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RED BANK: RIVERFEST ROCKS THE RIVERSIDE
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[slideshow_deploy id=’90441′]Thousands of festivalgoers filled Red Bank’s Marine Park over the weekend for three days of food and music at Riverfest 2014. (Photos by Dan Natale and Trish Russoniello. MouseoverContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVERFEST ROCKS THE RIVERSIDE"
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June 2nd, 2014 @ 8am
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RED BANK: IT’S ON DOWN BY THE RIVER
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It’s a gorgeous day down at Marine Park in Red Bank, where the first full day of Riverfest is shifting into gear. Put on your sauntering footwear and come onContinue reading "RED BANK: IT’S ON DOWN BY THE RIVER"
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May 31st, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: ANOTHER RIVERFEST REVIVAL
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Brian Kirk and the Jirks — the veteran Shore partystarters who’ve never been shy about taking their act outside — headline the slate of live entertainment at Riverfest 2014, theContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER RIVERFEST REVIVAL"
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May 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON EXTENDS ITS GRATITUDE TO VETS
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Rumson’s annual Memorial Day parade Monday featured unicyclists, a marching band, antique vehicles and lots of red, white and blue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
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May 27th, 2014 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: NEIGHBOR WANTS SHOW SNUFFED
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They sure looked pretty, but last year’s fireworks showered Mary Ylangan’s yard and others with debris, some of which she brought to a council meeting last week. (Photos by JohnContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: NEIGHBOR WANTS SHOW SNUFFED"
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May 19th, 2014 @ 7am
RUMSON: ALL HAIL THE PRINCE OF CHINTZ
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Superstar interior decorator Mario Buatta stops into the greater Green for Tea this Friday, in a fundraiser for Rumson’s Oceanic Free Public Library.    His notable projects have included theContinue reading "RUMSON: ALL HAIL THE PRINCE OF CHINTZ"
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May 1st, 2014 @ 12pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’89697′]Scenes from Sunday’s Red Bank International Flavour Festival, where some downtown restaurants showed off their menus, diners induclged, and a guy dressed as a strip of bacon wandered amidContinue reading "RED BANK: HAND-TO-MOUTH AT FOOD FEST"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 10am
[slideshow_deploy id=’89627′]Thousands of festivalgoers filled Red Bank’s White Street parking lot Sunday for several hours of upright, alfresco dining at the third annual International Flavour Festival. Walking, talking and dancing alsoContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKING A STAND O ...
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April 28th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: A RAINBOW OF FLAVORS
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Rainbows over our beautiful Navesink River prior to Saturday night’s rain. The outlook for Sunday, and the Red Bank International Flavour Festival on White Street, is sunny with temperatures in theContinue reading "RED BANK: A RAINBOW OF FLAVORS"
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April 27th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: LIBRARY TO GET SLICE OF RBIFF PIE
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The Red Bank International Flavour Festival has added the financially strapped borough library to its beneficiaries after library supporters quickly signed up 19 volunteers – including a number of borough employees –Continue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY TO GET SLICE OF RBIFF PIE"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: REPLICA SHIP TO DOCK IN JUNE
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The Onrust, a replica of the first deck-covered ship built in colonial America, will berth for two days at Marine Park. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD They wereContinue reading "RED BANK: REPLICA SHIP TO DOCK IN JUNE"
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April 16th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: STREET FAIR BUSTLES
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[slideshow_deploy id=’89229′]The spring edition of the Red Bank Street Fair drew hundreds of visitors downtown on a warm and sunny afternoon Sunday. The event was a fundraiser for the PoliceContinue reading "RED BANK: STREET FAIR BUSTLES"
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April 7th, 2014 @ 6am
Hundreds of visitors enjoyed a spring day under blue skies at the Red Bank Street Fair on April 6, 2014. (Video by Gerda Liebmann. Click to pause.)
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April 6th, 2014 @ 11am
COUNTRY MUSIC FEST COMING TO RED BANK
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The mainstage-and-second-stage setup of RiverFest and other events at Marine Park will be replaced by two equal-sized stages for the Red Bank Country Music Festival, featuring Maggie Rose, below. (PhotoContinue reading "COUNTRY MUSIC FEST COMING TO RED BANK"
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March 25th, 2014 @ 8am
RUMSON GOES VERDANT GREEN AGAIN
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[slideshow_deploy id=’88739′]Under crisp blue skies, Rumson rolled donned its finest greenery for the town’s second St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday.  (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)
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March 10th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR STUDENTS RING IN YEAR OF THE HORSE
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Red Bank Regional High School Principal Risa Clay tentatively pets the Lion who danced for the RBR students in celebration of the Chinese New Year. The Lion dance was performedContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS RING IN YEAR OF THE HORSE"
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February 10th, 2014 @ 6am
WEEKEND: A HOMECOMING FOR NJ SUPERSTARS
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It’s a Count Basie Homecoming for JACQUIE LEE — seen here performing at a 2012 Rockit! concert in Red Bank — when the VOICE runner-up who wowed everyone from JenniferContinue reading "WEEKEND: A HOMECOMING FOR NJ SUPERSTARS"
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December 19th, 2013 @ 5pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’86392′]With temperatures in the low 20s, several hundred parishoners of Red Bank’s St. Anthony of Padua Church celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with their largestContinue reading "RED BANK: A PARISH CELEBRATES"
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December 13th, 2013 @ 6am
TREE LIGHTINGS TO LIGHT UP THE GREEN
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Tree lightings, such as the annual ceremony in Sea Bright, bring light therapy to the Green this weekend. Below, an archived favorite shot from the 2008 Westside tree lighting inContinue reading "TREE LIGHTINGS TO LIGHT UP THE GREEN"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: LIGHTS ON
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[slideshow_deploy id=’86173′]It was a night of jolly good cheer as Santa and Mrs. Claus and thousands of revelers in fun hats thronged downtown Red Bank for the annual town light-upContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHTS ON"
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December 2nd, 2013 @ 6am
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.