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Brookdale Community College hosts a March 29 info session for residents interested in qualifying for the school's massage therapy certification program.
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March 18th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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St. Anthony's Church and Monmouth Reform Temple team up for a second annual "Shine a Light" event, installing free bike safety lights on April 4.
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March 18th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: MILLION $ MARCH ON MONMOUTH
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Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny (Mathis) and more, as the Count Basie springs into action with vintage jukebox hits done live.
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March 17th, 2016 @ 5pm
SHREWSBURY: Y SWIMMERS ARE STATE CHAMPS
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The girls and boys of the Aquarockets swim team from The Community YMCA win their first state Y championship, at last week's competition in Pennsylvania.
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March 17th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: NJ HALL OF FAME ROLLS INTO TOWN
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Forrestdale School students got hands-on with the state's people-powered history, during a visit from the NJ Hall of Fame Mobile Museum.
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March 17th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR TECH STUDENTS WIN TOP HONORS
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Information Technology students from Red Bank Regional score a first-place finish and other big wins at the state Future Business Leaders tech competitions; moving on to the national finals this summer.
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March 16th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: MEGASTARS TO LIGHT UP BASIE
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Screen siren Sophia Loren and Broadway bombshell Patti LuPone up the star-power ante at the Count Basie, Thursday and Friday nights.
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March 16th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: OFFICIALS DO LUNCH AT DAY CARE
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Monmouth Day Care Center hosts special guest officials from the U.S. and N.J. Departments of Agriculture, in observance of Child and Adult Care Food Program Week.
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March 16th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: KEEPING THE SHORELINE ALIVE
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"Living Shorelines" as a solution for protecting waterfronts is the subject at hand, as the Red Bank Public Library hosts a free presentation by the American Littoral Society.
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March 15th, 2016 @ 10am
RUMSON: HOOPS EVENT BRINGS FUTURE BUCS
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Teams of girls, boys and young men from Red Bank took part in the 15th annual Albert E. Martin Jr. Hoops for Horizons tournament at Rumson Country Day School, to benefit the summer academic and recreation program for at-risk youth in the Red Bank community.
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March 15th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: OPEN DOORS AT STEPHY’S PLACE
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Left to right:  Red Bank Councilwoman Linda Schwabenbauer, Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling, Freeholder John Curley, Stephy’s Place Director Sheila Martello and Congressman Chris Smith cut the ribbon on the new Stephy’sContinue reading "RED BANK: OPEN DOORS AT STEPHY’S PLACE"
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March 15th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK REC HOSTS FUN FOR TATERS, TOTS
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A series of running classes for adult couch taters...and a family bus trip to Turtle Back Zoo for the tots...are among the easter-eggs offered for the finding by Red Bank Parks and Rec.
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March 14th, 2016 @ 4pm
RFH ‘EMPTY BOWLS’ FILLS FOODBANK COFFERS
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Nearly 9,000 meals were funded for the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, during the annual Empty Bowls event at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional.
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March 14th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR BOARD HONORS COMMENDED SCHOLARS
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Two Red Bank Regional seniors are honored by the RBR Board of Ed for their academic commendations on the national level.
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March 14th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: FIVE DAYS OF DEALS
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The Collins Arena on the Brookdale campus is the setting for the spring edition of the New 2 You Kids Consignment Sale, open to the public for five big days, March 15-19.
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March 11th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: A BRIDGE TO YOUR INNER WRITER
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Brookdale professor Laura McCullough discusses "How to Publish in Literary Magazines," during the first in a new series of helpful seminars at the Bridge Avenue studio space of Project Write Now.
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March 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BRAIN TUMOR WALK A FIRST FOR NJ
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A Red Bank resident is contact person for the first ever Central Jersey Brain Tumor Walk on April 2, organized by a young friend who's battling a tumor herself.
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March 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: A TRADITION MINTED ON THE GREEN
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The Rumson St. Patrick's Day Parade marches again this Sunday, in a fourth annual fleadh of marching bands, floats, step dancers, classic cars and community organizations.
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March 10th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: FREE WELDING TRAINING FROM BCC
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Brookdale Community College teams with Ocean County College for a new training program in welding, free to unemployed area residents.
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March 10th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: TEACHING MR. SHAKESPEARE
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Forty teachers from Monmouth and other NJ counties gathered for a how-to on teaching the works of William Shakespeare, in a workshop hosted at Two River Theater.
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March 10th, 2016 @ 5am
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LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
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 ...