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RED BANK: LADIES LUNCH FOR BUCS
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The ladies of the RBR BUC Foundation invite the public to their Ladies Garden Party Luncheon on Sunday, January 31, at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank from 12Continue reading "RED BANK: LADIES LUNCH FOR BUCS"
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January 12th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Foundation The Rumson-Fair Haven High School Foundation, a non-profit organization of parents and faculty which supports educational programs at Rumson-Fair Haven RegionalContinue reading "R-FH FOUNDATION HOSTS ‘APRES-SKI’ EVENT"
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January 12th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: STAR-POWERED STEPPING
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A cast of terpsichorean talents takes to the Basie boards for two Wednesday shows, as ‘Dancing With the Stars Live!’ rolls into town. One can easily make the case thatContinue reading "RED BANK: STAR-POWERED STEPPING"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 9am
PILGRIM BAPTIST, REFORM TEMPLE HONOR MLK
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A free screening of a documentary on Rabbi Joachim Prinz (left, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) is among the events scheduled during a weekend-long MLK Day observance, presented jointlyContinue reading "PILGRIM BAPTIST, REFORM TEMPLE HONOR MLK"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN PL HOSTS ‘TRASH TO TREASURE’
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Press release from Friends of the Middletown Township Public Library On Saturday, February 6, Middletown Township Public Library will be the setting for a First Annual “Trash To Treasure” SaleContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN PL HOSTS ‘TRASH TO TREASURE’"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS
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Ken Stunkel, left, and Two River Theater founder Bob Rechnitz are first-time, eighty-something playwrights getting the big-time treatment. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)   By TOM CHESEK When the 2015-2016Continue reading "RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS"
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January 8th, 2016 @ 10am
RBPD’S TEAM RED BANK SET TO RIDE TO DC
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Their motto is “We Ride for Those Who Died” — a mission statement and a reminder of the nation’s police officers who died in the line of duty; among themContinue reading "RBPD’S TEAM RED BANK SET TO RIDE TO DC"
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January 8th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A HANDS-ON PROGRAM AT BCC
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Press release from Brookdale Community College Community members interested in a new career are invited to attend an information session for a new massage therapy training program at Brookdale CommunityContinue reading "LINCROFT: A HANDS-ON PROGRAM AT BCC"
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January 8th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN
Repeat Basie favorite Kathleen Madigan returns to Red Bank for an encore Saturday evening. Here’s a sample bit.  Long before there was an internet bubble and a housing bubble, thereContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR DANCERS IN THE LIGHT
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School The “Season of Lights” may have given way to the winter doldrums, but on the evening of Wednesday, January 13, the VisualContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR DANCERS IN THE LIGHT"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: NO PEDESTALS, NO LIMITS
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It’s UP AGAINST THE WALL at a Saturday evening reception, as a special display of sculpture uses the Art Alliance of Monmouth County gallery itself as a crucial component ofContinue reading "RED BANK: NO PEDESTALS, NO LIMITS"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 12pm
 The Community YMCA’s Family Health and Wellness Center on Maple Avenue is the setting for an Open House event this Saturday, starting at 11 am. Press release from The Community YMCAContinue reading "RED BANK: CYMCA TO HOST OPEN HOUSE"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR TECH TEAMS TAKE TOP HONORS
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Pictured are ten of the Red Bank Regional  students who brought back top honors in several categories at the FBLA regional tech comnpetitions held this past fall.  Front row, leftContinue reading "RBR TECH TEAMS TAKE TOP HONORS"
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January 5th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A CHORUS OF APPROVAL
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The Shrewsbury Chorale is looking to corral some new voices — and for the next two Tuesday evenings, the public is invited to join in the chorus of community.  Continue reading "LINCROFT: A CHORUS OF APPROVAL"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 12pm
PILGRIM HAS RED BANK COVERED THIS WINTER
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With the holiday interlude entered into the books for another year — and with the coming of the seasonally chilly weather that somehow skirted us during a disconcertingly mild DecemberContinue reading "PILGRIM HAS RED BANK COVERED THIS WINTER"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 3am
The Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse offers an opportunity for quiet reflection on New Year’s Day — and some spirited dialogue every Sunday morning thereafter.   The resolutions that we make onContinue reading "LINCROFT: WALK, TALK AT THE MEETINGHOUSE"
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December 31st, 2015 @ 12pm
Press release from Red Bank Regional High School As detailed in the sixth annual AP (Advanced Placement) District Honor Roll, Red Bank Regional High School was named as one ofContinue reading "RBR MAKES COLLEGE BOARD HONOR ROLL"
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December 29th, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON PARADE MARCHES ON IN 2016
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Press release from Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee The Fourth Annual Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Sunday, March 13, 2016, beginning at 1 pm. TheContinue reading "RUMSON PARADE MARCHES ON IN 2016"
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December 29th, 2015 @ 5am
Southside Johnny reignite a New Year’s Eve tradition this Thursday night. “I’d wish you a merry Christmas,”  Southside Johnny Lyon told Count Basie Theatre crowd during one of the many Hope ConcertContinue reading "RED BANK: JUKES COME HOME TO COUNT BASIE"
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December 28th, 2015 @ 11am
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR RBR FAMILIES
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Pictured (left to right) at Red Bank Regional High School are RBR SOURCE Director Suzanne Keller, Youth Development Specialist Regina Cochrane, and RBR BUC Backer Foundation member Claire Harbeck Izzo,Continue reading "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR RBR FAMILIES"
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December 24th, 2015 @ 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.
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.