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ON THE GREEN: WARM ENCOUNTER IN RUMSON
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A deer checks out two-legged visitors enjoying a first-full-day-of-spring stroll in Rumson’s Meadowridge Park late Monday afternoon. The post-winter thaw continues Tuesday, with temperatures expected to peak at about 55 degrees,Continue reading "ON THE GREEN: WARM ENCOUNTER IN RUMSON"
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March 22nd, 2016 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW
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Decoys and demos, auctions and appraisals, paintings and drawings and more, as the Two Rivers Exhibition of Sporting Collectible Art returns to Forrestdale School on Saturday.
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March 8th, 2016 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: DOLPHIN STAY RAISES CONCERNS
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A stand-up paddler got close to the dolphin in the Shrewsbury River between Sea Bright and Rumson last week. Marine experts say humans and boats should keep away from the animal.  (Photo byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DOLPHIN STAY RAISES CONCERNS"
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January 5th, 2016 @ 7am
A Red Bank pet shop was among more than two dozen retailers statewide cited for violating a law aimed at giving consumers more information about animals for sale, the New Jersey Attorney General’sContinue reading "RED BANK: PET SHOP CITED FOR NOTICE ISSUES"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 5pm
RED BANK: DEER… OR REINDEER?
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With Christmas over, were three of Santa’s reindeer hoping to reunite with Jolly St. Nick in Red Bank over the weekend? Borough resident Charlie Bierly photographed this deer trio in the intersection ofContinue reading "RED BANK: DEER… OR REINDEER?"
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January 2nd, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN SPLASH PAD SPUTTERS
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An entrance to Bellhaven Natural Area on Locust Avenue. A proposed playground would be sited within the of loop the path shown above. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: BELLHAVEN SPLASH PAD SPUTTERS"
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November 12th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: TENNIS FANS MUSTER FOR COURTS
The tennis courts, overgrown with weeds since being swamped by Hurricane Sandy three years ago, got a sprucing-up from the borough last week. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: TENNIS FANS MUSTER FOR COURTS"
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November 10th, 2015 @ 8am
The clay tennis courts at Marine Park as seen in August. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD All three private-sector proposals for the future ofContinue reading "RED BANK: MARINE PARK PROJECTS NIXED"
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November 3rd, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: BURNHAM BLASTS PARK DELAY
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The clay tennis courts at Marine Park as seen last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Five months after three proposals were submitted, theContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM BLASTS PARK DELAY"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 3pm
Little Silver-based pet photographer and author Kim Levin visits Red Bank’s Galleria Sunday for a book signing session to benefit the Save US Pets Foundation. Animal lovers and book loversContinue reading "RED BANK: A PAWS FOR A BUSY PET PHOTOG"
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September 18th, 2015 @ 12pm
SANDY HOOK: A BLITZ IN TIME
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Amateur naturalists, students and other volunteers are invited to assist a team of scientists in a “BioBlitz” census of species on Sandy Hook, beginning September 18. Press release from NationalContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: A BLITZ IN TIME"
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September 11th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNCIL GIRDS FOR POSSIBLE SUIT
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The clay tennis courts at Marine Park as seen last month, above. Below, an architect’s depiction of the proposed Red Bank Harbor plan. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL GIRDS FOR POSSIBLE SUIT"
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September 10th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: DOG DAYS DWINDLE, DOGGONE IT
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[UPDATE, September 1: This event has been canceled due to concerns about heat and air quality and will not be rescheduled.] In another sign of summer’s fadeout, Red Bank is scheduledContinue reading "RED BANK: DOG DAYS DWINDLE, DOGGONE IT"
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August 31st, 2015 @ 4pm
RED BANK: MIFFED TORTOISE MISSING
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A Red Bank family is asking for helping finding an exotic tortoise that went missing Tuesday. “It’s mating season, and the male apparently got a little too aggressive,” prompting theContinue reading "RED BANK: MIFFED TORTOISE MISSING"
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August 19th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: A WALK OF FAME FOR LOCAL MUTTS
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All Dogs Go to Hollywood  as Red Bank RiverCenter presents the latest of its canine-friendly Dog Days events Tuesday evening. At a time of year when Hollywood separates its summerContinue reading "RED BANK: A WALK OF FAME FOR LOCAL MUTTS"
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August 17th, 2015 @ 5pm
LITTLE SILVER: PREDAWN CRASH ON BRANCH
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An unidentified motorist suffered minor injuries from crashing into a concrete driveway pillar on Branch Avenue near Silverton Avenue in Little Silver at about 3:55 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Dan ShafferyContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: PREDAWN CRASH ON BRANCH"
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August 17th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: JETSUN DEFENDS PROPOSAL
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A rendering by architect Mike Simpson of the Red Bank Harbor proposal, as seen from the horseshoe marina at Marine Park. Below, Jetsun principals Doug Booton, Michael Hernandez and Anthony Jude SetaroContinue reading "RED BANK: JETSUN DEFENDS PROPOSAL"
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August 12th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: DUPONT ZAPS JETSUN PROPOSAL
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The red clay courts, idled since Hurricane Sandy, as seen from the Monmouth Boat Club next door. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: DUPONT ZAPS JETSUN PROPOSAL"
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August 11th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET CHURNS
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Moving to Red Bank from Spring Lake, Charleston Shops is taking over 9 Monmouth Street, above, former home of Toad Hollow. By JOHN T. WARD This installment of redbankgreen’s Retail Churn finds lots ofContinue reading "RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET CHURNS"
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August 3rd, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: ACTION EXPECTED ON COURT PLANS
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Wondering about the fate of Red Bank’s clay tennis courts in Marine Park, and whether they’ll be saved or replaced by either of two competing proposals to develop the waterfrontContinue reading "RED BANK: ACTION EXPECTED ON COURT PLANS"
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July 24th, 2015 @ 2pm
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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.
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 ...