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RED BANK: LIGHT THERAPY FOR BLACK FRIDAY
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Tim McLoone keynotes the season of lights in downtown Red Bank with the traditional Holiday Express outdoor concert on Black Friday. Charlie Brown, Ralphie, Rudolph – not a one ever concernedContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHT THERAPY FOR BLACK FRIDAY"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: TREE’S UP
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Donated by the Clay family of Holmdel, Red Bank’s 2014 Christmas tree arrived at Riverside Gardens Park overlooking the Navesink River on Sunday. Becker’s Tree Service and Powerhouse Signs didContinue reading "RED BANK: TREE’S UP"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: PUTTING $15K INTO PLAY
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For the second straight year, the Curchin Open, an annual indoor golf event held in the Lincroft offices of the CPA firm Curchin Group, netted $15,000 for charity as playersContinue reading "LINCROFT: PUTTING $15K INTO PLAY"
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November 10th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK GOES ORANGE AND BOOGIES, KINDLY
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Who turned out for Red Bank’s contribution to a worldwide ‘Dance for Kindness,’ held on Broad Street Sunday? Among the several hundred orange-clad participants were Amanda Gorfain of Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK GOES ORANGE AND BOOGIES, KINDLY"
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November 10th, 2014 @ 9am
LINCROFT: DUFFERS TO PUTTER AMID DESKS
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Let’s face it, golf is about exercise without breaking a sweat, right? So why not do it in the climate-controlled comfort of  an office, beverage in hand? The Curchin Open,Continue reading "LINCROFT: DUFFERS TO PUTTER AMID DESKS"
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November 4th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR NIGHT OUT
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Looking for all the world like the trendiest bag ladies you’ve ever seen, more than 200 women signed up for this year’s edition of Girls Night Out, held Thursday andContinue reading "RED BANK: THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR NIGHT OUT"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 1pm
LINCROFT: VISITING BROOKDALE’S UNDEAD
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The friendly staff of Brookdale Haunted Theater creaks open the doors of the community college’s Performing Arts Center for the latest edition of their live-action eekscursion, beginning this Friday night.Continue reading "LINCROFT: VISITING BROOKDALE’S UNDEAD"
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October 13th, 2014 @ 10am
Video from the Dance for Kindness global event in 2013. The next one, planned for November 9, will include downtown Red Bank, and anyone can participate. A worldwide “kindness” phenomenonContinue reading "RED BANK TO ‘DANCE FOR KINDNESS’"
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October 8th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK WINS ‘GREAT’ DOWNTOWN VOTE
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A view along Broad Street from 2012. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The votes are in, and Red Bank is the most popularContinue reading "RED BANK WINS ‘GREAT’ DOWNTOWN VOTE"
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October 1st, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: IS THIS MIKE ON?
Comedian Mike Birbiglia brings his custom blend of standup, theater and spoken-word to the boards of the Count Basie Friday night. To call Mike Birbiglia a “standup comic” is likeContinue reading "RED BANK: IS THIS MIKE ON?"
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September 30th, 2014 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: HARVESTFEST BRINGS ‘EM IN
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Fair Haven reaped another in an annual series of enjoyable Harvestfests at the Knollwood School Saturday. Orange cotton candy, a petting zoo and a contest for the most artistic pumpkinContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: HARVESTFEST BRINGS ‘EM IN"
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September 29th, 2014 @ 10am
[slideshow_deploy id=’93364′]A Guinness in one hand, a lobster or a lobster roll in the other: this vignette repeated itself as redbankgreen roamed the packed midway of the Red Bank GuinnessContinue reading "RED BANK: A TWO-FISTED FOOD FESTIVAL"
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September 29th, 2014 @ 8am
Old-style bluesman Juke Joint Jonny brings his 12-string, steel and dreadnought guitars to the Woman’s Club of Red Bank for the next in the monthly series of Reckless Steamy Nights FridayContinue reading "RED BANK: JONNY’S RECKLESS, STEAMY BLUES"
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September 26th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: ‘DRIVING JERSEY’ REELS ‘EM IN
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‘Driving Jersey,’ a television series that mines the Garden State for its culture, kicks off a new season Wednesday night with footage shot in Red Bank, where producer (and boroughContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘DRIVING JERSEY’ REELS ‘EM IN"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ARTIST v. BUD OVER VANILLA ICE
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A screengrab from KUSA-TV’s report Tuesday showing Vanilla Ice in an ice cream truck of Ben Douglass’ design. Below, a detail of Douglass’ drawing. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: ARTIST v. BUD OVER VANILLA ICE"
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September 11th, 2014 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: SKIMBASH STORMS THE SURF
[slideshow_deploy id=’92753′]The pro and amateur participants in SkimBash, the Jersey Shore’s premiere skimboarding competition, enjoyed nearly two full days of great skimming weather and surf in Sea Bright this weekend.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SKIMBASH STORMS THE SURF"
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September 8th, 2014 @ 10am
RUMSON: JAKE TAVILL, SOULFUL SENIOR
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Jake Tavill at home in Rumson last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD This may be the era of inescapable rap, but listenersContinue reading "RUMSON: JAKE TAVILL, SOULFUL SENIOR"
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September 4th, 2014 @ 11am
Red Bank dance instructor Nick Mishoe, performing in the two-person Blue Journey, advanced to the finals of NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent Wednesday night. Against a soundtrack of Radiohead’s “Exit MusicContinue reading "RED BANK: DANCER MOVES TO TV FINALS"
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September 4th, 2014 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT: SKIMMING WITH THE ‘SHARKS’
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Top skimboarding talent converges on Sea Bright this weekend as the annual Skimbash event brings the Skim USA Pro/Am Tour action to the borough’s municipal beach. (File photos by PeterContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SKIMMING WITH THE ‘SHARKS’"
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September 3rd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: DANCER GETS NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
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Nick Mishoe dancing as a member of the two-person Blue Journey in the ‘America’s Got Talent’ quarterfinals earlier this month, and in his Red Bank studio, below. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: DANCER GETS NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT"
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August 29th, 2014 @ 5pm
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.