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Monthly Archives: August 2017

RED BANK: POSTMASTER’S POSTS DRAW FIRE
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RED BANK: Human rights activists have filed complaints about the borough postmaster's Facebook posts, which they say are filled with racism and misogyny.
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August 21st, 2017 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ON THE GREEN: Paddle a kayak or canoe, spot some wildlife and more at Monmouth County Park System sites around the Red Bank fringe. Schedule of events.
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August 21st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: Borough police investigating the discovery of a body outside an apartment complex on Throckmorton Avenue Sunday morning.
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August 20th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: Anthony Sim gets 50 years for feud-driven 2014 shooting in driveway on Willow Street. Up next: the victim goes on trial for killing Sims' brother.
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August 18th, 2017 @ 6pm
SEA BRIGHT: SNAPPY HOUR AT BEACHWALK
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SEA BRIGHT: Happy hour at BeachWalk Tiki Bar includes a fishing derby on Tuesdays and panoramic views nearly always.
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August 18th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: SHEWELL TO SHINE AT JAMIAN’S
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RED BANK: Eryn Shewell, one of the Shore's most celebrated blues chanteuses - and occasional "boardwalk bombshell - returns to Jamian's Saturday night.
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August 18th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: The latest police blotter includes reports of fishing gear stolen from boats docked in Marine Park and paintings stolen during a move-in.
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August 17th, 2017 @ 1pm
MIDDLETOWN: BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE
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MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players warm up for a new season with a sampler of soliloquies 'n such by Shakespeare.
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August 17th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MARCHERS UNITE AGAINST HATRED
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RED BANK: About 400 area residents gathered for a rally, march and vigil in response to the racism that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend.
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August 17th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Joining a chorus of lawmakers from both major parties, state Senator Jen Beck 'condemns' Trump's remarks on Charlottesville violence.
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August 16th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: Q&A ON ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH
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RED BANK: The hunt is on to replace Stanley Sickels, the borough's most powerful unelected official. Here's a Q&A with the head of the search committee.
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August 16th, 2017 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: ARTFUL ALTERNATE REALITIES
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ON THE GREEN: Fairy Tales for Adults, "lascivious women" and other alternate realities on the gallery walls of Red Bank area this weekend.
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August 16th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Former Ranney School employee gets eight year prison term after admitting he downloaded child porn to his home computer.
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August 15th, 2017 @ 4pm
ON THE GREEN: CATCH THESE OUTSIDE
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ON THE GREEN: Movies in the park, music on the sands, streets and docks... all free and in the midsummer evenings ahead.
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August 15th, 2017 @ 1pm
SHREWSBURY: Two weeks worth of crimes and arrests from borough police.
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August 15th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: ‘DOG DAYS’ RETURN
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RED BANK: Getting a later start than in years past, the 2017 edition of he popular, pet-friendly outing known as Dog Days returns this month.
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August 15th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: IT’S COOL, AND FREE, AT THE BASIE
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RED BANK: The Basie's free summer film series keeps the popcorn popping with Tuesday screenings of two very different features.
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August 14th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: NEW CHAIR FOR VISITORS CENTER
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RED BANK: Two River Theater marketing director Courtney Schroeder is the new chair of the board for the Red Bank Visitors Center.
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August 14th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: RALLY TARGETS RACISM & TRUMP
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RED BANK: In the wake of Charlottesville violence, hundreds gather here to protest white supremacists, and blame Trump for their revival.
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August 14th, 2017 @ 8am
RUMSON: TEN ESCAPE BOAT FIRE
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RUMSON: Ten boaters safely escaped when their vessel caught fire in the Shrewsbury River off Rumson Country Club early Sunday afternoon
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August 14th, 2017 @ 6am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...