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RED BANK: NEW CHAIR FOR VISITORS CENTER
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RED BANK: Two River Theater marketing director Courtney Schroeder is the new chair of the board for the Red Bank Visitors Center.
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August 14th, 2017 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BIG SPLASH FOR CYMCA SWIMMERS
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RED BANK: The Community YMCA's Aquarockets swim team captures second place at the Y's recent National Championship event in North Carolina.
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August 14th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK AREA: ART NEVER VACATIONS
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RED BANK AREA: There's no vacation for art as local galleries, hotels and museums offer plenty of reasons to get "art and about" this weekend.
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August 11th, 2017 @ 6am
TINTON FALLS: BACK TO BOX CITY
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TINTON FALLS: Spend a "homeless" night in a cardboard box, as part of an annual fundraising drive by the nonprofit Family Promise.
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August 10th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BOOMER’S BACK AT GARMANY
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RED BANK: Boomer Esiason returns, with famous friends, for a second annual Garmany... BOOM! fundraiser on September 8.
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August 9th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: SMITH BIOPIC ANCHORS FILM FEST
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RED BANK: The Monmouth Film Festival returns to Two River Theater for a weekend stand highlighted by 'Shooting Clerks,' a biopic about Kevin Smith.
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August 9th, 2017 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: FREE THE WEEKLINGS
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MIDDLETOWN: Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger and The Weeklings play a free Tuesday night concert, on the lawn at Middletown Arts.
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August 7th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GRANT FUNDS KIDS’ OPERA CAMP
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RED BANK: A grant from OceanFirst Bank will fund a summer opera camp for kids at the Count Basie Theatre, with a focus on the Holocaust.
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August 4th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: The Happy Together Tour rocks back to the Basie Saturday night for a Light of Day fundraiser featuring the Turtles and other 60's popsters.
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August 2nd, 2017 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: BEACH READ ON RIVER ROAD
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FAIR HAVEN: Best-selling novelist Patti Callahan Henry pays a Wednesday visit to a fave local bookshop with her latest beach read in her beach bag.
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August 1st, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: A SEVENTH ‘CROSSING’ ON BRIDGE
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RED BANK: The Crossing Borders Festival of new "Latinx" themed plays returns to Two River for a seventh season with a Wednesday patio party.
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July 31st, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SIDEWALK SALE RETURNS
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RED BANK: Stop scrolling and go strolling as the 63rd annual Sidewalk Sale comes to town, with free parking expanded Street Life music.
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July 28th, 2017 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: NEW PRESIDENT AT CYMCA
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SHREWSBURY: The Community YMCA names Laurie Goganzer as president and CEO, succeeding Rhonda Anderson.
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July 28th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: INDIE FILM FEST GETS UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: The Indie Street Film Festival gets underway, and we've got the rundown of events going on all over town, now through Sunday.
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July 27th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TALENT ON TAP AT TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Two top tap choreographers (and a company of young tap talents) team up for a mystery-shrouded Sunday event at Two River Theater.
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July 26th, 2017 @ 6am
A HOMECOMING FOR RBR EAGLE SCOUT
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RED BANK: A Red Bank Regional grad (and Monmouth Day Care alumnus) remembers his pre-school, for his Eagle Scout project.
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July 26th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: SUMMER JAZZ SERIES RETURNS
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RED BANK: The Basie Summer Jazz Series kicks off with a Wednesday concert co-starring Dave Koz and Larry Graham.
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July 24th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: FESTIVAL SERVES FILMS & EVENTS
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RED BANK: The Indie Street Film Festival returns for a second summer session beginning with a Wednesday opening party and featured premiere.
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July 21st, 2017 @ 4pm
MIDDLETOWN: A DOO WOP TO-DO @ THE MAC
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MIDDLETOWN: 'A Tribute to Our Doo Wop Legends' channels the streetcorner soul of the 1950 Saturday at the township arts center.
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July 21st, 2017 @ 11am
MIDDLETOWN: MUSICAL VIRTUOSO AT LIBRARY
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MIDDLETOWN: Elven Chern offers up a "Neo-Classical Dream Piano Concert" at the library Saturday afternoon.
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July 20th, 2017 @ 12pm
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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)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.