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RED BANK: DARLENE LOVE, SMITHEREENS GET BASIE CENTER HONORS
Legendary artists Darlene Love and The Smithereens inducted to the Count Basie Center for the Arts Walk of Fame. (Click to read)
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December 22nd, 2025 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: JAZZ ARTS PROJECT UNVEILS SWINGIN’ NEW DIGS
Red Bank's Jazz Arts Project christens new digs and unveils the coolest door in Red Bank. (click to read)
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December 8th, 2025 @ 7am
2025 RED BANK PORCHFEST: YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE
Red Bank Porchfest 2025: Get your schedule, map, livestream info and more all right here. (click to read)
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October 2nd, 2025 @ 2pm
TIM CRONIN, BELOVED RED BANK ROCK ‘N ROLLER DIES
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Tim Cronin, who achieved local legend status as the affable face behind the counter at Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank and global cult hero notoriety as a founding member of the band Monster Magnet, has died. 
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July 8th, 2025 @ 6pm
BENEFIT FOR RED BANK ROCKER FIGHTING ALS
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Benefit concert Sunday for Red Bank rock 'n roller and local legend Tim Cronin. (Photo by Sara Stadtmiller. Click to read)
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June 21st, 2025 @ 1pm
SPRINGSTEEN DOC PUTS RED BANK AT CENTER STAGE
Hulu's new Bruce Springsteen documentary follows him across the globe, but keeps Red Bank rehearsals sessions front and center. (click to read)
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October 28th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MONSTER MAGNET FRONTMAN MARKS 35 YEARS OF ROCK
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The lead singer of Monster Magnet, the Red Bank-spawned band that turned fans worldwide on to "space rock" or "stoner rock" looks back on an unlikely 35-year career - and his own dual reality. (click to read)
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September 25th, 2024 @ 11am
GROWIN’ UP WITH SPRINGSTEEN, OFF BROAD
RED BANK: The untold story of the coffeehouse that had a lifelong impact on local teens while helping to launch the career of an 18-year-old singer named Bruce Springsteen.
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September 12th, 2024 @ 7am
DOGGO FEST, VINYL HOUNDS AND THE WAG: RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS: Dog Days event, street fair, record fest and more. (click to read)
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September 6th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: UNSINKABLE SIDEWALK SALE TOPS WEEKEND PICKS
Red Bank's 70th annual, indomitable, rain or shine sidewalk sale tops the list of things to do on a spectacular weather weekend.
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August 9th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
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Summer heat slows us down, the calendar thins, but the music in Red Bank never stops. Redbankgreen's picks of things to do this weekend.
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July 19th, 2024 @ 6am
WEEKEND PICKS: WOMEN’S SOCCER, JAZZ VIOLIN AND MORE
From Jazz to soccer, Redbankgreen's picks of things do for the (sort of) Fourth of July weekend.
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July 5th, 2024 @ 6am
‘PUNK EDIT’ FASHION TO LIGHT UP THE VOGEL
RED BANK: Pearl St. Consignment and Shedhead Vintage team up Wednesday night on "The Punk Edit Fashion Show," a sonic and visual phantasmagoria. (Click for more)
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June 24th, 2024 @ 4am
WEEKEND: SOCCER, MORE SOCCER, MUSIC AND ART
RED BANK: Semipro soccer; an outdoor benefit concert; bands in bars; an art opening and more. Here's what's on tap in town this weekend.
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May 31st, 2024 @ 8am
SYMPHONY RETURNS JUNE 29
RED BANK: An annual crowd pleaser returns June 29 with a free concert in Marine Park by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, RiverCenter said Thursday.
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May 30th, 2024 @ 6pm
RECORDS SKIP INTO TOWN
RED BANK: Devotees of vinyl records expected to drop needle at Broad and Mechanic Saturday. Here's why.
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May 10th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: MONMOUTH ARTS OPENS NEW SPACE
RED BANK: Doors away from the Basie's storied marquee, Monmouth Arts unveils a new home for fostering art dubbed ArtSpace.
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April 17th, 2024 @ 5pm
THROWBACK: A SUPERSTAR’S FIRST GLIMMER
THROWBACK: This week in 1964, a photographer serendipitously captured a future pop superstar, Melanie, then a senior at Red Bank High School.
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April 4th, 2024 @ 7am
WOODSTOCK ERA STAR, RBR ALUM “MELANIE” DIES
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Melanie Safka, Woodstock era singer songwriter and Red Bank Regional High School alumni hall of fame member known simply as "Melanie," has died.
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January 25th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: BIG MAN’S BITES THE DUST
RED BANK: The building that once housed a rock club owned by saxophonist Clarence Clemons was razed this week.
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December 29th, 2023 @ 1pm
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.