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COUNCIL WANTS MORE INFO ON RBR CUTS
RBR will likely have more layoffs and program cuts since its budget failed last month, officials warn. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Red BankContinue reading "COUNCIL WANTS MORE INFO ON RBR CUTS"
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May 11th, 2010 @ 6am
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MIXED REACTIONS FOR NEW METER RATES
Matthew Shubitz thumbs through a handful of change Friday to round up enough to satisfy Red Bank’s new meter rates. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been aContinue reading "MIXED REACTIONS FOR NEW METER RATES"
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May 10th, 2010 @ 7am
RED BANK GOES TWEET, TWEET, TWEET
Preston Porter is the “social media chef” for Basil T’s and Undici restaurants. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Chicago may be a toddlin‘ town, but Red Bank isContinue reading "RED BANK GOES TWEET, TWEET, TWEET"
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May 7th, 2010 @ 6am
SAFE ROUTES MOVES AHEAD IN RED BANK
Marc Dostie, Jim Willis and Jenny Rossano of the Safe Routes initiative. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A grassroots group focused on making it safer to walk or ride a bike inContinue reading "SAFE ROUTES MOVES AHEAD IN RED BANK"
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May 6th, 2010 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT’S CRACKIN’ DOWN ON CATS
Felines like the one shown here, near the popular cat club of the Shrewsbury River, are to be rounded up, fixed and tagged in an effort to control the catContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT’S CRACKIN’ DOWN ON CATS"
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May 5th, 2010 @ 6am
M’TOWN TEACHERS REJECT FREEZE REQUEST
Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger discusses the “jousting” between the town and district teachers’ union at Monday night’s committee workshop. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI At the eleventh hour,Continue reading "M’TOWN TEACHERS REJECT FREEZE REQUEST ...
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May 4th, 2010 @ 4am
CARMINE’S CLAIMS GROUND ON SUB FRONT
Sandy Marino, left, co-owner of Carmine’s Sub Shop, with two of her employees. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Carmine Marino, a hoagie hound who had worked at anContinue reading "CARMINE’S CLAIMS GROUND ON SUB FRONT"
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May 3rd, 2010 @ 10am
A SPOT OF SUNDAY TEA
Linda Chorney professed her love for Tea Party tweaker Jon Stewart Sunday during the making of a music video for her tune, “The Teabag Party.” (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) ByContinue reading "A SPOT OF SUNDAY TEA"
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May 3rd, 2010 @ 7am
PARKS & REC HEAD READY TO FILL BIG SHOES
Red Bank Little Leaguers pose with their new parks and rec director Memone Paden Crystian. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Memone Paden Crystian era has begun inContinue reading "PARKS & REC HEAD READY TO FILL BIG SHOES"
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April 30th, 2010 @ 9am
BANK SAYS STORES WOULD DOOM PROJECT
Robert Cogan, architect for the Courtyards At Monmouth proposal, gives his segment of the three-hour testimony to the zoning board Thursday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI RepresentativesContinue reading "BANK SAYS STORES WOULD DOOM PROJECT"
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April 30th, 2010 @ 7am
RBR GETS HANDS-ON WITH THE LENNON BUS
RBR’s Fab Five students, who had a chance Thursday to record a song in the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Short of aContinue reading "RBR GETS HANDS-ON WITH THE LENNON BUS"
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April 30th, 2010 @ 6am
M’TOWN SCHOOLS IN ‘INVESTIGATION’ MODE
Two of the three newly-elected board of ed members, Vincent Brand, left, and Chris Aveta, at Wednesday night’s meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Middletown Board ofContinue reading "M’TOWN SCHOOLS IN ‘INVESTIGATION’ MODE"
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April 29th, 2010 @ 9am
AFTER 35 YEARS, DeFAZIO PACKS IT UP
Captain Pete DeFazio is leaving the Red Bank PD after 35 years. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Pete DeFazio has always been a Green Bay Packers fan, which may seem odd givenContinue reading "AFTER 35 YEARS, DeFAZIO PACKS IT UP"
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April 28th, 2010 @ 1pm
TAX HIKE, FURLOUGHS IN RED BANK BUDGET
Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels gave an overview of Red Bank’s budget Monday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In an effort to shrink its budget, Red Bank won’tContinue reading "TAX HIKE, FURLOUGHS IN RED BANK BUDGET"
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April 27th, 2010 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI With a voter-rejected schools budget now landing in the lap of the Middletown Township Committee for recommended cuts, Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger is calling for township teachers toContinue reading "M’TOWN MAYOR WANTS TEACHER PAY FREEZE"
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April 27th, 2010 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN WEBSITE GETTING MAKEOVER
Fair Haven’s website will get some upgrades. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven’s virtual borough hall is getting a little makeover. The changes won’t necessarily jump off theContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN WEBSITE GETTING MAKEOVER"
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April 22nd, 2010 @ 11am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI You can add about 200 homeowners to the list of those perturbed by Red Bank’s recent water rate increase. And they don’t even live in town. FairContinue reading "FAIR HAVENITES MIFFED OVER RB H20 RATES"
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April 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
KNOCKING OUT KNOCKING
If Red Bank passes a ‘No Knock’ ordinance, signs like this, on Broad Street, won’t be needed. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s a scenario almost any homeownerContinue reading "KNOCKING OUT KNOCKING"
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April 21st, 2010 @ 12pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Answering the call of Gov. Chris Christie, Fair Haven teachers agreed to a one-year pay freeze on the same day voters hit the booths and approved theContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TEACHERS AGREE TO PAY FREEZE"
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April 21st, 2010 @ 9am
BOROUGH SCHOOLS BUDGET SQUEAKS OUT OK
A voter arrives at the third- and seventh-district polling station on Broad Street in Red Bank Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) Voters rejected school budgets for the Red Bank Regional,Continue reading "BOROUGH SCHOOLS BUDGET SQUEAKS OUT OK"
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April 21st, 2010 @ 5am
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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 ...