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RED BANK BOOKED FOR TOWNWIDE YARD SALE
Volunteers from the Friends of the Red Bank Public Library gathered at a barn on South Street this week to sort through books slated for inclusion in this weekend’s three-dayContinue reading "RED BANK BOOKED FOR TOWNWIDE YARD SALE"
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September 24th, 2010 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
More than a dozen responses came in regarding last week’s Where Have I Seen This?, and five of them had the same wrong answer. We love when that happens!
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July 15th, 2010 @ 8am
NOVELIST GETS UNDER THE MARITAL HOOD
Journalist, novelist and proud blogger Debra Galant parks it at NovelTeas on Bridge Avenue this Saturday for an event keyed to her new book CARS FROM A MARRIAGE. (Photo byContinue reading "NOVELIST GETS UNDER THE MARITAL HOOD"
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July 8th, 2010 @ 7am
Following up on an earlier article, which generated a large number of comments, we share this newly completed music video, some of which was shot at Red Bank’s NovelTeas inContinue reading "VIDEO: CHORNEY TWEAKS TEA PARTY"
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July 7th, 2010 @ 4am
LIBRARY BOOKS MARQUEE RUNNERS, WALKERS
Warming up to raise money for the Friends of the Red Bank Library are, from left, Brian Hanlon, library director Debbie Griffin-Sadel, Beth Hanratty, children’s librarian Sam Quintas, Audrey OldoerpContinue reading "LIBRARY BOOKS MARQUEE RUNNERS, WALKERS"
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June 3rd, 2010 @ 2pm
GONNA UKE THIS TOWN
What is it about a ukulele that tickles us so? “It’s the sound,” says Fiona Crawford (right; click to enlarge), a singer and uke player.”Even when you’re doing slow songsContinue reading "GONNA UKE THIS TOWN"
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May 21st, 2010 @ 9am
AN EARTHLY RE-ENTRY FOR THE WRIGHT STUFF
The Al Wright Unit — featuring vocalist Ruth Wright — brings both homegrown cred and a space-trekking sonic legacy back to the Red Bank Public Library on Thursday evening. (PhotosContinue reading "AN EARTHLY RE-ENTRY FOR THE WRIGHT STUFF"
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May 12th, 2010 @ 5am
SHAKING UP THE TEA PARTY
Both sides of the issue: Singer-songwriter Linda Chorney invites the public to take part in a bit of absurdi-tea during a video shoot in Red Bank this Sunday morning. FromContinue reading "SHAKING UP THE TEA PARTY"
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April 29th, 2010 @ 11am
A SECOND CHANCE AT HAPPINESS
From the Today Show to her appearance tomorrow night in Red Bank, THE HAPPINESS PROJECT author Gretchen Rubin has followed her bliss right to the Number One spot on theContinue reading "A SECOND CHANCE AT HAPPINESS"
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April 12th, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: THE WAR AT HOME
Dad was the famous novelist who wrote From Here to Eternity; Mom was a glamorous being who was friends with people like Jackie O — and home was Paris inContinue reading "IN oRBit: THE WAR AT HOME"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: CAUGHT UP WITH COBEN
He’s NJ’s own Bard of the bloody ‘burbs; a master of mayhem whose mean streets are named for songbirds and flora, and where the skeletons inhabit some pretty roomy walk-inContinue reading "IN oRBit: CAUGHT UP WITH COBEN"
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March 17th, 2010 @ 6am
NEW LIBRARIAN JUST A ‘GROWN-UP KID’
Yes, that’s the new children’s librarian, Samantha Quintas, who added yoga classes to the program. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Samantha Quintas has a tattoo on her rightContinue reading "NEW LIBRARIAN JUST A ‘GROWN-UP KID’"
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March 11th, 2010 @ 12pm
IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM
Cigarettes and neon nightclub signs illuminating rain-slicked city streets. Desperate characters in suits, ties and fedoras; fatal femmes and alleycat shadows, phone booths and gunshots in the night. We knowContinue reading "IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM"
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March 11th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: SEE WHO’S BOOKED ON RIVER ROAD
Although their entire store isn’t much bigger than the amount of space allotted to fancy chocolates at the supersize Barnes & Noble, the quartet of owners at River Road BooksContinue reading "IN oRBit: SEE WHO’S BOOKED ON RIVER ROAD"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 10am
IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LITERARY LION
He was called a lot of things in his day, many of them unprintable in your virtual family newspaper — but  in today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, you’ll hearContinue reading "IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LITERARY LION"
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March 8th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY TALK
The pursuit of happiness can be a pretty serious undertaking for anyone to whom it was ever promised in writing — and, as you’ll learn in today’s edition of RedContinue reading "IN oRBit: HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY TALK"
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February 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: WRITERS AND OTHER HOOKERS
It’s never been an uncommon thing for writers to prostitute themselves. It’s just that, in the strange case of David Henry Sterry, the latter activity served as springboard to theContinue reading "IN oRBit: WRITERS AND OTHER HOOKERS"
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February 17th, 2010 @ 7am
FRESH FACE AT LIBRARY: CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
Children’s author and poet John Grandits, shown here with a couple of his books, is the newest member on the Red Bank Library Board. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTINContinue reading "FRESH FACE AT LIBRARY: CHILDREN’S AUTHOR"
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February 16th, 2010 @ 10am
IN oRBit: COUNT, BARRON, THE WHOLE DECK
You find the most interesting people passing through town — and over in the pixelated pages of Red Bank oRBit, we try to flag them down and introduce them toContinue reading "IN oRBit: COUNT, BARRON, THE WHOLE DECK"
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February 15th, 2010 @ 7am
LET’S GO TO THE BOOKMARK
Book shoppers who attended last week’s pre-sale reception at the Red Bank Public Library got an early jump on a sale that was later postponed by weather. OK, lovers ofContinue reading "LET’S GO TO THE BOOKMARK"
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February 12th, 2010 @ 10am
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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 ...