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It’s reset time for the Red Bank Regional Buccaneers as they look to improve on last season’s 1-9 record. Coach Nick Giglio’s squad kicks off a fresh campaign under theContinue reading "FOR RBR, A FRESH GRIDIRON START"
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August 19th, 2014 @ 6am
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A former Red Bank resident has been charged with setting a car on fire in the borough four years ago, police said Monday. Douglas Arthur, 27, is charged with stuffingContinue reading "RED BANK: MAN CHARGED IN 2010 CAR ARSON"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: SHOE NO LONGER FITS DOWNTOWN
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With the demise of If the Shoe Fits, Red Bank is losing a business with deep history. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD This time next week, one ofContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOE NO LONGER FITS DOWNTOWN"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 2pm
Four boys from Parisppany crabbing on Claypit Creek at Hartshorne Woods in Middletown on August 16, 2014. Check out all the Clippings from the Green here. (Video by Gerda Liebmann.Continue reading "LOCUST: CLIPPINGS GOES CRABBING"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: ROAD CLOSING THIS WEEK
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Signs on Navesink River Road warn of the closure. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) The start of emergency repair work on the New Jersey Transit railroad crossing atContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ROAD CLOSING THIS WEEK"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 11am
The proposed conversion of the storefront at 65 Broad Street in Red Bank to a Chocolate Works shop is slated for review by the borough planning board Monday night. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: CHOCOLATE SHOP ON AGENDA"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: WHICH SHADE DO YOU PREFER?
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A corner of a building on Monmouth Street in Red Bank displayed sample colors as painter Joe Buonacquista worked last Thursday. We’ll have shades of blue overhead Monday, with partlyContinue reading "RED BANK: WHICH SHADE DO YOU PREFER?"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: MARKET BEGINS DOG-FREE ERA
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A ban on dogs at the Red Bank Farmers’ Market becomes the rule with this Sunday’s edition of the 15-year-old open-air emporium. After ordering the ban a week ago inContinue reading "RED BANK: MARKET BEGINS DOG-FREE ERA"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: HERITAGE LIQUORS CLEARS OUT
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Building owner Eric Eremita in the doorway of the recently vacated bottle shop at 1 Broad Street. (Photos by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The ever-fluidContinue reading "RED BANK: HERITAGE LIQUORS CLEARS OUT"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: HOLY DOUBLETAKE! IT’S BATMAN!
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Spoiler alert for fans of the cable show ‘Comic Book Men,’ shot in and around Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash on Broad Street in Red Bank: aContinue reading "RED BANK: HOLY DOUBLETAKE! IT’S BATMAN!"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN
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Kathleen Gasienica, an environmentalist and next-door neighbor to the nature area, brought a boatload of visuals to bolster her critique of the plan. Borough Engineer Christine Ballard showed a photoContinue reading "RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Can you identify the subject and location of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? photo? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected].
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August 14th, 2014 @ 7am
RUMSON: A DAY TRIMMED IN BLUE
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Residents of the Green awoke to cool temperatures in the low 60s Thursday morning, which reminded redbankgreen of these photos from a week ago, taken on West River Road andContinue reading "RUMSON: A DAY TRIMMED IN BLUE"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOAT RESCUERS WIN PLAUDITS
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Four unidentified teenage girls were safe in Red Bank Saturday night after losing an oar to a dinghy they'd launched and drifting for about an hour in the darkness of the Swimming River.
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August 14th, 2014 @ 12am
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING
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Bellhaven is located on the Swimming River, at the western terminus of Locust Avenue.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After several months of quiet, a controversial project originallyContinue reading "RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 10am
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. On August 1, 2014 Patrolman Nicholas Haines was on patrol in the area of Highway 35Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: FIVE BUSTED FOR HEROIN"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: ROONEY BUILDING APPROVED
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The Ocean Avenue lot where Frances Rooney, seen above in April, has sold hot dogs from a cart since 1977 will become Rooney Plaza, below.  (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: ROONEY BUILDING APPROVED"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 7am
4 A.M. CAMPAIGN CALL PROMPTS INDICTMENT
A Facebook image of Dwayne Horner, a Texas man indicted for alleged dirty politics in Monmouth County.  (Click to enlarge) A predawn political robocall campaign intended to stir up voterContinue reading "4 A.M. CAMPAIGN CALL PROMPTS INDICTMENT"
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August 12th, 2014 @ 6pm
RED BANK: EFFU BASKS IN GIANT SPOTLIGHT
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Red Bank’s Eastside Flag Football Union (EFFU) made a return trip to the Meadowlands on Saturday to reap its reward as the top fundraising team – out of 135 – inContinue reading "RED BANK: EFFU BASKS IN GIANT SPOTLIGHT"
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August 12th, 2014 @ 11am
What’s the next level of achievement for a football team that went 10-1 last year but failed to get to the big game? An undefeated season and a state championship,Continue reading "RED BANK CATHOLIC AIMS HIGHER THIS YEAR"
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August 12th, 2014 @ 7am
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PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
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 ...