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BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC
Middletown property owner Jon Bon Jovi has scheduled an “intimate,” $250-a-seat concert next month to raise money for Red Bank’s Parker Family Medical Center. News of the benefit appeared yesterdayContinue reading "BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC"
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…AND TO ALL A ‘DONE GOOD’ NIGHT
Pop Warner coaches (and Val’s Tavern owners) Chris and James Smith, left, hosted a fundraising event December 2 at their landmark Rumson pub for the benefit of Rutgers football starContinue reading "…AND TO ALL A ‘DONE GOOD’ NIGHT"
LADY KNIGHTS TAKE THIRD STRAIGHT KETTLE
Action from the girls’ championship game between Forrestdale and Knollwood, above, and the boys’ final between St. James and Forrestdale, below. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) The SalvationContinue reading "LADY KNIGHTS TAKE THIRD STRAIGHT KETTLE"
TROPHY, CHARITY UP FOR GRABS IN GAME
Rumson-Fair Haven will match up against Matawan tomorrow for the state sectional championships. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mike Halfacre: mayor, triathlete, gambling man. AsContinue reading "TROPHY, CHARITY UP FOR GRABS IN GAME"
As in years past, Tim McLoone’s rolling, feel-good music extravaganza, Holiday Express, kicked off the Christmas season in Red Bank Friday night with a concert for several thousand visitors whoContinue reading "‘TIS THE SEASON"
A THANKSGIVING BREAK
Lunch Break fed more than 125 people on Thanksgiving. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Just a half a mile from the railroad track, you canContinue reading "A THANKSGIVING BREAK"
THE EXPRESS TRACK TO HOLIDAY TIME
As usual, several thousand people are expected to pack Red Bank’s Broad Street for a Holiday Express concert and overall merriment Friday night. These pix are from 2009. (Click toContinue reading "THE EXPRESS TRACK TO HOLIDAY TIME"
PROWN’S 2011 CALENDAR: A WEST SIDE STORY
David Prown poses with the January 2011 photo from his store’s calendar. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI As soon as he set out the stacksContinue reading "PROWN’S 2011 CALENDAR: A WEST SIDE STORY"
DONE GOOD: TURKEY-TIME POTS AND TROTS
A packed-greenhouse crowd at Sickles Market raised $72,500 last Friday night for Holiday Express, the rolling musical extravaganza that brings good cheer this time of year to 50 or soContinue reading "DONE GOOD: TURKEY-TIME POTS AND TROTS"
A HEAPING HARVEST OF GOOD DEEDS
Clockwise from top left: Village People chief Felipe Rose, Blondie bombshell Debbie Harry, funk bassmaster TM Stevens and  actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan are the honorees at the Monmouth County ArtsContinue reading "A HEAPING HARVEST OF GOOD DEEDS"
SRO FOR LUNCH BREAK
The lobby was filled, and bellies were, too, as donors and other supporters packed the theater lobby. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) An event billed as a food-tastingContinue reading "SRO FOR LUNCH BREAK"
CRAWLIN’ FOR A CAUSE
More than 200 people registered for Saturday’s breast cancer research fundraiser in Red Bank Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI As Susan Kinslow, a lifelongContinue reading "CRAWLIN’ FOR A CAUSE"
OVER A DOZEN FUN WAYS TO HELP OTHERS
Hollywood’s Siobhan Fallon Hogan, TV’s Real Housewife Caroline Manzo and Broadway’s Michael Mulheren appear at local fundraisers in the coming days. There’s a gala for the neediest of our neighborsContinue reading "OVER A DOZEN FUN WAYS TO HELP OTHERS"
A DO-GOODER’S GUIDE TO THE WEEKEND
Images by Shrewsbury resident and official Monmouth Park photographer Bill Denver remain on display this weekend, as the Meridian Health Steeplechase returns the great steeplechase meet tradition to the greaterContinue reading "A DO-GOODER’S GUIDE TO THE WEEKEND"
PROWN: LET’S GIVE ST. ANTHONY’S A HAND
David Prown at St. Anthony of Padua’s gym earlier this week. (Click to enlarge) David Prown doesn’t want this article to be about him, and anyone who knows the RedContinue reading "PROWN: LET’S GIVE ST. ANTHONY’S A HAND"
BASIE DOC A ‘CLEAR’ TRIBUTE TO RBC GRAD
Video footage, shot in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by former Marine lieutenant (and Red Bank Catholic graduate) Mike Scotti, forms the core of SEVERE CLEAR, the documentary feature screeningContinue reading "BASIE DOC A ‘CLEAR’ TRIBUTE TO RBC GRAD"
CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE
Filmmaker Kevin Smith‘s 40th-birthday Q&A show at the Count Basie Theatre Monday night drew a scale-model lookalike. One covered in icing. A few hours before the show, the auteur ofContinue reading "CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE"
JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED
Judith Stanley Coleman at the opening of the Tiffany store in Red Bank in November, 2007. (Click to enlarge) Judith Stanley Coleman, an ardent land conservationist and philanthropist from Middletown,Continue reading "JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED"
SLIDING FROM ONE STYLE TO ANOTHER
Music lovers filled the pews of the Salvation Army chapel in Red Bank last Wednesday night for its 10th annual Trombone Night. Featuring trombonists from the New Jersey Symphony, MontclairContinue reading "SLIDING FROM ONE STYLE TO ANOTHER"
A crowd that spilled over onto the Monmouth Street sidewalk packed the courtyard of the Dublin House Pub Wednesday night for the second alfresco fashion show held there in threeContinue reading "A PASSION FOR FASHION & KEEPING IT LOCAL"
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PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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 ...