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RED BANK: 7-ELEVEN CHALLENGED OVER 24/7
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
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BOSS FANS FLOCK TO MIDNIGHT DISC DROP
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
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
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
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?
Does a particular location spring to mind at the sight of the above? Please send us an email if you think you know where it is.
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March 1st, 2012 @ 9am
COFFEE HOTSPOT ZEBU REOPENS AT NEW HOME
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
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
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
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
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
Fair Haven propery owners will see no change in the local portion of their property tax bills this year, the Asbury Park Press reports Tuesday. For the fifth consecutive year,Continue reading "TAX RATE UNCHANGED IN FAIR HAVEN"
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February 28th, 2012 @ 6am
IN SHREWSBURY: FEELING THE ERG
Dozens of indoor rowers turned out at the Shrewsbury Borough School on Sunday for the Two River Erg Challenge organized by John Crilly of Navesink Indoor Rowing. The event cardContinue reading "IN SHREWSBURY: FEELING THE ERG"
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February 27th, 2012 @ 10am
José Melgar, a 32-year-old Red Bank man, was in Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune with a fractured skull and other injuries after he was run over by a trainContinue reading "TRAIN RUNOVER VICTIM IDENTIFIED"
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February 27th, 2012 @ 10am
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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 ...