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Activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of July 13 to July 19, 2013. Report of Theft in the area of Yale Drive occurringContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER"
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July 22nd, 2013 @ 10am
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Continuing its bounceback from the walloping it took from Hurricane Sandy, Sea Bright brought its can-do spirit right to the water’s edge Saturday with Dunesday, a fundraiser for the boroughContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY ROCKS THE BEACH"
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July 22nd, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: NO VOTE YET ON SHELL 7-ELEVEN
Red Bank resident Tracy Khonstam implores the zoning board to reject the planned convenience store on Newman Springs Road. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER AllContinue reading "RED BANK: NO VOTE YET ON SHELL 7-ELEVEN"
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July 19th, 2013 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: BROGUE, HEARTH AND PORK ROLL
Alice’s Kitchen takes over  space that was home to downtown fixture Steve’s Breakfast & Lunch. Below, Alice Gaffney with a customer shortly after opening her doors Friday morning. (Photo belowContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BROGUE, HEARTH AND PORK ROLL"
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July 19th, 2013 @ 8am
The National Weather Service forecasts the Red Bank-area temperature will peak at about 94 degrees Thursday afternoon. Wunderground, our new favorite weather service, forecasts a high of 97 degrees aroundContinue reading "SUMMER 2013: WILL IT HIT THREE DIGITS?"
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July 18th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: SHAKEUP AT ZONING BOARD
Rosemary Minear was one of two zoning board members who quit in May. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Following two abrupt resignations, some new faces join the RedContinue reading "RED BANK: SHAKEUP AT ZONING BOARD"
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July 18th, 2013 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Here’s a Where Have I See This? – or should we call it “This See I Have Where”?  – that we hope you have fun puzzling over. It was funContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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July 18th, 2013 @ 7am
SUMMER 2013: HOTHOUSE FLOWERS OUTDOORS
Red Bank Antiques Center owner Guy Johnson waters plants outside his West Front Street store Wednesday as a heat wave continued its siege. Temperatures are expected to peak Thursday atContinue reading "SUMMER 2013: HOTHOUSE FLOWERS OUTDOORS"
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July 17th, 2013 @ 1pm
SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY BACK ON THE BEACH
The patio at the Mad Hatter becomes Dunesday Central for the daylong beach festival Saturday. (Photo by Colby Wilson. Click to enlarge) By COLBY WILSON In the months after HurricaneContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY BACK ON THE BEACH"
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July 17th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: ZIMMERMAN VERDICT REACTIONS
redbankgreen‘s Sarah Klepner gathered these reactions on Red Bank’s West Side Monday to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in killing of Trayvon Martin. George H. Brown, Red Bank: “It speaksContinue reading "RED BANK: ZIMMERMAN VERDICT REACTIONS"
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July 16th, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FAMILIAR FACES AT HAMPTON II
Engineer Rich Kenderian testifies for the hotel developer, above. Below, objector Stephen Mitchell reviewing plans. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Parking and stormwater emerged asContinue reading "RED BANK: FAMILIAR FACES AT HAMPTON II"
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July 16th, 2013 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: “KIND,” GLUTEN-FREE BURGERS
The hamburgers at Yvette and Anthony Cafaro’s Kind Burgers are certified safe for customers with celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders.  (Photo by Alexis Orlacchio. Click to enlarge) By ALEXISContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: “KIND,” GLUTEN-FREE BURGERS"
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July 16th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: CONTROVERSIAL HOTEL RETURNS
A Hampton Inn hotel is proposed for the long-vacant Exxon station site at the foot of the Cooper Bridge.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s back. After aContinue reading "RED BANK: CONTROVERSIAL HOTEL RETURNS"
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July 15th, 2013 @ 1pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Maurice Levy, age 30, from Hollywood Avenue in Long Branch, NJ, arrested on July 7, 2013 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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July 15th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: FRESH LOOK AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
Brookdale Community College student Maurice Preston, above, and director Christy Crank, left, teamed up with members of the Greater Red Bank Kiwanis Club to give the Red Bank unit of theContinue reading "RED BANK: FRESH LOOK AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB"
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July 15th, 2013 @ 8am
A couple of Corvairs, a fleet of Corvettes and acres of chrome were among the 328 cars gleaming under the hot summer sun in Red Bank’s White Street parking lotContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR SHOW GLEAMS ON WHITE"
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July 15th, 2013 @ 8am
Activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of July 6 to July 12, 2013. Report of Theft in the area of Broad Street onContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: THREE VEHICLES STOLEN"
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July 15th, 2013 @ 6am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 27 to July 11, 2013. This information is unedited. Theft reported on 6-27-13Continue reading "RED BANK: TWO WEEKS OF POLICE ACTIVITY"
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July 15th, 2013 @ 5am
The Anchorage Apartments, overlooking the Shrewsbury River, would be razed for a park under a DEP plan. (Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Sea Bright’s borough council voted Thursday nightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: GROUP TO PAY ANCHORAGE TAB"
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July 12th, 2013 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: CHILLY RECEPTION FOR LNG PLAN
Attendees at the event, held in a tent on the municipal beach, viewed information displays about the project. Below, a rendering of the transfer system. (Photo above by Colby Wilson.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CHILLY RECEPTION FOR LNG PLAN"
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July 12th, 2013 @ 9am
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9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
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.
Truck strike downs pole
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 ...