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Monthly Archives: June 2016

RED BANK: RETHINKING ALL OF MARINE PARK
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RED BANK: The borough may hire a consultant to come up with a "holistic" plan for Marine Park. It could mean the end of the red clay tennis courts.
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June 30th, 2016 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: STRAWBERRIES, STARS ‘N STRIPES
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RED BANK: Strawberries, swinging sounds, and a stirring salute to Old Glory come together atop Tower Hill on Sunday.
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June 30th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR STUDENTS WIN ART CONTEST HONORS
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RED BANK: RBR teens take the grand prize and the most winning entries, in the Monmouth Day Care art contest for students of county schools.
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June 30th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: ‘NOOKIETOWN’ FOR A NIGHT
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FAIR HAVEN: The author of 'Nookietown,' in which one character asks a friend to sleep with her husband, comes to River Road Books.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
RUMSON: RIVER HEALTH ISSUES DRAW CROWD
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RUMSON: An alarming rise in bacterial pollution in the Navesink draws more than 100 people to a confab on how to address it.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 7am
RUMSON: ART SHOW RETURNS FOR LABOR DAY
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RUMSON: The fifth annual Canterbury Art Show returns to historic St. George's Church (and raises funds for local nonprofits) for three days over labor Day Weekend.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: The Community YMCA assumes a leading role in a county-wide coalition addressing the risk of suicide in people under 25 years old.
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June 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Citing concerns over bacterial pollution and stinging jellyfish, organizers cancel this summer's River Rangers program.
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June 28th, 2016 @ 6pm
RED BANK: BUILDER EYES FORTUNE HOUSE SITE
RED BANK: Developer Roger Mumford has a plan to save the Fortune House, but it comes with a catch.
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June 28th, 2016 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: JUICINESS NOT INCLUDED
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RED BANK: Today's weather forecast is good for thirsty tomatoes and lawns.
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June 28th, 2016 @ 8am
SHREWSBURY: A VERY SPECIAL JULY 4 EVENT
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SHREWSBURY: A rare reproduction of the Declaration of Independence will be read on July 4, during an annual ceremony at Allen House.
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June 28th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES VACANT STORE
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RED BANK: Fire damages vacant store on Shrewsbury Avenue.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 9pm
RED BANK: MAKS & VAL DO IT THEIR WAY
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RED BANK: "Dancing with the Stars" champs and brothers MAKS & VAL bring a choreographed story of their life to the Basie boards for two nights this week.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LIVING SHORELINE HITS HARD STOP
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RED BANK: In the end, the new bulkhead at the library has none of the "living shoreline" attributes sought by environmentalists.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER DAY ENDS WITH A BANG
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LITTLE SILVER: A day of food, music and dancing in the infield ends with a spectacular fireworks show. We've got photos.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN FAIR SETS UP FOR 73rd YEAR
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MIDDLETOWN: Back for a 73rd annual edition, The Great St. Mary Fair lights up the night, from 6:30 this evening through Saturday.
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June 27th, 2016 @ 5am
COOL INSIDE: A COOKIE MONSTER IN A CUP
COOL INSIDE checks out a milkshake the same shade of blue as the Cookie Monster, at Hoffman's.
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June 24th, 2016 @ 5pm
RED BANK: Two men were slashed by a knife-wielding assailant at a party early Friday morning, police said.
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June 24th, 2016 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CREPES WITH A TWIST
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RED BANK: What's For Lunch goes for a savory crepe at Whipped Creperie.
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June 24th, 2016 @ 10am
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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 ...