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BETWEEN THESE WALLS: ‘VITAL FORCE’ ENERGY
Retail space tucked inside 12 Broad has been leased by a store specializing in jewelry infused with “vital force.”  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Downtown Red Bank’s comebackContinue reading "BETWEEN THESE WALLS: ‘VITAL FORCE’ ENERGY"
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April 13th, 2012 @ 9am
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RED BANK YARD SALE NOW A SPRING THING
Now in its fifth edition, the townwide event encourages the recycling of household goods, promoters say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s Townwide Yard Sale returns inContinue reading "RED BANK YARD SALE NOW A SPRING THING"
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April 13th, 2012 @ 7am
ANOTHER EARLY TASTE OF SUMMER AWAITS
Almost five weeks after the start of Daylight Saving Time, the classic Reussille’s clock on Broad Street still hadn’t caught up Thursday. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s most prominent downtownContinue reading "ANOTHER EARLY TASTE OF SUMMER AWAITS"
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April 13th, 2012 @ 6am
COPS AND CANINE HUNT BREAK-IN SUSPECT
Red Bank police, aided by a member of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s K-9 unit, searched for a suspect who tried to break into a home on Windward Way late ThursdayContinue reading "COPS AND CANINE HUNT BREAK-IN SUSPECT"
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April 12th, 2012 @ 1pm
RED BANK GARDEN PLAN NEEDS WATERING
A narrow borough-owned lot with a disused pumping station on it needs water access before it can be transformed into a community garden, town officials say. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK GARDEN PLAN NEEDS WATERING"
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April 12th, 2012 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Recognize it? Send us an email, please. As for last week’s Where Have I Seen This….
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April 12th, 2012 @ 5am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. • April 1- A resident on Manson Pl. reported a Theft of several pieces of jewelry. P.O. AndrewContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER BLOTTER"
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April 12th, 2012 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN, RUMSON COMBINE ON SERVICES
Fair Haven Fields, opposite Rumson’s Meadowridge Park on Ridge Road, would be maintained by Rumson under the deal.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Three years after the wheelsContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN, RUMSON COMBINE ON SERVICES"
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April 11th, 2012 @ 8am
The recent opening of Lucki Clover, above, in a Broad Street space vacated last September, is seen as one of many indicators of a strengthening comeback.  (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "DOWNTOWN RED BANK COMES OFF THE ROPES"
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April 10th, 2012 @ 10am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 30 and April 6, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft occurring on 4-1-12Continue reading "ARRESTS FOR SKATEBOARDING, PAPER THEFT"
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April 9th, 2012 @ 8am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Thomas Baeza, age 48, from Atlantic Avenue in Aberdeen, NJ, arrested on April 3, 2012 by CorporalContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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April 9th, 2012 @ 8am
CIRCUMSTANCES OF TEEN’S DEATH A MYSTERY
A roadside memorial to Jillian Dinger, below, at the scene of the accident in which she was fatally injured. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A 19-year-old Fair HavenContinue reading "CIRCUMSTANCES OF TEEN’S DEATH A MYSTERY"
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April 9th, 2012 @ 6am
Employees gathered for training Thursday at Russ Crosson’s Coffee Corral, the take-out java shop he built in the onetime home of his now-closed construction company. The shop, at the cornerContinue reading "COFFEE ON THE BREW"
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April 6th, 2012 @ 10am
VIZZINI TO FILL LAST SPOT AT OLD KISLIN’S
Furniture retailer Vizzini & Company plans to relocate from the Galleria to 8 East Front. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A longtime major vacancy on East Front StreetContinue reading "VIZZINI TO FILL LAST SPOT AT OLD KISLIN’S"
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April 6th, 2012 @ 8am
TREE SLAUGHTER, FIVE YEARS LATER
The White Street trees on Thursday, and the scene in April 2007, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Heading into a sunny Easter weekend, redbankgreen revisits the sceneContinue reading "TREE SLAUGHTER, FIVE YEARS LATER"
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April 6th, 2012 @ 5am
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON HARDING ROAD
Emergency responders tend to an unidentified pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Harding Road, on the border of Little Silver and Fair Haven, shortly after 3 a.m. Friday. The victimContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON HARDING ROAD"
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April 6th, 2012 @ 2am
ACCIDENT SHUTS STRETCH OF RUMSON ROAD
An accident involving an overturned trailer forced the closure of Rumson Road between Buena Vista and Kemp avenues in Rumson at around 3:45 p.m Thursday.   Police Sergeant Robert Boyer saidContinue reading "ACCIDENT SHUTS STRETCH OF RUMSON ROAD"
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April 5th, 2012 @ 3pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • James Rice, age 22, from Creek Road in Hazlet, NJ, arrested on April 1, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CONTEMPT AND POSSESSION"
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April 5th, 2012 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
The lighted staircase shown in last week’s Where Have I Seen This? tripped up a few readers.
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April 5th, 2012 @ 5am
FIRST DOWN
Manning, a four-month-old “bassadore” (a cross between a Bassett hound and a Labrador retriever) from Lincroft, gets his first taste of city life in downtown Red Bank Wednesday afternoon. OwnerContinue reading "FIRST DOWN"
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April 4th, 2012 @ 12pm
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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.
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 ...
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 ...