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RUMSON KIDS TURN SCHOOL INTO ART SPACE
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Sculptures, paintings, pottery, weavings and more showcased the talents of students in grades K to 3, as the annual Deane-Porter Art Show transformed the school into a gallery for emerging artists.
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May 31st, 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 INDUCTS SIX INTO HALL OF FAME
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LITTLE SILVER: Six distinguished alumni of Red Bank High School and Red Bank Regional are honored at the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: ART WITH A (RE)PURPOSE
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Recycled, repurposed, really cool artwork by Lisa Bagwell is on display, now through end of June, at the Red Bank Library.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 12pm
The Canterbury Fair returns to St. George's Church in Rumson for a 68th annual edition on Saturday, June 11.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: A ‘WORK OUT DAY’ CHALLENGE
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Red Bank Regional principal Risa Clay challenges the community to get in shape while helping The SOURCE shape the future of our community's families — during a Work Out Day event on June 11.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: A ‘TASTE’ SENSATION AT TWO RIVER
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A Little Taste of Broadway fundraiser at Two River Theater dazzles with top-tier entertainment, food and cocktails — and raises funds for the St. James School community.
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May 26th, 2016 @ 5am
An Olympic Day slate of activities is on the schedule, as the Monmouth 7s "Showdown at the Shore IV" Rugby Tournament takes place at Thompson Park on June 18.
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May 26th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: MONKEES SWING BACK TO BASIE
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Original MONKEES men Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork lead a new band (and plug a big new album) when they celbrate the group's 50th anniversay, Sunday night at the Count Basie.
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May 25th, 2016 @ 10am
LINCROFT: CBA HOSTS 1ST SCHOLARS PROGRAM
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Seniors display their research-driven projects in engineering, civics and the arts, during a first-ever Scholars Colloquium at Christian Brothers Academy.
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May 25th, 2016 @ 5am
RFH STUDENTS CREATE iBOOKS FOR ORPHANS
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French classes at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional collaborate on a series of original iBook stories that will be enjoyed by children in a Haitian orphanage.
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May 25th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN
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Pat Guadagno saddles up his Tired Horse band (and welcomes some fresh new faces), as Thursday's 18th annual BOBFEST concert salutes the 75th birthday of Bob Dylan, and the 50th anniversary of the epic album BLONDE ON BLONDE.
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May 24th, 2016 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: A HEALTHY TOPIC FOR LUNCH
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An interactive panel discussion on women's health topics is on the menu, as the Women's Heart Fund hosts its tenth annual Spring Luncheon fundraiser.
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May 24th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK’S RAMIREZ A MODEL STUDENT
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Red Bank Regional senior Jose Ramirez achieves a first-place finish in the state Technology Student Association transportation modelmaking competition, moving on to the national level.
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May 24th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: ZOMBIES AND RASCALS @BASIE
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RED BANK: The reunited Zombies and Felix Cavaliere's Rascals take the stage at the Count Basie Theatre.
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 7am
LINCROFT: BROTHERHOOD FOR BREAKFAST
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The Brookdale campus is the scene, as the inaugural Shore Region Interfaith Prayer Breakfast serves up a celebration of a rich and diverse ethnic, cultural and religious community. 
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
Summer reading programs geared to toddlers, tweens, teens and grown-ups are in season, with sign-ups now at the County Library's Eastern Branch.
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: “GAS MONEY” GETS HIM HERE
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Author Troy Lewis makes a GAS MONEY pitstop at the county library's Eastern Branch, in a Saturday afternoon appearance.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: $30K IN SCHOLARSHIPS FROM JOCEF
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Students from Red Bank and Middletown are among the recipients, as the nonprofit JOCEF foundation awards scholarships to Monmouth County culinary students.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: GOD + SCIENCE, PERFECT TOGETHER
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Pro-Future Evangelist and best-selling author REV. MICHAEL DOWD visits Rumson's First Presbyterian Church for a talk on the reconciliation of science and religion, in a June 6 presentation of the Monmouth Community Climate Coalition.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 5am
A RETROSPECTIVE FOR A RED BANK RECLUSE
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The late Red Bank artist Lewis Lanza Rudolph is remembered in a retrospective that opens Friday evening (and continues until Labor Day) at the Monmouth Museum.
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May 19th, 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.
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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
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.