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Monthly Archives: December 2016

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SALADS AND PIZZA
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RED BANK: What's For Lunch? PieHole pays its first visit to Urban Coalhouse in the Galleria for a couple of pizzas and salads.
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December 16th, 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: RAYRAP CLEARS FIRST HURDLE
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RED BANK: A year after defeat, developer Ray Rapcavage wins key approval for townhouse-and-garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
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December 16th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: JOY TO THE EARS
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RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: In separate shows Saturday, the Monmouth Civic Chorus and Shrewsbury Chorale herald the holiday season with classic songs.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: Who got arrested for what in November.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: Support your local Public Library, through its annual fundraising appeal coming to a mailbox near you.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKs PARKING PLAN
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RED BANK: Clearing their biggest hurdle yet, proponents of a parking garage in the heart of downtown claimed victory Wednesday night.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 1am
SHREWSBURY: A Princeton-based restaurateur plans to open a wine & tapas bar here, using the liquor license of a bowling alley that burned down in 2009.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BACH’IN AROUND THE XMAS TREE
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RED BANK: The Monmouth Conservatory of Music's holiday show this Saturday will feature an unusual guest: jazz pianist and vocalist Sandy Sasso.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 9am
SHREWSBURY VOTERS NIX SCHOOL UPGRADES
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SHREWSBURY: Borough voters rejected a series of school capital spending plans by wide margins in a special election held Tuesday.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR SENDS HOLIDAY CHEER
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LITTLE SILVER: A group of Red Bank Regional students and teachers take part in a nationwide Cards for Hospitalized Kids initiative.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 4am
RUMSON: TEAMWORK WINS BIG, AT RCDS
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RUMSON: Students at Rumson Country Day School learned the fundamentals of teamwork, confidence building and public speaking, during the school's recent Forensics Festival.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 4am
RED BANK: LATEST RAYRAP PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: A year after being stopped cold, RayRap returns to the zoning board this week with a plan for townhouses on the edge of downtown.
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December 13th, 2016 @ 7am
LINCROFT: The Unitarian Meetinghouse welcomes neighbors of all faiths to a special Christmas morning gathering.
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December 13th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: GUILD AWARDS MEDAL WINNERS
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SHREWSBURY: Red Bank's Eileen Kennedy wins Best In Show honors at the Guild of Creative Art's annual holiday group exhibit.
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December 13th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: HOLIDAY SHOWS ROCK THE BASIE
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RED BANK: Darlene Love brings a "Souled Out Christmas' to the Basie Friday, followed Saturday by Brian Kirk and his big holiday show.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN MAY GROW
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RED BANK: A possible parking deck downtown faces a key vote this week. But first, the minimum number of spaces may be increased.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 7am
LEGRAND BRINGS MESSAGE OF HOPE TO RBR
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LITTLE SILVER: Paralyzed football star turned motivational speaker Eric LeGrand is the special guest for a December 7 event at Red Bank Regional.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CBA, TRINITY HALL RAISE $7,500+
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LINCROFT: The men of CBA teamed up with the women of Trinity Hall, serving up a 10th annual Dinner for the Troops that raised over $7,500.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: A WILDER WAY TO HOLIDAY
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MIDDLETOWN: Monmouth Players serve up some more Thornton Wilder, plus dessert, with "A Long Christmas Dinner."
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December 9th, 2016 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? AN ORCA OF A BURRITO
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LINCROFT: What's for Lunch? First some decisions, leading to an orca of a burrito, at Queso Grill.
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December 9th, 2016 @ 11am
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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 ...