August 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: VAN ZANDTS STAR AT ROCKIT GALA
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RED BANK: Rock and roll power couple Steven and Maureen Van Zandt are the guests of honor for the inaugural gale of the Count Basie's Rockit Live music program, on September 25.
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August 11th, 2016 @ 5am
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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.