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IN THE AIR: FREE MUSIC, MOVIES AND MORE
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ON THE GREEN: FREE movies in the park. FREE music on the sands, streets and docks. FREE Shakespeare on the grass. All in the midsummer's evenings ahead.
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July 18th, 2017 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RBR GRAD INTERNS WITH LOCAL SURGEON
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LITTLE SILVER: After interning with a Shrewsbury-based surgeon, RBR grad Chase Hintelmann enters Johns Hopkins University as a pre-med student with a talent for tap dance.
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July 18th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ARTISTS REUNITE AT OYSTER POINT
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RED BANK: Four artists who assemble 'now and then' on the walls of the Oyster Point Hotel return with a new show this week.
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July 17th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: FOODIES WALK THE WALK
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RED BANK: Some 30 in-town eateries make for a strolling smorgasbord when Food & Wine Walks return to the borough business district Sunday.
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July 14th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: URBAN INDUSTRIALIST AT DETOUR
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RED BANK: Artist Ron Haywood Jones brings his "Urban Industrial Futuristic Cave Paintings" to the walls of Detour Gallery, starting with a Saturday opening.
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July 14th, 2017 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: The summer theater project at CBA's Henderson Theatre partners with the Premier troupe for a production of 'Footloose' that opens Friday.
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July 12th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LOCAL STARS ON THE ‘WEST SIDE’
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RED BANK: Actors from Middletown and Rumson appear as star-crossed lovers when 'West Side Story' returns to the Basie, courtesy of Phoenix Productions.
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July 12th, 2017 @ 6am
LINCROFT: MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S MERRIMENT
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LINCROFT: It's Shakespeare the way the Bard intended it, as A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM goes up in the open air this Thursday, on the lawn at Brookdale CC.
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July 11th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: OH THOSE SUMMER NIGHTS
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RED BANK: Come in costume as your favorite character from GREASE, as the summer-nights musical kicks off a new season of Tuesday movies at Riverside Gardens.
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July 10th, 2017 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN SCHOOL HONORS MARINE
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FAIR HAVEN: Knollwood School grad Matt Valko of the USMC becomes the newest member of the active service added to the school's Wall of Honor.
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July 7th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK:CLASSIC CAR SHOW RETURNS
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RED BANK: Back for a 15th year, the Red Bank Firefighters Classic Car Show commandeers the White Street municipal lot this Sunday.
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July 7th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR HONORS IB GRADS
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LITTLE SILVER: Graduates of Red Bank Regional's International Baccalaureate program get a leg up on their college careers.
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July 7th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ‘CAFÉ SOCIETY’ JAZZES TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: The Samba Jazz East project opens the Summer Jazz Café for another season of candle-lit cool this Friday and Saturday.
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July 6th, 2017 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR SOURCE HONORS ITS OWN
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LITTLE SILVER: Two recently passed officers of RBR's program The SOURCE are honored with memorial scholarships, awarded at the annual reception.
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July 6th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: CYMCA NAMES NEW LEADERS
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RED BANK: The nonprofit Community YMCA names a new Chairperson of the Board and other officers at its annual meeting.
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July 6th, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: Take a stroll through the township's historic heart, with a free guided tour of the old Village of Middletown this Saturday.
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July 5th, 2017 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: Power-pop purveyors the Wag shake a tail for the first in a new series of free concerts at the Municipal Dock Thursday.
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July 5th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: JAZZIN’ THE PARK IN JULY
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RED BANK: The big-band blare of the Mike Kaplan Nonet sounds the fanfare for a new season of Thursday evening Jazz in the Park free-for-alls.
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July 3rd, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MUSICAL FIREWORKS FOR THE 4TH
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RED BANK: A free riverside concert by the NJ Symphony Orchestra and a 'Liberty Extravaganza of patriotic music on Tower Hill herald Independence Day interlude this Sunday.
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June 30th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: UNCLE EBENEZER’S PHISH DISH
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RED BANK: Phish tribute band Uncle Ebenezer is the musical catch of the day at Jamian's Friday.
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June 29th, 2017 @ 6am
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KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
"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 ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)