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DOWN THE DOUBLE YELLOW
Monday evening. Late summer vibes on Broad Street. (Photo by Partyline contributor Jeff Frieri)
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August 20th, 2024 @ 5pm
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TACOTARIANS UNITE!
There are vegetarians and pescatarians. Vegans and flexatarians. And then, there’s Joaquin Rodriguez: tacotarian. Thankfully, the Juanito’s Bakery employee finds himself in a place that is a virtual tacotarian heaven:Continue reading "TACOTARIANS UNITE!"
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August 20th, 2024 @ 1pm
THIS UPCOMING ELECTION AIN’T NOTHING TO —- WITH
This South Street resident provides a less traditional, but certainly valued perspective on political leadership by way of lawn sign.
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August 17th, 2024 @ 12pm
FORMER FAMEABILIA REMAKE
Coming soon across from Toast! More to come soon on redbankgreen about this development. (photo from Partyline contributor Greg Fitzgerald)
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August 16th, 2024 @ 12pm
PLEASE DO REDBANKGREEN A HUGE FAVOR; WIN TICKETS TO INDIE STREET FILM FESTIVAL
By KENNY KATZGRAU Dear Red Bank, Last week, I wrote about the mission to make redbankgreen stand for 100 years, and the quiet, deliberate decision we can individually make ifContinue reading "PLEASE DO REDBANKGREEN A HUGE FAVOR; WIN TICKETS TO INDIE STREET FILM FESTIVAL"
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August 16th, 2024 @ 9am
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Whether through schmear force of will or user error, this bagel somehow seems to have escaped the cooking vat or hopped out of the bag as some customer loaded intoContinue reading "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY"
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August 15th, 2024 @ 11am
MANTIS HANGIN’ DOWNTOWN
A mantis seems to be saying, “shh, don’t tell them I’m here” as it hangs under an eave on White Street with a pair of dogs and their owners walkingContinue reading "MANTIS HANGIN’ DOWNTOWN"
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August 13th, 2024 @ 3pm
JERSEY STRONG CLOSING RED BANK GYM
RED BANK: Jersey Strong gym announces the closure of its West Front Street location. (Click to read)
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August 12th, 2024 @ 6pm
SUNDAY MORNING BOLLARD CRASH
Broadwalk bollard crash
No stranger to being awoken by an early morning bollard strike, redbankgreen reader and Broad St. resident Steven Sickles submitted this Partyline early Sunday morning. This photo was taken byContinue reading "SUNDAY MORNING BOLLARD CRASH"
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August 11th, 2024 @ 7am
SOUPY SAILING
Sailboats out there in all that fog and rain on the Navesink River Wednesday. (Photo by Partyline contributor James Barnett)
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August 9th, 2024 @ 12pm
LIFE AFTER JOHN WARD: 5 THINGS TO COME FOR REDBANKGREEN
By KENNY KATZGRAU Dear Red Bank, When I took on redbankgreen 18 months ago, I did it because the community that I love living and working in is much betterContinue reading "LIFE AFTER JOHN WARD: 5 THINGS TO COME FOR REDBANKGREEN"
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August 9th, 2024 @ 6am
SMOKY WHO?
Smokey Bear has nothing on Red Bank Fire Department First Deputy Chief Frank Woods as he delivers the straight dope on fire prevention to campers with the Red Bank RecreationContinue reading "SMOKY WHO?"
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August 6th, 2024 @ 8am
HAZY DAYS INDEED
View of the Navesink River, taken from New Jersey Transit Coastline Train #3320 Friday morning. Photo by Partyline contributor Karly Swaim
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August 5th, 2024 @ 7am
RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
A midsummer evening thunderstorm and a rainbow. Does it get any better? This rainbow appeared over Red Bank after Friday evening’s shower, as photographed from the dock at Swimming RiverContinue reading "RAINBOW OVER RED BANK"
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August 2nd, 2024 @ 8pm
MEANWHILE, ON THE DARK SIDE OF RED BANK
Away from the lights and crowds of Broadwalk, Darth Vader was seen hanging just a couple of blocks down in Red Bank’s second best parking lot for people watching, WelshContinue reading "MEANWHILE, ON THE DARK SIDE OF RED BANK"
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August 2nd, 2024 @ 10am
PARKLETTING BEGINS
Construction began Monday morning on a “parklet” on Monmouth Street near the intersection with Broad. You can read more about what’s coming to this spot at redbankgreen‘s previous coverage here.
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July 30th, 2024 @ 10am
NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before our brains finallyContinue reading "NOT SO SCARY"
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July 24th, 2024 @ 6pm
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseball League (USABL) 15U Central Summer SlamContinue reading "LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY"
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July 23rd, 2024 @ 12pm
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This photo was taken before Wednesday evening’sContinue reading "PUDDLE BE GONE"
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July 18th, 2024 @ 5pm
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’s bernedoodle Smalls does look pretty darn good in theContinue reading "SMALLS FOR MAYOR?"
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July 16th, 2024 @ 11am
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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.
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 ...