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RED BANK: A SERIOUSLY FUNNY TEDx TALK
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Open Mike: Humorists Michael Phillips-Anderson and Michael O’Keeffe take the stage of Two River Theater for a special TEDx Navesink presentation on September 25, prior to the 8 pm showContinue reading "RED BANK: A SERIOUSLY FUNNY TEDx TALK"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 12pm
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Got any out-of-date or no-longer-needed prescriptions in your medicine cabinet? Red Bank police will take them off your hands to make sure they don’t fall into the wrong ones. DropContinue reading "RED BANK: SAFE DRUG DISPOSAL OFFERED"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: PARK GETS ANTI-SKATE TOUCHES
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In a move to thwart damage by skaters and skateboarders, new alternating-level caps have replaced flat ones on walls throughout Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank. Work underway at theContinue reading "RED BANK: PARK GETS ANTI-SKATE TOUCHES"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: DAWG HAS HIS DAY
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Mandolin master David Grisman returns with his sextet to the Count Basie stage for a Tuesday nighter on September 23. His own musical best buddy, the late Jerry Garcia, brandedContinue reading "RED BANK: DAWG HAS HIS DAY"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of September 12 to September 19, 2014. Report of Theft in the area of DunkinContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: WOMAN CHARGED WITH DUI"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 9am
[slideshow_deploy id=’93137′]The Monmouth Day Care Center’s annual on Touch-a-Truck fundraiser at the Red Bank Middle School offered up a photo-op bounty for parents Saturday. Not only did the kids getContinue reading "RED BANK: CLIMBING ABOARD & IMAGINING"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: LOCALS LEND VOICES ON CLIMATE
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Among those heading to New York  for the People’s Climate March was Emma Reardon, right, who gathered with several dozen others for the train ride from Red Bank Sunday morning.Continue reading "RED BANK: LOCALS LEND VOICES ON CLIMATE"
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September 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BROADWAY BABIES CATCH A WAVE
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The Broadway Dolls, featuring Hollie Howard (center), bring the musical excitement to the Molly for A Taste of Broadway, a Monday night fundraising gala benefitting a group of Shore-based nonprofits.Continue reading "RED BANK: BROADWAY BABIES CATCH A WAVE"
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September 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SHOE GIVEAWAY DRAWS A CROWD
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Free shoes for any Red Bank student who wants a pair? As reported by redbankgreen earlier this month, that was the offer by Doc Shoppe owner Dean Ross, himself aContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOE GIVEAWAY DRAWS A CROWD"
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September 21st, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: CLASSICAL DUETS
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Keith Calmes and carry on: the classical guitarist teams with flautist Marjorie Koharski for a free public recital at Middletown Library, on Monday evening. Classical music connoisseurs in and aroundContinue reading "RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: CLASSICAL DUETS"
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September 20th, 2014 @ 12pm
After two bye weeks, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional’s varsity football team finally opened the sequel to its best season in school history with a clobbering of Matawan on the road FridayContinue reading "RFH OPENS SEASON WITH ROUT"
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September 20th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: EATERY CONTENTS ON THE BLOCK
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The oven, assuming it’s sold, will have to go out the way it went in: through the front window. Below, Anthony “Tito” Vega with the three-ton oven last year. (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: EATERY CONTENTS ON THE BLOCK"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 4pm
LINCROFT, SANDY HOOK: OF ART AND NATURE
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Revels in the Details: works by the National Association of Women Artists (left) and by Laura Bethmann (right) are on display at the Monmouth Museum, beginning with a pair ofContinue reading "LINCROFT, SANDY HOOK: OF ART AND NATURE"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
By JOHN T. WARD The owner of a Rumson home where police found 50 underage partiers consuming alcohol last Saturday night has been issued a summons, police said. Lori Krikorian,Continue reading "RUMSON: KEGGER HOMEOWNER CITED"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: ROOF FIRE VEXES CHIEF
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Firefighters closed off a portion of Broad Street to fight the blaze. One peered into a wall cavity abutting the roof, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: ROOF FIRE VEXES CHIEF"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 9pm
RED BANK: DEMOLITION HITS FIRST POTHOLE
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The house, at 94 Drs. Parker Boulevard, was once the home of African American journalist T. Thomas Fortune. Below, a detail of the soffit. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: DEMOLITION HITS FIRST POTHOLE"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 1pm
RUMSON: SHORED UP, BATTENED DOWN
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The collision between coastal development and severe weather in New Jersey and elsewhere is the subject of the documentary “Shored Up,” screening for free this Saturday at Holy Cross School.Continue reading "RUMSON: SHORED UP, BATTENED DOWN"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CLASSIC RASSAS SIGN RESCUED
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A bit banged up but salvageable, one of the classic neon Rassas Buick signs in Red Bank – seen below in 2013 – was saved from the bulldozer Wednesday byContinue reading "RED BANK: CLASSIC RASSAS SIGN RESCUED"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK CHURN: PAINT, CLOTHES & HOT YOGA
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Paint Passion took over a space in the Dublin House alley formerly occupied by a jewelry store/surfboard shop. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK CHURN: PAINT, CLOTHES & HOT YOGA"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: FUNDRAISER TAKES A KID’S TOUCH
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A chance to get up close and hands-on with an emergency or heavy-duty work vehicle is the big attraction during Touch A Truck Day, the annual fundraising promotion at RedContinue reading "RED BANK: FUNDRAISER TAKES A KID’S TOUCH"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 5am
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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 ...