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Monthly Archives: May 2017

RED BANK: Five local schools rack up wins (and a Red Bank arts impresario gets a Lifetime Achievement honor) at the 12th annual Basie Awards.
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May 25th, 2017 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: TWO NEW TO BOROUGH BLUE
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RED BANK: The borough police department is back to full force with the hiring of two new patrolmen, one of whom has a familiar name.
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May 25th, 2017 @ 1pm
LINCROFT: A JAZZY ‘TONIGHT’ SHOW AT CBA
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LINCROFT: Longtime 'Tonight' bandleader Kevin Eubanks stars in a Thursday night fundraiser concert at Christian Brothers Academy.
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May 25th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: DEMS VOW TO FIGHT GARAGE PLANS
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RED BANK: Politics flare up after council agrees to air parking proposals as Dems say GOP is pushing "Jersey City-style" high rise vision.
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May 25th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: ORGANIC FOOD, BOOZE & CONES
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RED BANK: This edition of Retail Churn has news about a new organic fast food coming to Broad Street, a liquor store expansion and the reopening of an ice cream stand.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: High schools on the Greater Green score numerous nominations, as the 12th annual Basie Awards roll out the red carpet tonight.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: ROLLIN’ OUT OF THE RIVER
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RED BANK: The pastor and sexton from Trinity Church retrieve a trash barrel tossed into the Navesink from Riverside Gardens Park. Photos.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: John Cash Sr., chairman of Red Bank's planning board for the past 15 years, died at his home in the borough last Friday.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: BIG SILVER FOR RBR WRITERS
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LITTLE SILVER: Writing majors at Red Bank Regional earn 62 awards (including one national) at a major nationwide competition.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: RCDS KIDS SPREAD THEIR WINGS
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RUMSON: Students spread their creative wings through visual art, words and music, during the annual Arts Festival at RCDS.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: WHERE ARE THE GARAGE PLANS?
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RED BANK: Where are the proposals for a new downtown garage? After being held up by litigation, they could be released this week, says Whelan.
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May 23rd, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: ‘BOBFEST’ OF DYLAN, WAR & PEACE
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RED BANK: Pat Guadagno's annual 'Bobfest' returns to the Count Basie Theatre with an edition that packs the heft of "War and Peace."
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May 23rd, 2017 @ 6am
LINCROFT: CBA SENIORS SHOW RESEARCH
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LINCROFT: The CBA Scholars Program capped the academic year with an annual student research presentation.
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May 23rd, 2017 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: The latest arrests report from borough police.
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May 22nd, 2017 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: TASTY TOWN DRAWS A CROWD
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LITTLE SILVER: Some 2,000 visitors turned out on a brilliant spring afternoon for the first-ever Taste of Little Silver food festival Sunday. Photos.
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May 22nd, 2017 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: ANOTHER SOAKING POSSIBLE
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RED BANK: The Greater Green is in for a string of grey, rainy days through Thursday, starting with a good soaking Monday.
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May 22nd, 2017 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: Teens are challenged to read books, help out in the community and win some great prizes, through the Library's Summer Reading Program.
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May 22nd, 2017 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CBA GRADUATES CLASS OF ’17
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LINCROFT: More than 200 members of Christian Brothers Academy's Class of 2017 will be going on to leading colleges and universities.
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May 22nd, 2017 @ 5am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SALAD WITH RIVERSCAPE
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH: PieHole de-stresses with a light, refreshing salad overlooking the Navesink from the Oyster Point Hotel.
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May 19th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: MURPHY POUNDS PAVEMENT
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RED BANK: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy takes a break from the campaign trail with a run through downtown.
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May 19th, 2017 @ 10am
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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.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
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.