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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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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
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
MIDDLETOWN: A PACK OF ONE
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Singer Dave DeLuca channels Dino, Sammy and Frank in a RAT PACK FLASHBACK that comes to Middletown Township Public Library on Monday,  June 9. You’ve seen those tributes to theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: A PACK OF ONE"
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June 8th, 2014 @ 12pm
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
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
WEEKEND: THE SECRET WOID IS VARIETY
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A first responder benefitting spring edition of Street Fair returns to Red Bank Sunday while, below, the one and only GROUCHO goes wild, in the person of Frank Ferrante, FridayContinue reading "WEEKEND: THE SECRET WOID IS VARIETY"
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April 4th, 2014 @ 12pm
WEEKEND: IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
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It’s an open house icebreaker when the nation’s longest-established ice boat club welcomes the public in from the cold for a Saturday of tours and presentations. Below, Bobby Bandiera bringsContinue reading "WEEKEND: IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING"
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March 21st, 2014 @ 10am
WEEKEND: THE GREENHOUSE HEATS UP
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Above: The champion vocalists from the NBC show THE SING-OFF come to Red Bank for two Friday night shows…while below, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ben E. King isContinue reading "WEEKEND: THE GREENHOUSE HEATS UP"
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February 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
The Middletown Township Public Library and the Township of Middletown recently announced the appointment of Kim Rinaldi as Provisional Library Director, beginning on February 24, 2014. Ms. Rinaldi comes toContinue reading "MTPL NAMES PROVISIONAL DIRECTOR"
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February 19th, 2014 @ 6am
WEEKEND: HOME TURF ADVANTAGE
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Above: Conductor Jacques Lacombe carries the baton to the Basie for the year’s first visit by the NJ Symphony Orchestra, with the internationally acclaimed cellist Daniel Müller-Schott along for theContinue reading "WEEKEND: HOME TURF ADVANTAGE"
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January 10th, 2014 @ 12pm
WEEKEND: VISIONS OF SUGARPLUMS ABOUND
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Above: Celtic combo Danú brings “An Nollag in Éirinnis” to Santa Basie’s workshop on Friday…while below, young adult novelist Julie Milillo comes home to Middletown for a Saturday discussion ofContinue reading "WEEKEND: VISIONS OF SUGARPLUMS ABOUND"
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December 13th, 2013 @ 10am
WEEKEND: FOOD, FISHING, AND FUNDRAISING
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Authors May Becker, Susan E. Davis and Lisa Borders appear at libraries and bookstores around the greater Green on Saturday afternoon. Below, Michael Morch, Jennifer Grasso, Laura Gepford and IanContinue reading "WEEKEND: FOOD, FISHING, AND FUNDRAISING"
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November 15th, 2013 @ 7am
WEEKEND: FRESH AIR, DEAD AIR, PLEIN AIR
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Multi-instrumentalist maestro Marc Muller (above right) leads his Dead On Live ensemble back to the Basie Friday night. Keyboard wiz Matt Wade (below) plays a concert for the Boys andContinue reading "WEEKEND: FRESH AIR, DEAD AIR, PLEIN AIR"
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November 1st, 2013 @ 7am
WEEKEND: OLD MASTERS, HISTORIC HAUNTS
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Illusionist extraordinaire Mike Super materializes for an evening of large-scale prestidigitation at the Basie tonight. Friday, October 25: RED BANK: At the Count Basie Theatre — where a “ghost light” isContinue reading "WEEKEND: OLD MASTERS, HISTORIC HAUNTS"
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October 25th, 2013 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN: PLAYERS PLAY ON AT LIBRARY
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The former library, newly rebranded the Navesink Arts Center, is transformed into a spacious reading room and reception area for Monmouth Players productions. Below, Lori Renick (left) co-stars in theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: PLAYERS PLAY ON AT LIBRARY"
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October 18th, 2013 @ 6am
WEEKEND: OF TEA, TIME AND TAG ART
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Time’s running out: Oakes Fegley and Robert Hogan co-star in director Joel Grey’s staging of ‘On Borrowed Time,’ now in its final weekend at Two River Theater. Below, spraypaint specialist DemerContinue reading "WEEKEND: OF TEA, TIME AND TAG ART"
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October 11th, 2013 @ 10am
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
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.