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Monthly Archives: August 2016

FAIR HAVEN: BIKE SHOP CALLING IT QUITS
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FAIR HAVEN: Like Laird's Stationery, Bike Haven is also getting squeezed out, though rising rent isn't the only reason.
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August 31st, 2016 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR WELCOMES CLASS OF 2020
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional's incoming Class of 2020 gets a guided welcome tour of the school, in advance of the September 6 opening of the academic year.
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August 31st, 2016 @ 4am
FAIR HAVEN: JAEGER TO MEET FANS AT FAIR
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FAIR HAVEN: Olympic silver medalist Connor Jaeger slated to meet fans at the fair Wednesday night.
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August 30th, 2016 @ 8pm
RED BANK: TOP BID $392,587 FOR FIREHOUSE
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RED BANK: Auction of century-old Independent firehouse draws four bids.
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August 30th, 2016 @ 10am
RUMSON: A CANTERBURY TAIL ON SUMMER
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RUMSON: Nearly 100 creatives show their wares at the Canterbury Art Show, returning to St. George's Church this weekend.
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August 30th, 2016 @ 4am
RUMSON: A PARTNERSHIP TO ‘GROW NJ KIDS’
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RUMSON: The School District partners with a statewide early learning initiative to develop an enhanced preschool program.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: A SUMMER MOMENT BY THE RIVER
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RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes takes a moment to relax by the river.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: SHARING SUMMER’S BOUNTY
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MIDDLETOWN: Kids spend their summer off growing and collecting produce for the hungry.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES BEDROOM
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RED BANK: Bedroom fire quickly extinguished.
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August 28th, 2016 @ 12pm
COOL INSIDE: AN OLD-SCHOOL EGG CREAM
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COOL INSIDE goes old school for a rich, cooling New York egg cream.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 6pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BOLI KNOTS AND PASTA
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? PieHole tries the brand-new Mangia Brick Oven Pizza in Shrewsbury.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS SIGNS, SEWER FIX
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RED BANK: Council takes action on matters involving borough parks, sidewalks, sewers and more.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: DETOUR GALLERY ARRIVES
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RED BANK: Detour Gallery opening draw hundreds to invite-only debut.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER 5K IS A SERIOUS FUN RUN
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LITTLE SILVER: The 23rd annual 5K run welcomes runners of all ages on October 2, with awards, cash prizes, and a family-friendly Post Party.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 4am
RED BANK: Once again there's official talk of allowing food trucks to operate in town.Will it actually happen this time?
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August 25th, 2016 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: A BARNBURNER OF A MUSIC FEST
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LINCROFT: Members of Bon Jovi and other monsters of classic rock converge on the Brookdale campus, during Saturday's fundraiser Rock the Farm Music and Food Truck Festival.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MENNA GRIPES HE WAS DISSED
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RED BANK: Things got snippy when Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna claimed he was being dissed by two council members -- fellow Democrats.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: A FAIR-THEE-WELL TO SUMMER ’16
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FAIR HAVEN: The sights, sounds and smells of a summer tradition return when the 57th annual Firemen's Fair arrives for an eight-night stand.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: JOIN THE 100TH BIRTHDAY BLITZ
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SANDY HOOK: Nature lovers, citizen scientists and other volunteers are invited to sign up for the sixth annual BioBlitz project on September 23-24.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 4am
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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 ...