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A Rumson man was arrested following a melee during a baseball game at Red Bank Regional High in Little Silver Saturday afternoon, police said. Patrick Maisto, 49, is alleged toContinue reading "ONE ARRESTED IN BRAWL AT RBR v. R-FH GAME"
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April 27th, 2013 @ 2pm
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RED BANK: NEW RESTAURANT PLANNED
Plans filed with the borough call for the creation of a restaurant at the long-vacant former home of Fameabilia. A deal to sell the property is in the works. (ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW RESTAURANT PLANNED"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 3pm
Urban Outfitters, the owner of national clothing chains with a presence in downtown Red Bank and Shrewsbury, reported strong revenue gains in its fourth fiscal quarter, even as stores thatContinue reading "REVENUE & PROFIT UP AT URBAN OUTFITTERS"
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March 12th, 2013 @ 7am
Flip-flops over coverage of homeowner repair costs prompted town officials to withdraw from a pilot program, they said. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Frustrated by bureaucratic waffling, Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT DROPS ‘UNWORKABLE’ FEMA FIX"
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March 6th, 2013 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE WINS DEM’S BACKING
Governor Chris Christie poses with Boondocks Fishery owner Kelly Ryan wearing lobster-claw headgear given out at the Red Bank restaurant. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTONContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE WINS DEM’S BACKING"
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February 21st, 2013 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: CLOSINGS ROCK RIVER ROAD
Nature’s Emporoium is closing after 40 years in the same location, and will be replaced by a women’s clothing boutique displaced from Sea Bright. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: CLOSINGS ROCK RIVER ROAD"
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January 30th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: PHARMACY CLOSING TODAY
Tom McGrath wishes Mary Respol well on her final day of 26 years working for the Yura family. A passerby checks out the window display, below. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: PHARMACY CLOSING TODAY"
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December 18th, 2012 @ 2pm
Rumson firefighters shine floodlights on the Shrewsbury River from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge during the November, 2010 search for kayaker David Civile. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD TheContinue reading "TWO YEARS LATER, KAYAKER’S REMAINS ID’D"
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December 6th, 2012 @ 6pm
RED BANK: FIRE RIPS THROUGH RESIDENCE
Below, property owner Lee Jasper Rogers talks with Fire Marshal Stanley Sickels. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fire tore through a Red Bank home and filled a street-levelContinue reading "RED BANK: FIRE RIPS THROUGH RESIDENCE"
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November 25th, 2012 @ 6pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This little fella appears to have more than just a patina of class, doesn’t he? But if he invited you to join him, Where would you be?
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November 15th, 2012 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT BRACES FOR MORE, ONLY LESS
A comfort tent has been set up for personnel manning the blockade on the Rumson side of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WILContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BRACES FOR MORE, ONLY LESS"
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November 7th, 2012 @ 4pm
RED BANK DEMS MAINTAIN LOCK ON POWER
Councilman Mike DuPont referred to his wife’s battle with cancer in his victory speech, with running mate Art Murphy at his side.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD &Continue reading "RED BANK DEMS MAINTAIN LOCK ON POWER"
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November 6th, 2012 @ 11pm
UPSTAIRS? NADA. DOWNSTAIRS? UTILITY POLE
It sounded a bit like an urban myth, but redbankgreen can now confirm it: Hurricane Sandy tossed a telephone pole into one of the units at the Anchorage Apartments inContinue reading "UPSTAIRS? NADA. DOWNSTAIRS? UTILITY POLE"
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November 5th, 2012 @ 4pm
redbankgreen photographer Peter Lindner waded in up to his waist to get pictures of Hurricane Sandy smashing into Sea Bright on Monday. Our slideshow also includes some post-storm shots fromContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: IN THE TEETH OF THE STORM"
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October 30th, 2012 @ 8pm
SEA BRIGHT SMASHED BY HURRICANE SANDY
Ship Ahoy Beach Club appears heavily damaged, as seen from the bridge. Below, Ocean Avenue looking north during the storm Monday. (Photo below by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SMASHED BY HURRICANE SANDY"
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October 30th, 2012 @ 7pm
The above map indicates that the probability of storm surges of six feet or more accompanying Hurricane Sandy are greater along the Navesink River, upper Shrewsbury River, Sandy Hook BayContinue reading "GOOGLE FORECASTS HIGHEST SURGES HERE"
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October 29th, 2012 @ 12am
Residents crowded the downtown bus stop and shopkeepers boarded up windows Sunday afternoon in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By: REBECCA DESFOSSE Most orContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BATTENS DOWN FOR WALLOPING"
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October 28th, 2012 @ 6pm
By JOHN T. WARD Nearly a year after Moody’s went negative on Red Bank, the Wall Street debt rater has reversed course, borough officials said. The credit research firm toldContinue reading "RED BANK: MOODY’S LIFTS NEGATIVE OUTLOOK"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 12pm
FERRARO BECOMES SHREWSBURY’S TOP COP
Chief Lou Ferraro and his wife, Eda, gret well-wishers after his swearing-in Monday night. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSE Joined by his family, friends andContinue reading "FERRARO BECOMES SHREWSBURY’S TOP COP"
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October 2nd, 2012 @ 7am
DANGER: FALLING LIMBS AT BELLHAVEN
David Prown came across this sign at Bellhaven Park on Locust Avenue in Red Bank while walking Friday afternoon. According to Gary Watson, director of the borough’s public works department, two trees,Continue reading "DANGER: FALLING LIMBS AT BELLHAVEN"
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September 14th, 2012 @ 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 ...