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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week, we showed four views of the same object. Of the half-dozen readers who wrote in, all recognized it as the interior view of a roof structure. But notContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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December 16th, 2010 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RIVERCENTER POLISHES APPLE’S APPLE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI ‘Tis the season to draw up wish lists and send them off to the jolly, avuncular fellow in the plush red suit up north. Or, in RedContinue reading "RIVERCENTER POLISHES APPLE’S APPLE"
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December 15th, 2010 @ 12pm
REVIEW BOOSTS LOCAL FILMMAKER’S LATEST
Jesse Bernstein in Peter Sillen’s documentary about the grunge poet. (Click to enlarge) I Am Secretly an Important Man, a documentary by Fair Haven resident Peter Sillen, gets a strongContinue reading "REVIEW BOOSTS LOCAL FILMMAKER’S LATEST"
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December 15th, 2010 @ 9am
Today, redbankgreen introduces a new reader-comments system. Prompted by a rising tide of everything from petty name-calling to outright libel, nearly all of it from anonymous commenters, we’ve flushed ourContinue reading "A CLEAN SLATE FOR redbankgreen COMMENTS"
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December 13th, 2010 @ 11am
M’TOWN ESTATE PLAN IRKS NEIGHBORS
Arthur and Leslie Parent’s plan to subdivide a portion of the former Hillandale Farm has some neighbors alarmed. Below, a detail of the proposed plan. (Click to enlarge) On theContinue reading "M’TOWN ESTATE PLAN IRKS NEIGHBORS"
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December 13th, 2010 @ 9am
This edition of the blotter covers two weeks. Reports are provided by the Red Bank Police Department and appear here unedited. NOVEMBER 26 TO DECEMBER 3: Criminal Mischief occurring atContinue reading "APARTMENT DRENCHED IN CRANBERRY JUICE"
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December 13th, 2010 @ 6am
FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME
With two firefighters manning Shrewsbury’s aerial ladder, a fireman knocks down the last of the flames under the eaves of a Little Silver home Friday night. (Click to enlarge) FireContinue reading "FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME"
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December 11th, 2010 @ 12am
FREE HOLIDAY PARKING TAKES EFFECT
Red Bank has waived fees for parking in municipal lots through December 26, as per a request from RiverCenter, and the traditional moratorium went into effect Friday afternoon. Let theContinue reading "FREE HOLIDAY PARKING TAKES EFFECT"
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December 10th, 2010 @ 5pm
RBC RAISES KICK-IN ON BASIE FIELDS UPKEEP
Red Bank Catholic will pay more for its use of Count Basie Fields to help defray the cost of the turf upgrades. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red BankContinue reading "RBC RAISES KICK-IN ON BASIE FIELDS UPKEEP"
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December 10th, 2010 @ 9am
PAVERS CAUSE ‘MINOR’ WATER OUTAGE
Pavers laid asphalt around the area of the break while a borough crew sought to repair damage to the water line. (Click to enlarge) A Red Bank public works crewContinue reading "PAVERS CAUSE ‘MINOR’ WATER OUTAGE"
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December 9th, 2010 @ 4pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This week’s Where Have I Seen This? offers something a little different: four perspectives on the same object. Click the image to get a closer view. Can you identify it?Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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December 9th, 2010 @ 9am
BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC
Middletown property owner Jon Bon Jovi has scheduled an “intimate,” $250-a-seat concert next month to raise money for Red Bank’s Parker Family Medical Center. News of the benefit appeared yesterdayContinue reading "BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC"
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December 9th, 2010 @ 8am
The former police station, with the Relief Engine Company firehouse attached at right, is on both state and national registers of historic places. (Click to enlarge) Public comment on aContinue reading "LAWSUIT TO COST BOROUGH $125,000"
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December 9th, 2010 @ 7am
Former Beatlemania and Styx rocker Glen Burtnik pays homage to John Lennon on the 30th anniversary of the ex-Beatle’s murder in this clip provided by our hyperlocal pals at MorristownGreenContinue reading "BURTNICK, LENNON & XMAS AT THE BASIE"
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December 8th, 2010 @ 1pm
GLOVE, ID LEAD COPS TO ALLEGED BURGLAR
An alleged serial burglar who authorities say left a glove behind at one house and used his real ID to sell jewelry taken from another was arrested by Middletown policeContinue reading "GLOVE, ID LEAD COPS TO ALLEGED BURGLAR"
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December 8th, 2010 @ 10am
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, PLUG IN
Two of last year’s winners: the Philips residence on Reckless Place and the Lauterwasser residence on East Westside Avenue. (Click to enlarge) OK, lovers of electric light: your season isContinue reading "ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, PLUG IN"
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December 7th, 2010 @ 8am
TIME FOR SOME FACEBOOK TIME
Maybe we’re just in a wintry mood, with the furnace burning through the heating budget way earlier in the season than expected. Or maybe it’s lingering remnants of the frustrationContinue reading "TIME FOR SOME FACEBOOK TIME"
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December 6th, 2010 @ 3pm
WEST SIDERS SIDLE UP TO SANTA
The annual lighting of the West Side Christmas tree in a pocket park at Drs. James Parker Boulevard and Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank was marked on Saturday, as inContinue reading "WEST SIDERS SIDLE UP TO SANTA"
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December 6th, 2010 @ 11am
MARKING CHANUKAH, OUTDOORS AND IN
More than a dozen of the faithful marked the Jewish celebration of Chanukah with a menorah lighting and songs Saturday night at the Red Bank train station. On Sunday, membersContinue reading "MARKING CHANUKAH, OUTDOORS AND IN"
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December 6th, 2010 @ 10am
LADY KNIGHTS TAKE THIRD STRAIGHT KETTLE
Action from the girls’ championship game between Forrestdale and Knollwood, above, and the boys’ final between St. James and Forrestdale, below. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) The SalvationContinue reading "LADY KNIGHTS TAKE THIRD STRAIGHT KETTLE"
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December 6th, 2010 @ 7am
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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!