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MIDDLETOWN: DINOSAURS OF ROCK RETURN
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Photographer, naturalist and New Jersey history expert Walter Choroszewski goes looking for fossils — and finds more than one kind of classic rock — when he visits the Middletown LibraryContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: DINOSAURS OF ROCK RETURN"
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July 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Young people from all over the greater Red Bank Green were among the many thousands of Class of 2014 members who received their degrees in May and June — and,Continue reading "CLASS ACTS, FROM ALL AROUND THE GREEN"
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July 15th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: LOST IN AUSTENLAND
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Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root star in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of PERSUASION, one of four Jane Austen-themed films screening Mondays in July at Middletown Library. Nothing says “summertime” likeContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: LOST IN AUSTENLAND"
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July 6th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: THERE’S JOY IN MUDVILLE
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Mark your calendars: it’s another opportunity to Dress for Mess, when International Mud Day is observed in style at Middletown Library this Monday. It started in Australia, just a fewContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: THERE’S JOY IN MUDVILLE"
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June 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
NAVESINK: A STONE CHURCH ‘SUPERSTAR’
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The Stone Church Players wrap up their production of the Webber-Rice rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, with two more performances this weekend. It wasn’t all so very long ago thatContinue reading "NAVESINK: A STONE CHURCH ‘SUPERSTAR’"
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June 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
It’s Grad Season at colleges and universities across the country, and young people from all over the greater Red Bank Green are among the many thousands of Class of 2014Continue reading "MORE DEGREES, HONORS FOR AREA STUDENTS"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER, M’TOWN: LIBRARY LEGENDS
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LEGENDARY LOCALS OF RED BANK author Eileen Moon visits the Little Silver Library on Monday evening…while Next Stage Ensemble brings a little Shakespeare to the Middletown Township biblio. There’s theContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER, M’TOWN: LIBRARY LEGENDS"
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June 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
RBR APPOINTS PAGANO INTERIM SUPER
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The Red Bank Regional School District has appointed Thomas Pagano of Interlaken as Interim Superintendent, effective July 1, 2014. Press release from Red Bank Regional School District At its JuneContinue reading "RBR APPOINTS PAGANO INTERIM SUPER"
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June 19th, 2014 @ 3pm
MIDDLETOWN: A SWEET 350 PARTY ‘N PARADE
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The Middletown Arts Center is the scene for a Saturday afternoon celebration of the township’s big 350th birthday — as well as a night-before Gala party on Friday. A bitContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: A SWEET 350 PARTY ‘N PARADE"
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June 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: BAD BOY MAKES GOOD
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NJ’s Bad Boy of Comedy Mike Marino is strictly family-friendly and ready to serve, as High School North hosts a fundraiser night of comedy for a township teen.  They callContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BAD BOY MAKES GOOD"
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June 11th, 2014 @ 12pm
It’s Grad Season at colleges and universities across the country, and young people from all over the greater Red Bank Green are among the many thousands of Class of 2014Continue reading "AREA STUDENTS EARN DEGREES, HONORS"
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June 9th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: AND THE OSCAR WENT TO…
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Sandra Bullock and George Clooney assess the GRAVITY of the situation, as Middletown Township Public Library hosts a month-of-Mondays worth of recent box office hits, Oscar nominees and critical faves.Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: AND THE OSCAR WENT TO…"
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June 1st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK AREA TOWNS SALUTE HEROES
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The Veterans Monument on Monmouth Street is the scene of an annual Memorial Day observance on Monday, one of several going on around the Green. From Red Bank to Rumson;Continue reading "RED BANK AREA TOWNS SALUTE HEROES"
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May 25th, 2014 @ 10am
RFH, M’TOWN SOUTH WIN BIG AT BASIES
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The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School staging of THE THREE MUSKETEERS won Outstanding Drama honors at the ninth annual Basie Awards, Wednesday night. Productions of Evita by Middletown High SchoolContinue reading "RFH, M’TOWN SOUTH WIN BIG AT BASIES"
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May 22nd, 2014 @ 7am
MAC CASTS THE FIRST BRICK FOR M’TOWN’s 350
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Press release from Middletown Arts Council The Middletown Township Cultural and Arts Council is excited to launch a brick campaign to celebrate Middletown’s 350th Anniversary and raise funds for arts programming.Continue reading "MAC CASTS THE FIRST BRICK FOR M’TOWN’s 350"
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May 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
This Thursday evening, May 14, the public is invited to take part in “an honest discussion about the legal, health and personal consequences of alcohol and drug abuse,” during theContinue reading "HONEST TALK ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN M’TOWN"
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May 13th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: OGRE ACHIEVERS AND MORE
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Above: The cast of LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR brings the Monmouth Players’ “Season of Simon” to a rollicking close in Navesink…while below, SHREK: THE MUSICAL kicks off the 2014Continue reading "RED BANK: OGRE ACHIEVERS AND MORE"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: FAT-FREE FILM AT THE LIBRARY
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No empty calories here: Middletown Township Public Library is the setting for a free Wednesday night screening of HUNGRY FOR CHANGE, the doc feature that aims to blow the pop-topContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: FAT-FREE FILM AT THE LIBRARY"
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April 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: CHOPIN SPREE
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Pianist Gerd Nowaczyk — pictured at left, with flautist and Monmouth Symphony associate conductor Lucian Rinando — performs a solo concert at Middletown Township Public Library on Tuesday afternoon. “WhoeverContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CHOPIN SPREE"
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April 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
WEEKEND: ALL YOUR EGGS, MANY BASKETS
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It’s opening weekend for the Two River Theater Company production of TROUBLE IN MIND, above. Below, the kids from Rockit! polish Janis Joplin’s PEARL as part of the annual BrookdaleContinue reading "WEEKEND: ALL YOUR EGGS, MANY BASKETS"
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April 11th, 2014 @ 11am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films 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.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...