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RED BANK GOP CANDIDATE NOW RUNS SOLO
Council candidate Suzanne Viscomi, left, joined by state Senator Jen Beck, center, and Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini, answers questions during a presser in her driveway Monday. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK GOP CANDIDATE NOW RUNS SOLO"
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PADDLE? YOU WERE GONNA GET WET ANYWAY
A sudden downpour was a delight for these kids on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank Saturday morning. Meanwhile, down by the river, displays for Paddle the Navesink Day are setContinue reading "PADDLE? YOU WERE GONNA GET WET ANYWAY"
COLORFUL FUN FOR KIDS ON MONMOUTH
Marissa Porskievies squirts a sampling of primary colors into a palette at her store’s “paint station.” (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge.) By STACIE FANELLI Marissa Porskievies envisions her newContinue reading "COLORFUL FUN FOR KIDS ON MONMOUTH"
Sea Bright’s volunteer emergency services are pulling for one of their own following a boogie-boarding accident that left a first aider with a broken neck Thursday. Police Chief John SorrentinoContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT FIRST AIDER INJURED IN OCEAN"
RED BANK PRE-K: ALL IN, IF NOT ALL IN TOWN
Teacher Kelly Hogan greets a returning four-year-old in her new classroom at RBR Thursday. Below, students gets ready to draw their own portraits.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK PRE-K: ALL IN, IF NOT ALL IN TOWN"
LITTLE SILVER: NAVIGATING BACK TO SCHOOL
Parents and children crossed a bridge under reconstruction on Seven Bridges Road en route to Point Road School Thursday. A modular bridge will be installed to keep the route openContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: NAVIGATING BACK TO SCHOOL"
LITTLE SILVER BRACES FOR DETOUR WALLOPS
A map showing the overlay detours that take effect with the reopening of Little Silver schools on Thursday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Drivers who ignore a widelyContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER BRACES FOR DETOUR WALLOPS"
Red Bank police arrested an Elm Place man on charges he sexually assaulted two girls over the course of a year, they announced Tuesday. Jose Fuentes, 52, was taken intoContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR CHILD SEX ASSAULTS"
YAKERS OVER THE MOON ABOUT PADDLING
When the moon isn’t busy waxing and waning, it plays host to the Exit 109 Yakers‘ monthly celebration of the sport of kayaking. The group, which comprises both newcomers lookingContinue reading "YAKERS OVER THE MOON ABOUT PADDLING"
FAIR HAVEN’S KIDS CELEBRATE WALDO’S 25TH
More than 75 Fair Haven kids came out to play with Waldo in a month-long scavenger hunt that culminated in the beloved character’s birthday party Thursday. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN’S KIDS CELEBRATE WALDO’S 25TH"
The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair continues for three more nights, and the weather forecast is pretty smactacular for the run. redbankgreen reporter Stacie Fanelli was there for opening night lastContinue reading "A DAZZLING WAY TO END A SUMMER"
CLASSES KEEP IT FRESH AT LUNCH BREAK
Cooking instructor Roseanne Monroe shows her cooking class the dragon fruit she picked up at the market to use as an artistic element in a dish. (Photos by Stacie Fanelli.Continue reading "CLASSES KEEP IT FRESH AT LUNCH BREAK"
ROWING INTO THEIR FUTURES
Akin Gaddis’s fellow Pool School participants look on as he works on basic rowing techniques using a simulator before heading into the Navesink for the real deal. (Photos by StacieContinue reading "ROWING INTO THEIR FUTURES"
FIREHOUSE COLORING BOOK TO LIGHT UP FAIR
Lisa Toohey at the writing desk in which she created her coloring book about the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair, below.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD For Lisa TooheyContinue reading "FIREHOUSE COLORING BOOK TO LIGHT UP FAIR"
Twelve-year-old Akin Gaddis, a student at the Ranney School in Tinton Falls, reads Langston Hughes‘ poem titled ‘Negro‘ at the Red Bank council meeting Wednesday night as part of aContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUNG ORATORS DEBUT"
A CHANGE OF SEASON, A HAPPENING WEEKEND
Red Bank musical movers and shakers Chuck Lambert, Joe Muccioli and the Al Wright Unit’s Ruth Wright pay tribute to the late Ralph “Johnny Jazz” Gatta, in a special outdoorContinue reading "A CHANGE OF SEASON, A HAPPENING WEEKEND"
FIRED UP FOR THE FAIR HAVEN FAIR
There’s just enough room to squeeze between the rides and booths that pack the grounds of the Fire Haven firehouse for the annual Firemen’s Fair, touted as the largest suchContinue reading "FIRED UP FOR THE FAIR HAVEN FAIR"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 10 to August 17, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft of Services occurringContinue reading "CASH STOLEN FROM CHURCH POOR BOXES"
FAIR HAVEN: AN OLYMPIAN RETURNS HOME
Swimmer and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional grad Connor Jaeger got a loud, loving welcome home from the London Summer Olympics as fire and first aiders paraded him through Rumson and hisContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: AN OLYMPIAN RETURNS HOME"
MOUTHWATERING AT THE MOLLY
Hundreds of food lovers turned out at the Molly Pitcher Inn to sample the culinary best of Red Bank restaurants and stores at a benefit for the Red Bank MiddleContinue reading "MOUTHWATERING AT THE MOLLY"
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...