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CYBER WARRIORS ARE GO, IN LITTLE SILVER
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Three of the four New Jersey teams competing in upcoming National Youth Cyber Defense Competition — all from Little Silver — are pictured with their coaches.  Front row, L-R: SophieContinue reading "CYBER WARRIORS ARE GO, IN LITTLE SILVER"
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March 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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MIDDLETOWN: MOVIE MAYHEM MATINEE
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Begin Again: The Tom Cruise sci-fi suspenser EDGE OF TOMORROW screens for free at Middletown Library, kicking off a month of Movie Monday matinees.  With the “what-were-we-thinking” hiccup of theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MOVIE MAYHEM MATINEE"
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March 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A BASIE HOMECOMING
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Scotty Barnhart and the Count Basie Orchestra make a too-rare and much-appreciated return to the historic venue that bears the name of the fabled Kid from Red Bank this Sunday,Continue reading "RED BANK: A BASIE HOMECOMING"
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February 28th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS REPORT
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The Kennedy Mystique: the egg-tempera CIRCUS SUMMER by Eileen Kennedy is among the items included in DREAMSCAPES AND SHAPED DREAMS — an exhibit of works by the painter and herContinue reading "RED BANK: PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS REPORT"
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February 27th, 2015 @ 8am
LINCROFT: ALL-IN FOR HALF MARATHON
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Press release from Monmouth County Parks System Missed the deadline to pre-register for the Monmouth County Park System’s E. Murray Todd Half Marathon?  No problem.  The Park System will acceptContinue reading "LINCROFT: ALL-IN FOR HALF MARATHON"
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February 27th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Monmouth County Parks System Looking to give your special needs child the best camp experience possible?  Head over to Thompson Park in Lincroft, between the hours ofContinue reading "LINCROFT: CAMP FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS"
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February 27th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON SCREEN STAR’S CHARACTER THERAPY
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Movie-TV actress (and Rumson mom) Siobhan Fallon Hogan returns to the stage of Two River Theater this Saturday with her sold-out solo show, ‘Acting Out.’ Hers is a face you’veContinue reading "RUMSON SCREEN STAR’S CHARACTER THERAPY"
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February 26th, 2015 @ 4pm
RUMSON: ‘DREAM TEAM’ SLOT FOR RFH ARCHER
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Although he has only been shooting competitively for a few years, Avery Pagano has learned many things from the sport of archeryContinue reading "RUMSON: ‘DREAM TEAM’ SLOT FOR RFH ARCHER"
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February 26th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ AT RFH
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School On March 20 through 22, the Tower Players of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School will present their production of The New MelContinue reading "RUMSON: PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ AT RFH"
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February 25th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: EVERYTHING’S JUST DUCKY, THANKS
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Decoys, shorebirds and wildlife art from the region’s top carvers and artists are on display and for sale during the annual Two Rivers Exhibition, coming to Forrestdale School on Saturday. Continue reading "RUMSON: EVERYTHING’S JUST DUCKY, THANKS"
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February 25th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: LIVE, AND IN LIVING QUAD
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It’s not Roosevelt Stadium in the 1970s, but when The Pink Floyd Experience returns to the Count Basie this Friday, they’ll illuminate “the dark side of the room” with aContinue reading "RED BANK: LIVE, AND IN LIVING QUAD"
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February 24th, 2015 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR OBSERVES BLACK HISTORY
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In his keynote address during Red Bank Regional’s Black History Month observance, Red Bank Middle School Vice Principal Julius Clark advised students that their success is of their own makingContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR OBSERVES BLACK HISTORY"
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February 24th, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: JOCULARITY SPELLS SUCCESS
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Press release from Fair Haven School District Addie Cope, a fifth-grader at Knollwood School, is the winner of the school’s second annual Spelling Bee, held on February 2 — aContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: JOCULARITY SPELLS SUCCESS"
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February 24th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOW TO THE MACMASTER
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Grammy winning fiddler Natalie MacMaster brings her Visions from Cape Breton to the Basie stage, in a Thursday night concert appearance.   Here on the greater Red Bank Green, whereContinue reading "RED BANK: BOW TO THE MACMASTER"
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February 23rd, 2015 @ 12pm
RFH BULLDOGS SWIM TO FIRST TITLE
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School On February 12, the Boys Swim Team at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School captured the program’s first Group C Central championship, whenContinue reading "RFH BULLDOGS SWIM TO FIRST TITLE"
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February 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
RBR STUDENTS ‘BRING IT’ TO SENIOR AUDIENCE
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Pictured (left to right in back row), during their visit to Care One at King James, are Bring It Volunteer Student Traveling Performance Company members Pieter Lootsma, Little Silver; BobbieContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS ‘BRING IT’ TO SENIOR AUDIENCE"
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February 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: FORECAST CALLS FOR RAIN
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The four “Mock Tops” known as RAIN make it shower Beatles hits and deep album delights in a Sunday matinee at the Basie.   Sunday, it seems, is prime timeContinue reading "RED BANK: FORECAST CALLS FOR RAIN"
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February 21st, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: LAUGHING ROOM ONLY
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Funnyman Mike Gaffney appears in a Saturday night Laugh Out Loud fundraiser at Two River Theater — while veteran Bobby Collins holds down the shtick at Count Basie’s place. SaturdayContinue reading "RED BANK: LAUGHING ROOM ONLY"
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February 20th, 2015 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: RUN, WALK AND SHUFFLE
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The Thompson Park hometurf of the Monmouth Rugby Football Club is the setting for a special Shamrock Shuffle morning of race events on March 15, benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project.Continue reading "LINCROFT: RUN, WALK AND SHUFFLE"
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February 20th, 2015 @ 6am
Event organizer and producer Marvin Hyer Jr. of Man Cave Events — the company that’s brought a charity-fundraising Valentines Day Crawl to the watering spots of Red Bank for theContinue reading "RED BANK: A ST. PAT’S CRAWL FOR HOME"
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February 20th, 2015 @ 6am
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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.