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September 18th, 2006 @ 1pm
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Million-dollar homes are a growing factor in the glut of properties for sale in Monmouth County, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The Press reports that the number of Monmouth County homes for sale priced at or above the $1...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 11am
Pity the poor Certified Public Accountant. Wonkishly dull, they say. Obsessed with arcana. Underdeveloped sense of humor. And whatever you do, don't mess with a CPA's workspace, because everything is exactly where it belongs. Yeah, well, the folks at the...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 8am
Elizabeth Harper, left, leads a "gentle yoga" class for women at the historic Woman's Club of Red Bank on Broad Street every Thursday from 9 to 10:15a. The fee is $12 for those who buy a month in advance and...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 8am
Former state Senate President and Democratic powerbroker John E. Lynch Jr. will plead guilty to federal charges in Newark today, according to stories moved late yesterday by the Asbury Park Press, the Star-Ledger and the New York Times. In addition,...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 12am
If a $50 bag of groceries gives you sticker shock, wait until you hear what Bonnie Lane Webber says about the actual cost of raising and transporting the food that ends up in your refrigerator every few days. The way...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 11pm
'Sue from Fair Haven' lassoed last week's 'Where,' which turned out to be a bucking bronc that threw a number of readers. The idyllic image of cows and other livestock in a pasture is from a mural painted on the...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 11pm
Remember when non-profits used to hold spaghetti-supper fundraisers? Now, of course, they're called pasta dinners, pasta being what results when you mix flour, egg, and a touch of urbanity. Lunch Break, Monmouth County's oldest soup kitchen, is rolling with the...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 12pm
The body of Susan Wakelin of Rumson was found early Tuesday morning off Deer Isle, Maine, seven hours after she'd been reported missing from a nighttime kayak outing, according to reports. The Asbury Park Press, which ran a wire story,...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 10am
Advance word from the folks at Art Forms Gallery is that artist Stephen Hall creates personal canvases that engage the viewer through tension, mystery, and glimpses of personal demons. "Images of abstracted shapes, still-life forms, or surreal figurative motifs are...
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September 12th, 2006 @ 3pm
Two men originally from Lincroft and Tinton Falls were among three killed in a fiery crash in Arizona over the Labor Day weekend, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Dead are Gene Charles Bailey, 26, originally of Tinton Falls; Ryan John...
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September 12th, 2006 @ 10am
A 78-year-old Navesink woman was found dead yesterday morning in her Osborne Avenue house following a fire. Dorothea F. Brooks was already dead as a result of burns when firefighters arrived at the scene of the 11a blaze, Monmouth County...
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September 12th, 2006 @ 10am
What's the right balance between security and aesthetics when designing airports, government buildings and skyscrapers in the post-Sept. 11, 2001 era? The Chicago Tribune's architecture writer, Blair Kamin—a son of Fair Haven—takes on this and related questions in a new...
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September 11th, 2006 @ 10am
Crews from Red Bank-based Navesink River Rowing are among the more than 3,000 rowers from 36 countries competing in this weekend's FISA World Masters Rowing Regatta at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. In 33 years of the Masters competition,...
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September 9th, 2006 @ 10am
Marcia Blackwell, owner of Red Bank-based Blackwell’s Organic Gelato and Sorbetto, has been named Emerging Business Woman of the Year by the Central Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Blackwell's Organic, which has its production...
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September 8th, 2006 @ 11am
The folks making the short film "Layla is Bad" in Sea Bright have put out a late call for extra, um, extras. Thing is, they especially need them this afternoon, starting around 3p. And they're looking particularly for families: Moms...
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September 8th, 2006 @ 11am
Thirty-eight graffiti incidents have been reported in Red Bank so far this year, compared to 43 for all of 2005, according to a story by Larry Higgs in today's Asbury Park Press. Click on the image to enlarge it. The...
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September 7th, 2006 @ 12pm
Last week's 'Where' had barely been up an hour when, just before 1a Thursday, Dylan Barlett emerged from the velvety darkness to claim his latest win. "Lunch Break," he wrote. "Also, your email links are broken." We've been known to...
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September 6th, 2006 @ 11pm
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September 6th, 2006 @ 10am
One buyer sent a deposit check from Ohio before he'd even laid eyes on Corinthian Cove, the six-unit deluxe condo spread on West Front Street, between the Bluffs and the Red Bank Public Library. Now, construction is wrapping up and...
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September 6th, 2006 @ 9am
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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.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...