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RED BANK: TENTH OYSTERFEST ROCKS THE LOT
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RED BANK: Summery weather puts thousands in a partying mood at the 10th annual Oysterfest. Check out redbankgreen's event pix for familiar faces.
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September 30th, 2019 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN: RIVER RATS LOSES TAX CASE
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FAIR HAVEN: River Rats can't claim property tax exemption, even though it's an IRS-recognized nonprofit run by volunteers, court finds.
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August 22nd, 2019 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: Curchin Open, a mini-golf tournament held each autumn in a CPA office, has named its two beneficiaries for 2019.
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July 26th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS KEEP FREE Y ACCESS
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RED BANK: YMCA walks back part of a plan to end free memberships for borough kids and first responders, but says no kids will be turned away.
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July 3rd, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MENNA ‘IRATE’ OVER YMCA ACTION
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RED BANK: 'Irate' Menna blasts YMCA decision to terminate free memberships for borough kids and emergency first responders.
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June 27th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: KIDS, RESPONDERS LOSE FREE YMCA
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RED BANK: YMCA ending free memberships for borough kids and emergency first responders in a move driven by "accountability" issue, says director.
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June 27th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: PROMWEAR GIVEAWAY
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RED BANK: There's still another chance to get free gowns and tuxedos at Lunch Break's annual promwear giveaway at the Woman's Club.
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April 16th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOPE CONCERT RAISED $224,000
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RED BANK: Bobby Bandiera's 10th and final Hope Concert at the Basie last month raised $224,000 for two charities, bringing the series total to nearly $3M.
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January 22nd, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: SPAGHETTI WITH SANTA
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RED BANK: Salvation Army hosts senior citizens for a spaghetti supper with Santa Claus.
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December 5th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: GROWING TOURNEY RAISES $15K
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RED BANK: What began as a pickup football game 17 years ago is now tourney for kids, women and men, and it just raised another $15k for Lunch Break.
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November 27th, 2018 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: CURCHIN ADDS TO TOURNEY TOTAL
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LINCROFT: A Red Bank-based charity is one of two beneficiaries of this year's Curchin Open, a mini-golf tourney held in the offices of a CPA firm.
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November 27th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: BON JOVI WARMS UP CENTER
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RED BANK: With heavy snow falling outside, Bon Jovi opens new 'warming center' for homeless men, the latest endeavor of his foundation.
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November 16th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: KNIGHTS DELIVER COATS FOR KIDS
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RED BANK: No school child will be without a proper coat this winter under a program of the local Knights of Columbus council.
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November 1st, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: GOP QUESTIONS YASSIN’S RISE
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RED BANK: In its second broadside of the campaign, the GOP questions Yassin's rapid rise and suggests he engaged in "fraud."
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October 25th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: SUNSHINE, OYSTERS & MELANIE
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RED BANK: Thousands jam festival for an afternoon of oysters, beer and music, including a set by Woodstock folkie and RBR alum Melanie. Check out our pix.
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October 1st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: K9 VEST, MAYOR’S BALL, PINS
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RED BANK: Mayor and council shine spotlight on three charitable organizations, and the borough now has an official lapel pin.
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September 18th, 2018 @ 8am
SHREWSBURY: SKILLS CENTER IN THE WORKS
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SHREWSBURY: What's Going on Here at this former real estate office? Lunch Break has plans to help clients looking to polish their life skills.
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July 31st, 2018 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FIRE VICTIMS SEEK HELP
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RED BANK: A sister and brother whose lifelong home was destroyed by fire last month seek the public's help with housing and other costs as their savings vanish.
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June 14th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: MASKS ADD FLAIR TO MAYOR’S BALL
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RED BANK: Attendees to the fourth annual Mayor's Ball add flair and an amusing air of mystique with sparkly, lacy and feathery masks. See who you know in redbankgreen's photos.
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May 21st, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: NO PLANS FOR LUNCH BREAK LOT
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RED BANK: Lunch Break razes a house on Drs. Parker Boulevard. What's Going On Here?
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April 26th, 2018 @ 2pm
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.