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Hovnanian’s headquarters, at the foot of Maple Avenue in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank-based homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises has agreed to pay $1 million for violations of federal CleanContinue reading "HOV HIT WITH $1 MILLION IN FINES"
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LONGTIME LEGISLATOR JOE AZZOLINA, 84
Joe Azzolina at Red Bank’s centennial picnic in May, 2008. (Click to enlarge) Middletown’s Joe Azzolina, a supermarket executive who who served in Trenton as both a state Senator andContinue reading "LONGTIME LEGISLATOR JOE AZZOLINA, 84"
COMING TO BROAD: WOMEN’S CLOTHING SHOP
Dor L’Dor’s owner hopes to open in mid-May. (Click to enlarge) A Manhattan-based clothing store catering to women aged 16 to 36 has signed a lease in downtown Red Bank,Continue reading "COMING TO BROAD: WOMEN’S CLOTHING SHOP"
JACK’S PLAYS THE LIVE CARD ON SATURDAY
Chris Dargis and Laura Monzo are among the well known locals (and mysterious guests) appearing at Jack’s Music Shoppe during Record Store Day this Saturday. By TOM CHESEK April 17Continue reading "JACK’S PLAYS THE LIVE CARD ON SATURDAY"
BATH JUNKIE GETS UNEXPECTED CLEANING
Bath Junkie executives made an unplanned trip to Red Bank Monday to restock their Monmouth Street store after an employee allegedly cleaned it out of all merchandise. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "BATH JUNKIE GETS UNEXPECTED CLEANING"
ZEBU’S ON THE MOVE… OUT BACK
Zebu Forno is expanding into this space formerly occupied by Red Bank Red Hot. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Freehold, Hoboken, Holmdel and Morristown have all been targetsContinue reading "ZEBU’S ON THE MOVE… OUT BACK"
RARE BREED SQUEAKS INTO TOWN
Orlando Dawkins of Tinton Falls checks out a pair of sneaks on opening day at Rare Breed earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By WID CONROY Newly shuffled into downtownContinue reading "RARE BREED SQUEAKS INTO TOWN"
GOOD KARMA’S GONNA GET YOU
The gals behind Good Karma: Gail Doherty, left, and Tiffany Betts. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Gail Doherty and Tiffany Betts are back in town. And this time,Continue reading "GOOD KARMA’S GONNA GET YOU"
ITALIAN EATERY TO SET UP AT GATEWAY SITE
A take-out and sit down restaurant called My Italian Kitchen will set up shop in the former Key Motors garage at Broad Street and Maple Avenue. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI LooksContinue reading "ITALIAN EATERY TO SET UP AT GATEWAY SITE"
FEDS: SHARMA TO BE DEPORTED
Sunny Sharma’s Leighton Avenue business, Best Deli & Food Market, was open Monday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) Federal immigration officials say Red Bank retailer Sunny Sharma remains in their custodyContinue reading "FEDS: SHARMA TO BE DEPORTED"
Sunny Sharma, a onetime Red Bank liquor retailer who was stripped of his license for selling booze to minors, has been arrested on an alleged immigration violation, redbankgreen has learned.Continue reading "SHARMA BUSTED ON IMMIGRATION WARRANT"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
No, it’s not an April Fool’s trick. This week’s Where is a double-take. A twofer. Twice the challenge. You gotta call out both locations. Email us your answers, please.
RED BANK STORES SHINE IN MAG’S POLL
A recent view down Broad Street in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In addition to Democratic bent and hyperlocal news sources, Red Bank and Maplewood can addContinue reading "RED BANK STORES SHINE IN MAG’S POLL"
A NEW PIZZERIA, AND A RAVE FOR VIA 45
Pizza Fusion boasts 68 seats, and plans to offer delivery in about three weeks. (Click to enlarge) We’ve got some Red Bank eatery news this rainy Monday, with a long-awaitedContinue reading "A NEW PIZZERIA, AND A RAVE FOR VIA 45"
GROUP SEEKS FAIR TRADE CERT IN RED BANK
Bags like this one, and Fair Trade products, may become more prevalent in Red Bank. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank has held several appellations in itsContinue reading "GROUP SEEKS FAIR TRADE CERT IN RED BANK"
To best appreciate our angle on the gilded wrench shown in last week’s Where, perhaps one has to pull up beside it in a tiny British roadster.
FROZEN SUBSTANCE DOESN’T NEED SHOVELING
Co-owner Daniel Natale outside his Frozsürt store, which opened on Monmouth Street yesterday. (Click to enlarge) Just in time for the sudden onset of springlike weather and the end, weContinue reading "FROZEN SUBSTANCE DOESN’T NEED SHOVELING"
INVASION OF THE BRIDES-TO-BE
Discover NJ’s Frank Dicopoulos, left, interviews Margaret Mass and Kevin Barry for a video promoting this weekend’s Wedding Walk. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For the soon-to-be-married guysContinue reading "INVASION OF THE BRIDES-TO-BE"
A DOWNED LINE, AND A LOVING SPOUSE
“I’d be toast,” says Gary Bernstein of Atlantic Glass, as he looks at the live power line that landed just feet from the building’s gas supply line, below. (Click toContinue reading "A DOWNED LINE, AND A LOVING SPOUSE"
BARBER BUSTED FOR TRASHING OWN SHOP
Shane Bruno outside his shop on West Front Street in March, 2009, prior to its opening. Shane Bruno, who brought back old-style barbering to a tiny Red Bank shop thatContinue reading "BARBER BUSTED FOR TRASHING OWN SHOP"
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(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.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.