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LITTLE SILVER: A 3-HOUR, 350-YEAR TOUR
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History buffs and the just-plain-curious lined up last December for a tour of the historic Parker Homestead farmhouse. The Little Silver landmark opens its doors Sunday morning, for another publicContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: A 3-HOUR, 350-YEAR TOUR"
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May 18th, 2014 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: GIVING IT ANOTHER TRI
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A slew of swimmers took to the Navesink under threatening skies in a past Red Bank Triathlon, the 2014 edition of which returns to the roads and rivers of theContinue reading "RED BANK: GIVING IT ANOTHER TRI"
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May 17th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: UP AT McKAY’S, IT’S A 3-D WORLD
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CACTI by Joel Zimmerman is just one of the photographer’s “anaglyph” 3-D images on display…glasses included…during a Saturday opening reception at McKay Imaging Gallery.    For a generation raised onContinue reading "RED BANK: UP AT McKAY’S, IT’S A 3-D WOR ...
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May 16th, 2014 @ 12pm
HELP FLOWS TO SHREWSBURY VOLUNTEERS
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Bob Wentway (left), vice president of Shrewsbury Hose Company No.1, accepts a check from a representative of New Jersey American Water Company, toward the purchase of two new hose nozzles.Continue reading "HELP FLOWS TO SHREWSBURY VOLUNTEERS"
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May 16th, 2014 @ 6am
The Democratic Clubs of Eatontown, Fair Haven, Freehold, Ocean Township, Red Bank and Shrewsbury have combined their resources to present a very special program entitled “The Middle Class and Unions:Continue reading "AREA DEMS CLUBS TEAM UP FOR CONFERENCE"
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May 16th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: MCC LIGHTS UP TOWER HILL
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Dr. Ryan Brandau (right) and the assembled voices of the Monmouth Civic Chorus keynote a weekend of words and music at Red Bank’s First Presbyterian Church.  When Dr. Ryan BrandauContinue reading "RED BANK: MCC LIGHTS UP TOWER HILL"
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May 15th, 2014 @ 12pm
PTO GIVES A SURPRISE GIFT TO RBR STAFF
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The transformed teachers’ lounge at Red Bank Regional High School was designed, managed and funded by the RBR PTO in collaboration with the school district. It was unveiled as aContinue reading "PTO GIVES A SURPRISE GIFT TO RBR STAFF"
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May 15th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from JBJ Soul Kitchen  On Saturday, May 17, the JBJ Soul Kitchen will be hosting a World Hunger Awareness event in the front gardens of the community restaurant. FromContinue reading "JBJ SOUL KITCHEN HOSTS HUNGER DAY EVENT"
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May 15th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CLAIMING FIRSTIES FOR ‘THIRD’
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Michael Cumpsty directs, and Annette O’Toole stars, as the public is invited to look in on a Friday evening Open Rehearsal for THIRD, the season-closing mainstage production at Two RiverContinue reading "RED BANK: CLAIMING FIRSTIES FOR ‘THIRD’"
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May 14th, 2014 @ 12pm
LUNCH BREAK HOSTS 3RD ANNUAL FOODSTOCK
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Press release from Lunch Break of Red Bank For years, Lunch Break has served as the first line of defense for thousands of residents of Monmouth and Ocean Counties andContinue reading "LUNCH BREAK HOSTS 3RD ANNUAL FOODSTOCK"
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May 14th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR SPRING DANCE SHOW IS A CELEBRATION
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Red Bank Regional senior dance majors are dressed for the concluding number of their Spring Dance Performance (as well as their high school careers), which is appropriately named Celebration.  PressContinue reading "RBR SPRING DANCE SHOW IS A CELEBRATION"
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May 13th, 2014 @ 6am
Monmouth County residents can anonymously surrender weapons as part of a countywide gun buyback program, scheduled for Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17 in Rumson. Between the hours ofContinue reading "GUN BUYBACK RETURNS TO RUMSON"
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May 13th, 2014 @ 6am
If you’re a soccer- (sorry, football) obsessed boy or girl between the ages of 8 and 14, the borough-based Red Bank Football Club invites you to take part in aContinue reading "TRAVEL SOCCER TRYOUTS FOR RED BANK FC"
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May 13th, 2014 @ 6am
This Thursday evening, May 14, the public is invited to take part in “an honest discussion about the legal, health and personal consequences of alcohol and drug abuse,” during theContinue reading "HONEST TALK ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN M’TOWN"
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May 13th, 2014 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: CRABWALKING COVES ‘N GROVES
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Our favorite “living fossil” (and fellow Jersey Shore oldtimer), the horseshoe crab is the center of attention during a free Wednesday evening event…just one of many activities sponsored by theContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: CRABWALKING COVES ‘N GROVES"
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May 12th, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: STONE ON STAGE AT THE BASIE
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David Stone — pictured here with favorite collaborator Idina Menzel — gets his turn on stage this Tuesday, when the Count Basie Theatre welcomes the Broadway producer for a fundraisingContinue reading "RED BANK: STONE ON STAGE AT THE BASIE"
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May 12th, 2014 @ 12pm
SEAFOOD STARS IN SANDY HOOK CELEBRATION
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Monmouth University and Tim McLoone are among the people and institutions to be honored at the Jersey Shore Partnership Summer Celebration, scheduled for June 9 on Sandy Hook. Press releaseContinue reading "SEAFOOD STARS IN SANDY HOOK CELEBRATION"
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May 12th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BETCHA BY GOLLY, MOM
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The classic lineup of The Manhattans is among the 1970s-80s vocal acts scheduled to take to the Basie boards, for a Mother’s Day Soul Jam going on Sunday night.  “KissContinue reading "RED BANK: BETCHA BY GOLLY, MOM"
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May 10th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: TO MARKET, TO MARKET
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Mother’s Day means the welcome return of the Red Bank Farmers Market to the parking lot of The Galleria building; a seasonal Sunday tradition that pitches its tent beginning atContinue reading "RED BANK: TO MARKET, TO MARKET"
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May 9th, 2014 @ 11am
RBR HOSTS 4th ANNUAL GAYLA EVENT
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Planning the annual Gayla event for the RBR Gay – Straight Alliance are (left to right, back row): Courtney Ravelo, Union Beach; James Fogerty, Red Bank; Leah Roberts, Little Silver;Continue reading "RBR HOSTS 4th ANNUAL GAYLA EVENT"
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May 9th, 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.
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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.