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RED BANK: IS THIS MIKE ON?
Comedian Mike Birbiglia brings his custom blend of standup, theater and spoken-word to the boards of the Count Basie Friday night. To call Mike Birbiglia a “standup comic” is likeContinue reading "RED BANK: IS THIS MIKE ON?"
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September 30th, 2014 @ 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: SPINNING YARNS OF OUTREACH
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The Atrium Yarn Spinners include chairperson Wendy Gansberg, Dorothy Grossman, Theresa Maresca, Elizabeth Mautner, Carmen Rice, Louise Vetter and Barbara Withers. Press release from The Atrium at Navesink Harbor ResidentsContinue reading "RED BANK: SPINNING YARNS OF OUTREACH"
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September 30th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: ART FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE
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Artists David Thebaud (left) and Myke Joseph Surpris (right) visit Canvas Studio Art in Rumson on October 3, for the opening of an exhibit dedicated to the art school theyContinue reading "RUMSON: ART FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE"
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September 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: LUNCH BREAK MARKS 31 YEARS
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Nick Dawes of the PBS series ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is the guest auctioneer — and Brian Kirk and the Jirks provide the soundtrack — as Red Bank’s Lunch Break celebrates 31Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: LUNCH BREAK MARKS 31 YEARS"
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September 29th, 2014 @ 6am
LINCROFT: SINGH FOR YOUR LUNCH
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Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh comes to the Student Life Center at Brookdale Community College for the latest in a continuing series of Laugh at Lunch events. Personally, we find very littleContinue reading "LINCROFT: SINGH FOR YOUR LUNCH"
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September 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: ONCE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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With routes passing through Rumson, Middletown and Fair Haven, the 2014 Twin Lights Ride takes in some of the greater Red Bank Green’s most scenic sites. One guy’s “good sleepingContinue reading "RUMSON: ONCE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD"
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September 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES
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The high-tech Digital Bookmobile visits the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch on October 7, to provide outreach to residents of Sea Bright and other communities whose libraries were closed orContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES"
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September 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON-FH’S COLEMAN IS COACH OF THE YEAR
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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Girls Soccer Coach Mary Beth Coleman (center) celebrates her team’s 2013 Group II State Championship with, from left, Assistant Coaches Donna Dini and Jeff Herkimer.Continue reading "RUMSON-FH’S COLEMAN IS COACH OF THE YEAR"
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September 26th, 2014 @ 4am
RED BANK: THIS TOWN IS YOUR OYSTER…FEST
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The Guinness Oysterfest returnS to downtown Red Bank Sunday for an afternoon of sunshine, food, music and eary-fall good spirits. Although there are those who choose to shun it ratherContinue reading "RED BANK: THIS TOWN IS YOUR OYSTER…FEST"
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September 25th, 2014 @ 6pm
The event is all about Oktoberfest — from the authentic German food to the “unlimited mugs” of beer, to the festive mood that dares to make merry in the faceContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: RAISE A MUG FOR FUTURE DAYS"
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September 25th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN 350: WITH A BANG AND A BEATLE
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That’s one giant step for Middletown, as the Moon-bounces are inflated for a Middletown Day celebration that caps the township’s 350th birthday year. (File photo by Dustin Racioppi) When theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN 350: WITH A BANG AND A BEATLE"
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September 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOME, HOME ON THE GREEN
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Judy Marlow’s 46-foot-long sidewalk garden on Madison Avenue is among the stops on Saturday’s Red Bank Green Home Tour. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Just to clarifyContinue reading "RED BANK: HOME, HOME ON THE GREEN"
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September 24th, 2014 @ 10am
RUMSON: A LIFE-CHANGING SUMMER VACATION
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Students from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School are pictured with the coffee farmers they assisted during a recent language-immersion trip to Guatemala. Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High SchoolContinue reading "RUMSON: A LIFE-CHANGING SUMMER VACATION"
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September 24th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON TEEN KEYS INTO MOZART FEST
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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School student Alexandra Siwulec is pictured performing at the “Mozart in Context” musical exposition at Mozarthaus Vienna. The Rumson pianist traveled to Austria this past summerContinue reading "RUMSON TEEN KEYS INTO MOZART FEST"
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September 24th, 2014 @ 5am
RED BANK: A SERIOUSLY FUNNY TEDx TALK
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Open Mike: Humorists Michael Phillips-Anderson and Michael O’Keeffe take the stage of Two River Theater for a special TEDx Navesink presentation on September 25, prior to the 8 pm showContinue reading "RED BANK: A SERIOUSLY FUNNY TEDx TALK"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ANTOINETTE SHOWS ITS ART TOOTH
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Ayca User, co-owner of Monmouth Street’s Antoinette Boulangerie, has partnered with Asbury Park-based gallery Exhibit No. 9 for the first in a planned series of contemporary art events. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: ANTOINETTE SHOWS ITS ART TOOTH"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
David Burstein gives a TEDx talk on the power of Millenials. Press release from LWV of NJ On Saturday, October 11, the League of Women Voters of New Jersey willContinue reading "LINCROFT: MEET THE NEXT-GEN LEADERS"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: DAWG HAS HIS DAY
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Mandolin master David Grisman returns with his sextet to the Count Basie stage for a Tuesday nighter on September 23. His own musical best buddy, the late Jerry Garcia, brandedContinue reading "RED BANK: DAWG HAS HIS DAY"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AFFORDABLE & OPEN HOUSING
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The Cedar Crossing affordable housing development is the scene of an Open House on Saturday, hosted by the Red Bank Affordable Housing Corporation. Press release from Red Bank Affordable HousingContinue reading "RED BANK: AFFORDABLE & OPEN HOUSING"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BROADWAY BABIES CATCH A WAVE
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The Broadway Dolls, featuring Hollie Howard (center), bring the musical excitement to the Molly for A Taste of Broadway, a Monday night fundraising gala benefitting a group of Shore-based nonprofits.Continue reading "RED BANK: BROADWAY BABIES CATCH A WAVE"
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September 21st, 2014 @ 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.
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.