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RED BANK: VENISON TACOS FOR LUNCH
Volunteers served up a game-meat lunch that included venison tacos at Lunch Break on Tuesday. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS The Sportsman Channel’s Hunt.Fish.Feed outreach programContinue reading "RED BANK: VENISON TACOS FOR LUNCH"
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WEEKEND: IDEAS, MUSIC, FOOD, ART & TRUCKS
Local faves Brian Kirk and the Jirks, above, return for the fourth Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival on Sunday. Below, Touch-a-Truck parks it at the Red Bank Middle School SaturdayContinue reading "WEEKEND: IDEAS, MUSIC, FOOD, ART & TRUCKS"
LUNCH BREAK FACING SEVERE SHORTAGE
Bare shelves indicate a critical shortage of food items at Lunch Break’s Red Bank facility. The charitable nonprofit that marks 30 years of service in 2013 is putting out theContinue reading "LUNCH BREAK FACING SEVERE SHORTAGE"
RBR STUDENTS ANSWER LUNCH BREAK’S CALL
Brady Kirman of Little Silver presents Lunch Break supervisor Dina Mwanza with one of several loads of fresh produce from the RBR organic culinary garden. The garden is planted andContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS ANSWER LUNCH BREAK’S CALL"
INTRODUCING: CLASS ACT
Today, redbankgreen introduces a new occasional feature called Class Act. Class Act reports news about local young people who’ve moved on to college and beyond to continue their education. We’llContinue reading "INTRODUCING: CLASS ACT"
NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, RIGHT HERE…
Welcome to redbankgreen 3.0. The newest version of this seven-year-old authentically local news and information site comes with changes both cosmetic – as you’ve probably already noticed – and substantive. The cosmeticContinue reading "NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, RIGHT HERE…"
Partygoers gathered on dozens of vessels to remember a friend at Saturday’s floating bash on the Navesink dubbed ‘Artiepalooza.’ (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By NICK MALFITANO OneContinue reading "ARTIEPALOOZA ROCKS THE RIVER"
RED BANK: MONOC SETS RESPONSE TRIAL
A MONOC rig will be based in Red Bank, and respond only to in-town emergencies, during a two-month trial. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s MONOC to theContinue reading "RED BANK: MONOC SETS RESPONSE TRIAL"
SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY BACK ON THE BEACH
The patio at the Mad Hatter becomes Dunesday Central for the daylong beach festival Saturday. (Photo by Colby Wilson. Click to enlarge) By COLBY WILSON In the months after HurricaneContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY BACK ON THE BEACH"
RED BANK: FRESH LOOK AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
Brookdale Community College student Maurice Preston, above, and director Christy Crank, left, teamed up with members of the Greater Red Bank Kiwanis Club to give the Red Bank unit of theContinue reading "RED BANK: FRESH LOOK AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB"
A couple of Corvairs, a fleet of Corvettes and acres of chrome were among the 328 cars gleaming under the hot summer sun in Red Bank’s White Street parking lotContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR SHOW GLEAMS ON WHITE"
WEEKEND: EAT, DRINK, SING, SAIL, AND MORE
A promo video for ‘Eat! Drink! Italy!,’ Red Bank restaurateur Victor Rallo’s new TV show, which gets a launch at the Basie Saturday night. Below, a rousing night of patrioticContinue reading "WEEKEND: EAT, DRINK, SING, SAIL, AND MORE"
RED BANK: GARDENERS GIVE TO LUNCH BREAK
Fresh produce is available for the taking at the Red Bank soup kitchen. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER In addition to serving hot meals andContinue reading "RED BANK: GARDENERS GIVE TO LUNCH BREAK"
Two charities – Sea Bright Rising and Ama Ristorante’s Building Permit Relief Fund – with the common mission of helping Sea Bright victims of Hurricane Sandy rebuild their homes and businessesContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT"
RED BANK: MUSICAL BROTHERS BIKE FOR KIDS
Brothers Roberto and Angelo Giambra pass through Red Bank Monday morning en route to New York City from their home in Wilmington, North Carolina. Italian natives who moved to theContinue reading "RED BANK: MUSICAL BROTHERS BIKE FOR KIDS"
RED BANK: CLUB OFFERS KIDS A HAVEN
Children line up for pre-dinner clean-hands inspection at the Boys and Girls Club. (Photos by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER After five p.m. on a recent afternoon,Continue reading "RED BANK: CLUB OFFERS KIDS A HAVEN"
The Fab Faux play the Beatles’ ‘White Album’ at the Basie Saturday night. Navesink River Rowing offers free introductions to the sport Sunday. (Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO Friday,Continue reading "WEEKEND: WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO…"
SEA BRIGHT: OZ FANS PEEK BEHIND CURTAIN
Dr. Oz channeled the Beatles and Bruce in Sea Bright Wednesday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON There was no yellow-brick road, but local fans ofContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: OZ FANS PEEK BEHIND CURTAIN"
The gift is the latest in a series of million-dollar donations to the Red Bank hospital’s foundation. (Click to enlarge) Spotlight-avoiding donors have dropped $5 million into the coffers ofContinue reading "RED BANK: DONORS GIVE RIVERVIEW $5M"
NAVESINK RIVER: A PADDLE FOR A FRIEND
Jerry Conway out on the Navesink off Rumson last Sunday, warming up for this weekend’s event. (Click to enlarge) He’s got a bum shoulder, but that won’t stop Jerry Conway.Continue reading "NAVESINK RIVER: A PADDLE FOR A FRIEND"
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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.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...