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RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN PLANS LEGRAND VISIT
By: REBECCA DESFOSSE Just over two years ago, Eric LeGrand’s life changed in a flash. During the fourth quarter of a football game against Army, LeGrand, a Rutgers University defensiveContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN PLANS LEGRAND VISIT"
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October 23rd, 2012 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK HEAD LIBRARIAN OUSTED
By JOHN T. WARD After less than a year in the job, Red Bank Public Library director Mary Faith Chmiel has been forced out. Chmiel, right, tells redbankgreen she wasContinue reading "RED BANK HEAD LIBRARIAN OUSTED"
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October 22nd, 2012 @ 1pm
AUTHOR OPENS SERIES WITH HARD TRUTHS
By DAN NATALE What does it take to become a published author of fiction? Will power, says Aryn Kyle, author of the national best-selling young-adult novel The God of Animals.Continue reading "AUTHOR OPENS SERIES WITH HARD TRUTHS"
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October 16th, 2012 @ 7am
IN ASBURY AND IN PRINT: RATS AND BARFLIES
Cliff Galbraith with his two recent comic books, above, and talking with fan John Hanley on Broad Street, below. (Click to enlarge) This Saturday, a pair of Red Bank comicContinue reading "IN ASBURY AND IN PRINT: RATS AND BARFLIES"
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September 26th, 2012 @ 9am
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"
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August 31st, 2012 @ 3am
SMITH FANS UNITE, INCHING TOWARD STASH
Fans waited in line as long as 10 hours with Kevin Smith books, films and artwork to be signed by their hero. Below, actor Jason Mewes, trailed by a videoContinue reading "SMITH FANS UNITE, INCHING TOWARD STASH"
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August 27th, 2012 @ 10am
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"
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August 24th, 2012 @ 9am
SOUNDS ALL OVER TOWN
Red Bank offered a sprawling buffet of delights for music lovers Saturday night as the Brookdale Big Band, right, laid down a smooth bed of Basie, Ellington and other greatsContinue reading "SOUNDS ALL OVER TOWN"
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July 23rd, 2012 @ 9am
BELLHEADS PICK UP A SIGNAL FROM THE PAST
It was an evening of I-thought-I’d-see-you-heres as an overflow crowd of more than 100 attendees – a preponderance of them white-haired, and many once employed by Bell Labs – turnedContinue reading "BELLHEADS PICK UP A SIGNAL FROM THE PAST"
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June 29th, 2012 @ 8am
IN LITTLE SILVER, REDIALING OLD BELL LABS
Award winning tech and business journalist Jon Gertner visits the Little Silver Public Library Thursday to discuss his book THE IDEA FACTORY: BELL LABS AND THE GREAT AGE OF AMERICANContinue reading "IN LITTLE SILVER, REDIALING OLD BELL LABS"
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June 27th, 2012 @ 9am
A TREE GROWS IN… OH, NEVER MIND
7:24 p.m.: A dozen readers gathered at a long table in the Red Bank Public Library‘s Eisner Room for a discussion of Betty Smith’s “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” aContinue reading "A TREE GROWS IN… OH, NEVER MIND"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 9pm
NO SAND, NO PROBLEM
3:49 p.m. Dave Dries doesn’t like air conditioning, and a day of record heat doesn’t faze him. With temperatures in the mid-90s, Dries, of Lincroft had Red Bank’s Marine Park nearlyContinue reading "NO SAND, NO PROBLEM"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 5pm
A T-Rex from Field Station: Dinosaurs in Secaucus visited the Red Bank Public Library Saturday morning to the delight of dozens of children and parents, who formed a mob aroundContinue reading "SCALY MONSTER ROAMS LIBRARY LAWN"
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June 11th, 2012 @ 4pm
RED BANK TO GET ALL JURASSIC-ED UP
Field Station: Dinosaur’s Tyrannosaurus Rex, seen here in its native habitat in Secaucus, is coming to Red Bank Saturday.  (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER The Red Bank Public LibraryContinue reading "RED BANK TO GET ALL JURASSIC-ED UP"
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June 7th, 2012 @ 5pm
Cases of new books await distribution at River Road Books, above. Soul Kitchen, below, will serve as a giver site. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Book fans know thatContinue reading "SOUL KITCHEN, BOOKSTORE IN GIVEAWAY"
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April 20th, 2012 @ 1pm
LIBRARY LOVERS AT HOME IN EISNER’S HOUSE
Guests explored the second-floor New Jersey Room, above, where uniforms produced by the Eisner factory were on display.  (Photos by Stephanie Schroepfer. Click to enlarge) By STEPHANIE SCHROEPFER Seventy-five yearsContinue reading "LIBRARY LOVERS AT HOME IN EISNER’S HOUSE"
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April 16th, 2012 @ 10am
RED BANK YARD SALE NOW A SPRING THING
Now in its fifth edition, the townwide event encourages the recycling of household goods, promoters say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s Townwide Yard Sale returns inContinue reading "RED BANK YARD SALE NOW A SPRING THING"
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April 13th, 2012 @ 7am
River Road Books in Fair Haven has more pre-orders for ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ than it has seen for any book since Pottermania. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "A RUSH AND A HUSH FOR SEXY ‘FIFTY SHADES’"
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April 3rd, 2012 @ 9am
RESTAURATEUR ADDS ‘AUTHOR’ TO RÉSUMÉ
Victor Rallo drains a bottle of vino into a guest’s glass at his book-signing party last Thursday night. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By STACIE FANELLI Victor RalloContinue reading "RESTAURATEUR ADDS ‘AUTHOR’ TO RÉSUMÉ"
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March 7th, 2012 @ 12pm
LIBRARY TO FETE LIFE OF SIGMUND EISNER
Local-history librarian Elizabeth McDermott, below, with a custom-branded Eisner lightbulb in the second-floor New Jersey Room of the Red Bank Public Library, once the home of industrialist Sigmund Eisner. (ClickContinue reading "LIBRARY TO FETE LIFE OF SIGMUND EISNER"
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March 7th, 2012 @ 11am
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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 ...