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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
The developer agreed to redesign the upper floors to incorporate more brickwork than shown in these earlier elevations of the west and east sides of the proposed structure. (Click to englarge) By LAURA KOSS The Red Bank planning board last...
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May 5th, 2009 @ 7am
For unknown reasons, bundles of mail were left out in the rain atop a drop box on Broad Street in Red Bank Monday afternoon. In today's mail: a forecast for more rain. In fact, the soggy weather will dominate through...
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May 5th, 2009 @ 6am
Buona Sera's outdoor dining arrangement on Maple Avenue, as seen from the corner of Monmouth Street. They're back, this time with the blessing of the Red Bank mayor and council. We're talking about new outdoor tables at Buona Sera Ristorante,...
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May 4th, 2009 @ 6am
Dana Ujobagy, owner of Paw Palace, plans to relocate her shop to Monmouth Street in June. One of downtown Red Bank's premier addresses is going to the dogs. Dana Ujobagy (pronounced 'you-ja-bayj'), owner of the Paw Palace luxury dog boutique...
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April 30th, 2009 @ 9am
Fair Haven residents can sign up for alerts about emergencies as well as ordinary community events, features that will also be incorporated into Red Bank's website, officials say. A North Jersey web design firm won approval Monday night to build...
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April 28th, 2009 @ 1pm
Video documentarian Bill Day is back with another short, this time focusing on the impact of the recession on boaters and the vendors who depend on them in Red Bank. Among the locals interviewed are John Matteo and Chann Irwin...
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April 28th, 2009 @ 11am
Instead of razing and rebuilding, Chubby's will get a sprucing-up aimed at attracting a more mature crowd. Chubby's Waterside Café, the increasingly trouble-plagued Red Bank night spot that has been stymied by the economy in its plans for a wholesale...
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April 23rd, 2009 @ 11am
An architectural rendering of the proposed garage and office building, as seen from the northwest corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and West Front Street. A proposal to effectively double the size of the Galleria Red Bank shopping, dining and office complex...
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April 21st, 2009 @ 6am
Claudette Herring and Lauren Phillips-Daly in the doorway of their soon-to-be restaurant, Via 45. The closing of Thyme Square restaurant in Red Bank a few months back was so abrupt that, until about a week ago, one could still peer...
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April 15th, 2009 @ 10am
Jamian LaViola's solution to indoor-outdoor dining on Monmouth Street: garage doors. A long-awaited transformation of a Monmouth Street watering hole moved into its final stages yesterday when Jamian's Food & Drink (formerly Echo), blew out its old facade. In it's...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 10am
Those three spheres featured in last week's 'Where' seem to be quite the eye-catchers. Installed outside the TD Ameritrade office on Broad Street (Route 35) at Monroe Avenue in Shrewsbury, they're clearly decorative, and lend a touch of whimsy to...
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April 9th, 2009 @ 8am
The state Consumer Affairs division took the action as part of a raffle-licensing enforcement. Memory Bowling in Shrewsbury was among 59 bowling alleys statewide cited for conducting 50/50 raffles that violate New Jersey regulations, the state Attorney General's office announced...
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April 7th, 2009 @ 8am
Mark Ginsberg, below right, will close his Art of Play store on Sunday, adding a vacancy next to the space that was home to the short-lived Nibus clothing store. After yearning most of last year for foot traffic into his...
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March 27th, 2009 @ 11am
Shane Bruno outside his new shop on West Front Street. Shane Bruno could use a shave. But give the guy a break. He's hunkering down with his girlfriend and partner, Patricia Gilmartin, as they hustle to open their first business...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 7am
With a parking deck topped by two floors of offices, Galleria Park would connect to the existing building via a two-level footbridge. Below, a view of the proposed structure from West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) The nation's economy may...
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March 19th, 2009 @ 1pm
A heated tent awaits the throng of full-time and part-time Irishmen for today's St. Patrick's Day celebration at the Dublin House. Below, a view of the recently completed first-floor bar. (Click to enlarge) Patrons of today's St. Patrick's Day celebration...
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March 17th, 2009 @ 6am
Hovnanian's head office, as seen from the foot of Maple Avenue. Red Bank-headquartered Hovnanian Enterprises, one of the nation's largest homebuilding companies, saw its losses accelerate in the most recent quarter. The company posted a net loss of $178.4. million...
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March 11th, 2009 @ 6am
Bob Sickles Jr. Sickles Farm Market in Little Silver got some lovin' this weekend as one of four specialty grocers called out in an article in the New Jersey section of Sunday's New York Times. Dovetailing off the opening of...
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March 9th, 2009 @ 5am
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
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)