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Monthly Archives: March 2016

RED BANK: SANDERS BACKERS PLAN MARCH
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The march is slated to proceed on sidewalks from the train station to Riverside Gardens Park via Monmouth and Broad streets.  (Map courtesy of Google Maps. Click to enlarge) Red Bank merchants,Continue reading "RED BANK: SANDERS BACKERS PLAN MARCH"
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March 31st, 2016 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: STREET ART CLEARS RED TAPE
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Works by Brooklyn-based street artist Elle were installed in Red Bank Tuesday on the Anderson building, above, and the Buff Building at 25 Bridge Avenue, right, both owned by the Metrovation realContinue reading "RED BANK: STREET ART CLEARS RED TAPE"
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March 31st, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK NEARS END
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The paving of Hubbard’s Bridge on West Front Street between Red Bank and Middletown will require an additional night of closure between 8 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday, according to an alert from Red Bank borough.Continue reading "RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK NEARS END"
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March 31st, 2016 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: WARMER, THEN WETTER
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With chilly breezes and temperatures in the low 50s Wednesday, shorts and a t-shirt might have been pushing it for most folks, but not this solitary beach walker in Sea Bright.Continue reading "ON THE GREEN: WARMER, THEN WETTER"
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March 31st, 2016 @ 6am
The borough-based nonprofits Lunch Break and HABcore are the beneficiaries, as Red Bank's current and previous mayors welcome the community to the second annual Mayor's Charity Ball.
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March 31st, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: THE DOGS ARE BACK IN TOWN, @ BCC
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The dogs will stroll, the good times will roll, and The Wag will play on, as the SPCA's annual Spring Dog Walk and Pet Fair returns to the Brookdale campus on April 30.
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March 31st, 2016 @ 5am
CHURN: EYE CARE, BODY WAX, CLOTHES & MORE
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A new eye care practice in Red Bank has taken space formerly occupied by an architecture firm.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In thisContinue reading "CHURN: EYE CARE, BODY WAX, CLOTHES & MORE"
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March 30th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: SINBAD & GARFUNKEL & MORE
From Sinbad to Satriani, Mozart to Garfunkel, the Basie's busier than ever this weekend, and the jam-packed April days and nights ahead.
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March 30th, 2016 @ 7am
LINCROFT: ART ‘FACING RACISM’ AT BCC
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Students from 19 area schools are the contributing artists, as Brookdale Community College hosts a reception for an art exhibit on the issue of Facing Racism.
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March 30th, 2016 @ 5am
Information on how students from other towns can attend Rumson public schools in the coming school year is now available from the borough.
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March 30th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: LEAK CLOSES MONMOUTH ST.
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A block of Monmouth Street in Red Bank was closed in the eastbound direction Tuesday afternoon as workers sought the source of an unsurfaced water leak discovered when the streetContinue reading "RED BANK: LEAK CLOSES MONMOUTH ST."
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March 29th, 2016 @ 3pm
RUMSON: WHAT’S YOUR BEEF CHANGES HOOVES
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Jersey Shore restaurant maven Marilyn Schlossbach and partners have acquired What’s Your Beef in Rumson. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach isContinue reading "RUMSON: WHAT’S YOUR BEEF CHANGES HOOVES"
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March 29th, 2016 @ 1pm
RUMSON: BBQ, BOURBON & RECYCLED AMERICA
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Restaurateur Victor Rallo has transformed the former Molly Maguire’s Gastropub into a barbecue joint. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD With two Italian restaurants andContinue reading "RUMSON: BBQ, BOURBON & RECYCLED AMERICA"
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March 29th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: FAMILIAR FACES RETURN TO TRTC
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New roles for familiar faces, new stagings of beloved classics...and the world premiere of a play set in Red Bank, NJ...all on the just-announced 2016-2017 schedule from Two River Theater Company.
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March 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR CYBER TEAM HEADS TO NATIONALS
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The Team Maroon "CyberPatriot" squad from Red Bank Regional will compete at the National Finals in Baltimore this April, after placing first at the state championships.
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March 29th, 2016 @ 5am
A FIRST CHANCE TO RUN THE (SANDY) HOOK
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A new race event offers competitors a chance to RUN THE HOOK for the benefit of nonprofit Clean Ocean Action.
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March 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK PLANNED
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Hubbard’s Bridge on West Front Street between Red Bank and Middletown will be closed for paving from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an alert from Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK PLANNED"
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March 28th, 2016 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT: SUMMER FOR SALE
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This should take the chill out of a rainy March Monday: thoughts of sunny days on the sands of Sea Bright. Full-season beach badges for the coming summer are stillContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SUMMER FOR SALE"
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March 28th, 2016 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: SPRING COLOR AND SHOWERS
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Cherry blossoms in Red Bank’s English Plaza parking lot, as seen on Friday. The Greater Red Bank Green is in for a gray day Monday, with rain falling steadily throughoutContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: SPRING COLOR AND SHOWERS"
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March 28th, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: FIN FORD FREESKIS TO WIN
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An 11 year old student at Markham Place School joins his fellow champion junior freeskiers this April, at USASA Nationals in Colorado.
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March 28th, 2016 @ 5am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
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 ...