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SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY BACK ON THE BEACH
The patio at the Mad Hatter becomes Dunesday Central for the daylong beach festival Saturday. (Photo by Colby Wilson. Click to enlarge) By COLBY WILSON In the months after HurricaneContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY BACK ON THE BEACH"
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July 17th, 2013 @ 6am
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A BUSTLING SUMMER WEEKEND AWAITS
Local farmers and craftspeople fill the parking lot at the Galleria every Sunday morning this time of year. Steven Jacobson, the 17-year-old author of “One Last Season,” below, reads fromContinue reading "A BUSTLING SUMMER WEEKEND AWAITS"
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July 12th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUPERMOM TO ‘COMIC BOOK MEN’
Kimberlee Thornton, self-styled “production mom” for the reality show “Comic Book Men,” rocks a superhero cape on Broad Street in Red Bank Monday to mark the start of taping forContinue reading "RED BANK: SUPERMOM TO ‘COMIC BOOK MEN’"
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July 8th, 2013 @ 1pm
WEEKEND: EAT, DRINK, SING, SAIL, AND MORE
A promo video for ‘Eat! Drink! Italy!,’ Red Bank restaurateur Victor Rallo’s new TV show, which gets a launch at the Basie Saturday night. Below, a rousing night of patrioticContinue reading "WEEKEND: EAT, DRINK, SING, SAIL, AND MORE"
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July 5th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIRST SIP OF SUMMER
Red Bank unveiled a new, two-day summer event called Sippin’ on the River over the weekend. redbankgreen was there the first night to capture the sights as thousands flocked toContinue reading "RED BANK: FIRST SIP OF SUMMER"
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July 1st, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: SIPPIN’ SUNDAY ON THE NAVESINK
The weather forecast isn’t great. But if the rain holds off, as it did on Saturday, day one of Sippin’ on the River in Red Bank’s Marine Park, day two couldContinue reading "RED BANK: SIPPIN’ SUNDAY ON THE NAVESINK"
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June 30th, 2013 @ 7am
LAST WEEKEND IN JUNE. DRINK IT ALL IN…
Beer and wine will be sold in a Red Bank park for the first time at this weekend’s Sippin’ On the River food festival at Marine Park. David Byrne andContinue reading "LAST WEEKEND IN JUNE. DRINK IT ALL IN…"
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June 28th, 2013 @ 6am
Derek Holland gives a goofy interview in this undated YouTube video. (Click to enlarge) Nearby concertgoers applauded when Texas Ranger Derek Holland was thrown out of Red Bank’s Count BasieContinue reading "RED BANK: PITCHER WAS ‘OBNOXIOUS’ @BASIE"
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June 28th, 2013 @ 4am
RED BANK: PITCHER TOSSED FROM BASIE
[See update at bottom of story, 3:27 p.m.] A major league pitcher was “kicked out” of the Counting Crows concert at the Count Basie Theatre Monday night, according to aContinue reading "RED BANK: PITCHER TOSSED FROM BASIE"
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June 25th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CLUB OFFERS KIDS A HAVEN
Children line up for pre-dinner clean-hands inspection at the Boys and Girls Club. (Photos by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER After five p.m. on a recent afternoon,Continue reading "RED BANK: CLUB OFFERS KIDS A HAVEN"
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June 25th, 2013 @ 11am
The Fab Faux play the Beatles’ ‘White Album’ at the Basie Saturday night. Navesink River Rowing offers free introductions to the sport Sunday. (Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO Friday,Continue reading "WEEKEND: WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO…"
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June 21st, 2013 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: OZ FANS PEEK BEHIND CURTAIN
Dr. Oz channeled the Beatles and Bruce in Sea Bright Wednesday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON There was no yellow-brick road, but local fans ofContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: OZ FANS PEEK BEHIND CURTAIN"
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June 20th, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARK IT HERE SUMMER NIGHTS
A full slate of movies, music and workouts is scheduled for Riverside Gardens Park, but minus a songwriters’ series.  (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON DespiteContinue reading "RED BANK: PARK IT HERE SUMMER NIGHTS"
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June 19th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAD RIVERCENTER
Jim Scavone, left, rockin’ promotional sunglasses at a Red Bank Flavour event last month with RiverCenter program director Amanda Lynn, center, and Visitors Center director Margaret Mass. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAD RIVERCENTER"
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June 19th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: JAMIAN’S OUTDOOR BAR OK’D
Jamian’s plans an open-air bar out back, replacing a garage on Gold Street, below. (Click to enlarge) By COLBY WILSON Another open-air bar is set to join the Dublin House‘sContinue reading "RED BANK: JAMIAN’S OUTDOOR BAR OK’D"
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June 18th, 2013 @ 7am
They liked it so much in their town’s centennial year that they decided to do it again. The residents of Fair Haven threw themselves a townwide picnic Saturday, a dayContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DOES IT AGAIN"
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June 17th, 2013 @ 7am
Monmouth Street between Broad Street and Drummond Place will be closed to automobile traffic one night a month from July through October for ‘Dog Days of Summer.’ (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: GOING TO THE DOGS, MONTHLY"
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June 13th, 2013 @ 1pm
WEEKEND: FEASTS FOR ALL THE SENSES
Guitar slinger Matt O’Ree rocks Jamian’s, and an exhibit of contemporary at at Gallery U are among the weekend highlights. (Click to enlarge) Friday, June 7 SHREWSBURY: Stay in touchContinue reading "WEEKEND: FEASTS FOR ALL THE SENSES"
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June 7th, 2013 @ 10am
A video spotlights some of the detail work that went into staging the Two River Theater‘s season-wrapping play, a production of Noel Coward’s ‘Present Laughter.’ The show, now in previews,Continue reading "RED BANK: PUTTING ON A SHOW"
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June 6th, 2013 @ 10am
RUMSON: SPRING SPLASH
Hundreds of hardy swimmers took to the perfect-70-degree waters of the Navesink River from Rumson’s Victory Park for the eighth annual Nav-e-Sink Or Swim distance festival Saturday morning. Funds raisedContinue reading "RUMSON: SPRING SPLASH"
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June 1st, 2013 @ 11am
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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
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.