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Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit pops in on Readies, a half-century-old Monmouth Street deli and caterer whose owner, Tom Fishkin, has a fondness for naming sandwiches after local people and institutions. There's even one named for the Dublin House,...
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August 15th, 2008 @ 11am
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Today's edition of the thrice-weekly Red Bank oRBit features a report that Springsteen & Co. will command the halftime show at the next Super Bowl. Also in oRBit: • A look-ahead at some terrific events coming down in the next...
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August 11th, 2008 @ 8am
"Hair" is back, and not only at the Public Theater in New York. A staging of the breakthrough rock musical is also in the works at the fabulous old Carousel building at the foot of the Asbury Park boardwalk. But...
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August 8th, 2008 @ 9am
Have you checked in on Red Bank oRBit yet today? We've got two new articles that might stoke your taste buds. • Big name chef/restaurateur/cuisine imp David Burke is the star of the salad bar this month at, of all...
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August 6th, 2008 @ 2pm
Today's postings on Red Bank oRBit, the new three-times-a-week entertainment publication of redbankgreen, include: • A pop-in on Gillian Elbroji at Bellini, her new shoe store on White Street • A vibe check on the new Red Bank Beer Garden...
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August 4th, 2008 @ 10am
You've seen the teaser logos for about eight months. Well, the countdown is finally over. Today, redbankgreen marks its first significant expansion with the launch of Red Bank oRBit, a new website dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the local arts,...
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August 1st, 2008 @ 8am
Bargain hunters went sniffing along Monmouth Street this morning. One woman brought her pooch, apparently to give the goods an expert sniff. The streets of downtown Red Bank were thronged all day Friday, day one of the 54th annual Sidewalk...
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July 26th, 2008 @ 11am
The scene on Broad Street at the 2006 edition of the event. By TOM CHESEK There was that friend of ours who found a shrink-wrapped, never-played, original 1963 pressing ( released the day JFK was shot) of the Phil Spector...
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 7am
Legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and pianist-singer Tony DeSare photographed at River's Edge Café, where they'll be returning this weekend as part of the Summer Jazz Café series. By TOM CHESEK Maybe it's that seventh string on his guitar; a custom-crafted...
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July 22nd, 2008 @ 7am
Here's Noises Off star Glenn Jones (center) celebrating art and life with director Gary Shaffer (right). At left is actor Michael Kroll, who's not in this show, but a frequent cohort of the others nonetheless. (Photo by Lauren Morris) By...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 12pm
The Peer Players include (front row, left to right): Tiffany Lewcyk, Stephen Bucco, Forrest Burdett, Katie Kroeper; (middle row) Joseph Kim, Samantha Aurelio, Sara Howard, Christina Lennon, Allison Cloonan, Leah Sugerman, Elizabeth Coulter; (back row) Melissa Cloonan, Danny Cassidy. By...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 10am
Scenes from last night's debut of the weekly Comcast Jazz in the Park series in Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Park, which featured the Red Bank Middle School Band and Soul Project, above. For info about upcoming shows and movies in...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 6am
The great Bucky Pizzarelli makes himself at home in River's Edge on July 25-26, with a pair of evening concerts and a free all-ages jazz workshop. By TOM CHESEK So, whaddaya hear from the Mooch? Last time redbankgreen caught up...
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July 10th, 2008 @ 7am
With the city of Chicago as a backdrop, Two River Theater brings the Illinoise during a three-weekend film festival that kicks off Friday with Ferris Bueller and friends. By TOM CHESEK We hear Chicago's lovely this time of year. But...
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July 9th, 2008 @ 10am
Kristie Koehler-Vuocolo is one of five members of the Chicago-based Neo-Futurists who will make themselves at home around Red Bank as they bring their show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, to Two River Theater this month. By...
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July 8th, 2008 @ 6am
Adrienne Barbeau, pictured with hubby Billy Van Zandt and her books. The famed "scream queen" turned horror author will appear at a local signing on Thursday. By TOM CHESEK As the archetypal fox of the drive-in and the video store,...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 12pm
A cocktail sunset frames a 2007 concert in the park... By TOM CHESEK Of all the things that make Red Bank Right Now different from Red Bank Back Then, few of them are as in-your-face as Riverside Gardens. Twenty years...
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July 4th, 2008 @ 2pm
A glimpse of the 2007 show via an alley on West Front Street. For some reason, clicking on the KaBoom fireworks website starts a song that features "let it rain" as a refrain. There wasn't some other middling Springsteen anthem-to-partying...
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 12pm
The view from Victory Park in Rumson last year. Hey, it was bound to get out anyway. For the second year in a row, Rumson will be home to a spectacular July 3 fireworks display to rival that of its...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 4pm
Tim McLoone at a charity event in 2006. Always in motion, he's seemingly everywhere this week. By TOM CHESEK He's the man who explains, as he tickles the ivories in a cable commercial for the Rum Runner, his Sea Bright...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 11am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs 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.
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