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ON THE GREEN: DA AWNING OF DA NEW SEASON
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SEA BRIGHT: The sun rises on Anchorage Beach to kick off summer 2016 and the longest day of the year.
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June 21st, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ON THE GREEN: GETTING A JUMP ON SUMMER
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ON THE GREEN: Area residents leap into summer, literally, for the roaming camera of redbankgreen. You've gotta see these pix.
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June 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BASIE EXPANSION WINS OK
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RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre wins approval for $20 million transformation that needed variance for a 130-spot parking shortfall.
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June 20th, 2016 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: LONGEST DAY ARRIVES
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SEA BRIGHT: The sun rises on Anchorage Beach to kick off summer 2016 and the longest day of the year.
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June 20th, 2016 @ 6am
COOL INSIDE: CHIPS ON THE TABLE @LA ROSA’S
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COOL INSIDE finds a cure for "cannoli depression" at La Rosa's
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June 17th, 2016 @ 1pm
RUMSON: WHAT’S YOUR REAL BEEF?
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Jersey Shore restaurant maven Marilyn Schlossbach, below, hosted a free-food-and-drink “coming out party” Wednesday night at Rumson’s What’s Your Beef, which she and partners acquired in March. The event was held, in part,Continue reading "RUMSON: WHAT’S YOUR REAL BE ...
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June 17th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: SECOND VIGIL HONORS VICTIMS
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RED BANK: Area residents gathered for a second vigil for victims of the Orlando shootings.
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June 17th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Di Somma changes his mind again, and won't continue as local GOP chair.
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June 16th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK CHURN: CLOTHES AND ART TRAINING
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RED BANK: Retail Churn brings news of men's clothing shop, two women's boutiques and a free art school for military veterans.
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June 16th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL GRADUATES 20
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RED BANK: Class of 20 wraps up charter school career.
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June 16th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: VIGIL CALLS FOR LOVE, GUN LAWS
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RED BANK: Speakers at vigil for victims of Sunday's mass shootings in Orlando call for love and tighter gun laws.
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June 16th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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June 15th, 2016 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: WEATHER FORECAST SPARKLY
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SHREWSBURY: Today's forecast calls for swimwear.
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June 15th, 2016 @ 7am
Closing out his quest on Flag Day, NJ.com video reporter and Red Bank resident Brian Donohue unveiled the winner of a contest he championed for a new New Jersey stateContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: PROPOSED JERSEY FLAG DEBUTS"
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June 14th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BRANNIGAN’S, TEAK REACH FOR SKY
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RED BANK CHURN: Brannigan's and Teak are adding roof decks.
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June 14th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RAYRAP RETURNS WITH NEW PLAN
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Ray Rapcavage, seen below on Hudson Avenue opposite his properties, including a house destroyed by fire in May, 2012. Above, a rendering of the proposed project, with an English gardenContinue reading "RED BANK: RAYRAP RETURNS WITH NEW PLAN"
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June 14th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: Menna calls for a vigil in memory of the victims of Sunday's mass shootings in Orlando.
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June 13th, 2016 @ 11am
RUMSON: KIDS TRI, TRI, TRI
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The seventh annual Kids Triathlon for Bob Kelleher drew some hard-charging young athletes to Victory Park in Rumson for swim-bike-run competitions for kids aged 14 and under Sunday. The event, held inContinue reading "RUMSON: KIDS TRI, TRI, TRI"
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June 13th, 2016 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: SWIMWEAR IN THE FORECAST
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SHREWSBURY: Today's forecast calls for swimwear.
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June 13th, 2016 @ 5am
COOL INSIDE: LIGHTHOUSE “ICESHAKE”
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COOL INSIDE grabs an iceshake at the Lighthouse in Red Bank.
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June 10th, 2016 @ 4pm
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ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
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A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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!