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CARDS FEATURE OLD RED BANK BUILDINGS
Line drawings of distinctive structures by Terry McCue, below, are on display at Red Bank’s borough hall. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Here’s a stocking-stuffer idea that’s asContinue reading "CARDS FEATURE OLD RED BANK BUILDINGS"
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December 20th, 2011 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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CHRISTMAS BABY RETURNS TO THE BASIE
Darlene Love, the original “Christmas Baby,” joins the great Ben E. King at the Basie in a show entitled LOVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. It’s almost universally regarded as the greatestContinue reading "CHRISTMAS BABY RETURNS TO THE BASIE"
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December 19th, 2011 @ 5pm
It was silly Saturday in Red Bank, as roving bands of Santas and Cousin Eddies did some major barhopping for charity, hitting just about every watering hole in town andContinue reading "A FESTIVE DAY OF SANTAS, EDDIES & A HORSE"
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December 19th, 2011 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER FIRE VICTIMS SEEK MEMENTOS
The Loftus home, on Carriage Lane, during last Saturday’s fire. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Their lives were spared, and for that they are grateful. Their home, aContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER FIRE VICTIMS SEEK MEMENTOS"
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December 16th, 2011 @ 9am
HOPE SWINGS ETERNAL FOR BANDIERA
Bob Bandiera brings his all-star jinglebell-jam rock spectacular back to the Basie on Monday night with Hope Concert V. In an interview we did with Bob Bandiera a couple ofContinue reading "HOPE SWINGS ETERNAL FOR BANDIERA"
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December 16th, 2011 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: AMPING IT UP FOR THE TROOPS
Dead Bank brings its Grateful Dead salute to the K of C this Saturday as part of a matinee musicfest in support of the Wounded Warrior Project. Asbury Park mightContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: AMPING IT UP FOR THE TROOPS"
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December 15th, 2011 @ 9am
PROWN’S 2012 CALENDAR: A MINOR DISASTER
A bicyclist passes Prown’s Home Improvements on Monmouth Street in Red Bank, where enlargements from the 2012 calendar are on display. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Who amongContinue reading "PROWN’S 2012 CALENDAR: A MINOR DISASTER"
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December 14th, 2011 @ 12pm
AT THE BASIE: A MULTITUDE OF VOICES
Middletown’s Nancy Scharff — and a heavenly host of helpers — present their annual celebration of Christmas in words and music Friday at the Count Basie Theatre. As the founderContinue reading "AT THE BASIE: A MULTITUDE OF VOICES"
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December 14th, 2011 @ 8am
SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET
It’s full! The number of aspiring Cousin Eddies taking part in the second annual EddieCon pub crawl has been capped at twenty — but there’s still room for not-so-secret SantasContinue reading "SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET"
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December 14th, 2011 @ 6am
A SOLD-OUT STOP FOR HOLIDAY EXPRESS
Onstage guest The Grinch makes like The Boss as Tim McLoone and Holiday Express perform at a recent Town Lighting ceremony in Red Bank. The all-volunteer musical force returns toContinue reading "A SOLD-OUT STOP FOR HOLIDAY EXPRESS"
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December 13th, 2011 @ 7am
MAKING LIKE ROCKETTES ON SCHOOL STAGES
Santa and team prep for a grand entrance at Red Bank Catholic’s Holiday Dance Spectacular, going up tonight and tomorrow at the school’s Broad Street Auditorium. While throngs of shoppersContinue reading "MAKING LIKE ROCKETTES ON SCHOOL STAGES"
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December 9th, 2011 @ 10am
GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?
Jon Bon Jovi in the Advil commercial he shot in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) Back in September, redbankgreen told you about Jon Bon Jovi shooting a commercial for AdvilContinue reading "GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?"
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December 9th, 2011 @ 8am
JOYOUS, MAJESTIC INDOOR VOICES, PLEASE
A 2010 performance of the Monmouth Civic Chorus, conducted by Mark Shapiro, at the First Presbyterian Church, Red Bank. It’s a local holiday tradition of which it’s been said, “ItContinue reading "JOYOUS, MAJESTIC INDOOR VOICES, PLEASE"
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December 9th, 2011 @ 7am
FOURSOME LAUNCHING RUMSON ART SCHOOL
Beth Sillen, Eileen Burgess, Meg Sellig and Maricarmen Buckley hope Canvas Studio Art will fill a void that the public schools cannot. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD TheyContinue reading "FOURSOME LAUNCHING RUMSON ART SCHOOL"
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December 8th, 2011 @ 12pm
RBC GYMNASTICS COACH SUTPHEN DIES
The Red Bank Catholic community is mourning the loss this week of  girls’ gymnastics coach Maureen Sutphen. Sutphen, 51, died Tuesday of complications of surgery at Riverview Medical Center, theContinue reading "RBC GYMNASTICS COACH SUTPHEN DIES"
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December 8th, 2011 @ 6am
HONK IF YOU’RE FEELING DUCKY
Michael Genet as Bullfrog, center with the Froglets in the TRTC production of ‘Honk!” (Photo by T. Charles Erickson. Click to enlarge) By TOM CHESEK Old European superstition has itContinue reading "HONK IF YOU’RE FEELING DUCKY"
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December 7th, 2011 @ 7am
FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT
Some 600 food lovers packed the ballrooms at the Oyster Point Hotel Thursday night as two dozen Red Bank restaurants offered samplings of their cuisines, from empanadas to ravioli toContinue reading "FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 8am
KETTLE COMPETITION HEATS UP
Action from the 2010 girls’ championship game between Forrestdale and Knollwood. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) The Salvation Army Red Bank Corps building on Newman Springs Road isContinue reading "KETTLE COMPETITION HEATS UP"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 7am
LIT AND LIVELY AT OYSTER POINT
An example of Gerda Liebmann’s “light paintings,” on view against the riverfront scenery of the Oyster Point Hotel beginning Friday night. If there’s still such a thing as a BestContinue reading "LIT AND LIVELY AT OYSTER POINT"
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December 1st, 2011 @ 7am
SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR
Jersey Shore guitar master Sonny Kenn provides the sonic spice as the Red Bank Flavour culinary campaign kicks off with a special holiday season smorgasbord benefit Thursday night at theContinue reading "SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR"
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November 30th, 2011 @ 1pm
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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.