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RED BANK: CONTAMINATION SHUTS GARDEN
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RED BANK: Borough shuts community garden in "abundance of caution" after neighbor's testing of its soil appear to show lead contamination, Shehady says.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: JJ’S ORGANIC, FUN AND FAMILIAR
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RED BANK: JJ's Organic Grill, an organic fast food restaurant, offers a menu filled with healthy meals and fresh, fun, comfort foods.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COOLING OFF AT THE LIGHTHOUSE
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RED BANK: The end of a hot summer day finds PieHole chilling with customers at Strollo's Lighthouse for an icy cold, no-booze treat.
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August 25th, 2017 @ 2pm
SEA BRIGHT: SNAPPY HOUR AT BEACHWALK
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SEA BRIGHT: Happy hour at BeachWalk Tiki Bar includes a fishing derby on Tuesdays and panoramic views nearly always.
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August 18th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: ICE CREAM & A MOVIE
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RED BANK: In Riverside Gardens Park, ice cream from Gracie and the Dudes and a free, G-rated movie make for a sweet summer night.
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August 11th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: MIDSUMMER NIGHTS AT TEMPLE BAR
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RED BANK: The Temple Bar behind the Dublin House is the place to run into friends, listen to local bands and enjoy a summer's night in a Gaelic atmosphere.
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August 4th, 2017 @ 2pm
SEA BRIGHT: BREAKFAST AT RORY’S PUB
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SEA BRIGHT: PieHole tucks into omelettes, homefries and coffee at Rory's, a new Ocean Avenue pub that serves breakfast on weekends.
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July 28th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BEER AND MORE AT BIRRAVINO
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RED BANK: PieHole enjoys a breezy evening on the patio at Birravino's new beer garden, where the scent of pizza perfumes the air.
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July 14th, 2017 @ 2pm
SEA BRIGHT: HAPPY HOUR AT EVENTIDE
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SEA BRIGHT: Eventide Grille's dockside bar is a neighborhood secret at happy hour. An enjoyable relaxed vibe comes with bargain cocktails and bar snacks.
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July 7th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COCKTAILS AT RED ROCK
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RED BANK: At Red Rock Tap + Grill, happy hour is all about cocktails and a changing menu of gourmet food with crow's nest views of the Navesink.
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June 30th, 2017 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: BACK TO THE BEACH @ DONOVAN’S
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SEA BRIGHT: PieHole pays a happy hour visit to the revived Donovan's Reef, where the palms sway and the rum buckets chill.
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June 23rd, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: AVOIDING THE CRUSH ON THE PATIO
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RED BANK: Rick Norman mixes an orange crush with a little something added on the back patio at Jamian's, a good place to get away from it all.
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June 16th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: GLAZED AND AMUSED AT LUIGI’S
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RED BANK: PieHole follows the honey-scented aroma to Luigi's Ice Cream for a donut-and-ice-cream sandwich.
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June 9th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CHILLING AND MINGLING AT TEAK
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RED BANK: PieHole gives What's For Lunch a rest and takes it outdoors in search of summer's chillest happy hours and ice cream stands.
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June 2nd, 2017 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? AMELIA’S KITCHEN POPS
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SHREWSBURY: What's for Lunch? Pop's Garage is now Amelia's Kitchen, with the same owners but a new emphasis on healthy eating.
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May 26th, 2017 @ 10am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SALAD WITH RIVERSCAPE
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH: PieHole de-stresses with a light, refreshing salad overlooking the Navesink from the Oyster Point Hotel.
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May 19th, 2017 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HEALTHY DELECTABLES
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LITTLE SILVER: Watching what we eat this week, PieHole gets a takeout from the four-month-old Healthy Palate.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 9am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? EARLY DINNER IN RUMSON
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RUMSON: A late lunch turns into early dinner of French dishes at Russell & Bette's, the former What's Your Beef.
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May 5th, 2017 @ 10am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? RELIABLE FRIED CHICKEN
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SHREWSBURY: What's For Lunch visits the Chicken Kitchen, a strip-mall takeout place known for its reliably good fried chicken.
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April 28th, 2017 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ‘ALL IN’ IN SEA BRIGHT
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SEA BRIGHT: What's For Lunch stumbles on a new venture by familiar faces, and one of the tastiest dishes we've tried in a long time.
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April 21st, 2017 @ 11am
Partyline
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 ...