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RED BANK: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE CONVERGE
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Bandleader-composer (and YouTube-spawned sensation) Scott Bradlee brings his Postmodern Jukebox project to the Count Basie stage this Friday…while soprano Victoria Cannizzo joins Roy Gussman and the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, inContinue reading "RED BANK: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE CONVERGE"
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November 5th, 2015 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RBR HOSTS FORUM ON ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT
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Nationally noted speaker Jack Renkens of Recruiting Realities returns to Red Bank Regional on November 10, for a free public-welcome talk on “What Every Family Needs to Know about theContinue reading "RBR HOSTS FORUM ON ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT"
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November 5th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: FALL FEST FOR BUC BACKERS
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Press release from Red Bank Buc Backer Foundation On Saturday, November 14, the Red Bank Regional Buc Backer Foundation will hold a Fall Fest fundraising event at the Elks Club,Continue reading "RED BANK: FALL FEST FOR BUC BACKERS"
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November 5th, 2015 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: WHEELS ‘N REELS OUTDOORS
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Jeff DeMent of the American Littoral Society invites anglers of all ages and skillsets to a Surf Fishing Clinic, Saturday morning at the northern end of Sandy Hook. The clocks mayContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: WHEELS ‘N REELS OUTDOORS"
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November 4th, 2015 @ 12pm
RUMSON HOSTS “ACADEMY” FOR PARENTS
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Rumson Superintendent of Schools Dr. John E. Bormann (at right) discusses a group activity during the October 26th session of the Rumson School District’s “Parent Academy.” Press release from RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON HOSTS “ACADEMY” FOR PARENTS"
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November 4th, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON: FISHMAN TALKS TURKEY, AT CBI
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The nation of Turkey has featured prominently in recent news (as recently as yesterday, when US media editorialized that this past weekend’s election solidified the authoritarian ambitions of President RecepContinue reading "RUMSON: FISHMAN TALKS TURKEY, AT CBI"
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November 3rd, 2015 @ 5am
LINCROFT: VISITORS TO PLANET BROOKDALE
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Sci-fi author and former Brookdale Community College faculty member William Jon Watkins (below) makes a BCC homecoming on Tuesday night, as part of the Visiting Writers Series. Sculptor Stephen TalasnikContinue reading "LINCROFT: VISITORS TO PLANET BROOKDALE"
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November 2nd, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: BASIE WHETS THE ‘APPETITE’
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Celeb chef Jacques Pépin, above, gets things cooking at the Basie this afternoon. (Photo by Christian Ceppas) Continuing with the ever-eclectic menu of entertainments that has distinguished and defined its audience-pleasingContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE WHETS THE ‘APPETITE’"
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October 30th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: AREA PLAYWRIGHT ENTERS THE BOX
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Shrewbury playwright Evan Krachman debuts a new drama in  as The Count Basie Performing Arts Academy is the scene for a Halloween reading of PRESS TO TALK, presented by theContinue reading "RED BANK: AREA PLAYWRIGHT ENTERS THE BOX"
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October 29th, 2015 @ 6am
RBR STUDENT HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
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Red Bank Regional junior Elijah Nishiura of Red Bank is pictured with Senator Corey Booker at a political event. Elijah is clocking his third election campaign as a student intern,Continue reading "RBR STUDENT HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL"
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October 29th, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON KIDS, SENIORS MIX AND MASK
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Costume contest winner Carolyn Ott (center) meets Forrestdale School sixth-graders Sally Wingertzahn (left) and Brennan Stabler (right) during the Rumson Senior Citizen’s Club Halloween Luncheon, held at the First PresbyterianContinue reading "RUMSON KIDS, SENIORS MIX AND MASK"
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October 29th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: A DEAD-ON TRIBUTE
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Multi-instrumentalist Marc Muller leads his grateful jam-mates in a Halloweekend edition of Dead On Live, Friday night at the Count Basie — while “The Price Is Right LIVE” summons inContinue reading "RED BANK: A DEAD-ON TRIBUTE"
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October 28th, 2015 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: DIG DEEP FOR PHOTO SHOW
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Images of Deep Cut Gardens, such as Patty Whelan’s AFTER THE RAIN, are welcomed for the County Park System’s annual photo show, going up in January 2016 (with a submissionContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: DIG DEEP FOR PHOTO SHOW"
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October 28th, 2015 @ 5am
Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School On the evening of Thursday, November 12, the feature-length documentary film Beyond Measure will be given a free, public-invited screening inside theContinue reading "FREE DOC FILM AT RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN"
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October 28th, 2015 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER TEEN GOES GLOBAL IN GHANA
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Red Bank Regional junior Julia Nijnens of Little Silver is pictured above amid the many friends she made in a community service trip to Ghana over the summer. Below, theContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER TEEN GOES GLOBAL IN GHANA"
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October 27th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: SPLATTER-ZONE SEATING OPTIONAL
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EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL (above) anoints the boards of the Count Basie stage Tuesday.  Arriving just in advance of Halloweekend — and representing the most gloriously gory musical-theater casserole sinceContinue reading "RED BANK: SPLATTER-ZONE SEATING OPTIONAL"
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October 26th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: WITH BOWS OF HOLLY
It’s like a Breakfast Burrito at Tiffany’s as British garage-rock sensation Holly Golightly makes her area debut this Saturday at the panoramic window-view stage of 10th Ave Burrito. It’s aContinue reading "RED BANK: WITH BOWS OF HOLLY"
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October 23rd, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: A CLASSICALLY COOL WEEKEND
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Jacques Lacombe (above) leads the New Jersey Symphony in a Saturday night salute to George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. Renaissance man David Dubal (below) delivers a special Sunday afternoon concertContinue reading "RED BANK: A CLASSICALLY COOL WEEKEND"
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October 22nd, 2015 @ 3pm
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN TEENS BAG $ FOR NEEDY
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Displaying the announcement created for their successful “Bag a Lunch” fundraising initiative at Rumson-Fair Haven High School are Team Captains Griffin Feinberg, JC Liang, AJ Kelly, Caitlin Luby, and Willie Freeman. PressContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN TEENS BAG $ FOR NEEDY"
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October 22nd, 2015 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: SINATRA TIMES THREE
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Nathan DeDeo is among the singers making like Ol’ Blue Eyes all weekend long when SINATRA “OUR WAY” commandeers the MAC stage for three benefit shows, produced by Middletown’s ownContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: SINATRA TIMES THREE"
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October 21st, 2015 @ 7am
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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.