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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The students at Red Bank Middle School — aka the video factory — are adding another award-winner to their bounty. For the second year in a row,Continue reading "ANOTHER RBMS VIDEO, ANOTHER PRIZE"
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March 25th, 2011 @ 1pm
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TACO TIME IN RED BANK
Cynda Raffensperger, forefront, and Emilie Hansen, take in the view of Broad Street while catching lunch at Surf Taco, which opened Thursday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "TACO TIME IN RED BANK"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 2pm
TROTTING OUT THE T-BIRDS AGAIN
redbankgreen spotted four more wild turkeys at about 10a Thursday morning, this time outside the Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven. Since our last update on this topic, we’veContinue reading "TROTTING OUT THE T-BIRDS AGAIN"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 1pm
CHURCH, CAR WASH & DELI SWITCH ON SOLAR
The roof at Butch’s Lube ‘N Wash. (Photo courtesy of Garden State Solar; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It wasn’t long after Paul Stout snapped on the lights atContinue reading "CHURCH, CAR WASH & DELI SWITCH ON SOLAR"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER TAXES ON THE RISE
Little Silver’s tax rate is going up. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A year after declining, taxes are about to rise in Little Silver. TheContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER TAXES ON THE RISE"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s the moment most television producers pine for: a trip to the Big Apple, a walk down the red carpet and a chance to go home withContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN ‘FACTORY’ GETS EMMY NOD"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 2pm
AFTER 50 YEARS, STILL AFLAME FOR DUTY
Fifty of Bill Stratz’s 80 years have been with the Red Bank Fire Department. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s an unlikely warm Saturday afternoonContinue reading "AFTER 50 YEARS, STILL AFLAME FOR DUTY"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB JUMP FOR WORLD RECORD
Video of the jumpathon is here. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The clock hit 6:30p and Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide simultaneously hopped-to. At the Red Bank chapter, on Drs. James ParkerContinue reading "BOYS & GIRLS CLUB JUMP FOR WORLD RECORD"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 7am
RBR TO INTRO BUDGET, NEW SUPERINTENDENT
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Jim Stefankiewicz, right, will waste no time getting back down to business at Red Bank Regional. Even though he won’t officially step in as the high school’sContinue reading "RBR TO INTRO BUDGET, NEW SUPERINTENDENT"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 12pm
FIORE: MIDDLETOWN BUDGET WILL MEET CAP
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Now that the Middletown township committee’s gotten the cooperation it asked from the library board, in the way of a half-million dollar transfer to the budget, theContinue reading "FIORE: MIDDLETOWN BUDGET WILL MEET CAP"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 9am
“FRESH LOOK, FRESH IDEAS” AT OCEANIC
Lolly Ekdahl, Debra Williams and Nanette Reis at the newly renovated Oceanic Free Library in Rumson. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The unassuming building atContinue reading "“FRESH LOOK, FRESH IDEAS” AT OCEANIC"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 8am
LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN AND WOMEN
Red Bank First Aid Squad’s line officers: Captain Matt DePonti, First Lieutenant Steve DePonti and Second Lieutenant Diana DeFazio. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI TheContinue reading "LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN AND WOMEN"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 8am
BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Capping a busy week in Middletown, police reported an array of arrests for offenses including hard-drug sales, car break-ins and a slew of St. Patty’s Day disorderlies.Continue reading "BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 6am
COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE
A 31-year-old Middletown man was arrested for setting fire to a Harmony Road home Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After being told he wasContinue reading "COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 3pm
KISS ME, I’M HALF-IRISH
Quinn MacKinney, 3, leans in for a kiss from Valentina Roselle, a half-Irish, half-Italian two-year-old from Tinton Falls while having lunch in Red Bank. Does Quinn have a little crushContinue reading "KISS ME, I’M HALF-IRISH"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
BIG GREEN HAT FOR A BIG GREEN DAY
In Fair Haven, six-year-old Will Beausoleil gears up for a big St. Patrick’s Day. “We’re going to meet a friend in the woods. We’re having a little parade by ourselves,”Continue reading "BIG GREEN HAT FOR A BIG GREEN DAY"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT ENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUIT
The council reached a settlement with the owner of Gaiter’s to rezone the property for affordable housing. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A year ofContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT ENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUIT"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
A DAY TO BE TUTU GREEN
Clad in green for St. Patrick’s Day, a young girl munches on a green bagel at Atlantic Bagel Company in Rumson this morning. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
LIBRARY OKS $500K TO TOWNSHIP
The library approved transferring nearly $500,000 to the township committee Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In order to help the township balance its budgetContinue reading "LIBRARY OKS $500K TO TOWNSHIP"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT SPENDING DOWN, TAXES UP
Councilman Read Murphy reads an overview of Sea Bright’s budget Tuesday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A drop in revenues and increases in costsContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SPENDING DOWN, TAXES UP"
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March 16th, 2011 @ 4pm
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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 ...