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The KaBoom Fireworks show will go on tonight, in spite of a weather forecast that would seem to suggest a need for waterproof picnic blankets and umbrellas at the ready.Continue reading "KABOOM ON"
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July 3rd, 2011 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Ok, who knows this one? Drop us an email if you think you do, with the words ‘Where Have I Seen This?’ in the subject line, please.
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June 30th, 2011 @ 8am
RED BANK CFO TAKES A BETTER OFFER
Frank Mason, seen here with borough Engineer Christine Ballard, will become CFO in Montclair. (Click to enlarge) The keeper of Red Bank’s checkbook is leaving the borough government to takeContinue reading "RED BANK CFO TAKES A BETTER OFFER"
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June 30th, 2011 @ 6am
Well, in this case, the authorities were called… but only after a homeowner found himself in a tussle with an alleged car burglar. Middletown police report that they arrested aContinue reading "HOMEOWNER GRABS ALLEGED CAR BURGLAR"
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June 29th, 2011 @ 12pm
The police activity reports below were provided by the Middletown Township Police Department and are unedited. • On June 27, 2011 at approximately 7:30 pm Patrolman Richard Fulham was onContinue reading "M’TOWN: BEGGING FOR SMOKES… AT A GYM?"
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June 29th, 2011 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER BRACES FOR DETOUR JAMS
Orange you glad they alerted you? (Click to enlarge) Already a nettlesome fact of life for local commuters, travel between Shrewsbury and Little Silver is about to get downright ugly.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER BRACES FOR DETOUR JAMS"
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June 29th, 2011 @ 9am
The police activity reports below were provided by the Middletown Township Police Department and are unedited. • On June 20, 2011 at approximately 11:50 am Patrolman Thomas Meckier was onContinue reading "DRUGS AND BOOZE FILL MIDDLETOWN COP LOG"
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June 28th, 2011 @ 9am
Check out this brisk little intro to the world of Red Bank’s Cliff Galbraith, creator of Rat Bastard comic books. The video is from a series of profiles called CreateContinue reading "RED BANK ARTIST NURTURES A RAT"
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June 28th, 2011 @ 8am
A Red Bank man who worked as an organist for a Shrewsbury church faces up to five years in jail for his admission that he sexually assaulted a minor, accordingContinue reading "ORGANIST ADMITS TO CHILD-SEX CHARGE"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 5pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 20 to June 24, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft reported on 6-20-11Continue reading "BLOTTER: VANDALISM AT RIVERSIDE GARDENS"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 7am
EX CHARGED AS RED BANK WOMAN’S KILLER
The estranged husband of a Red Bank woman missing since mid-May has been charged with her murder following the discovery of a body buried near the Garden State Parkway inContinue reading "EX CHARGED AS RED BANK WOMAN’S KILLER"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 6am
ATRIUM PROJECT DRAWS PICKET
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June 24th, 2011 @ 7pm
TRANSFORMER BLOWS IN LITTLE SILVER
A brief, strong storm that blew through the Green prompted an emergency response on White Road in Little Silver Thursday afternoon. Though fire officials were not immediately available for comment,Continue reading "TRANSFORMER BLOWS IN LITTLE SILVER"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 5pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A recent Red Bank Regional graduate who was accepted to Julliard‘s prestigious dance program was badly injured in an assault Sunday night, Red Bank police said. PoliceContinue reading "RBR DANCE STUDENT INJURED IN BEATING"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
BOMB THREAT CLOSES ROAD IN RUMSON
Police Chief Richard Tobias, left, coordinating Rumson’s response to a report of a bomb at 97 East River Road. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; Click to enlarge) Rumson police were onContinue reading "BOMB THREAT CLOSES ROAD IN RUMSON"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This one shouldn’t be too hard. If you think know where the above photo was taken, send us an email, please. As usual, we’ll reveal the answer next Thursday.
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 9am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 3 to June 20, 2011. This information  is unedited. Theft occurring on 6-3-11Continue reading "STOLEN: WEED WHACKER, TIRE, INVOICES"
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June 21st, 2011 @ 8am
IN SHREWSBURY’S QUIVER, A DEER SOLUTION?
A deer on the lawn of the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch on Route 35 last October. (Photo by Peter Lindner; click to enlarge) Not a word of objection wasContinue reading "IN SHREWSBURY’S QUIVER, A DEER SOLUTION?"
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June 20th, 2011 @ 10pm
‘MAGIC WAS HAPPENING’ AT BIG MAN’S WEST
Clarence Clemons playing at Big Man’s West in Red Bank in an undated photo courtesy of Lewis Bloom Photo. The Monmouth Street space is now home to a gym. (ClickContinue reading "‘MAGIC WAS HAPPENING’ AT BIG MAN’S WEST"
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June 20th, 2011 @ 1pm
HISTORIC MIDDLETOWN HOUSE UP FOR SALE
Built in Massachusetts in the early 1700s and relocated to Middletown in 1962, the former Nathaniel Smith House features exposed-rafter ceilings, as in the library, below. (Click to enlarge) ItContinue reading "HISTORIC MIDDLETOWN HOUSE UP FOR SALE"
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June 17th, 2011 @ 10am
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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 ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!