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RBR STUDENT REPRESENTS US IN SO. AFRICA
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Red Bank Regional student Sam MacPherson (left) reached the pinnacle in his teenage soccer career, when he was selected to represent his Region I US Soccer Youth Olympic Development ProgramContinue reading "RBR STUDENT REPRESENTS US IN SO. AFRICA"
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July 3rd, 2014 @ 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 Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Campbell Lee and Alexandra Siwulec, a pair of rising seniors at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, will participate and perform in theContinue reading "RFH MUSIC STUDENTS HEAD TO VIENNA"
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July 3rd, 2014 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: A MARE IN THE SURF
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The multi-dimensional works of Mare Akana are on display at the county library’s Eastern Branch, starting with a meet-the-artist reception on Thursday evening. Depending on where and when you mightContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: A MARE IN THE SURF"
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July 2nd, 2014 @ 12pm
THERE’S A NEW PRINCIPAL AT SICKLES SCHOOL
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Cheryl Cuddihy has been appointed Principal of Viola L. Sickles School in Fair Haven. Press release from Fair Haven School District Fair Haven Superintendent of Schools Nelson Ribon has announcedContinue reading "THERE’S A NEW PRINCIPAL AT SICKLES SCHOOL"
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July 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: LET FREE-FILM RING
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Down in front: Shore Flicks rolls into Riverside Gardens for the first in the free summer film series, as INDEPENDENCE DAY brings the sci-fi fireworks to the banks of theContinue reading "RED BANK: LET FREE-FILM RING"
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July 1st, 2014 @ 12pm
FAMILY FUN FOR THE PICKING, AT PARKER’S
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The historic Parker Homestead in Little Silver will be the setting for two Community Blackberry Picking events, scheduled for July 19 and 26. Press release from Parker Homestead 1665 OneContinue reading "FAMILY FUN FOR THE PICKING, AT PARKER’S"
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July 1st, 2014 @ 6am
BON JOVI AND KINGS PLAY IT FOR PARKER
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Middletown’s own Jon Bon Jovi and “his local side band,” the Kings of Suburbia, will perform at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre in a fundraiser for the Parker Family HealthContinue reading "BON JOVI AND KINGS PLAY IT FOR PARKER"
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June 30th, 2014 @ 9am
The National Park Service is seeking nominations for individuals to be considered for appointment to the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee. “Since Hurricane Sandy, thisContinue reading "FT. HANCOCK COMMITTEE NOMINEES SOUGHT"
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June 30th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: THERE’S JOY IN MUDVILLE
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Mark your calendars: it’s another opportunity to Dress for Mess, when International Mud Day is observed in style at Middletown Library this Monday. It started in Australia, just a fewContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: THERE’S JOY IN MUDVILLE"
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June 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
NAVESINK: A STONE CHURCH ‘SUPERSTAR’
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The Stone Church Players wrap up their production of the Webber-Rice rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, with two more performances this weekend. It wasn’t all so very long ago thatContinue reading "NAVESINK: A STONE CHURCH ‘SUPERSTAR’"
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June 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NASHVILLE ON THE NAVESINK
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Budding star Maggie Rose is the headline attraction for the Rockin’ Country Festival that commandeers Marine Park for two days and evenings of family-friendly activities, foodstuffs and freewheelin’ sounds thisContinue reading "RED BANK: NASHVILLE ON THE NAVESINK"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
It’s Grad Season at colleges and universities across the country, and young people from all over the greater Red Bank Green are among the many thousands of Class of 2014Continue reading "MORE DEGREES, HONORS FOR AREA STUDENTS"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOOMER ROCK AT THE BASIE
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The Turtles’ Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan — aka “Flo and Eddie” — return to Red Bank at the helm of the hit-packed Happy Together Tour, the 2014 edition ofContinue reading "RED BANK: BOOMER ROCK AT THE BASIE"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 12pm
4TH ANNUAL MONMOUTH GAYLA A SUCCESS
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Posing under the balloon rainbow they created to welcome Monmouth County teenage visitors to the fourth annual Gayla, are members of the RBR Gay-Straight Alliance.  The Gayla welcomes all open-mindedContinue reading "4TH ANNUAL MONMOUTH GAYLA A SUCCESS"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR SOURCE AWARDS $28K+ IN SCHOLARSHIPS
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This year’s winners of the coveted Andrew Kroon Scholarship award are pictured with members of the Andrew Kroon Memorial Scholarship Committee.  Pictured (left to right) are Chris Rumph, Board ViceContinue reading "RBR SOURCE AWARDS $28K+ IN SCHOLARSHIPS"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 6am
LINCROFT: FULL YELLOW JACKET
The buzz is about the jazz foursome Yellowjackets as they take the stage of the Henderson Theatre at Christian Brothers Academy for a Friday night fundraiser concert. For the thirdContinue reading "LINCROFT: FULL YELLOW JACKET"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 10am
TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY
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This July, kids can celebrate Christmas at Toymasters in Red Bank.Voted “New Jersey’s Best Toy Store” by New Jersey Monthly magazine, Toymasters is partnering with the borough-based nonprofit Lunch BreakContinue reading "TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Lunch Break of Red Bank This Saturday, June 28, the Red Bank-based nonprofit Lunch Break and The Community YMCA are co-sponsoring a Community Health Fair, at CYMCA’sContinue reading "A COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR IN RED BANK"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CHAZZ AT THE BASIE
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Chazz Palminteri brings his solo stage play A BRONX TALE back to the Count Basie Theatre, for a two-night stand. (photo by Joan Marcus) In the 1993 film A BronxContinue reading "RED BANK: CHAZZ AT THE BASIE"
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June 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
LADY KNIGHTS WRAP SUPER SOFTBALL SEASON
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Press release from Fair Haven School District In a performance that’s been described as “spectacular,” the girls softball team at Knollwood School in Fair Haven enjoyed a standout season, finishingContinue reading "LADY KNIGHTS WRAP SUPER SOFTBALL SEASON"
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June 24th, 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
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.