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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Think you know Where this photo was taken? Please send an email with the answer to [email protected]. Last week’s shot, showing a window in the shape of a grand piano,Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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December 5th, 2013 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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PARK, THE DOWNTOWN ANGELS SING
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Parking in municipal lots and numbered street spaces is FREE from December 12 through Christmas Day, with the return of a holiday promotion from Red Bank RiverCenter. Leave the quartersContinue reading "PARK, THE DOWNTOWN ANGELS SING"
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December 5th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK BILLIARDS TO REOPEN
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Lucky Break was closed for more than two months as the owner struggled to find a way out of red tape over BYOB rules.  (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK BILLIARDS TO REOPEN"
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December 4th, 2013 @ 5pm
PIEHOLE LARDER: BEST DEAL ON NUTS
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Who has the best bargain on unshelled nuts? PieHole knows. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) You’ll find unshelled nuts prominently displayed at most grocery stores around the Green.Continue reading "PIEHOLE LARDER: BEST DEAL ON NUTS"
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December 3rd, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: PATRIZIA’S, CARLO’S WIN OKS
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A rendering of the proposed Patrizia’s, which would occupy the onetime Merhant’s Trust Company at 28 Broad Street, seen at center below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD AContinue reading "RED BANK: PATRIZIA’S, CARLO’S WIN OKS"
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December 3rd, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: HEAVY PLANNING BOARD AGENDA
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Newly oepned Carlo’s Bake Shop seeks permission to offer table service. Also on the agenda: the Walgreen’s plan for lower Broad Street, below. (Photo above by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: HEAVY PLANNING BOARD AGENDA"
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December 2nd, 2013 @ 10am
Press release from Red Bank Flavour Culinary Alliance Red Bank Flavour, a culinary campaign driven by the borough’s top chefs, restaurateurs and proprietors, will tempt foodies to flirt with theirContinue reading "RB FLAVOUR ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY EVENT"
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December 2nd, 2013 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: APRÈS THE BIRD, A LIGHT LUNCH
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The Caprese panini at Tavolo. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) What’s for lunch? Gee, who can even think of food today? But hey, we gotta eat, right?Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: APRÈS THE BIRD, A LIGHT LUNCH"
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November 29th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: RICE & BEANS, ITALIAN & TURKEY
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Art’s Barbershop. Chair: Jim Murphy, Barber: Rick Memmola. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) To get a sense of how folks around the greater Red Bank Green will beContinue reading "RED BANK: RICE & BEANS, ITALIAN & TURKEY"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 2pm
Denise Kelleher, owner of Cups and Cakes. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) Time for a little Rumson Churn, as the latest iteration of Rumson Market packs it in –Continue reading "RUMSON: MARKET OUT (AGAIN), CUPCAKES IN"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 10am
RUMSON: CUPS AND CAKES GOES UPMARKET
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Breakfast, homemade baked goods and a juice bar will fill the space vacated by Rumson Market when Cups and Cakes moves in from its current location two doors down. (Photo byContinue reading "RUMSON: CUPS AND CAKES GOES UPMARKET"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: MOM CAN’T “COOK LITTLE”
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Rocky’s Barbershop. Barber: Michelle Rago. Chair: Anonymous (she played hooky). (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) To get a sense of how folks around the greater Red Bank Green will beContinue reading "RED BANK: MOM CAN’T “COOK LITTLE”"
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November 27th, 2013 @ 6am
RUMSON: FINE DINING ON THE CHEAP… SORTA
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David Burke Fromagerie manager Alexander Loehing walks us through the limited-time fixed-price lunch menu at the Rumson dining institution. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Among eatersContinue reading "RUMSON: FINE DINING ON THE CHEAP… SORTA"
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November 26th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM
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James Hertler, below, shut down Lucky Break Billiards in September, a month after police cracked down over BYOB issues. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD How’s this for anContinue reading "RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM"
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November 26th, 2013 @ 4am
RED BANK: STAR POWER. OH, AND CAKE, TOO.
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Cake Boss Buddy Valastro emerges to a forest of fans and cellphone cameras at the opening of Carlo’s Bake Shop in Red Bank Monday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: STAR POWER. OH, AND CAKE, TOO."
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November 25th, 2013 @ 5pm
RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TAKES OFF THE WRAPS
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Just two months after announcing plans to open a store in Red Bank, celebrity baker Buddy Valastro, also known as the Cake Boss, is expected to debut his newest Carlo’sContinue reading "RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TAKES OFF THE WRAPS"
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November 25th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: YOUR PHOTOS, IN TILE AND GLASS
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Pete Theodoropoulus in his new Red Bank tile-art gallery, Tesserae, where works sell for $2,500 to $25,000. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Pete Theodoropoulus is still not anContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUR PHOTOS, IN TILE AND GLASS"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: MEMORIES OF MOM ON T-DAY
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2Dye4 Salon. Chair: Katherine Plosica, Stylist/Owner: Crystal Diebold. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) To get a sense of how folks around the greater Red Bank Green will be celebrating ThanksgivingContinue reading "RED BANK: MEMORIES OF MOM ON T-DAY"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 3pm
RED BANK: STATION MANAGER BUSTED FOR POT
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State Troopers with the suspect during the search of the station Thursday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The manager of a Red Bank gas station raidedContinue reading "RED BANK: STATION MANAGER BUSTED FOR POT"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: TROOPERS MUM ON STATION RAID
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A State Trooper peers into boxes removed from a pump island attendant’s booth Thursday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD State Police shutContinue reading "RED BANK: TROOPERS MUM ON STATION RAID"
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November 21st, 2013 @ 11pm
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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.