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AN EARTH DAY ARMY AT FAIR HAVEN FIELDS
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FAIR HAVEN: An Earth Day cleanup and planting initiative draws more than 60 volunteers to FH Fields.
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May 1st, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: FOOD FEST TO PACK PARKING LOT
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RED BANK: The 2017 edition of the Red Bank International Beer, Wine and Food Fest commandeers the White Street municipal parking lot this Sunday.
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April 28th, 2017 @ 6am
RBR DANCE MAJORS SPRING INTO ACTION
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional dance majors present their Spring Dance Extravaganza on Friday, May 12.
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April 28th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ‘BEAUTY’ ON THE BASIE STAGE
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RED BANK: Disney's stage musical 'Beauty and the Beast' heralds a new season of lavish entertainments on the Basie stage from Phoenix Productions.
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April 27th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: A RE-THINK PIECE AT BORO HALL
RED BANK: Amy Goldsmith of NJ Clean Water Action hosts a May 9 presentation on an all new initiative.
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April 27th, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: DOGS AND GUITARS ON DISPLAY
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LINCROFT: Dogs just want to have fun on Saturday...and the guitars come out to play on Sunday...during a big weekend at Brookdale CC.
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April 26th, 2017 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: BCC HOSTS FREE CYBER CAMP
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LINCROFT: High school students are invited to sign up for a free cybersecurity camp at Brookdale CC, going on this July.
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April 26th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: CURTAIN UP FOR BASIE KIDS
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RED BANK: The Basie accepts a fundraising challenge to connect kids with the live arts experience. 
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April 26th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: PADILLA ‘WOMEN’ ON THE WING
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RED BANK: With seven performances left, 'The Women of Padilla' continues its world premiere run through Sunday at Two River Theater.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: A SENSES-FRIENDLY SUMMER CAMP
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RED BANK: Two River Theater welcomes young people with autism to a special June performance, and a new series of Summer Theater Camp classes.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: Healthy Kids Day offers up its annual afternoon of free family fun, Saturday at the Y's Family Health and Wellness Center.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 1am
RED BANK: MAKING ALL LOCAL ART STOPS
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RED BANK: Three of downtown's most interesting places for art are on the walking tour, as Monmouth Arts hosts a Tuesday evening Gallery Gallivant.
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April 24th, 2017 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: The Brookdale campus hosts the 2017 Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by Pilgrim Baptist of Red Bank.
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April 24th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: Classes for freshmen, SAT prep and media career training are on the schedule, as RFH Regional announces summer sessions for teens and adults.
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April 24th, 2017 @ 1am
FAIR HAVEN: SELDIN STORMS BACK AT 70
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FAIR HAVEN: Stormin' Norman Seldin returns to the scene of a late '70s triumph with a 70th-birthday show at Nauvoo Grill Saturday night.
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April 21st, 2017 @ 10am
RUMSON: RALLY ‘ROUND THE NAVESINK
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RUMSON: Rally for the Navesink seeks volunteer water monitors, at a Thursday night forum.
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April 21st, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: COMMUNITIES TEAM FOR ‘TREE TALK’
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RUMSON: The towns of the Two Rivers Shade Tree Alliance welcome a guest presentation by Rutgers prof Jason Grabosky.
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April 21st, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: FOR EARTH DAY, VISIT A PARK
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MIDDLETOWN: Several Monmouth County parks host Earth Day activities (and other special events) around the township this Saturday.
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April 20th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: Join Hizzoner Pasquale Menna, for the third annual Mayor's Charity Ball on May 5.
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April 20th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: RCDS HOSTS SPCA FUNDER
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RUMSON: Country Day School student council hosts a fundraising presentation (with special guests) for the Monmouth County SPCA,
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April 20th, 2017 @ 5am
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 ...