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LINCROFT: AN EXPRESS STOP AT CBA
LINCROFT: Holiday Express makes a special stop at the CBA gym, on its way to a two-night stand at the Basie.
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RED BANK: Tim McLoone and Holiday Express return to the Basie for another two-night-stand (and a call for volunteer "Warehouse Elves"), December 19-20.
RED BANK: A 24TH NIGHT OF HOLIDAY DAZZLE
RED BANK: For the 24th year, the feel-jolly sounds of Holiday Express served as the soundtrack to a Town Lighting ceremony that drew thousands Friday night. We've got pix.
RED BANK: HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO LIGHT IT UP
RED BANK: Holiday Express town lighting concert. Santa Express. Jackie Evancho. Friday night will be bursting with holiday life, and we've got details.
TINTON FALLS: EXPRESS SEEKS HOLIDAY ELVES
TINTON FALLS: Holiday Express is looking for adult and junior "Warehouse Elves" to volunteer at its Shrewsbury Avenue facility, beginning this month.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SHRIMP, WITH BIG VIEWS
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? Shrimp and salad, both exquisite, at McLoone's Rum Runner.
SHREWSBURY: MHA TEES OFF 2016 CLASSIC
SHREWSBURY: The Mental Health Association of Monmouth County schedules its annual Golf Classic and Cocktail Party for August 29.
LITTLE SILVER DAY ENDS WITH A BANG
LITTLE SILVER: A day of food, music and dancing in the infield ends with a spectacular fireworks show. We've got photos.
LITTLE SILVER GETS ITS FIRST DAY IN THE SUN
LITTLE SILVER: The first-ever Little Silver Day celebration fills Saturday afternoon and evening with music, food, fun, games, fireworks and community.
SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED
The bar in a glass-walled room one patron called “the aquarium” offers panoramic views of the Shrewsbury River. Below right, restaurant principal Tim McLoone with an opening-night guest. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED"
LINCROFT: EXPRESS GREETINGS AT CBA
In what has become an annual tradition at Christian Brothers Academy, over 40 students from CBA and Trinity Hall helped spread some holiday cheer on Thursday, December 17 during theContinue reading "LINCROFT: EXPRESS GREETINGS AT CBA"
RED BANK: CHRISTMAS BASIE, C’MON HOME
Tim McLoone and Holiday Express (above) make their annual fundraising whistle-stop on the Count Basie stage this Thursday, followed on Friday by the “Souled Out” (but still very much onContinue reading "RED BANK: CHRISTMAS BASIE, C’MON HOME"
Tim McLoone (below) and Holiday Express sound the keynote for another silver-bells season on the sidewalks of Red Bank with a free concert and Town Lighting ceremony Friday night. (PhotosContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHTS UP ON HOLIDAY SEASON"
SANDY HOOK: BEACH BLANKET FREEBIES
Brian Kirk and the Jirks head back to the beach when the free concert series on Sandy Hook returns Wednesday evening. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) GrabContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: BEACH BLANKET FREEBIES"
RED BANK: FOUR MAYORS… AND SOME FRIENDS
The first-ever Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball brought together three ex-mayors, the current one and some 250 of their friends at the Oyster Point Hotel Friday night. Among those inContinue reading "RED BANK: FOUR MAYORS… AND SOME FRIENDS"
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN GIRLS EARN TITLES
The Girls Winter Track Team from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School has reigned victorious, earning the school’s first State Group II State Relay Championship for Winter Track and scoring itsContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN GIRLS EARN TITLES"
RUMSON PARADE LOSES ‘FEARLESS LEADER’
The organizers of the Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade have announced that this year’s third annual march will honor the memory of Michael Larkin, president of the parade’s Board ofContinue reading "RUMSON PARADE LOSES ‘FEARLESS LEADER’"
RED BANK: SANTA BASIE, HURRY DOWN
Clockwise from top left: Jinglebell fundraiser concerts featuring Tim McLoone’s Holiday Express (December 18), Brian Kirk and the Jirks (December 20), Darlene Love (December 21) and Bobby Bandiera (December 22)Continue reading "RED BANK: SANTA BASIE, HURRY DOWN"
TINTON FALLS: EXPRESS NAMES NEW DIRECTOR
Press release from Holiday Express Since 1993, Holiday Express has relied on more than 1,500 volunteers and only four full-time paid employees to deliver music, food, gifts, and financial supportContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: EXPRESS NAMES NEW DIRECTOR"
RED BANK LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT & SEASON
Tim McCloone and Holiday Express rocked in the holiday season Friday night with an appreciative but cold throng of revelers.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON TheyContinue reading "RED BANK LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT & SEASON"
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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 ...
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.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.