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OH, BABY, ANOTHER TODDLIN’ WEEKEND
A video promo for ‘The Electric Baby,’ which opens tonight at the Two River Theater. Author and motivational speaker Selwyn Collins, below, makes an appearance at the Red Bank PublicContinue reading "OH, BABY, ANOTHER TODDLIN’ WEEKEND"
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April 19th, 2013 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
Sudden pop star Ryan Beatty, seen here in a video shot recently on Broad Street, returns to Red Bank with a show at the Basie tonight. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "POP, CLASSICAL AND JUKEBOX CRIMINALS"
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April 12th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: WHAT, NO PONY RIDES?
Coming soon, if Coffee Corral has its way: bocce and horseshoe courts and a fire pit. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Nobody can say Russ Crosson isn’t adaptable.Continue reading "RED BANK: WHAT, NO PONY RIDES?"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: MING CHEN FLIES WITHOUT A CAPE
Ming Chen, right, talking smod with Michael Zapcic at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash last month.  (Photos by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE AMC’s Comic BookContinue reading "RED BANK: MING CHEN FLIES WITHOUT A CAPE"
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April 4th, 2013 @ 12pm
SICKLES ART SHOW WARMS THE WEEKEND
Lorna Weber working on a pastel in the greenhouse. Below, woodturner Bruce Perlmutter at his lathe. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON On a chilly weekendContinue reading "SICKLES ART SHOW WARMS THE WEEKEND"
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February 18th, 2013 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT: KNITTING AS SANDY THERAPY
Megan Heath Gilhool first picked up her needles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, when she was in “full panic mode,” she said. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: KNITTING AS SANDY THERAPY"
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February 15th, 2013 @ 10am
SENIORS READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL TRIVIA
Red Bank seniors enjoy a spirited round of Super Bowl-themed trivia – with special categories in US presidents and states, for non-football fans – during their monthly trivia game at theContinue reading "SENIORS READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL TRIVIA"
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February 1st, 2013 @ 12pm
WEEKEND: BOOK SHOPPING, RUNNING, ART…
The Friends of the Red Bank Public Library three-day book sale kicks off Friday night with a reception, hits its stride Saturday, and concludes with a fill-a-bag coda on Monday.Continue reading "WEEKEND: BOOK SHOPPING, RUNNING, ART…"
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February 1st, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: MOTHER & SON’S NEW AGE ENERGY
Joycelyn and Christopher Midose at Earth Spirit, where the merchandise includes “energy-infused” candles, below.  (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER If while strolling Monmouth Street in RedContinue reading "RED BANK: MOTHER & SON’S NEW AGE ENER ...
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January 30th, 2013 @ 4pm
A WAGGING, PLANTING, ROCKING WEEKEND
Is veganism “like being a nun at an orgy”? “Vegucated,” a documentary screening in Lincroft Sunday, explores that question and others. The Wag, below, is at the Red Bank PublicContinue reading "A WAGGING, PLANTING, ROCKING WEEKEND"
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January 25th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: AFFORDABLE GIFTS AND GOODIES
What, she doesn’t have a wine purse? We can fix that. Read on. (Photos by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSE Unsure of what gifts to buy thisContinue reading "RED BANK: AFFORDABLE GIFTS AND GOODIES"
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December 7th, 2012 @ 11am
RED BANK: SEX, POWER AND GENERATORS
The Red Bank council wants JCP&L to send company representatives to any town with more than five percent of its customers experiencing outages. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: SEX, POWER AND GENERATORS"
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November 21st, 2012 @ 9am
WEEKEND: FARM FRESH AND NEARLY NAKED
The Red Bank Farmer’s Market winds down its season at the Galleria, and not-quite-naked models mingle with guests at Go Naked and Check Yourself, both this Sunday. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "WEEKEND: FARM FRESH AND NEARLY NAKED"
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November 16th, 2012 @ 10am
PET LOVER RESCUES HUNDREDS FROM DEATH
Jen McFadden and Raider, a racing hound/terrier mix, who made himself right at home at Joel McFadden Designs pending adoption. Below, a vanload of animals saved from southern shelters makes a stopContinue reading "PET LOVER RESCUES HUNDREDS FROM DEATH"
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October 25th, 2012 @ 12pm
DRIVING JERSEY SERIES RUNS LOW ON FUEL
Filmed in June before a Count Basie Theatre screening of the blockbuster summer hit “Jaws,” the above video is an example of Driving Jersey’s storytelling style. Steve Rogers at work,Continue reading "DRIVING JERSEY SERIES RUNS LOW ON FUEL"
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October 24th, 2012 @ 9am
BATTLES BREWING FOR TONIGHT’S BASIE CUP
Action during the 2011 edition of the Basie Cup girls’ game, which ended in a tie after overtime. (Click to enlarge) By LOLA TODMAN Red Bank Charter School Intern BrightContinue reading "BATTLES BREWING FOR TONIGHT’S BASIE CUP"
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October 19th, 2012 @ 6am
AUTHOR OPENS SERIES WITH HARD TRUTHS
By DAN NATALE What does it take to become a published author of fiction? Will power, says Aryn Kyle, author of the national best-selling young-adult novel The God of Animals.Continue reading "AUTHOR OPENS SERIES WITH HARD TRUTHS"
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October 16th, 2012 @ 7am
WOMEN TO SHARE THEIR SONGS AND STORIES
The Woman’s Club of Red Bank is the kickoff site for the three-day event. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER What is the value of art? Is it a frivolousContinue reading "WOMEN TO SHARE THEIR SONGS AND STORIES"
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October 2nd, 2012 @ 10am
GETTING THEIR FEET WET
With the crescent sails of kitesurfers filling the sky just to the south, dozens of veteran and first-time windsurfers took to the choppy waters of Sandy Hook Bay on aContinue reading "GETTING THEIR FEET WET"
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September 24th, 2012 @ 10am
Ahead of this Sunday’s showdown between the Jets and Dolphins, the Star-Ledger’s Brian Donohue, the auteur behind the always-engaging Ledger Live videos, pops in on one of his Red BankContinue reading "DOLPHINS? THIS GUY HAS THEM ON HIS ROOF"
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September 21st, 2012 @ 9am
Partyline
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.
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 ...