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RED BANK: A CUP (OR TEN) OF CHEER
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The assembled male voices of Straight No Chaser mix up a holiday punch on the stage of the Count Basie Theatre this Friday, November 28. This Black Friday evening, NovemberContinue reading "RED BANK: A CUP (OR TEN) OF CHEER"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: NOT ALONE, NOT AFRAID
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Press release from Congregation B’Nai Israel Fraidy Reiss was 19 years old when her family arranged for her to marry a man who turned out to be abusive. For theContinue reading "RUMSON: NOT ALONE, NOT AFRAID"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 6am
LINCROFT: A MAJOR VOICE, A BIG READ
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IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES author Julia Alvarez visits Brookdale Community College on Tuesday, in the culmination of The Big Read 2014 slate of events. (Photo by Pete Smith)Continue reading "LINCROFT: A MAJOR VOICE, A BIG READ"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: PARCC IT HERE FOR THE FACTS
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Press release from Fair Haven School District Based on the core belief that assessment should work as a tool for enhancing teaching and learning, PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of ReadinessContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: PARCC IT HERE FOR THE FACTS"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: AN AVID AUDIENCE AT RBR
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School  Seven years ago, Red Bank Regional High School implemented a national college preparatory program called AVID (Advancement through Individual Determination) to helpContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: AN AVID AUDIENCE AT RBR"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 6am
LINCROFT: SING THIS ALL TOGETHER
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It’s an event that traces its origins to the aftermath of September 11, 2001 — an event of which the organizers observe, “the healing effect of the evening led usContinue reading "LINCROFT: SING THIS ALL TOGETHER"
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November 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED IN NOVEMBER
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Expect lots of bared shoulders and flexed pecs when the annual Go Naked and Check Yourself fundraiser comes to the Downtown Sunday. (Photo above by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED IN NOVEMBER"
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November 21st, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: PAST, FUTURE AND A NICE PRESENT
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From press materials furnished by Prown’s and Dorn’s Classic Images It’s that time of year again — that time when thoughts start creeping toward next year, and another 12 months’Continue reading "RED BANK: PAST, FUTURE AND A NICE PRESENT"
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November 21st, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: SAILING THE STREAM, BODY & MIND
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Italian-born painter (and award-winning sailboat racer) Santo Pezzutti  visits Canvas Studio Art this weekend for a retrospective of his work in oils, acrylics and watercolors. It’s a method of paintingContinue reading "RUMSON: SAILING THE STREAM, BODY & MIND"
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November 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: A FLAVOUR-FAVE FOR FOODIES
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The Big Event in small plates returns to Red Bank on December 4, as the third annual Holiday Flavour showcase commandeers the Molly Pitcher Inn. (Photo by Jim Willis) Press releaseContinue reading "RED BANK: A FLAVOUR-FAVE FOR FOODIES"
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November 20th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Brookdale Community College In recognition of World AIDS Day, the Student Life Center at Brookdale Community College will offer free HIV testing at the Lincroft campus onContinue reading "LINCROFT: WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT AT BCC"
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November 20th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: HOW TO MAKE A ‘DIAMOND’
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Elias Kotsis and Jessica Fisher (center) are featured in the cast of Middletown High School South’s THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ, director Alexis Kozak’s own adaptation of theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: HOW TO MAKE A ‘DIAMOND’"
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November 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
CHROMEBOOK TECH FOR RUMSON STUDENTS
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Ms. Farrell’s  fourth grade classroom at Forrestdale School in Rumson employs Google Chromebook  laptop computers, as part of an ambitious new project in the borough’s schools. Press release from RumsonContinue reading "CHROMEBOOK TECH FOR RUMSON STUDENTS"
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November 19th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: THE GILL-MAN JUMPS IN
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Everybody in the truck: Vince Gill joins the Time Jumpers for a tour that rolls into the Count Basie Theatre Wednesday. A member in good standing of the Country MusicContinue reading "RED BANK: THE GILL-MAN JUMPS IN"
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November 18th, 2014 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR’S KELLER HONORED
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Suzanne Keller, Red Bank Regional’s Director of the SOURCE program was recently honored by the Latino American Association of Monmouth County at its Twenty First Award Banquet, held on OctoberContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR’S KELLER HONORED"
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November 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: LITTLE PINK (HAUNTED) HOUSES
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T Bone Burnett, John Mellencamp and Stephen King are the creative crew — and Gina Gershon co-stars — as GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY takes its cross-country tour to theContinue reading "RED BANK: LITTLE PINK (HAUNTED) HOUSES"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: CYMCA SEEKS HOLIDAY HELPERS
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Community YMCA Counseling and Social Services team members Danielle Bossert, Christina DeAngelis and Heather Soto with wrapped presents for the Adopt-A-Family Program in 2013. Press release from The Community YMCAContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: CYMCA SEEKS HOLIDAY HELPERS"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: TURK ON TOWER HILL
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He’s toured across three continents, appeared at Carnegie Hall, and performed live concert broadcasts for NPR, in addition to many other professional accomplishments and accolades. That said, Monmouth County musicContinue reading "RED BANK: TURK ON TOWER HILL"
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November 15th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A ONCE AND FUTURE CLASSIC
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FRASIER co-creator David Lee (left) returns to Red Bank to direct a young cast of pros (including Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, right) in the Two River Theater Company production of CAMELOT. Continue reading "RED BANK: A ONCE AND FUTURE CLASSIC"
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November 14th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HAIR, ART, FOOD, MUSIC, CHARITY
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Artist Mike Ciccotello offers a glimpse into his DAYDREAMS, during a November 22 art event at Salon Concrete in Red Bank. Press release from Salon Concrete For the latest inContinue reading "RED BANK: HAIR, ART, FOOD, MUSIC, CHARITY"
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November 14th, 2014 @ 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.