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RED BANK: BOTTLES BY SICKLES EVICTED
RED BANK: Court-ordered lockout of Bottles by Sickles caps stunning cascade of Sickles Market business failures in two towns.
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April 24th, 2024 @ 8am
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RED BANK: MORE GREENERY & TWINKLY LIGHTS COMING
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More mini-gardens and overhead bistro lighting are among the enhancements planned downtown thanks to a $150K grant, says RiverCenter.
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April 23rd, 2024 @ 7am
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
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April 22nd, 2024 @ 6am
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted to prayer.
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April 20th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: GOING ALL-IN WITH TWO RESTAURANTS
RED BANK: A first? Bread guy takes over coffee shop on Broad Street while putting finishing touches on new restaurant at the Rail.
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April 19th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Police blotter for March includes the arrest of a fugitive, a woman charged with arson and four DWI arrests.
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April 18th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MONMOUTH ARTS OPENS NEW SPACE
RED BANK: Doors away from the Basie's storied marquee, Monmouth Arts unveils a new home for fostering art dubbed ArtSpace.
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April 17th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: MECHANIC ENDS 48-YEAR RUN
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RED BANK: Pete Soviero, who started his auto repair shop right out of RBR, ends 48-year career as a transit village plan advances.
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April 16th, 2024 @ 12pm
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
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April 16th, 2024 @ 6am
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participants.
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April 15th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: WIND KNOCKS OUT POWER FOR 1,006
RED BANK: Nearly one in six borough customers were affected by power disruptions Sunday evening, according to JCP&L/First Energy.
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April 14th, 2024 @ 8pm
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Park early Friday morning.
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April 12th, 2024 @ 7am
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
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April 10th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: THAT SINKING FEELING? NO MORE.
RED BANK: After three weeks of detours, a sinkhole on Spring Street has been fixed and the road reopened, the borough said Monday.
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April 8th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOARD ATTORNEY LECKSTEIN DIES AT 81
RED BANK: Michael Leckstein, who served as planning board attorney here for 25 years – and in Little Silver for 50 – died Saturday.
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April 7th, 2024 @ 10pm
TREES PROCLAIM SPRING’S ARRIVAL IN GLORIOUS COLOR
RED BANK: In the midst of an extended rainy streak, trees all over town are proclaiming the full-on arrival of spring. Feast your eyes here.
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April 2nd, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SINKHOLE DETOUR IN THIRD WEEK
RED BANK: Sinkhole-prompted road closure enters third week after excavation identifies additional area of concern.
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April 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: JEWELER MOVING TO BROAD STREET
RED BANK: After 35 years on East Front Street, Leonardo Jewelers plans move to the "corner of Main and Main" downtown. Here's why.
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March 29th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: SINKHOLE FIX COMING, OFFICIAL SAYS
RED BANK: A week later, two blocks of Spring Street remain closed by a sinkhole in the road. But a fix is on the way, says borough manager.
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March 26th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUPER-SOAKER EXPECTED
RED BANK: A drenching rain could drop up to 3.5 inches Saturday, with risks of flooding. The outlook for Sunday is sunnier.
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March 22nd, 2024 @ 3pm
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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.
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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 ...