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RUMSON: A WHALE OF A SALE FOR LOCAL AID
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Press release from Rumson Country Day School It’s popularly known as A Whale of a Sale — and for the 46th year, The Rumson Country Day School will open itsContinue reading "RUMSON: A WHALE OF A SALE FOR LOCAL AID"
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April 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
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 Congregation B’Nai Israel In light of recent events in troubled nations around the globe, it is important to educate ourselves and our children about the horrors ofContinue reading "RUMSON: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AT CBI"
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April 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: MUSIC FEST SET FOR NEXT WEEK
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Returning to the auditorium at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, the annual Tri-District Music Festival is slated for the evening of Tuesday,Continue reading "RUMSON: MUSIC FEST SET FOR NEXT WEEK"
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April 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: PULLING FOR KIDS’ CHARITY
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Pat Guadagno and Steve Reilly are among the Shore-based musicians taking part in a first-ever Nashville Guitar Pull for charity this Saturday at Middletown Arts Center. It’s called a GuitarContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: PULLING FOR KIDS’ CHARITY"
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April 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Brookdale Community College On Friday, April 10, the Brookdale Community College Black Student Union will partner with the Monmouth Ocean County Pan Hellenic Council to host theContinue reading "LINCROFT: BCC HOSTS MALE MINORITY EVENT"
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April 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR TEEN TURNS GRIEF TO HOPE
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School Two and one half years ago, Red Bank Regional High School junior Giana Apreza entered high school as most teens do, excitedContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR TEEN TURNS GRIEF TO HOPE"
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April 1st, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: THUNDER IN THE FORECAST
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The assembled voices of Celtic Thunder take it to the Count Basie stage on Thursday, for a “Very Best of” extravaganza engineered to keep our collective Irish up in April.Continue reading "RED BANK: THUNDER IN THE FORECAST"
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April 1st, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON: A HOUSE THAT YOUTH BUILT
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School The Habitat for Humanity Club at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School has been officially named an affiliate campus chapter of Habitat forContinue reading "RUMSON: A HOUSE THAT YOUTH BUILT"
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March 31st, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: THE PLAYWRIGHT’S THE THING
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Two River Theater welcomes five playwrights to the stage — including, from left, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Tony Meneses and Madeleine George — to discuss what it takes to bring a scriptContinue reading "RED BANK: THE PLAYWRIGHT’S THE THING"
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March 31st, 2015 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: KIDS DO LUNCH WITH VIPs
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Press release from Fair Haven School District “Lunch with a VIP,” a yearly event that is highly anticipated by students and their guests, was once again a rousing success atContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: KIDS DO LUNCH WITH VIPs"
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March 30th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN
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The JBJ Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street is the setting for a special Spring Into Healthier Cooking event starring chef-nutritionist Diane Henderiks. Proclaiming that “the warmer weather is finally here!”Continue reading "RED BANK: SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN"
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March 30th, 2015 @ 5am
The borough-based Navesink Maritime Heritage Association (NMHA) has announced that its celebrated River Rangers canoeing program for children ages 10-14 is now open to registrations for Summer 2015 programs in July andContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVER RANGERS ARE GO FOR 2015"
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March 27th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Monmouth County Parks System The Monmouth County Parks System, headquartered at Thompson Park in Lincroft, has announced that its family campground at Turkey Swamp Park in FreeholdContinue reading "LINCROFT: GO CAMPING AT A COUNTY PARK"
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March 27th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: INDIE THEATER, UPSIDE THE BASIE
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Those in the know count the upstairs rehearsal room as another cool space at the Basie. Below, Lorraine “The Wisdomkeeper” Stone. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Observers ofContinue reading "RED BANK: INDIE THEATER, UPSIDE THE BASIE"
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March 27th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BEFORE THE ALBUM DROP
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Singer-songwriter Jesse Malin makes an in-store performance and signing appearance at Jack’s Music Shoppe this Sunday — an event at which fans can pick up a pre-release copy of hisContinue reading "RED BANK: BEFORE THE ALBUM DROP"
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March 26th, 2015 @ 2pm
RUMSON’S VELCAMP IS ‘UNSUNG HERO’
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School During the January 20 meeting of the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Board of Education, RFH freshman Jack Velcamp was presented with the 2014Continue reading "RUMSON’S VELCAMP IS ‘UNSUNG HERO’"
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March 26th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: GALLERY STYLE IN GOTHAM
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Relief sculptor Bill Mack and painter Gary Welton will appear at Red Bank’s Gotham Restaurant during a Friday/Saturday stand. In between displays of Batman-related memorabilia and other popcultural artifacts, visitorsContinue reading "RED BANK: GALLERY STYLE IN GOTHAM"
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March 25th, 2015 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN SCHOOLS CELEBRATE SEUSS
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Students at Viola L. Sickles School in Fair Haven listen intently as they try to guess the identity of a “mystery reader” during the school’s birthday celebration for Dr. Seuss. Press releaseContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN SCHOOLS CELEBRATE SEUSS"
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March 25th, 2015 @ 6am
OUT-LOUD WIN FOR RED BANK REGIONAL JR.
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School In late February, Patrick Monaghan of Little Silver, a VPA drama major at Red Bank Regional High School, won the New JerseyContinue reading "OUT-LOUD WIN FOR RED BANK REGIONAL JR."
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March 24th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: FREE FILM, LIVING HISTORY AT BCC
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The story of WWII hero Sousa Mendes gets a public airing with a free screening of DISOBEDIENCE, Monday night at Brookdale Community College. The name of Raoul Wallenberg has beenContinue reading "LINCROFT: FREE FILM, LIVING HISTORY AT BCC"
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March 21st, 2015 @ 12pm
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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.