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Monthly Archives: August 2017

RED BANK: INKY PROBES SEGREGATION CLAIMS
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RED BANK: Philadelphia Inquirer probes segregation claims leveled at charter school.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: NEW BELLHAVEN PLAN WINS PRAISE
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RED BANK: Two years after controversy over a planned 'sprayrground,' a new concept for Bellhaven Nature Area gets a warmer reception.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 7am
AN RBR SR. GOES TO HARVARD AND RUTGERS
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RED BANK: A rising RBR senior...and first-generation American...spends his summer with two prestigious math and science programs.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: APARTMENTS FINALLY UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: There's a big hole in the ground surrounded by a fence on Mechanic Street. What's Going on Here? Click for the answer.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 12pm
RBR TEACHER NOTED FOR LITERARY BLOG
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR teacher Gretna Wilkinson honored for literary blog, the Raven's Perch.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 8am
RUMSON: The annual Canterbury Art Show returns to St. George's Church beginning with a Friday night reception and continues through the holiday weekend.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: NO OYSTERS, BUT ELUSIVE EELS
RED BANK: Hunt for oyster larvae in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers hasn't yet found any, but it's too early to draw conclusions, Littoral Society says.
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August 29th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: A CURTAIN-RAISIN’ FREE BBQ
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RED BANK: Two River Theater raisin' the curtain on a new season with a free block party boasting music, food and the cast of 'A Raisin in the Sun' Thursday.
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August 29th, 2017 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: TWO FORECASTS, CHOOSE ONE
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RED BANK: The National Weather Service and the Weather Channel forecasts differ, but agree we could see some rain Tuesday.
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August 29th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARK DESIGN CONSULTANT SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Borough council begins process of Marine Park redesign by advertising for a consultant to come up with a concept plan.
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August 28th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: FREE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
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RED BANK: A free weekly free "coffee and conversation" that aims to bring folks together starts Tuesday morning at Shapiro's.
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August 28th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: COOLING OFF AT THE LIGHTHOUSE
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RED BANK: The end of a hot summer day finds PieHole chilling with customers at Strollo's Lighthouse for an icy cold, no-booze treat.
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August 25th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ROCKIT & A RASCAL TO ROCK BASIE
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RED BANK: The kids from Rockit! are back at the Basie on Saturday, saluting the Summer of Love with special guest Eddie Brigati of the Rascals.
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August 25th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: UNVEILING NEW BELLHAVEN PLAN
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RED BANK: Two years after controversy over a planned 'sprayrground,' a new concept for Bellhaven Nature Area is to be unveiled next week.
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August 25th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: GARAGE BACKERS AIM AT LOGJAM
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RED BANK: Garage backers press Democrats to talk as one of five would-be developers amends his plan for the White Street lot.
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August 24th, 2017 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR TURNS 58
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FAIR HAVEN: The sights, sounds and smells of a great summer tradition return to River Road this weekend with the 58th annual Fair Haven Firemen's Fair.
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August 23rd, 2017 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: ROAD CLOSURE BEGINS
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LITTLE SILVER: A partial road closure that's expected to last three weeks is in effect on a stretch of Seven Bridge Road.
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August 23rd, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: LIGHTNING HITS HOME
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RED BANK: Lightning strike shears chimney from home's rooftop.
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August 23rd, 2017 @ 1am
RED BANK: KEEPING IT ALL UNDER ONE ROOF
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RED BANK: Butcher buys Monmouth Street building, securing the future of his shop and the recording studio upstairs. Joining them soon: a new restaurant.
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August 22nd, 2017 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: ECLIPSING EXPECTATIONS
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ON THE GREEN: An historic eclipse had skywatchers craning their necks all over the Greater Red Bank Green Monday. Check out our photos.
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August 21st, 2017 @ 4pm
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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.