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LINCROFT: A JAZZY ‘TONIGHT’ SHOW AT CBA
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LINCROFT: Longtime 'Tonight' bandleader Kevin Eubanks stars in a Thursday night fundraiser concert at Christian Brothers Academy.
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May 25th, 2017 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: High schools on the Greater Green score numerous nominations, as the 12th annual Basie Awards roll out the red carpet tonight.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: BIG SILVER FOR RBR WRITERS
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LITTLE SILVER: Writing majors at Red Bank Regional earn 62 awards (including one national) at a major nationwide competition.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: RCDS KIDS SPREAD THEIR WINGS
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RUMSON: Students spread their creative wings through visual art, words and music, during the annual Arts Festival at RCDS.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ‘BOBFEST’ OF DYLAN, WAR & PEACE
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RED BANK: Pat Guadagno's annual 'Bobfest' returns to the Count Basie Theatre with an edition that packs the heft of "War and Peace."
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May 23rd, 2017 @ 6am
LINCROFT: CBA SENIORS SHOW RESEARCH
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LINCROFT: The CBA Scholars Program capped the academic year with an annual student research presentation.
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May 23rd, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: Teens are challenged to read books, help out in the community and win some great prizes, through the Library's Summer Reading Program.
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May 22nd, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CBA GRADUATES CLASS OF ’17
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LINCROFT: More than 200 members of Christian Brothers Academy's Class of 2017 will be going on to leading colleges and universities.
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May 22nd, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: BIG HONOR FOR RFH’S DELLETT
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RUMSON: Special Ed teacher Jen Dellett is named Educator of the Year at RFH Regional.
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May 19th, 2017 @ 5am
FIELD DAY FOR RED BANK PRIMARY, RCDS
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RUMSON: The Country Day School welcomes Red Bank Primary students for a field day dedicated to the Horizons program for Red Bank kids.
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May 19th, 2017 @ 5am
SANDY HOOK: A FREE FUNDAY ON THE HOOK
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SANDY HOOK: American Littoral Society offers an array of activities, all free, centered on exploring the Hook's natural and historic wonders this Sunday.
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May 18th, 2017 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: NOSHES, BARGAINS AND MORE
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LITTLE SILVER: The first ever Taste of Little Silver event serves up an appetizing array this Sunday.
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May 17th, 2017 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR NAMES 6 TO HALL OF FAME
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LITTLE SILVER: An elite group of doctors, educators and public servants are honored as the 2017 inductees to Red Bank Regional's Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.
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May 17th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: MCC AWARDS VOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS
RED BANK: Teens from RBR and Middletown North are awarded vocal scholarships by Monmouth Civic Chorus.
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May 15th, 2017 @ 4am
RED BANK: SUNSET SONATA AT ST. THOMAS
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RED BANK: Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze makes a rare New Jersey appearance Saturday night at St. Thomas Episcopal.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 12pm
RUMSON GALLERY HOSTS RBR PHOTO MAJORS
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RUMSON: The photography of six Red Bank Regional seniors is on view at Canvas Studio, beginning May 18.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: EX-FHPD CHIEF VISITS RCDS
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RUMSON: Eight graders at Rumson Country Day School learn about respect and overcoming obstacles, from Police Academy's director Breckinridge.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: A FRONTIER FUNDER AT TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Tony-level talent helps Two River Theater host an advance listen to the original musical, THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 6pm
FAIR HAVEN TEEN AIMS FOR OLYMPIC GLORY
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FAIR HAVEN: A "Dream Team" of young archers has selected a RFH junior for its Olympic training program.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: AUTHORS SERVE UP MEMORIES
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ON THE GREEN: Memories of amusements past, and comfort food from a surprising source, on the local book front this Thursday.
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May 10th, 2017 @ 12pm
Partyline
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.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...