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SANTA EXPRESS ARRIVES ON TIME
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Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived at the Red Bank train station from Little Silver to a crowd of excited children and adults. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "SANTA EXPRESS ARRIVES ON TIME"
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December 1st, 2014 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: LIGHT THERAPY FOR BLACK FRIDAY
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Tim McLoone keynotes the season of lights in downtown Red Bank with the traditional Holiday Express outdoor concert on Black Friday. Charlie Brown, Ralphie, Rudolph – not a one ever concernedContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHT THERAPY FOR BLACK FRIDAY"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 3pm
THURSDAY & FRIDAY: THE FORECAST
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Broad Street in Red Bank, looking north from the Post Office through a rain-blurred windshield Wednesday morning. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Amid talk of a northeasterContinue reading "THURSDAY & FRIDAY: THE FORECAST"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: PAST, FUTURE AND A NICE PRESENT
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From press materials furnished by Prown’s and Dorn’s Classic Images It’s that time of year again — that time when thoughts start creeping toward next year, and another 12 months’Continue reading "RED BANK: PAST, FUTURE AND A NICE PRESENT"
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November 21st, 2014 @ 6am
The year-end holiday season — and the Town Lighting concert by Holiday Express that officially flips the switch to CHEER mode — are a long ways off at the moment,Continue reading "CHRISTMAS IN JUNE, AT RUMSON FUNDER"
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May 28th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIGHTS ON
[slideshow_deploy id=’86173′]It was a night of jolly good cheer as Santa and Mrs. Claus and thousands of revelers in fun hats thronged downtown Red Bank for the annual town light-upContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHTS ON"
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December 2nd, 2013 @ 6am
WEEKEND: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, AND MORE
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Above: Juke Joint Jonny brings the real-deal folk blues to a season-ending Steamy Night at the Woman’s Club…while below, the real live author Dave Cicirelli brings his FAKEBOOK saga homeContinue reading "WEEKEND: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, AND MORE"
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November 29th, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK: EXPRESS TO THE SEASON OF LIGHTS
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The Christmas-capital crossroads of Broad and Canal streets is the place to be on Friday night, when Holiday Express presides over the annual concert and town lighting ceremony. (File photos.Continue reading "RED BANK: EXPRESS TO THE SEASON OF LIGHTS"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: BIG JINGLE FOR THE EXPRESS
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Holiday Express founder-frontman Tim McLoone shares the stage with Bob Sickles of Sickles Market, during a previous fundraiser for the music-powered humanitarian juggernaut. This year’s benefit at the Little SilverContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BIG JINGLE FOR THE EXPRESS"
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November 8th, 2013 @ 6am
TIM McLOONE, ENGINEER OF A NONSTOP TRAIN
At the keyboards, on the radio, coaching runners or in the back room of one of his nine restaurants, Holiday Express founder Tim McLoone is a marvel of achievement.  (PhotoContinue reading "TIM McLOONE, ENGINEER OF A NONSTOP TRAIN"
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December 13th, 2012 @ 9am
STEWART, WILLIAMS TAKE IT TO THE COUNT
Locally connected guys Brian Williams and Jon Stewart — pictured during one of the NBC news anchor’s frequent appearances on THE DAILY SHOW — team up on December 16 forContinue reading "STEWART, WILLIAMS TAKE IT TO THE COUNT"
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December 5th, 2012 @ 6am
It was a festive night of high spirits, bright lights and rides on big shoulders as Red Bank welcomed in the Christmas holiday season Friday night. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse.Continue reading "WINTER WONDERLAND ON BROAD STREET"
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November 26th, 2012 @ 8am
A ROCKIN’ START TO THE SEASON
Thousands of celebrants are expected to pack Broad Street in Red Bank for the Holiday Express concert and tree lighting Friday night. (Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSE Just asContinue reading "A ROCKIN’ START TO THE SEASON"
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November 22nd, 2012 @ 11am
A FALL BOUNTY OF GALLERY SHOWS
The Red Bank Holiday Art Walk takes to the streets once more on November 24. Norman Rockwell protege Peter Caras, right, joins some formidable colleagues this Saturday at Middletown ArtsContinue reading "A FALL BOUNTY OF GALLERY SHOWS"
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November 16th, 2012 @ 8am
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
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
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
Tim McLoone (right), whose Holiday Express big band brings wall-of-sound cheer to those most in need of it this time of year, is about to get some network love. BrianContinue reading "McLOONE SLATED FOR NATIONAL CAMEO"
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December 21st, 2010 @ 2pm
RED ‘N GREEN AND FESTIVE ALL OVER
Santa Basie: Returning to the stage for Christmas are (clockwise from top left) Tim McLoone and Holiday Express; Nancy Scharff; Glen Burtnik, and Mark Shapiro with the Monmouth Civic Chorus.Continue reading "RED ‘N GREEN AND FESTIVE ALL OVER"
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December 3rd, 2010 @ 10am
As in years past, Tim McLoone’s rolling, feel-good music extravaganza, Holiday Express, kicked off the Christmas season in Red Bank Friday night with a concert for several thousand visitors whoContinue reading "‘TIS THE SEASON"
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November 29th, 2010 @ 3pm
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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.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
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.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...