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RED BANK: MUSICAL BROTHERS BIKE FOR KIDS
Brothers Roberto and Angelo Giambra pass through Red Bank Monday morning en route to New York City from their home in Wilmington, North Carolina. Italian natives who moved to theContinue reading "RED BANK: MUSICAL BROTHERS BIKE FOR KIDS"
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July 1st, 2013 @ 11am
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RED BANK: GRANDVILLE GETS HALF A LOAF
Grandville Towers resident Jane Manning asks a question of the Rent Leveling Board last Thursday night (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Red Bank’s Grandville TowersContinue reading "RED BANK: GRANDVILLE GETS HALF A LOAF"
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July 1st, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: FIRST SIP OF SUMMER
Red Bank unveiled a new, two-day summer event called Sippin’ on the River over the weekend. redbankgreen was there the first night to capture the sights as thousands flocked toContinue reading "RED BANK: FIRST SIP OF SUMMER"
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July 1st, 2013 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 20 to June 27, 2013. This information is unedited. Burglary/Theft occurring on 6-20-13Continue reading "RED BANK: FLAGPOLE, AND U.S. FLAG, STOLEN"
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July 1st, 2013 @ 6am
Activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of June 17 to June 27, 2013. • Report of Harassment in the area of Avenue ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: TWO CHARGED WITH DUI"
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July 1st, 2013 @ 5am
RED BANK: SIPPIN’ SUNDAY ON THE NAVESINK
The weather forecast isn’t great. But if the rain holds off, as it did on Saturday, day one of Sippin’ on the River in Red Bank’s Marine Park, day two couldContinue reading "RED BANK: SIPPIN’ SUNDAY ON THE NAVESINK"
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June 30th, 2013 @ 7am
Two men were behind bars Saturday following quick police action on a burglary in Little Silver Friday night. According to borough police, a Carolyn Road resident called 911 Friday eveningContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: TWO ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY"
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June 29th, 2013 @ 4pm
A Monmouth County grand jury declined to indict a Rumson man for his alleged involvement in a bench-clearing brawl at at baseball game at Red Bank Regional in April, theContinue reading "PRESS: NO INDICTMENT IN RBR BRAWL"
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June 29th, 2013 @ 12pm
The man accused of viciously stabbing a shopper at a Bed Bath and Beyond store in Middletown last January has been indicted on an attempted murder charge by a MonmouthContinue reading "M’TOWN MAN INDICTED IN STORE ATTACK"
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June 28th, 2013 @ 4pm
Parade-watchers at Molly Maguire’s for the Rumson St. Patrick’s celebrations on March 10. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A fight between an intoxicated bartenderContinue reading "RUMSON: REPORTS SPOTLIGHT DRUNK BARMAN"
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June 28th, 2013 @ 12pm
Derek Holland gives a goofy interview in this undated YouTube video. (Click to enlarge) Nearby concertgoers applauded when Texas Ranger Derek Holland was thrown out of Red Bank’s Count BasieContinue reading "RED BANK: PITCHER WAS ‘OBNOXIOUS’ @BASIE"
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June 28th, 2013 @ 4am
Tim Zebo does some composting at his Red Bank home in 2008. (File photo. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Red Bank could become the first New Jersey town toContinue reading "RED BANK: DUPONT TOUTS COMPOSTING"
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June 27th, 2013 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS + THIS?
We’re now roaring into summer with a twofer Where Have I Seen This?
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June 27th, 2013 @ 8am
SHREWSBURY: MAN TICKETED FOR DOG-IN-CAR
Police questioning Ralph Prisco after several shoppers reported he’d left his dog in a hot car Monday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON A Bronx manContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: MAN TICKETED FOR DOG-IN-CAR"
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June 27th, 2013 @ 7am
RUMSON: FIVE-DAY SHUTDOWN FOR TAVERN
Violations caught on videotape will result in the temporary suspension of business at Molly Maguire’s Black Point Inn next week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Rumson’s Molly Maguire’sContinue reading "RUMSON: FIVE-DAY SHUTDOWN FOR TAVERN"
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June 26th, 2013 @ 2pm
Borough officials maintain the language of a 1937 deed requires that the existing bulkhead be maintained. (File photo. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Though there’s a dirt-cheap alternative thatContinue reading "RED BANK PLANS $600K BULKHEAD BOND"
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June 26th, 2013 @ 10am
The brick fascia of a retaining wall at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank collapsed recently during a heavy rainstorm, eight months after it was undermined by Hurricane Sandy, publicContinue reading "RED BANK: PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE IN PARK"
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June 26th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: PITCHER TOSSED FROM BASIE
[See update at bottom of story, 3:27 p.m.] A major league pitcher was “kicked out” of the Counting Crows concert at the Count Basie Theatre Monday night, according to aContinue reading "RED BANK: PITCHER TOSSED FROM BASIE"
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June 25th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CLUB OFFERS KIDS A HAVEN
Children line up for pre-dinner clean-hands inspection at the Boys and Girls Club. (Photos by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER After five p.m. on a recent afternoon,Continue reading "RED BANK: CLUB OFFERS KIDS A HAVEN"
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June 25th, 2013 @ 11am
Men from Little Silver, Sea Bright and Shrewsbury Township were among 22 arrested in recent days as part of “a well-organized gambling enterprise” that grossed $1 million a week, authoritiesContinue reading "THREE LOCALS ARRESTED IN GAMBLING BUST"
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June 25th, 2013 @ 10am
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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 ...