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RED BANK: CHINESE EATERY DOUBLES DOWN
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Victor Kuo’s Temple Gourmet Chinese won approval Monday night to take over half the storefront used by Jonathan Salon, which has consolidated into lesser space. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: CHINESE EATERY DOUBLES DOWN"
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March 6th, 2012 @ 12pm
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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Mark Todd, age 38, from Grace Street in Jersey City, NJ, arrested on March 5, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: THREE POT BUSTS, THREE DWI"
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March 6th, 2012 @ 10am
Property taxes are set to rise “a fraction of a percent” in Little Silver this year, the Asbury Park Press reports Tuesday. The owner of a home assessed at aContinue reading "PRESS: TAX LEVY EDGES UP IN LITTLE SILVER"
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March 6th, 2012 @ 8am
RED BANK: 7-ELEVEN CHALLENGED OVER 24/7
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Planning consultant Rob Freud, representing 7-Eleven, answers a question from resident John Garofalo, left. Below, Freud with the site plan. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A  proposal toContinue reading "RED BANK: 7-ELEVEN CHALLENGED OVER 24/7"
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March 6th, 2012 @ 8am
BOSS FANS FLOCK TO MIDNIGHT DISC DROP
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Diego Allessandro and dozens of other fans waited in line at Jack’s for the register to start ringing up midnight sales of the new Springsteen album. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "BOSS FANS FLOCK TO MIDNIGHT DISC DROP"
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March 6th, 2012 @ 1am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. 2/4/12 Lt. McGovern and Cpl. Waltz took a report of Criminal Mischief from a Grange Ave. resident reportingContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: DWI CHARGED AFTER ACCIDENT"
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March 5th, 2012 @ 4pm
GAS LINE WORK SNARLS LITTLE SILVER
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Underground utility-line repair work on Branch Avenue caused significant traffic backups in Little Silver and Rumson Monday afternoon. Detours were briefly instituted as Branch Avenue was closed between Rumson andContinue reading "GAS LINE WORK SNARLS LITTLE SILVER"
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March 5th, 2012 @ 4pm
BOSS TO WRECK A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP
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Once again, new product from Bruce Springsteen will get a midnight debut at Jack’s Music, where boxes of vinyl LPs awaited sale last week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "BOSS TO WRECK A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP"
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March 5th, 2012 @ 10am
Garrett Sickels, the Red Bank Regional football standout, has verbally committed to play at Penn State, according to reports making the rounds Monday. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, theContinue reading "RBR’S SICKELS COMMITS TO PENN STATE"
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March 5th, 2012 @ 6am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 24 to March 2, 2012. This information is unedited. Robbery occurring at SouthContinue reading "RED BANK: CARS KEYED ON SPRING STREET"
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March 5th, 2012 @ 5am
The Broad Street home of the Woman’s Club of Red Bank is in line for some spruce-up funds from Freehold. (Click to enlarge) The Woman’s Club of Red Bank andContinue reading "HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS DOLED OUT"
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March 2nd, 2012 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On February 29, 2012 Detectives Kevin Gardiner and Laurence Schachtel arrested Brittany Stewart, age 20, from CresciContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: PAIR CHARGED IN BURGLARIES"
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March 2nd, 2012 @ 10am
MYSTERY HAMPTON INN PLAN OPPONENT ID’D
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Lawyer Ron Gasiorowski, left, said the owners of a Tinton Falls hotel have been paying his fees for representing Hampton Inn opponent Stephen Mitchell, right. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "MYSTERY HAMPTON INN PLAN OPPONENT ID’D"
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March 2nd, 2012 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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March 1st, 2012 @ 9am
COFFEE HOTSPOT ZEBU REOPENS AT NEW HOME
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After five months of downtime, popular Red Bank coffee mainstay Zebu Forno reopened at a new address Thursday: 12 Broad Street  just a few doors down from the storefront itContinue reading "COFFEE HOTSPOT ZEBU REOPENS AT NEW HOME"
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March 1st, 2012 @ 7am
LATE-NIGHT BURGERS COMING TO RED BANK
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Jr.’s owner Mike DeSimone put together a group of investors to buy the yellow building in the background so he could expand his West End-based hamburger business there. (Click toContinue reading "LATE-NIGHT BURGERS COMING TO RED BANK"
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February 29th, 2012 @ 10am
R-FH TOPS RBR IN RIDGE ROAD RIVALRY
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Delores Martin, mother of point guard Asim Jules, cheers on Red Bank Regional in its NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II showdown against Rumson-Fair Haven Tuesday night. Bulldog senior JJ ConklinContinue reading "R-FH TOPS RBR IN RIDGE ROAD RIVALRY"
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February 29th, 2012 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Carissa Bossert, age 23, from Woods End Road in Middletown, NJ, arrested on February 26, 2012 byContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT"
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February 28th, 2012 @ 2pm
BUY-IN ON NEW SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE ELUSIVE
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Below, dozens of local residents turned out in Sea Bright Monday for a midday presentation of options for dealing with the “serious” condition of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge. (Click toContinue reading "BUY-IN ON NEW SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE ELUSIVE"
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February 28th, 2012 @ 9am
FERNANDES FUNERAL SLATED FOR SATURDAY
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Above, former Mayor Maria Fernandes, seen being interviewed by a TV news crew in 2008. Below, bunting blows in the breeze at Sea Bright’s borough hall Monday in her honor.Continue reading "FERNANDES FUNERAL SLATED FOR SATURDAY"
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February 28th, 2012 @ 6am
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POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
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 ...