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HORNING IN WITH ‘TAPS,’ JEOPARDY & QUEEN
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI All was calm and quiet on Maple Avenue in Red Bank Saturday night until about 8:15p, when visitors wielding giant rams’ horns started filing into Congregation BethContinue reading "HORNING IN WITH ‘TAPS,’ JEOPARDY & QUEEN"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 9am
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Hovnanian’s headquarters overlooking the Navesink River. Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises is trying to refinance some $759 million in debt even as other homebuilders are beginning to buy land again, today’sContinue reading "WSJ: HOV SEEKING DEBT RESTRUCTURING"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 8am
RENAMING HONORS O’HERN’S ACHIEVEMENTS
Family members and other admirers of the late mayor and state Supreme Court justice gathered for an evening ceremony Sunday. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It would have been easy for DanielContinue reading "RENAMING HONORS O’HERN’S ACHIEVEMENTS"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 7am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 18 to September 25, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring at Mechanic St.Continue reading "BLOTTER: FISH SHOPLIFTER NETTED"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 6am
RED BANK EARLY-ED PROGRAM IN SPOTLIGHT
The article appears in an education-themed edition of the magazine. The Red Bank school system‘s cutting-edge early childhood education program known as Tools of the Mind is spotlighted in theContinue reading "RED BANK EARLY-ED PROGRAM IN SPOTLIGHT"
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September 26th, 2009 @ 10am
Hovnanian Enterprises, the Red Bank-based national homebuilder, has announced the death of its founder, Kevork Hovnanian. No details were given about the cause or date of death. Hovnanian lived inContinue reading "KEVORK HOVNANIAN DIES AT 86"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 1pm
ON THE SKED: DUELING BLOCK PARTIES
Party central, as both Elm Place and Hudson Avenue residents have block parties in the works for Saturday. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Summer’s officially over, but there’s one last bit ofContinue reading "ON THE SKED: DUELING BLOCK PARTIES"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 10am
ON BROAD: ANTIQUES OUT, ARCHTOPS IN
A display of guitars at the Nevada Exchange store on Broad Street. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Step into Nevada Exchange on Broad Street inContinue reading "ON BROAD: ANTIQUES OUT, ARCHTOPS IN"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 7am
IN TOWN | IN SEPTEMBER: WEEK FOUR
For more about the Marcia Resnick photo show opening tonight at the McKay Imaging Gallery in Red Bank, check the coverage on our sib site, Red Bank oRBit. We’ve gotContinue reading "IN TOWN | IN SEPTEMBER: WEEK FOUR"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: HI-RESNICK IMAGERY
“It was the last time that New York was any good,”  Marcia Resnick tells us. “Everybody was poor then.” The legendary fine-art photographer and photojournalist comes to Red Bank on FridayContinue reading "IN oRBit: HI-RESNICK IMAGERY"
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September 24th, 2009 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
The location of last week’s image turns out to be well known, perhaps because of the time many motorists spend waiting for the traffic lights to change at the RedContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 24th, 2009 @ 8am
YARD SALE AT SHREWSBURY FIREHOUSE
Bargain-hunters alert: the 8th-grade class of the Shrewsbury Boro School will hold a yard sale at the Shrewsbury firehouse on Broad Street (Route 35) from 8a to noon Saturday. FamiliesContinue reading "YARD SALE AT SHREWSBURY FIREHOUSE"
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September 24th, 2009 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACCIOPPI The days of sticking a piece of cheddar in the basement to bait a rat into a gory, spring-loaded death-by-trap are over. The best way to getContinue reading "TALKIN’ RATS IN FAIR HAVEN"
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September 24th, 2009 @ 6am
BOROUGH HALL TO UNDERGO ENERGY AUDIT
The borough acquired and renovated the onetime auto showroom and office building in 1997. (Click to enlarge) The home of Red Bank’s government is about to get a going-over byContinue reading "BOROUGH HALL TO UNDERGO ENERGY AUDIT"
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September 23rd, 2009 @ 2pm
SHOFAR SO FUN: ALL INVITED TO TOOT
The new rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel says the ponderous Jewish holidays could use some levity. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Jewish holiday season just isn’t as muchContinue reading "SHOFAR SO FUN: ALL INVITED TO TOOT"
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September 23rd, 2009 @ 9am
IN oRBit: GLORY DAYS IN THE LECTURE HALL
Today’s the Boss’s birthday, and over at Monmouth University, organizers are putting the final touches on a special four-day, multi-venue event known as Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium. It’s aContinue reading "IN oRBit: GLORY DAYS IN THE LECTURE HALL"
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September 23rd, 2009 @ 7am
FORECAST: RAIN TODAY, SUN THIS WEEKEND
Doug Cavanaugh paints a refurbished hitching post he installed outside his home on Linden Place in Red Bank Tuesday. (Click to enlarge) After one of the wettest Jersey shore summersContinue reading "FORECAST: RAIN TODAY, SUN THIS WEEKEND"
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September 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
BOARD OKs AFFORDABLE HOUSING ZONES
The overlay zones reflect areas of potential development and redevelopment, borough officials say. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank moved closer to resolving issues with the state Council on Affordable HousingContinue reading "BOARD OKs AFFORDABLE HOUSING ZONES"
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September 22nd, 2009 @ 10am
Plans for the demolition of Red Bank’s idle incinerator stack are moving ahead, with work expected to begin as early as Monday,  borough engineer Christine Ballard tells redbankgreen. In aContinue reading "STACK MAY COME DOWN MONDAY"
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September 22nd, 2009 @ 9am
PLANNERS OK VEGAN EATERY, DESSERT BIZ
Home to a newsstand for more than half a century, 6 Broad Street may next see duty as a frozen yogurt shop. Call it dinner and dessert lite. The latestContinue reading "PLANNERS OK VEGAN EATERY, DESSERT BIZ"
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September 22nd, 2009 @ 7am
Partyline
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 ...