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TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY
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This July, kids can celebrate Christmas at Toymasters in Red Bank.Voted “New Jersey’s Best Toy Store” by New Jersey Monthly magazine, Toymasters is partnering with the borough-based nonprofit Lunch BreakContinue reading "TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: COMING SOON
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Theatergoers and others who just want to pull up a seat opposite the Count Basie Theatre will soon have an outdoor option outside Red Bank borough hall, where RiverCenter andContinue reading "RED BANK: COMING SOON"
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June 24th, 2014 @ 1pm
SEA BRIGHT TRIES A NEW ANGLE ON PARKING
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Kathy Morris attempts to park in the new reverse-angle spaces last week; she promises she’ll soon master the task. The concept was championed by trauma nurse Linda Richter, below. (PhotosContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TRIES A NEW ANGLE ON PARKING"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: A POT STORE? WELL, SHOOT…
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Is Red Bank getting a medical marijuana dispensary? That was the takeaway for a number of redbankgreen readers when they saw the painting above, which went up in a windowContinue reading "RED BANK: A POT STORE? WELL, SHOOT…"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: RUNA EYES SUMMER OPENING
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Runa, a proposed Peruvian restaurant on Monmouth Street in Red Bank that’s been “coming soon” for two years, will open this summer, owner-chef Marita Lynn writes in a new blogContinue reading "RED BANK: RUNA EYES SUMMER OPENING"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: NIRVANA MOVING TO GROVE
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Red Bank clothing store Nirvana is heading south, relocating to the space formerly occupied by McLoone’s Running Store in the Grove at Shrewsbury. A sign at the Grove says theContinue reading "RED BANK: NIRVANA MOVING TO GROVE"
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June 18th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: MUANG THAI BACK IN BUSINESS
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Red Bank’s Muang Thai restaurant is back in business after it was seized by the state Treasury Department over unpaid taxes last Thursday. Jack Pongnoo, owner of the East Front StreetContinue reading "RED BANK: MUANG THAI BACK IN BUSINESS"
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June 18th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: MEET, GREET, LIE DOWN, PANT
[slideshow_deploy id=’91022′]Tails wagged and pink tongues slobbered as Dog Days of Summer, an effort by Red Bank RiverCenter to boost evening sales downtown, returned to a stretch of Monmouth StreetContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET, GREET, LIE DOWN, PANT"
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June 18th, 2014 @ 5am
RED BANK: TAXMAN SEIZES THAI RESTAURANT
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Muang Thai owner Jack Pongnoo, seated, with Muang Thai staffers last August. Below, the sticker slapped on the restaurant door by state tax officials Thursday. (Photo above by Robert Kern, belowContinue reading "RED BANK: TAXMAN SEIZES THAI RESTAURANT"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 6pm
RED BANK: ‘GOURMET’ MAC ‘N CHEESE? YEP.
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The mac-and-cheese at Mac Attack. Abe Elkomey at the griddle, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Mac Attack Gourmet Cheesery blew into Red Bank lastContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘GOURMET’ MAC ‘N CHEESE? YEP."
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June 10th, 2014 @ 10am
SPRING 2014: A GRAY WEEK CONTINUES
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Fog-enshrouded sailboats moored in our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Maple Cove in Red Bank Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service forecasts that cloudy, humid weather that arrived MondayContinue reading "SPRING 2014: A GRAY WEEK CONTINUES"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEALTH FOOD RETAILER RETURNS
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Khalid Channa at Healthy Habits on Monday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The paper came off the windows and a six-year vacancy in downtown Red Bank ended withContinue reading "RED BANK: HEALTH FOOD RETAILER RETURNS"
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June 10th, 2014 @ 6am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ‘NOTHING AVERAGE’ BBQ
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The Parrilla Mexicana at Lino’s Mexican Cafe, a $16.95 barbecue lunch for two that we’ll be returning for again and again. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLISContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ‘NOTHING AVERAGE’ BBQ"
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June 6th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: BOYS & GIRLS CLUB STAYS IN FOCUS
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Dozens of charitably-minded area residents, and a few eyewear shoppers, mingled at an indoor-outdoor cocktail party fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County at the offices ofContinue reading "RED BANK: BOYS & GIRLS CLUB STAYS IN FOCUS"
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June 6th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: OWNER VOWS ‘NOT ANOTHER FIXX’
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Gotham Lounge will have a dress code, a partner in the business said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Hoping to head off misconceptions,Continue reading "RED BANK: OWNER VOWS ‘NOT ANOTHER FIXX’"
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June 6th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: NIGHTCLUB EYES BROAD STREET
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Gotham Lounge would feature bars on two floors. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Vacant for just a month, the former Red Bank homeContinue reading "RED BANK: NIGHTCLUB EYES BROAD STREET"
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June 5th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOMEBUILDER POSTS LOSS
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Hovnanian Enterprise’s headquarters in Red Bank. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Hovnanian Enterprises delivered fewer homes and a net loss in its latest fiscal quarter, the RedContinue reading "RED BANK: HOMEBUILDER POSTS LOSS"
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June 4th, 2014 @ 9am
SHREWSBURY: JOB LOT STORE OPENS
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Now available: 46,000 square feet in Shrewsbury. Just ten months after the owners of Red Bank's SuperFoodtown expanded into the former Stop & Shop supermarket half a mile away on Newman Springs Road, the new store will be shut down,...
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June 3rd, 2014 @ 1pm
The Johnny Pork Roll truck is a new addition at the Red Bank Farmer’s Market in the Galleria parking lot. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS After aContinue reading "RED BANK: KALE, SEITAN… AND PORK ROLL?"
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May 30th, 2014 @ 5pm
SEA BRIGHT: PUTTING A BUILDING BACK IN BIZ
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Christina Galinas outside the Ocean Avenue building she brought back to life. Below, Katy Fraggos, who’s opening a dance-based workout studio on the third floor. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: PUTTING A BUILDING BACK IN BIZ"
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May 30th, 2014 @ 2pm
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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.