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Halina Kaminska-Adamski outside her new store. Haven't we been in here before, this narrow space next door to David Levine Salon? Indeed, we have, though it looks and feels quite different. Longtime redbankgreen readers may recall our feature about Gisela...
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January 19th, 2009 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Making her first-ever appearance in Red Bank tomorrow night: comic Kathleen Madigan, the pint-sized scourge of pompous pols, Larry King and optimists in general. Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit — the pint-sized scourge of boredom in these parts —...
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January 16th, 2009 @ 10am
A Wall Township police captain who was tried and acquitted in Red Bank Municipal Court (as a neutral venue) of DWI is leaving his job with a $500,000 settlement package, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The Press says Bernard Sullivan...
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January 16th, 2009 @ 7am
Pilgrim Baptist aired the final McCain-Obama debate on a large screen in the worship hall in October. A live inauguration screening and luncheon will be held in the church basement. Of the many takeaways from the election of Barack Obama...
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January 16th, 2009 @ 6am
Cars waiting for a green light at the corner of Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street created a steamy scene last night. A high near 17 degrees. Wind chill values of 15 below zero. That's what's in store today and through...
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January 16th, 2009 @ 5am
Murmurs about the Broad Street store's demise are greatly exaggerated, says the manager. Tiffany & Co.'s 14-month old store in downtown Red Bank isn't going anywhere. So says Vicky Shortland, manager of the the carriage-trade jewelry and tableware retailer, in...
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January 15th, 2009 @ 11am
Michael Bonney in his store yesterday. Red Bank News, a mainstay retailer of newspapers, magazines, racing sheets and cigars in downtown Red Bank for at least five decades, is about to become yesterday's news. Owner Michael Bonney tells redbankgreen he'll...
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January 15th, 2009 @ 7am
The answer to last week's Where Have I Seen This? may turn out to be something of a head-slapper for readers who couldn't identify it, given the prominence of the building it shows. One reader ventured that our photo was...
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January 15th, 2009 @ 6am
For a drab time of year that's supposed to be all about recharging the post-holiday batteries, there sure are a lot of interesting people passing through this patch of earth we call the Green, all but commanding attention. If you...
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January 14th, 2009 @ 12pm
Downtown Red Bank during a January 2007 snowstorm. A shared-services deal with Monmouth County approved by Red Bank officials earlier this week is expected to save the borough hundreds of thousands of dollars in snow removal costs in coming years,...
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January 14th, 2009 @ 11am
A couple of comments from readers of redbankgreen appear in today's Star-Ledger in a piece about the dolphins in the Shrewsbury River. Context: Kelly Heyboer's 'Jersey Blogs' column, which samples opinions on matters of interest around the state. Hey, we...
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January 14th, 2009 @ 9am
NOAA's Trevor Spradlin addresses the audience at an open seminar on the dolphins Tuesday night. It was science versus passion as marine mammal experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sought to explain last night why they don't intend...
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January 14th, 2009 @ 7am
Red Bank police are investigating an assault in which an East Sunset Avenue man said he was slashed across the throat by a knife-wielding acquaintance in his home Monday night. The police haven't released the name of either man yet....
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January 13th, 2009 @ 1pm
John Ross addressing the Red Bank Council last night. A decision on whether the borough can shut down Best Liquors may not come from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division before the end of February, assistant borough attorney Tom Hall...
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January 13th, 2009 @ 8am
The homepage of the borough website. The Red Bank government's plan to hire web design and management firm C3 Citizen Communication Center for $2,000 a month appears to be in slow-download mode following a second round of criticism. At the...
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January 13th, 2009 @ 7am
Choristers and visitors raised their voices in song during a commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the First Presbyterian Church. By LAURA KOSS In the same church where Martin Luther King Sr. preached in 1971, a group of...
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January 12th, 2009 @ 9am
In case you missed it... The New Jersey section of the New York Times had a feature story yesterday on the Rocket, the monster ice boat (shown at right) that's been restored by members of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat...
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January 12th, 2009 @ 7am
The following information about crime activity for the week of January 2 through 9 was supplied by the Red Bank Police Department and appears here unedited. Burglary occurring on 1-2-09 at Broad St.—Jewelry Store. Alarm was activated by unknown person(s)...
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January 12th, 2009 @ 6am
According to the stranding center, three dolphins passed under the bridge twice yesterday – once to enter Sandy Hook Bay, at right, and then to return to the river. Three of the five Atlantic bottlenose dolphins said to remain in...
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January 12th, 2009 @ 6am
A flock of sparrows took shelter beneath a car parked on Broad Street in Red Bank Friday afternoon. What do they know that we don't? The National Weather Service has a winter weather advisory in effect for the Red Bank...
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January 9th, 2009 @ 10pm
Partyline
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 ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.