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Monthly Archives: April 2016

ON THE GREEN: SAFELY DITCH UNUSED MEDS
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Three towns on the Greater Red Bank Green plan to participate in “National PrescriptionDrug Take-Back Day” for safe disposal of unused and expired medications Saturday. The police departments in LittleContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: SAFELY DITCH UNUSED MEDS"
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April 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LINCROFT: PARK IT HERE, FOR MUSIC ‘N ART
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Live tunes on two stages, a strolling expo of artists and crafters, and a Plein Air Painting Competition for attendees...all free of charge during the two-day Creative Arts and Music Festival, this Saturday and Sunday at Thompson Park.
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April 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? GLOBAL CONCEPTS
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Global Eatery’s mix-and-match international choices include Mexican enchiladas, Korean beef in a cabbage wrap and Italian meatballs. Below, a customer fixes a salad to go.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? GLOBAL CONCEPTS"
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April 29th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS & LOCAL HEROES
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Coming off the success of its first Father-Daughter Dance in February, the Red Bank parks & rec department plans to hold a mother-son event around the theme of “local heroes,” saysContinue reading "RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS & LOCAL HEROES"
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April 29th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: A WEIGHTED LOTTERY, AND A WAIT
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CPA Scott Landau holds a ball he drew from a rotating drum as charter school business administrator Theresa Shirley records its number Thursday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: A WEIGHTED LOTTERY, AND A WAIT"
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April 29th, 2016 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: MILESTONE FOR RELAY EVENT
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The tenth annual Two Rivers Relay for Life event brings the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society back to the track at Red Bank Regional, on May 20.
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April 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: ICE CREAM VENDOR TO RUN STAND
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In recent years, the Riverside Gardens concession booth has been open only during borough events in the park, and managed by borough employees and volunteers. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: ICE CREAM VENDOR TO RUN STAND"
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April 28th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SUBWAY ARRIVES FOUR YEARS LATE
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Four and a half years after it won planning board approval, a Subway sandwich shop finally opened for business at 60 Broad Street in Red Bank Thursday morning. The debutContinue reading "RED BANK: SUBWAY ARRIVES FOUR YEARS LATE"
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April 28th, 2016 @ 11am
LINCROFT: BIG (AND LITTLE) DOGS ON CAMPUS
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It's Happy Tails to you and four-legged friends, as the Monmouth County SPCA Dog Walk and Pet Fair comes to the Brookdale campus for its 22nd annual edition this Saturday.
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April 28th, 2016 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN: THE POWER OF ARTS ED
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Arts educators and administrators from Shrewsbury's Guild of Creative Art and Middletown's OASIS tlc will be honored by the Monmouth County Arts Council, during the Arts Education Awards event on May 9.
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April 28th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: 4-H HOSTS YOUNG ANIMAL EXPO
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Kids are invited to pet baby animals, play games and make crafts during a Young Animal Expo at Thompson Park on May 7.
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April 28th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: STEEP PARKING FEE HIKE PROPOSED
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Fees for parking in downtown lots would double, while metered spots on the street would see a 50-percent increase. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: STEEP PARKING FEE HIKE PROPOSED"
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April 28th, 2016 @ 12am
RED BANK: A SPLASHY DEBUT FOR PHOENIX
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Phoenix Productions starts a new season at the Basie with a splash, as family favorite THE LITTLE MERMAID opens this weekend.
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April 27th, 2016 @ 10am
RFH’S BARRY HEADING TO DARTMOUTH
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Rumson-Fair Haven’s top all-time scorer Brendan Barry will continue his basketball career at Dartmouth, Shore Sports Zone reports. Check out the video showing the secret to Barry’s success here.
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April 27th, 2016 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: BACK IN THE PINK
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The potentially severe thunderstorms that weather forecasters warned of proved little more than a drizzle on the Greater Red Bank Green Tuesday. Wednesday’s outlook: cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with aContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: BACK IN THE PINK"
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April 27th, 2016 @ 6am
Pink team colors, free refreshments, and a special honor for a retiring coach, during a Spring Sports Parade this Saturday in Little Silver.
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April 27th, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: ‘SEVERE’ STORMS POSSIBLE
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The National Weather Service issued a “severe thunderstorm watch” for the region that includes the Greater Red Bank Green Tuesday. Storms capable of producing damaging winds and large hail are possibleContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: ‘SEVERE’ STORMS POSSIBLE"
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April 26th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: COUNTY LIBRARY COSTS WEIGHED
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Trustees of the library say local taxpayers would still have to foot the cost of the borough facility on West Front Street, above, with access to fewer resources from Monmouth County. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNTY LIBRARY COSTS WEIGHED"
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April 26th, 2016 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: INDIE, BOOKISH, AND LOVING IT
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River Road Books welcomes Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, and ushers in a slate of special May events.
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April 26th, 2016 @ 7am
Jackson Russicci pitched five innings in relief and scored on a walk-off bases loaded walk in the 11th inning to give Rumson-Fair Haven its fifth straight win Monday. Watch the highlightsContinue reading "R-FH TOPS OCEAN AFTER 11 INNINGS"
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April 26th, 2016 @ 5am
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PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.
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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.