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SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR
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Jersey Shore guitar master Sonny Kenn provides the sonic spice as the Red Bank Flavour culinary campaign kicks off with a special holiday season smorgasbord benefit Thursday night at theContinue reading "SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR"
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November 30th, 2011 @ 1pm
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It’s a full-on sight-and-sound spectacular: the annual night-after-Thanksgiving Santa Claus train ride into Red Bank followed by the parade to Broad Street, the downtown light-up and the Holiday Express concert.Continue reading "SEASON OPENER"
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November 28th, 2011 @ 7am
HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO USHER IN THE SEASON
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Scenes from the 2010 Holiday Express concert. (Click to enlarge) The newborn 2011 holiday season moves outdoors with a bang of a snare drum and a blast of white lightContinue reading "HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO USHER IN THE SEASON"
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November 25th, 2011 @ 10am
ANOTHER ‘DEAD ON’ ARRIVAL IN RED BANK
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Multi-instrumentalist, session ace and educator Marc Muller (right) leads the latest edition of the DEAD ON LIVE project back to the Count Basie Friday night. (Photo by Brian Stratton) CallContinue reading "ANOTHER ‘DEAD ON’ ARRIVAL IN RED BANK"
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November 24th, 2011 @ 9am
DUE PROCESS GOES SOUTHWEST ON BROAD
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Cindy Hubeny spruces up the storefront at 65 Broad Street last week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD One of the churniest of Red Bank’s downtown storefronts in recentContinue reading "DUE PROCESS GOES SOUTHWEST ON BROAD"
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November 17th, 2011 @ 10am
BASIE ECONOMIC IMPACT GROWS
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The nonprofit theater reported another year of strong financial results. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Twelve years into a renaissance, the Count Basie Theatre continued to grow itsContinue reading "BASIE ECONOMIC IMPACT GROWS"
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November 16th, 2011 @ 11am
SECOND FOOD FEST ADDED FOR 2012
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Despite a one-week rain delay, the 2011 edition of the Oysterfest was packed most of the day. Proceeds help pay for downtown holiday lights, seen below being installed on BroadContinue reading "SECOND FOOD FEST ADDED FOR 2012"
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November 10th, 2011 @ 6pm
With another spirited (and sold-out) gathering in the greenhouse, Sickles Market in Little Silver hosted its annual wine and cheese fundraiser for Holiday Express Friday night. The event featured auctionsContinue reading "HOLIDAY CHEER IN THE GREENHOUSE"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 8am
Last tenanted by chic furniture dealer Design Front, 21 East Front Street is now home to a wedding and boudoir photo business as well as a DJ. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: SEXING UP WEDDINGS"
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October 25th, 2011 @ 9am
BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN
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Jon Bon Jovi gives his wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, an attagirl as she prepares a table at the opening of the JBJ Soul Kitchen Wednesday afternoon. The yard outside the restaurant,Continue reading "BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN"
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October 19th, 2011 @ 3pm
A VINTAGE DOLL TAKES IT DOWNTOWN
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The man with one of the biggest voices, mouths and hearts in all of music — David Johansen — is the special guest ringmaster as MAD Wednesdays continue at theContinue reading "A VINTAGE DOLL TAKES IT DOWNTOWN"
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October 17th, 2011 @ 2pm
The Downtown in Red Bank was bumping and grinding Wednesday night as the Nick Clemons Band, led by the son of late E-Street Band saxman Clarence Clemons shared the stageContinue reading "NICK CLEMONS & BANDITS TAKE DOWNTOWN"
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October 13th, 2011 @ 9am
The second annual Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival, delayed a week by rain that never came, roared into in town on Sunday  under classic autumn conditions: cool, partly sunny andContinue reading "OYSTERFEST: WORTH THE EXTRA WEEK’S WAIT"
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October 3rd, 2011 @ 6am
‘FLAVOUR’ TO TEASE TASTE BUDS AND MORE
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A screen grab from the Red Bank Flavour website. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A restaurant-and-bar-led consortium has rolled out a multi-front web marketing campaign to boost RedContinue reading "‘FLAVOUR’ TO TEASE TASTE BUDS AND MORE"
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September 28th, 2011 @ 9am
POP STAR TOUTS ADVIL FOR SOUL KITCHEN
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A production crew swarmed the Jon Bon Jovi-supported Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street in Red Bank Monday morning as the pop star prepared to shoot a commercial for pain-reliever AdvilContinue reading "POP STAR TOUTS ADVIL FOR SOUL KITCHEN"
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September 26th, 2011 @ 11am
OYSTERFEST II SLIDES INTO TOWN SUNDAY
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The event is once again a showcase for borough-based eateries, organizers say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD An ongoing effort by Red Bank restaurateurs to reclaim downtown visitorsContinue reading "OYSTERFEST II SLIDES INTO TOWN SUNDAY"
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September 22nd, 2011 @ 3pm
THIEF RETURNS GUITAR
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Dale Lakata’s guitar at Jamian’s Thursday evening. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The man whose plucking of a performer’s beloved acoustic guitar from a Red Bank bar wasContinue reading "THIEF RETURNS GUITAR"
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September 9th, 2011 @ 7am
GUITAR THIEF CAUGHT ON CAMERA
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A frame from a surveillance video shows the alleged thief eying the guitar at Jamian’s. (Click to enlarge) Do you know this guy?
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September 7th, 2011 @ 4pm
SINGER SEBASTIAN BACH’S HOME DESTROYED
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Heavy metal singer Sebastian Bach‘s Middletown home was destroyed when the Swimming River Reservoir overflowed its banks Sunday, he writes on his Facebook page. A “numb, in shock & devastated”Continue reading "SINGER SEBASTIAN BACH’S HOME DESTROYED"
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August 29th, 2011 @ 9am
FIXX BUYS TIME: 15 MINUTES FOR 90 DAYS
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Music at Fixx will be cut off at 1:30 a.m. for the next three months under a deal worked out with the borough council. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "FIXX BUYS TIME: 15 MINUTES FOR 90 DAYS"
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August 24th, 2011 @ 11pm
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JUNIOR BUCKS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucks Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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.
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