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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Red Bank woman was arrested last week for stealing jewelry from a Little Silver home, police said. Melynda Wilson, 28, of Madison Avenue, was arrested onContinue reading "WOMAN CHARGED IN LITTLE SILVER THEFT"
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February 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
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M’TOWN: ANOTHER TENSE ONE OVER SURPLUS
Library officials will meet with the town today to try and hammer out an agreement to help balance Middletown’s budget. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "M’TOWN: ANOTHER TENSE ONE OVER SURPLUS"
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February 23rd, 2011 @ 10am
ANOTHER FAIR HAVEN TAX DROP EXPECTED
Fair Haven is expected to reduce taxes for the fourth straight year. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI While Governor Chris Christie laid out a state’sContinue reading "ANOTHER FAIR HAVEN TAX DROP EXPECTED"
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February 23rd, 2011 @ 6am
DuPONT’S NEW GIG CAUSES CLASH
Red Bank Councilman Mike DuPont at a council meeting last month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI While Councilman Mike DuPont’s appointment as attorney for anotherContinue reading "DuPONT’S NEW GIG CAUSES CLASH"
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February 21st, 2011 @ 9am
CHEF OPENS CHEESE ‘CAVE’ ON MONMOUTH
Stephen Catania will open the doors to The Cheese Cave Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Stephen Catania says it’s a wide world of cheesesContinue reading "CHEF OPENS CHEESE ‘CAVE’ ON MONMOUTH"
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February 18th, 2011 @ 12pm
DRUG COMPANY FOCUSES ON FAIR HAVEN
Photographers from New York made a trip to Fair Haven Thursday afternoon for a photo shoot at Gourmet Picnic on River Road. A representative from the company said they came Continue reading "DRUG COMPANY FOCUSES ON FAIR HAVEN"
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February 18th, 2011 @ 8am
RBR NAMES EX-PRINCIPAL AS NEW SUPER
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Jim Stefankiewicz (right) is returning for Act II at Red Bank Regional High School, this time to take the reins as superintendent. Stefankiewicz, RBR’s former principal, wasContinue reading "RBR NAMES EX-PRINCIPAL AS NEW SUPER"
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February 18th, 2011 @ 6am
CRASH KNOCKS OUT CITY CENTRE SIGN
A Honda Pilot crashed into the City Centre shopping plaza sign on West Front Street in Red Bank around noontime Thursday, taking down a traffic signal in the process. NoContinue reading "CRASH KNOCKS OUT CITY CENTRE SIGN"
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February 17th, 2011 @ 2pm
RED BANK STUDENTS OWN UP TO GRADES
Fourth-grader Desiree Marshall shows her parents and explains the work she’s done this year in Red Bank Middle School’s first student-led conferences. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK STUDENTS OWN UP TO GRADES"
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February 17th, 2011 @ 11am
M’TOWN LIBRARY DEBATE GETS PERSONAL
Kevin Settembrino, left, and Randall Gabrielan, far right, got into a tiff within the open minutes of Wednesday night’s library board meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "M’TOWN LIBRARY DEBATE GETS PERSONAL"
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February 17th, 2011 @ 9am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Four Middletown residents, including a related trio from the Belford section of town, were arrested on Valentine’s Day for shoplifting from the Kohl’s department store on RouteContinue reading "M’TOWN COPS NAB V-DAY SHOPLIFTERS"
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February 16th, 2011 @ 2pm
TRADER JOE’S MUM ON SHREWSBURY OPENING
Trader Joe’s is coming to Shrewsbury’s Treasure Island Plaza, but hasn’t said exactly when. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Trader Joe’s appears to be gearingContinue reading "TRADER JOE’S MUM ON SHREWSBURY OPENING"
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February 16th, 2011 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT BONDS TO FIX A CRACK GONE BAD
Sea Bright’s council chambers is cordoned off with plastic as it’s being used as a temporary storage area for the eastern wing of borough hall. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BONDS TO FIX A CRACK GONE BAD"
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February 16th, 2011 @ 8am
A promotional video for Saturday’s Flip For Good fundraiser in Tinton Falls. (Video courtesy of Pat Moroney) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Ever find yourself up at some ungodly hour flipping throughContinue reading "MONMOUTH RUGBY CLUB FLIPPING OUT"
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February 16th, 2011 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A plan by  Middletown’s governing body to raid the public library’s $1.2 million surplus in a bid to save police jobs  has set off an  imbroglio inContinue reading "M’TOWN LIBRARY CENTER OF BUDGET BATTLE"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 12pm
M’TOWN BUDGET: 10 COPS COULD LOSE JOBS
The axe may fall if the PBA doesn’t make significant concessions, the township committee said. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Faced with the state’s newContinue reading "M’TOWN BUDGET: 10 COPS COULD LOSE JOBS"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 2pm
RED BANKER VIES FOR ‘MISS NEW JERSEY’
Quaniesha Frost of Red Bank won the Miss Tri-County competition last month and is getting ready to compete for the Miss New Jersey crown. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "RED BANKER VIES FOR ‘MISS NEW JERSEY’"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 11am
FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR
Patti Siciliano just hours before opening the latest addition to Funk and Standard, Yummy Yummy Good Stuff juice bar. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI PattiContinue reading "FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR"
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February 11th, 2011 @ 2pm
SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS
It doesn’t do much good if snow blocks access to a shoveled sidewalk, residents say. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The list of concerns relatedContinue reading "SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 1pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Tinton Falls police are searching for a suspect they say robbed the McDonald’s on Shrewsbury Avenue late Tuesday afternoon. The male suspect, of whom police didn’t haveContinue reading "TINTON FALLS McDONALD’S ROBBED"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 6am
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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 ...