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IN oRBit: A CANCER VIXEN IN FAIR HAVEN
To the jealous eye, writer and cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto had it all, in a glamorous, sex-in-the-city way — a career as a regular contributor to magazines like Glamour and The NewContinue reading "IN oRBit: A CANCER VIXEN IN FAIR HAVEN"
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October 5th, 2009 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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COAL GUY: PUT GALLERIA ON YOUR LIST, TOO
Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza will replace longtime Galleria tenant 2Senza Ristorante. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s ever-growing pizza party may soon have yet another purveyor of tomato pies boasting ofContinue reading "COAL GUY: PUT GALLERIA ON YOUR LIST, TOO"
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 11am
MILLING MAPLE
Months after the project was supposed to be completed, the new traffic lights still aren’t operational at the traffic-bolloxing intersection of Maple Avenue, Water Street and White Street in RedContinue reading "MILLING MAPLE"
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
ATRIUM GETS A LOT
Atrium resident Doris Crisson, 88, speaks in favor of the valet-parking plan at last night’s hearing. (Click to enlarge) For the second time in four years, one of Red Bank’sContinue reading "ATRIUM GETS A LOT"
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
AT LAST: BUSTING OUT THE BASIE BUST
A likeness of William ‘Count’ Basie has now been relocated from its temporary spot in the Red Bank train stationhouse to the plaza outside. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI James Joyce hasContinue reading "AT LAST: BUSTING OUT THE BASIE BUST"
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October 1st, 2009 @ 9am
RED BANK HOUSE, LINCROFT CHURCH ON TOUR
Ready for its moment in the sun: the Ptak house on West Westside Avenue. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s not uncommon for Peter Ptak to have completeContinue reading "RED BANK HOUSE, LINCROFT CHURCH ON TOUR"
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October 1st, 2009 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week‘s challenge, showing “Stop” and “End of Road” signs at a riverbank, was noteworthy for the variety of answers it generated.
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October 1st, 2009 @ 5am
THE BEAT@RBR
African dance instructor Audrey Davis visited Red Bank Regional’s dance majors for a quick lesson on the history of African drums and dance Tuesday. The dance program’s theme this schoolContinue reading "THE BEAT@RBR"
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October 1st, 2009 @ 4am
IN oRBit: JERZOMBIES WALK AMONG US
Draw whatever inference you will from the notion of hordes of shambling, lurching social networkers crying out for “braaaains:” there’s no denying that zombies are big business these days, bothContinue reading "IN oRBit: JERZOMBIES WALK AMONG US"
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October 1st, 2009 @ 4am
PARK AT INCINERATOR SITE YEARS AWAY
Mayor Pasquale Menna with engineer Christine Ballard of T&M Associates at the incinerator site last Friday. (Click to enlarge) The work of finally pulverizing Red Bank’s 70-plus-year-old incinerator smokestack toContinue reading "PARK AT INCINERATOR SITE YEARS AWAY"
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September 30th, 2009 @ 8am
CANDIDATE’S NIGHT SET
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Time is running out if you want to do this and aren’t registered. Amid reminders from local officials that the deadline for voter registrations is nearing, Red Bank’s Westside CommunityContinue reading "CANDIDATE’S NIGHT SET"
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September 30th, 2009 @ 7am
PAINTING A SUNRISE OF SORTS
Painters at work last week on the Sunrise Condominiums on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright.
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September 30th, 2009 @ 4am
IN oRBit: BEAU ON THE ASBURY BOARDS
It’s well along into autumn, when thoughts run to Halloween and pie and those mischief-filled nights leading up to Election Day. But a few miles down the coast there’s stillContinue reading "IN oRBit: BEAU ON THE ASBURY BOARDS"
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September 30th, 2009 @ 4am
COUNCIL UNANIMOUS ON DENSITY CHANGES
State Senator Jennifer Beck returned to borough hall in a failed bid to halt higher building densities. Wrapping up more than 18 months of Master Plan review, the Red BankContinue reading "COUNCIL UNANIMOUS ON DENSITY CHANGES"
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September 29th, 2009 @ 10am
County workers take soil samples from the bed of the Navesink River at Hubbards Bridge last week. It looks like a cross between Huck Finn’s raft and an oil prospector’sContinue reading "WORKIN’ ON THE, UM, SMALL MUDDY"
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September 29th, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: THE WINE, THE CHEESE, AND YOU
Have that little cellophane-wrapped toothpick at the ready, and let no one stand between you and that last plastic tumbler of merlot. Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit offers up aContinue reading "IN oRBit: THE WINE, THE CHEESE, AND YOU"
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September 29th, 2009 @ 6am
STORM GIVES WAY TO SUN
An ominous cloud, seen from the corner of Maple Avenue and White Street at about 6:20p, brought a brief, drenching rain to Red Bank Monday evening. (Click to enlarge) TheContinue reading "STORM GIVES WAY TO SUN"
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September 29th, 2009 @ 6am
A Red Bank police captain arrested a drunk-driving suspect after a short chase and scuffle on the East Side early Saturday morning. Jesse Rowe, 21, was charged with DWI, drugContinue reading "COP NABS DWI SUSPECT AFTER SHORT CHASE"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 4pm
TIMES FILLS UP AT BROAD STREET FILLING
High-octane Pete Burr and Glenn Saldarini in 2008. Broad Street Filling Station, Red Bank’s best spot for lobster BLTs and more, got a nice got a nice review in Sunday’sContinue reading "TIMES FILLS UP AT BROAD STREET FILLING"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 3pm
One featured a bounce-around, historical newspaper articles, a playful three-legged dog and the funk stylings of Red Bank’s own Shimmytang. The other was a quieter affair. But the residents ofContinue reading "BLOCK PARTIES CLOSE OUT SUMMER OF ’09"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 10am
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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!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...