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FAIR HAVEN: CAN WE TALK JOAN RIVERS?
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FAIR HAVEN: Vanity Fair writer brings her new Joan Rivers biography to River Road Books for a "can we talk?" session Wednesday night.
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November 28th, 2016 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ON THE GREEN: AUTHOR! AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
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ON THE GREEN: A highly lauded nonfiction writer and two novelists read and answer questions at events in Fair Haven, Shrewsbury and Lincroft in coming days.
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November 11th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GHOSTLY, AND PARTLY TRUE, TALES
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RED BANK: New book, "13 Ghostly Tales and Yarns of the Navesink River," mines newspaper archives and local lore for stories of hubris and eerie comeuppance.
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October 28th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: YOK-TOBERFEST IS ON AT BASIE’S
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RED BANK: Humorist David Sedaris and improv aces Mochrie + Sherwood explore the many faces of comedy at the Count Basie, this Thursday and Saturday.
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October 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DENMAN TO DISCUSS OLYMPICS
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RED BANK: Olympic racewalker ('56) and journalist Elliott Denman to discuss a new book on the Olympics at the public library.
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October 10th, 2016 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: BORN TO MAKE A BOOK RUN
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ON THE GREEN: A kids' book author who specializes in explaining bodily functions (and a Gothic thriller writer who might just scare it all out of you) are coming to a local venue near you.
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September 19th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: THIRD NOVEL FOR BARTENDER
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RED BANK: Bartender-slash-author serves up his third novel in two years.
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August 9th, 2016 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN: WRITERS IN THE HOUSE
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MIDDLETOWN: Once and future spouses Yolanda and Guy Fleming keep inspiration in the house, during a Thursday tandem book signing at the public library.
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August 2nd, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: A GAME-CHANGER NAMED SANDY
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RED BANK: Frame to Please hosts author Karen Sandy in a book signing event dedicated to the Associated Humane Society.
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July 28th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GILDA IN THE HERE AND NOW
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RED BANK: Gilda Rogers shares her thoughts on personal stories and public causes, in upcoming talks at the Library and Project Write Now.
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July 11th, 2016 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: ‘NOOKIETOWN’ FOR A NIGHT
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FAIR HAVEN: The author of 'Nookietown,' in which one character asks a friend to sleep with her husband, comes to River Road Books.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SPIRITS AND SOULS ARE WILLING
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RED BANK: A spiritual author-lecturer, and a communicator with spirits, visit the Count Basie Theatre on back-to-back Thursdays.
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June 15th, 2016 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: MIMI CROSS THE SHINING SEA
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FAIR HAVEN: Singer-songwriter turned author Mimi Cross returns to River Road Books to launch her newest novel, "Shining Sea."
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May 31st, 2016 @ 5am
Summer reading programs geared to toddlers, tweens, teens and grown-ups are in season, with sign-ups now at the County Library's Eastern Branch.
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: “GAS MONEY” GETS HIM HERE
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Author Troy Lewis makes a GAS MONEY pitstop at the county library's Eastern Branch, in a Saturday afternoon appearance.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
BESTSELLING AUTHOR VISITS RUMSON SCHOOL
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Best-selling young adult author Gordon Korman discusses his inspirations and creative process, during a visit with Forrestdale School students.
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May 19th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER
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Red Bank Middle School seventh-grader Karina Linares Huerta Karina was honoroed by the Red Bank council Wednesday night for finishing first among 1.7 million students around the globe in theContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 11am
RUMSON SCHOOLS HOST KID’S LIT STARS
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Six authors of popular books for young readers visit two schools in Rumson, when the Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip RV rolls into town on Wednesday.
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May 2nd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: COUNTY LIBRARY COSTS WEIGHED
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Trustees of the library say local taxpayers would still have to foot the cost of the borough facility on West Front Street, above, with access to fewer resources from Monmouth County. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNTY LIBRARY COSTS WEIGHED"
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April 26th, 2016 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: INDIE, BOOKISH, AND LOVING IT
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River Road Books welcomes Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, and ushers in a slate of special May events.
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April 26th, 2016 @ 7am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...