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UNION FURLOUGHS, SATURDAY PARKING OK’D
Kevin Tauro, who represents borough employees, gives the Red Bank council an earful Monday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) [Editor’s note: This article was updated at 12:50pContinue reading "UNION FURLOUGHS, SATURDAY PARKING OK’D"
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May 25th, 2010 @ 9am
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NEW RBR PRINCIPAL ROSE THROUGH RANKS
RBR veteran Risa Clay took over as principal on May 5. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When Risa Clay entered the world of education 17Continue reading "NEW RBR PRINCIPAL ROSE THROUGH RANKS"
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May 24th, 2010 @ 9am
RUMSON’S NEWEST EATERY DISHES AN EYEFUL
Carl LaGrassa, owner of The Barn in Rumson. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Stepping through the door of 102 Avenue of Two Rivers these daysContinue reading "RUMSON’S NEWEST EATERY DISHES AN EYEFUL"
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May 20th, 2010 @ 9am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A week after delaying a vote on reductions to Red Bank Regional‘s failed $24 million budget, the borough council gave the green light on $270,500 in recommendedContinue reading "RED BANK GIVES LAST OK ON RBR CUTS"
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May 19th, 2010 @ 12pm
MENNA TAKES ON STICKER SHOCK
Signs downtown have been plastered with stickers, particularly those touting Red Bank businesses, Mayor Pasquale Menna says. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mayor Pasquale MennaContinue reading "MENNA TAKES ON STICKER SHOCK"
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May 19th, 2010 @ 10am
SPARKS FLY OVER SEA BRIGHT BUDGET
Councilman Read Murphy, in the foreground, got into a heated debate with Mayor Maria Fernandes, in the background, over the borough’s budget. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SPARKS FLY OVER SEA BRIGHT BUDGET"
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May 19th, 2010 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A 40-year-old Scotch Plains man was hit by a New York-bound train in Red Bank this afternoon, police said. The man, whose name is being withheld pendingContinue reading "NJT TRAIN HITS, INJURES MAN IN RED BANK"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 2pm
M’TOWN SEEKS $400K MORE IN CUTS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After agreeing with the board of education to cut $1.6 million from the district’s failed school budget, Middletown’s township committee Monday night unanimously approved an additional $400,000Continue reading "M’TOWN SEEKS $400K MORE IN CUTS"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 2pm
SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET
Here’s lookin’ at you, Red Bank; Shrewsbury Mayor Terel Cooperhouse. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank Regional‘s fiscal fate is now in the handsContinue reading "SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 5am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven held its first townwide yard sale on Saturday, a sunny day full of bike riders and bargain hunters flooding into the borough. redbankgreen was thereContinue reading "BARGAIN BOROUGH"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 11am
SITTING DUCKS: RBPD TOUTS CROSSWALK LAW
Red Bank Captain Darren McConnell posed as a decoy Friday afternoon to see if drivers were obeying a new state law. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "SITTING DUCKS: RBPD TOUTS CROSSWALK LAW"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 8am
M’TOWN GOES ONLINE FOR BOE BUDGET INPUT
Middletown’s website offers a link to submit comments and suggestions on cuts to the schools budget. (click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI So you’ve got an idea how to trimContinue reading "M’TOWN GOES ONLINE FOR BOE BUDGET INPUT"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 6am
MONMOUTH SHINES ON ITS DAY
A Monmouth Rugby Football Club player tries to escape a pack of opposing players. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Kate Kelly, a thin-framed woman who’sContinue reading "MONMOUTH SHINES ON ITS DAY"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 6am
Gettin’ scrummy at Thompson Park. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s time once again for some good old-fashioned mauling, ruckers and scrumming, followed up by merrymaking by a bruisedContinue reading "A DAY ON THE PITCH, AND A PARTY TO BOOT"
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May 14th, 2010 @ 10am
IT’S ‘MAPLE COVE,’ OFFICIALLY
The Navesink Maritime Heritage Association donated the above sign to be installed at Maple Cove next weekend. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Nature enthusiasts receivedContinue reading "IT’S ‘MAPLE COVE,’ OFFICIALLY"
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May 14th, 2010 @ 7am
UNVEILING OF TRAIN STATION FIXES SLATED
New Jersey Transit will make a presentation tonight on planned renovations to Red Bank’s train station. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been six monthsContinue reading "UNVEILING OF TRAIN STATION FIXES SLATED"
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May 14th, 2010 @ 6am
RIVERCENTER STEPS UP MARKETING
The 2010 budget shows no increase, but reflects new economic priorities, says RiverCenter’s executive director. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Financially, it’s status quo this year at Red Bank RiverCenter. The independentContinue reading "RIVERCENTER STEPS UP MARKETING"
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May 13th, 2010 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN’S ONE-TWO SALES BLITZ
Bargains await shoppers at both the townwide yard sale and the sidewalk sales by borough merchants. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Whether you prefer to find your bargains on grass or concrete,Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN’S ONE-TWO SALES BLITZ"
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May 12th, 2010 @ 1pm
A SANDWICH BOARD SUMMER, MAYBE
This Monmouth Street business has a half a sandwich board outside; the borough is considering allowing full-sized versions on sidewalks this summer. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "A SANDWICH BOARD SUMMER, MAYBE"
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May 12th, 2010 @ 5am
RED BANK SCRAPS FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK
After a year of shortened weeks that yielded only about $5,000 in energy savings, borough hall will revert to a Monday-through-Friday schedule next month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "RED BANK SCRAPS FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK"
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May 11th, 2010 @ 8am
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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 ...