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Monthly Archives: August 2017

RED BANK: BIG SPLASH FOR CYMCA SWIMMERS
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RED BANK: The Community YMCA's Aquarockets swim team captures second place at the Y's recent National Championship event in North Carolina.
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August 14th, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: CATCH TO TAKE GOTHAM SPACE
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RED BANK: Retail Churn serves up a plateful of news from the downtown food scene, with openings and closings in the works. Also: pet acupuncture
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August 11th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: ICE CREAM & A MOVIE
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RED BANK: In Riverside Gardens Park, ice cream from Gracie and the Dudes and a free, G-rated movie make for a sweet summer night.
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August 11th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK AREA: ART NEVER VACATIONS
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RED BANK AREA: There's no vacation for art as local galleries, hotels and museums offer plenty of reasons to get "art and about" this weekend.
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August 11th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: NO MOVEMENT ON PARKING
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RED BANK: Frustration over apparent lack of progress toward a downtown parking solution crops up at council meeting.
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August 10th, 2017 @ 8am
TINTON FALLS: BACK TO BOX CITY
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TINTON FALLS: Spend a "homeless" night in a cardboard box, as part of an annual fundraising drive by the nonprofit Family Promise.
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August 10th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: The latest police blotter includes the arrests of a woman and her adult son on shoplifting charges.
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August 9th, 2017 @ 3pm
ON THE GREEN: SAFE EYES ON THE ECLIPSE
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ON THE GREEN: The Red Bank area, like a lot of the U.S., may be treated to a partial eclipse of the Sun this month. Here's some helpful info on viewing.
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August 9th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: BOOMER’S BACK AT GARMANY
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RED BANK: Boomer Esiason returns, with famous friends, for a second annual Garmany... BOOM! fundraiser on September 8.
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August 9th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: SMITH BIOPIC ANCHORS FILM FEST
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RED BANK: The Monmouth Film Festival returns to Two River Theater for a weekend stand highlighted by 'Shooting Clerks,' a biopic about Kevin Smith.
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August 9th, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: LACROSSE STAR DOUTY HONORED
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FAIR HAVEN: Lacrosse star Megan Douty returns home from a world-beating summer to a proclamation, a key to the borough and hugs.
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August 8th, 2017 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: OUTCRY HALTS TREE CUTDOWN
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FAIR HAVEN: Mayor and council get an earful over plan to remove 10 mature sweetgum trees at ballfields. Even the Shade Tree Committee was caught off guard.
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August 8th, 2017 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: ACTIVITY AT SUNOCO SITE
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here? redbankgreen checks in on recent activity at the long-closed Sunoco station on Broad Street.
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August 7th, 2017 @ 4pm
MIDDLETOWN: FREE THE WEEKLINGS
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MIDDLETOWN: Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger and The Weeklings play a free Tuesday night concert, on the lawn at Middletown Arts.
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August 7th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RAYRAP HOME PLAN WINS FINAL OK
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RED BANK: Developer Ray Rapcavage wins final approval for 18 homes with a huge garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
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August 7th, 2017 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: ‘TORRENTIAL’ RAIN FORECAST
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RED BANK: 'Torrential' rainfall and flash flooding are possible Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
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August 7th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: MIDSUMMER NIGHTS AT TEMPLE BAR
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RED BANK: The Temple Bar behind the Dublin House is the place to run into friends, listen to local bands and enjoy a summer's night in a Gaelic atmosphere.
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August 4th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: A TOAST FOR THE ‘BIG-FOOD’ HOST
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RED BANK: Little Silver native lands big gig as host of reality TV's 'Man vs. Food,' and one of his former bosses is throwing a party for him here.
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August 4th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL WINS GYM OK
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RED BANK: Over objections reflecting long-standing resentments, charter school wins OK to create gym in a building it's buying.
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August 4th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAKES STANCE ON LOT
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RED BANK: RiverCenter says it will oppose any parking plan that doesn't net 500 new parking spaces, drawing a rebuke from Whelan.
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August 4th, 2017 @ 6am
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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 ...