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SHREWSBURY: ‘FOOD FOR FINES’ IS BACK
SHREWSBURY: Get off the hook for overdue books, by donating to the Food Bank during April's National Library Week.
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RUMSON’S SWARTZ RE-ELECTED LIBRARY CHAIR
SHREWSBURY: Renee Swartz of Rumson is re-elected chair of the County Library Commission, a position she's held since 1976.
SHREWSBURY: VISITORS COUNT AT LIBRARY
SHREWSBURY: The Eastern Branch of the County Library reports a banner year in 2016 — and many more ways to serve in months to come.
ON THE GREEN: AUTHOR! AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
ON THE GREEN: A highly lauded nonfiction writer and two novelists read and answer questions at events in Fair Haven, Shrewsbury and Lincroft in coming days.
ON THE GREEN: A FORTUNE IN HISTORIC VALUE
SHREWSBURY: The Eastern Branch Library hosts an October 19 panel and an ongoing exhibit about the fight to rescue and restore Red Bank's historic Fortune House.
SHREWSBURY: Free films, guest speakers, info displays and more, during a Sun, Sea and Surf Expo at the Eastern Branch Library on July 21.
SHREWSBURY: VOICES OF INDEPENDENCE
SHREWSBURY: Residents take turns reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence at the historic Allen House.
SHREWSBURY: A VERY SPECIAL JULY 4 EVENT
SHREWSBURY: A rare reproduction of the Declaration of Independence will be read on July 4, during an annual ceremony at Allen House.
SHREWSBURY: MINI HORSES BOOKED AT LIBRARY
SHREWSBURY: Miniature horses Buster and Star return to the Eastern Branch Library, for a Friday morning visit keyed to New Jersey's Month of the Horse.
Summer reading programs geared to toddlers, tweens, teens and grown-ups are in season, with sign-ups now at the County Library's Eastern Branch.
A new learning tool for tech-savvy kids undergoes a big launch at Monmouth County Library facilities, including the Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury.
SHREWSBURY: TALKING OUTSIDE THE ZONE
The Eastern Branch Library is the setting, and the public is invited, as the local League of Women Voters host a March 30 discussion on race relations in our age.
SHREWSBURY: THE SUBJECT IS RACE
On Wednesday, December 9, the League of Women Voters of Greater Red Bank will present an interactive discussion about race relations in America today, with special guest panelist Gilda RogersContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: THE SUBJECT IS RACE"
SHREWSBURY: COUNTY NAMES LIBRARY CHIEF
In a meeting at the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury, Judith Tolchin (third from left in front row) was named director of the library system by the membersContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: COUNTY NAMES LIBRARY CHIEF"
RED BANK’S FORTUNE PROJECT SPEAKS
The nonprofit that’s working to save the former home of T. Thomas Fortune hosts readings from the words of the pioneering African-American journalist, with events in Middletown, Red Bank, ShrewsburyContinue reading "RED BANK’S FORTUNE PROJECT SPEAKS"
SHREWSBURY: SAY CHEESE… AND MUSH!
Images of Alaska — and of the people and dogs who call it home — are on display at a reception for Little Silver lenswoman Kim Levin. Animal lovers andContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: SAY CHEESE… AND MUSH!"
SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES
The high-tech Digital Bookmobile visits the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch on Tuesday, to provide outreach to residents of Sea Bright and other communities whose libraries were closed or displacedContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES"
SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES
The high-tech Digital Bookmobile visits the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch on October 7, to provide outreach to residents of Sea Bright and other communities whose libraries were closed orContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: HELP FOR SANDY-HIT LIBRARIES"
SHREWSBURY: A MARE IN THE SURF
The multi-dimensional works of Mare Akana are on display at the county library’s Eastern Branch, starting with a meet-the-artist reception on Thursday evening. Depending on where and when you mightContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: A MARE IN THE SURF"
SHREWSBURY: RECONNECTING WITH BELL LABS
It was Standing Room Only, when Jon Gertner came to the Green for a presentation on his book THE IDEA FACTORY: BELL LABS AND THE GREAT AGE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION…andContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: RECONNECTING WITH BELL LABS"
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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 ...