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RED BANK: STRAWBERRIES, STARS ‘N STRIPES
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RED BANK: Strawberries, swinging sounds, and a stirring salute to Old Glory come together atop Tower Hill on Sunday.
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June 30th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RBR STUDENTS WIN ART CONTEST HONORS
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RED BANK: RBR teens take the grand prize and the most winning entries, in the Monmouth Day Care art contest for students of county schools.
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June 30th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: ‘NOOKIETOWN’ FOR A NIGHT
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FAIR HAVEN: The author of 'Nookietown,' in which one character asks a friend to sleep with her husband, comes to River Road Books.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
RUMSON: ART SHOW RETURNS FOR LABOR DAY
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RUMSON: The fifth annual Canterbury Art Show returns to historic St. George's Church (and raises funds for local nonprofits) for three days over labor Day Weekend.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: The Community YMCA assumes a leading role in a county-wide coalition addressing the risk of suicide in people under 25 years old.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: A VERY SPECIAL JULY 4 EVENT
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SHREWSBURY: A rare reproduction of the Declaration of Independence will be read on July 4, during an annual ceremony at Allen House.
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June 28th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: MAKS & VAL DO IT THEIR WAY
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RED BANK: "Dancing with the Stars" champs and brothers MAKS & VAL bring a choreographed story of their life to the Basie boards for two nights this week.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN FAIR SETS UP FOR 73rd YEAR
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MIDDLETOWN: Back for a 73rd annual edition, The Great St. Mary Fair lights up the night, from 6:30 this evening through Saturday.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: RECKLESS RE-LO FOR SENIOR ‘CAFE’
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RED BANK: The public is invited to look in, as The Wesleyan Cafe senior resource hub sets up at its new home on June 29.
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June 24th, 2016 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: NANCY’S MUSICAL FIREWORKS
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MIDDLETOWN: A summertime tradition continues, as Nancy Scharff invites the public to her annual God and Country Patriotic Concert.
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June 23rd, 2016 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER GETS ITS FIRST DAY IN THE SUN
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LITTLE SILVER: The first-ever Little Silver Day celebration fills Saturday afternoon and evening with music, food, fun, games, fireworks and community.
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June 23rd, 2016 @ 11am
RUMSON: FORRESTDALE HONORS CLASS OF ’16
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RUMSON: More than 100 rising freshmen gather at RFH, as Forrestdale School graduates its Class of 2016. We've got the details on award winners and more.
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June 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR TEENS, ALUMS HONORED
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LITTLE SILVER: Scholarships are awarded and students are honored, during the annual reception for the Source program at Red Bank Regional.
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June 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: MINI HORSES BOOKED AT LIBRARY
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SHREWSBURY: Miniature horses Buster and Star return to the Eastern Branch Library, for a Friday morning visit keyed to New Jersey's Month of the Horse.
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June 22nd, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WEEK TO REMEMBER MAMA @TRT
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RED BANK: The season-closing production of "I Remember Mama" enters its final week at Two River Theater.
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June 20th, 2016 @ 11am
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN JUNIORS LAUDED
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RUMSON: Some two dozen RFH Juniors are honored by the Board of Ed for their outstanding academic achievements.
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June 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: HERE’S THE BALDWIN- KLINE THING
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RED BANK: Alec Baldwin makes a Two River Theater return, joined by Kevin Kline for a Monday night recording of his podcast "Here's the Thing."
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June 17th, 2016 @ 7am
Y HELPS RED BANK KIDS GET IN THE SWIM
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RED BANK: Third graders from two borough schools learn to feel safe and comfortable in the water, as part of a free annual program from the CYMCA.
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June 17th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN KIDS CELEBRATE TRANSITION DAY
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FAIR HAVEN: An "enduring and endearing tradition" rolls on, as borough students make a school-to-school transition from third to fourth grade.
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June 17th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: FAB FAUX TO SPIN FAB FOUR’S 45’S
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RED BANK: The Fab Faux return to the Basie for a 15th annual show with a spin through the Beatles' greatest hits.
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June 16th, 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.