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FAIR HAVEN: JERSEY MOMS GO BLOG
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Amy Byrnes, Teicia Gaupp and Cristie Ritz King are the special guests on Thursday, as River Road Books hosts the women of Jersey Moms Blog.  Here’s what might just beContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: JERSEY MOMS GO BLOG"
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October 20th, 2014 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: RSVP FOR CHEMO GIRLS BRUNCH
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From the office of State Senator Jennifer Beck comes a reminder that tomorrow, October 17 is the deadline to register for the annual “Beauty Pearls for Chemo Girls Brunch,” anContinue reading "RED BANK: RSVP FOR CHEMO GIRLS BRUNCH"
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October 16th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: BOOK A DATE THIS SATURDAY
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Volunteers from the Little Silver Business and Professional Association prep for the 2013 Book and Media Fair. The annual fundraiser for the LSBPA returns to the Women’s Club this Saturday,Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BOOK A DATE THIS SATURDAY"
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October 16th, 2014 @ 6am
LINCROFT: MONSTER IN THE HALLS
A snippet of a 2008 interview with the author Victor LaValle. It’s a place where a literal monster roams the long, institutional, fluorescent-lit halls — a buffalo-headed beast that stalksContinue reading "LINCROFT: MONSTER IN THE HALLS"
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October 7th, 2014 @ 4pm
SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES
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The high-tech Digital Bookmobile visits the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch on Tuesday, to provide outreach to residents of Sea Bright and other communities whose libraries were closed or displacedContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES"
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October 6th, 2014 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: BIG READ ON CAMPUS
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Author Julia Alvarez is among the special guests taking part in the slate of events for The Big Read 2014, beginning this Monday and centered around her novel IN THEContinue reading "LINCROFT: BIG READ ON CAMPUS"
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October 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LIBRARY ADDS SATURDAY HOURS
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The stairs to the library’s children’s room, where Saturday programming returns on October 18 with a Halloween Craft Party. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY ADDS SATURDAY HOURS"
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October 3rd, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: LIBRARY MAY RESTORE SATURDAYS
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The resumption of Saturday service is expected to occur as early as this weekend, officials said. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Moving toContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY MAY RESTORE SATURDAYS"
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September 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES
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The high-tech Digital Bookmobile visits the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch on October 7, to provide outreach to residents of Sea Bright and other communities whose libraries were closed orContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES"
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September 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIBRARY BOOK SALE OPENS
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The annual three-day Red Bank Public Library book sale kicked off with a preview party that attracted dozens of donors Friday night. The fundraising event, hosted at the  by the FriendsContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY BOOK SALE OPENS"
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September 13th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK & MIDDLETOWN: LIBRARY VOICES
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After a preview party Friday evening, the two-day Red Bank Public Library book sale gets underway Saturday morning. Below, ‘The City and the Shore’ come alive as graphic artist MikeContinue reading "RED BANK & MIDDLETOWN: LIBRARY VOICES"
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September 12th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: LOCALLY GROWN & LEGENDARY
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One of the championship tomatoes grown by two time winner Mike Mansfield of Oceanport is weighed by Sickles Market garden manager Natale Siclare, in a past edition of the annualContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: LOCALLY GROWN & LEGENDARY"
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August 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD
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Red Bank Regional sophomore Elijah Nishiura, center, chats with Environmental Commission chairwoman Laura Bagwell, left, and Carl Alderson, a marine resources specialist at NOAA, after the council voted to restoreContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD"
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July 24th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BULKHEAD REBUILD ON AGENDA
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Borough residents are on the hook for replacing the library bulkhead, at right, where environmentalists argue a natural shoreline should be restored.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: BULKHEAD REBUILD ON AGENDA"
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July 23rd, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: MOCKINGBIRDS GO BY THE BOOK
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A vigilant pair of northern mockingbirds have set up house for their chirping newborns hidden in a bush near the entrance to the Red Bank Public Library. Though library staffersContinue reading "RED BANK: MOCKINGBIRDS GO BY THE BOOK"
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July 15th, 2014 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: TWO NOVELISTS, NO WAITING
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Authors Alison Gaylin (left) and Megan Abbott top the summer reading list, with a dual in-store appearance at River Road Books this Thursday. Don’t look now, but some buzzed-about authorsContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TWO NOVELISTS, NO WAITING"
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July 8th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: LOST IN AUSTENLAND
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Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root star in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of PERSUASION, one of four Jane Austen-themed films screening Mondays in July at Middletown Library. Nothing says “summertime” likeContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: LOST IN AUSTENLAND"
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July 6th, 2014 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER, M’TOWN: LIBRARY LEGENDS
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LEGENDARY LOCALS OF RED BANK author Eileen Moon visits the Little Silver Library on Monday evening…while Next Stage Ensemble brings a little Shakespeare to the Middletown Township biblio. There’s theContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER, M’TOWN: LIBRARY LEGENDS"
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June 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know Where this week’s photo was shot? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected]. Last week’s Where? It showed… well, it may have been hard toContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: A DATE WITH MARY KAY
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Author Mary Kay Andrews visits Nauvoo Grill Club in Fair Haven Thursday evening for a reading and signing event sponsored by River Road Books. Save the Date. No, really, thisContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A DATE WITH MARY KAY"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 1pm
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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 ...