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A FAIR SIGHT: FAIR HAVEN FIREMEN’S FAIR
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The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair kicks off its traditional week-plus run Friday night. Touted as the biggest firemen’s fair in New Jersey, the event boasts feel-good qualities galore: brimming bowlsContinue reading "A FAIR SIGHT: FAIR HAVEN FIREMEN’S FAIR"
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August 23rd, 2011 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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EXOTIC CAR SHOW SET FOR SATURDAY
A taste of vrooms to come, as seen outside Blue Water Seafood Company last Friday night. (Click to enlarge) Foam-mattress maven Michael Fux, right, has been making the rounds inContinue reading "EXOTIC CAR SHOW SET FOR SATURDAY"
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August 22nd, 2011 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Recognize this stippled stucco structure? Please send us an email, with “Where Have I Seen This?” in the subject line if you think you know the location.
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August 18th, 2011 @ 8am
SAILOR’S DELIGHT NOT IN THE FORECAST
A sailor’s-delight sunset backlit a group of kids on bikes at Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park Wednesday night. But a sailor’s-warning sunrise, and data-reading by the National Weather Service, foretellContinue reading "SAILOR’S DELIGHT NOT IN THE FORECAST"
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August 18th, 2011 @ 6am
BUMPER-TO-DAGMAR TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN
Classic cars began purring into downtown Red Bank late Wednesday afternoon for a charity car show that’s scheduled to overtake Broad Street and other downtown streets until 10 p.m. Above,Continue reading "BUMPER-TO-DAGMAR TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN"
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August 17th, 2011 @ 5pm
ROCK SCHOOL DOES A RED BANK ENCORE
Workers took down the Summit Music signs and  prepped the Monmouth Street building for School of Rock signage last month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "ROCK SCHOOL DOES A RED BANK ENCORE"
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August 17th, 2011 @ 1pm
TWO HOUSES DONATED TO LUNCH BREAK
The two properties adjoining Lunch Break, at right above, will be used to provide social services and clothing to the needy, if plans are approved. (Click to enlarge) Space isContinue reading "TWO HOUSES DONATED TO LUNCH BREAK"
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August 17th, 2011 @ 9am
HOT RODS RUMBLE INTO TOWN FOR A CAUSE
The late Stu Paer, below — whose Red Bank Sleep Shoppe sponsorship could be seen on many cars in competition at Wall Stadium, including his own INSOMNIA funny car —Continue reading "HOT RODS RUMBLE INTO TOWN FOR A CAUSE"
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August 17th, 2011 @ 7am
FIVE BUSTED FOR RED BANK BREAK-INS
Two burglaries at the Riverside Gardens Park concession stant a crackdown on loitering in the park, borough officials said. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank police closed theContinue reading "FIVE BUSTED FOR RED BANK BREAK-INS"
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August 16th, 2011 @ 9am
Red Bank Rec added a peppy new activity to its lineup this summer: ‘Get Up and Jump,’ a double-Dutch jump-roping program conceived and run by borough residents Queenie Ferguson andContinue reading "GOING DOUBLE DUTCH AT BASIE FIELDS"
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August 16th, 2011 @ 6am
The Navesink River Rowing club held its annual Sprints on the ‘Sink regatta out of Maple Cove in Red Bank Saturday morning. redbankgreen photo intern Stacie Fanelli was there toContinue reading "‘SINK OAR STROKE"
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August 15th, 2011 @ 7am
For the second year in a row, former Red Bank residents, newcomers and old-timers gathered for a “family reunion” block party on Drs. James Parker Boulevard Saturday. Photographer Stacie FanelliContinue reading "GETTING THE OLD CROWD TOGETHER AGAIN"
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August 15th, 2011 @ 6am
A FAIR WIND CARRIES DELI DOWN THE BLOCK
Fairwinds Deli made its move down east last week. Below, the late-lunch crowd crams the counter Thursday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The surest signContinue reading "A FAIR WIND CARRIES DELI DOWN THE BLOCK"
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August 12th, 2011 @ 5am
AFTER NEXT ONE, YARD SALE MOVES TO SPRING
Activity was brisk on South Street at the 2009 event. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s fourth annual townwide yard sale is still more than a month away,Continue reading "AFTER NEXT ONE, YARD SALE MOVES TO SPRING"
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August 11th, 2011 @ 2pm
CONDO PLAN CHANGE APPEARS ON FAST TRACK
Rosemary Brewer, above, voiced frustration at Tuesday night’s planning board hearing over a townhouse development proposed in Little Silver. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI AContinue reading "CONDO PLAN CHANGE APPEARS ON FAST TRACK"
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August 11th, 2011 @ 7am
RUMSON ESTATE GOES TO DERBY HORSEMAN
The Dawkins estate in Rumson as seen from the Navesink in 2008. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In a record-setting deal for Rumson, a Wall Street hedge-fund tycoon andContinue reading "RUMSON ESTATE GOES TO DERBY HORSEMAN"
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August 10th, 2011 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: ARBORCIDE AT NATURAL AREA
Nature enthusiasts want the borough to fund restoration of a mistakenly cleared-out area at the Fair Haven Fields Natural Area. Below, the affected site. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: ARBORCIDE AT NATURAL AREA"
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August 9th, 2011 @ 3pm
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: FAIR HAVEN
What’s better: petting a drug-sniffing dog, shaking hands with McGruff the Crime Dog or sinking Mayor Mike Halfacre in the dunk tank? It was a close call at Tuesday night’sContinue reading "NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: FAIR HAVEN"
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August 3rd, 2011 @ 4am
Here’s the full text of an announcement released Tuesday morning by Red Bank police: On Tuesday morning members of the Red Bank Police Department executed a search warrant at aContinue reading "RED BANK: RAID NETS 450 HEROIN DOSES"
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August 2nd, 2011 @ 10am
A NIGHT OUT FOR RED BANK, FAIR HAVEN
Scenes from the 2010 National Night Out in Red Bank. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s one night of the year where the badge andContinue reading "A NIGHT OUT FOR RED BANK, FAIR HAVEN"
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August 1st, 2011 @ 12pm
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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 ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...