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COMING TO BROAD: WOMEN’S CLOTHING SHOP
Dor L’Dor’s owner hopes to open in mid-May. (Click to enlarge) A Manhattan-based clothing store catering to women aged 16 to 36 has signed a lease in downtown Red Bank,Continue reading "COMING TO BROAD: WOMEN’S CLOTHING SHOP"
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April 15th, 2010 @ 12pm
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A SECOND CHANCE AT HAPPINESS
From the Today Show to her appearance tomorrow night in Red Bank, THE HAPPINESS PROJECT author Gretchen Rubin has followed her bliss right to the Number One spot on theContinue reading "A SECOND CHANCE AT HAPPINESS"
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April 12th, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: TRAGIC MAGIC AT TWO RIVER
It’s got a leading man who keeps his Redford-esque looks even when marinated in blood, dust and grime. A chorus of maidens whose siren songs are worth the price ofContinue reading "IN oRBit: TRAGIC MAGIC AT TWO RIVER"
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March 29th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: REEL CLOSE TO HOME
You might know Chris Mumford as the sure-shot chef behind Mumford’s Culinary Center in Tinton Falls (as well as his fondly recalled restaurant in Long Branch). But just as everyContinue reading "IN oRBit: REEL CLOSE TO HOME"
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March 25th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: THE WAR AT HOME
Dad was the famous novelist who wrote From Here to Eternity; Mom was a glamorous being who was friends with people like Jackie O — and home was Paris inContinue reading "IN oRBit: THE WAR AT HOME"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: THIS AIN’T NO TOGA PARTY
For most of us who had to make his acquaintance in school, Euripides is a stonefaced statue, and his 2,400 year old play Orestes a dusty and decaying scroll ofContinue reading "IN oRBit: THIS AIN’T NO TOGA PARTY"
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March 22nd, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: IN THE SOUND GARDEN
There’s the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, which we updated you on just a few days ago. The always awesome Monmouth Symphony Orchestra and Monmouth Civic Chorus. The best of aContinue reading "IN oRBit: IN THE SOUND GARDEN"
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March 18th, 2010 @ 4am
IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM
Cigarettes and neon nightclub signs illuminating rain-slicked city streets. Desperate characters in suits, ties and fedoras; fatal femmes and alleycat shadows, phone booths and gunshots in the night. We knowContinue reading "IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM"
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March 11th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: SEE WHO’S BOOKED ON RIVER ROAD
Although their entire store isn’t much bigger than the amount of space allotted to fancy chocolates at the supersize Barnes & Noble, the quartet of owners at River Road BooksContinue reading "IN oRBit: SEE WHO’S BOOKED ON RIVER ROAD"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 10am
IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LITERARY LION
He was called a lot of things in his day, many of them unprintable in your virtual family newspaper — but  in today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, you’ll hearContinue reading "IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LITERARY LION"
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March 8th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: REALLY GETTING INTO THE ACT
In yesterday’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, we talked to stage illusionist Kevin Spencer about the vanishing of the fabled “fourth wall” between audience and performer. Today we’ll introduce youContinue reading "IN oRBit: REALLY GETTING INTO THE ACT"
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March 3rd, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: USE YOUR ILLUSION
Magician’s wives have never had it easy — they’ve been sliced, diced, shot at, twisted, turned into zoo animals, or simply disappeared — and one top trickster allegedly made theContinue reading "IN oRBit: USE YOUR ILLUSION"
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March 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LION
We don’t know about you, but here at Red Bank oRBit we are unequivocally “finished with the Feb” and ready to put that shortest (and, as it turned out, cruelest)Continue reading "IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LION"
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March 1st, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: WHAT BROWN CAN DO
We deal with a lot of hyphens in this business, and in today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, we’ll introduce you to an actor-playwright-director-impresario who’s made it a mission toContinue reading "IN oRBit: WHAT BROWN CAN DO"
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February 25th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: JUST CAN’T STOP IT
To two or even three generations of bands and their fans in and around the Jersey Shore, the partystarting sonic bounce of reggae’s hypercaffeinated little cousin SKA continues to scoreContinue reading "IN oRBit: JUST CAN’T STOP IT"
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February 24th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: A TIGGA, BY THE TALE
We here at Red Bank oRBit do what we can to create a trustworthy source for timely tips on how and where to spend your discretionary dollars and idle-hour attentionsContinue reading "IN oRBit: A TIGGA, BY THE TALE"
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February 23rd, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY TALK
The pursuit of happiness can be a pretty serious undertaking for anyone to whom it was ever promised in writing — and, as you’ll learn in today’s edition of RedContinue reading "IN oRBit: HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY TALK"
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February 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: BACHELORETTES AND EVERYMAN
You’ve seen his somber, silent, life-size figures in places like the Port Authority and the National Mall — and now George Segal is coming to the outskirts of town. NotContinue reading "IN oRBit: BACHELORETTES AND EVERYMAN"
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February 18th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: WRITERS AND OTHER HOOKERS
It’s never been an uncommon thing for writers to prostitute themselves. It’s just that, in the strange case of David Henry Sterry, the latter activity served as springboard to theContinue reading "IN oRBit: WRITERS AND OTHER HOOKERS"
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February 17th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: PRINE RIB FOR MUSICAL GOURMETS
He claims to have sworn off doing interviews forever and a day; he’s never had a hit record, and the guys from TMZ likely ignore him when he goes traipsingContinue reading "IN oRBit: PRINE RIB FOR MUSICAL GOURMETS"
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February 16th, 2010 @ 6am
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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.