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RED BANK: GETTING ‘JURASSIC’ IN THE PARK
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RED BANK: Free summer movie nights return to Riverside Gardens with a roar on Tuesday July 5, with the 2015 blockbuster JURASSIC WORLD.
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July 1st, 2016 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: LIVING SHORELINE HITS HARD STOP
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RED BANK: In the end, the new bulkhead at the library has none of the "living shoreline" attributes sought by environmentalists.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER DAY ENDS WITH A BANG
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LITTLE SILVER: A day of food, music and dancing in the infield ends with a spectacular fireworks show. We've got photos.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNCIL ADVANCES RIVER CRUISES
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RED BANK: River cruises could return next summer. Also, cute video of kids singing and gesturing.
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June 24th, 2016 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER GETS ITS FIRST DAY IN THE SUN
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LITTLE SILVER: The first-ever Little Silver Day celebration fills Saturday afternoon and evening with music, food, fun, games, fireworks and community.
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June 23rd, 2016 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY: MINI HORSES BOOKED AT LIBRARY
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SHREWSBURY: Miniature horses Buster and Star return to the Eastern Branch Library, for a Friday morning visit keyed to New Jersey's Month of the Horse.
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June 22nd, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RIVERSIDE STAND TO OPEN SOON
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RED BANK: Gracie and the Dudes expects to open an ice cream stand in Riverside Gardens Park within two weeks.
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June 22nd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK CHARTER OFFERS SUMMER PROGRAM
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RED BANK: Students and non-students of the Charter School are invited to sign up for a Summer Institute that offers science-based fun learning activities in the great outdoors.
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June 14th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE UPDATE SLATED
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RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: Updated plans for new bridge to get public airing next week.
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June 1st, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIBRARY BULKHEAD WORK BEGINS
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RED BANK: Work gets underway on controversial bulkhead replacement at the public library.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: SEASONAL PARKING FEES DEBUT
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SEA BRIGHT: Summer-only paid parking goes into effect.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 1pm
Summer reading programs geared to toddlers, tweens, teens and grown-ups are in season, with sign-ups now at the County Library's Eastern Branch.
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S BASIE PARKING DEAL
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The Count Basie Theatre, seen at right above, will be allowed to charge patrons park in the Red Bank two areas of the borough hall lot, including the new section,Continue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S BASIE PARKING DEAL"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 2pm
MIDDLETOWN: FT. HANCOCK MEETING ON FRI.
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Preserving the historic structures at Sandy Hook's Fort Hancock through adaptive reuse is the topic of a public-welcome meeting, Friday morning at Middletown Arts Center.
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May 12th, 2016 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: HELPERS BEE QUILTING
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Handcrafted quilts and wall hangings are on display, on sale, and on the raffle block this weekend, as Rebecca's Reel Quilt Guild presents a two-day benefit show at Poricy Park.
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May 3rd, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: PARK IT HERE, FOR MUSIC ‘N ART
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Live tunes on two stages, a strolling expo of artists and crafters, and a Plein Air Painting Competition for attendees...all free of charge during the two-day Creative Arts and Music Festival, this Saturday and Sunday at Thompson Park.
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April 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ICE CREAM VENDOR TO RUN STAND
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In recent years, the Riverside Gardens concession booth has been open only during borough events in the park, and managed by borough employees and volunteers. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: ICE CREAM VENDOR TO RUN STAND"
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April 28th, 2016 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: 4-H HOSTS YOUNG ANIMAL EXPO
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Kids are invited to pet baby animals, play games and make crafts during a Young Animal Expo at Thompson Park on May 7.
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April 28th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: HERE COMES SUMMER 2016
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Check out the latest summer programs at our local parks, when the Program Directory of the Monmouth County Park System publishes this Friday.
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April 26th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: PARK THIS WAY
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Council President Cindy Burnham, left, and downtown business owners Wendy Jones and George Lyristis gathered to watch the installation of a new parking sign at Broad Street and Wallace Street inContinue reading "RED BANK: PARK THIS WAY"
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April 19th, 2016 @ 1pm
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.
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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.