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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
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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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.