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HOV POSTS 12TH CONSECUTIVE NET LOSS
Hovnanian’s HQ, at the foot of Maple Avenue in Red Bank. Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises has notched its third straight year in red ink, according to data released Wednesday. The glimmerContinue reading "HOV POSTS 12TH CONSECUTIVE NET LOSS"
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September 3rd, 2009 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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View Larger Map A decade-long effort to derail a redevelopment plan that would transform Sandy Hook‘s Fort Hancock into a convention facility notched its biggest victory to date yesterday. TheContinue reading "PARKS SERVICE REJECTS SANDY HOOK FIRM"
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August 13th, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: A NEAT NEW D’JEET? AT THE GROVE
It’s been just over a year since redbankgreen‘s homegrown satellite Red Bank oRBit went online, and to mark the festive occasion, we pay a follow-up visit to D’jeet?, the local-organic restaurantContinue reading "IN oRBit: A NEAT NEW D’JEET? AT THE GROVE"
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August 7th, 2009 @ 5am
IT’S NO ACCIDENT
A photo crew relaxing near the scene of a staged crash in Red Bank this morning. It looks, at first glance, like a pretty bad wreck. Nope.
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August 4th, 2009 @ 1pm
In a case that hinged on arcane voting rules about planning boards that do double duty as zoning boards, the state Appellate Division has rejected a Sea Bright beach club’sContinue reading "SURFRIDER EXPANSION PLAN REJECTED AGAIN"
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August 4th, 2009 @ 7am
Can you manage it? The clothing and household-goods merchant is looking someone to run its Red Bank store when the wraps come off at 2 Broad. Retailer Urban Outfitters, whichContinue reading "URBAN OUTFITTERS SHOPPING FOR MANAGER"
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July 28th, 2009 @ 9am
STAPLES TO LAND IN RED BANK’S IN-BOX
The big-box retailer will lease a space less than a quarter the size of its average store at 137-139 Broad Street. Staples Inc., the big-box office supply retailer, is comingContinue reading "STAPLES TO LAND IN RED BANK’S IN-BOX"
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July 15th, 2009 @ 6am
ALL PRETTIED UP
Back in late May, redbankgreen told you about an effort to spruce up a weed-choked traffic island at the intersection of Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street in Red Bank inContinue reading "ALL PRETTIED UP"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 6am
‘JUST PAINTING A HOUSE’
Property owner Ray Rapcavage says he’s not interested in creating a parking lot for postal service employees on the site. But he hasn’t ruled out a farm market. What’s upContinue reading "‘JUST PAINTING A HOUSE’"
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June 30th, 2009 @ 9am
PAW TRAFFIC UP ON MONMOUTH STREET
Dana Ujobagy’s Paw Palace has completed its move from Red Bank’s West Front Street to 16 Monmouth Street, the home of art galleries for the past 25 years. Above, groomerContinue reading "PAW TRAFFIC UP ON MONMOUTH STREET"
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June 16th, 2009 @ 5am
Hovnanian's headquarters on West Front Street. Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises sharply cut its net loss in the quarter ended April 30, compared to year-prior levels. But the publicly traded homebuilder continued to slash prices in the face of contract cancellations...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
'The Godfather,' a chicken dish from the low-carb section of the menu. Stores and other businesses may still be slinking out of Red Bank in the dead of night, but there are signs of economic strength, too. The latest is...
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May 29th, 2009 @ 11am
Looks like downtown Red Bank is about to get a little bit more green — New York Jets green. Wayne Chrebet, a former receiver famous for making third-and-long catches in heavy traffic, has joined the Linden Place office of Morgan...
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May 27th, 2009 @ 11am
Looks like downtown Red Bank is about to get a little bit more green — New York Jets green. Wayne Chrebet, a former receiver famous for making third-and-long catches in heavy traffic, has joined the Linden Place office of Morgan...
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May 27th, 2009 @ 11am
Pizza Fusion plans to take over the vacant space at left and the storefront now being vacated by Sole Solution, right. A Florida-based organic pizza chain that uses recycled Coke bottles in countertops and makes deliveries by hybrid car is...
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May 22nd, 2009 @ 8am
URBAN: A PERFECT FIT FOR DOWNTOWN?
The future home of Urban Outfitters, as seen in late February. In signing Urban Outfitters to take over the ground floor of a prominent Red Bank address, building owner Keith Alliotts has finally bagged what many retailers have long said...
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May 21st, 2009 @ 11am
A crew from Guaranteed Plants & Florist in Locust began pulling weeds Tuesday at the traffic island at Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street in Red Bank on Tuesday. The island will planted with flowers in time for the Memorial Day...
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May 20th, 2009 @ 8am
Lenny, er, Stew Goldstein of Monmouth Meats. There are only so many old-style, independent butchers left in Red Bank. There's Ralph 'Johnny Jazz' Gatta on Shrewsbury Avenue, of course, working the chopping block for some 60 years. The guys at...
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May 13th, 2009 @ 10am
An average 1,000 shoppers stock up on vegetables, fruit, pies and crafts every Sunday at the Red Bank institution, one of the state's largest farm markets. Freshly supplied with approvals to build a parking garage/office building, the owners of the...
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May 8th, 2009 @ 8am
Did Christo and Jeanne-Claude slip in and out of town, leaving behind nothing but a coverup? OK, so it isn't an endeavor on a par with, say, the Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin. Yet this public display remains a mysterious, vaguely...
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May 7th, 2009 @ 6am
Partyline
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(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.