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Free fillings, cleanings and extractions to Red Bank area residents, during Navesink Dental Care's eighth annual Dentistry from the Heart day on April 30.
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April 19th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: JUST BROWN AND SERVE
Put on those protective ponchos, as Food Network star Alton Brown visits the Count Basie for a Wednesday night EAT YOUR SCIENCE extravaganza that just might get a bit messy.
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April 18th, 2016 @ 8am
LINCROFT: CBA COLTS SIGN UP FOR DIVISION I
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Six student athlete seniors at Christian Brothers Academy sign up for Division I colleges, bringing CBA's future Division I athlete count to 24 students.
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April 18th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: TALKING INSIDE THE FISHBOWL
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Rumson parents and students gather for an "active listen" to each other's views on the issues facing adolescents today, during a "Fishbowl" event at Forrestdale School.
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April 18th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: A BARD AT THE END OF THE WORLD
William Shakespeare's PERICLES sets sail in previews this weekend at Two River Theater, in an all-new production infused with the songs and original music of Grammy winning singer, actor, composer and musician Rinde Eckert.
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April 15th, 2016 @ 12pm
RUMSON: SEVEN UP FOR SIGNING DAY
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Seven student athletes from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional took part in a National Signing Day ceremony on April 13.
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April 15th, 2016 @ 5am
A Parisian-themed Rendezvous on the (Shrewsbury) River is the occasion, as the Fair Haven PTA hosts its elegant annual luncheon on April 30.
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April 15th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: CAUSE AND FX, AT BASIE FILMFEST
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Film projects made by New Jersey college and high school students — and selected by a panel of judges that included Dan Rather and Timothy Hutton — are screened on Sunday, during the Count Basie Theatre's second annual Project FX filmfest.
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April 14th, 2016 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: A CURTIN CALL FOR FRIENDS
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Catherine Curtin of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK comes calling at Middletown Library, in an April 30 fundraiser for the MTPL's programs and special projects.
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April 14th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: ESSAY WINS FOR ST. LEO KIDS
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Three students from St. Leo the Great School in Lincroft took top honors in the 2016 essay contest conducted by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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April 14th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: PUSCIFER, DION & “EMILY”
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Wrestle-wrapped alterna-rock theatrics; Grammy lauded jazzfunkpop; brand-new sounds from "the real link between Sinatra and rock"...all in a week's work at the Count Basie Theatre.
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April 13th, 2016 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: A BIG IMPACT ON PHILANTHROPY
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A group of women from all over the greater Green join forces to create a philanthropic fundraising venture with real impact on the local front.
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April 13th, 2016 @ 5am
A new learning tool for tech-savvy kids undergoes a big launch at Monmouth County Library facilities, including the Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury.
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April 13th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN TALENTS BENEFIT ACS
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The annual Talent Show at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional showcased star quality and raised funds for the American Cancer Society.
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April 12th, 2016 @ 5am
Press release from Monmouth Conservation Foundation It is a melancholy thought to imagine a world without butterflies, hummingbirds, or the flowers and plants that we depend on them to pollinate.Continue reading "M’TOWN: CALLING KID CONSERVATIONISTS"
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April 12th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: JAZZ TALKIN’ ON MONMOUTH
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It's "All About the Bass"...and the Satchmo, and The Kid from Red Bank...as the Talkin' Jazz series returns to the Count Basie Performing Arts Academy for another jazzy April schedule that begins tonight.
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April 11th, 2016 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: PURR’N POOCH AWARDS GRANTS
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Roosevelt the boxer is among the many animals and nonprofit rescue efforts aided by the Purr'nPooch Foundation, with a recently announced round of grants from the Shrewsbury-based, all-volunteer organization.
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April 11th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN TEEN SKIS TO SILVER MEDAL
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Rumson-Fair Haven senior Alex Perkins captures a second-place finish, in his first trip to the NASTAR National Championships in Colorado.
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April 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: SYMPHONY OF THE SENSATIONAL
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Making two stops at the Count Basie in one week, the NJ Symphony Orchestra welcomes new conductor Xian Zhang, plus guest performers Jennifer Frautschi and Broadway's Norm Lewis.
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April 8th, 2016 @ 3pm
RABBI REGEV TO SPEAK IN TINTON FALLS
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Single mothers who are raising boys can get information and support from Red Bank Regional's THE SOURCE and author Matt Stevens, during an April 14 presentation.
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April 8th, 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.
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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.