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SHOPPERS SAY URBAN’S GOOD FOR RED BANK
A trio of Urban Outfitters fans, led by Middletown resident Amie Falk, walk out of the store happy on its opening day Thursday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "SHOPPERS SAY URBAN’S GOOD FOR RED BANK"
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November 19th, 2009 @ 3pm
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GROWTH DRIVES T. BERRY SQUARE’S BIG MOVE
T. Berry Square owner Jennifer Quinn Payne in her store’s new consignment section. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It wasn’t long after Jennifer Quinn Payne added a consignmentContinue reading "GROWTH DRIVES T. BERRY SQUARE’S BIG MOVE"
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November 19th, 2009 @ 10am
URBAN SPARKS HOPE AMONG STORE OWNERS
An unidentified Urban Outfitters employee checks out a window display as a pair of passersby does the same Tuesday night. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Two young women rounded the corner ofContinue reading "URBAN SPARKS HOPE AMONG STORE OWNERS"
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November 18th, 2009 @ 11am
URBAN SAYS PROFITS ARE AT RECORD LEVEL
Upper-floor scaffolding came down earlier this week at the future home of an Urban Outfitters store at the corner of Broad and West Front streets. Looks like the parent companyContinue reading "URBAN SAYS PROFITS ARE AT RECORD LEVEL"
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November 12th, 2009 @ 8am
HEAD START PLANS MOVE TO FORMER SCHOOL
The upper floor of the former P.S. 5 has been the home of S.O.M.E. Architects for the past two years, but the ground floor has largely remained vacant. (Photo byContinue reading "HEAD START PLANS MOVE TO FORMER SCHOOL"
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November 10th, 2009 @ 9am
GOAL: URBAN EMPLOYMENT
Work continues on the planned Urban Outfitters store at 2 Broad Street in Red Bank. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Just a couple hours into Urban Outfitters‘ marathon job fair on Wednesday,Continue reading "GOAL: URBAN EMPLOYMENT"
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October 29th, 2009 @ 6am
URBAN OUTFITTERS PLANS 10-HOUR JOB FAIR
Windows and doors were installed recently on the store’s site at the corner of Broad and West Front Streets. The scaffolding that encloses the sidewalk is still up, but bitContinue reading "URBAN OUTFITTERS PLANS 10-HOUR JOB FAIR"
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October 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
Let’s see: we’ve got an Amy Winehouse, a Beyoncé,  a pair of Spice Girls, a Marc Anthony, a Jennifer Lopez, two Flavor Flavs and a Willie Nelson. Yep, we gotContinue reading "CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS BETWEEN CLASSES"
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October 9th, 2009 @ 6am
Hovnanian’s headquarters overlooking the Navesink River. Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises is trying to refinance some $759 million in debt even as other homebuilders are beginning to buy land again, today’sContinue reading "WSJ: HOV SEEKING DEBT RESTRUCTURING"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 8am
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
HALFACRE HALF-OK WITH STIMULUS MONEY
Mayor Mike Halfacre in 2008. With his town having  just landed a whopping $477,000 in federal stimulus money, one might think that Fair Haven mayor and congressional aspirant Mike HalfacreContinue reading "HALFACRE HALF-OK WITH STIMULUS MONEY"
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August 18th, 2009 @ 2pm
Coming soon, maybe, to the still-vacant Union Street Village: plastic surgeons. Unable to get even a nibble for its retail space, the owner of Union Street Village last night sought,Continue reading "CAN DOCTORS SAVE THIS BUILDING?"
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July 21st, 2009 @ 6am
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
FURLOUGHS UP FOR APPROVAL
Mayor Pasquale Menna at a council meeting in May. Red Bank borough employees would be forced to take three unpaid days off by the end of the year under aContinue reading "FURLOUGHS UP FOR APPROVAL"
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June 18th, 2009 @ 10am
BOROUGH PUSHING UNPAID DAYS OFF
Red Bank officials are mulling the possibility of making government employees take three unpaid days off by the end of the year, today’s Asbury Park Press reports. The furloughs areContinue reading "BOROUGH PUSHING UNPAID DAYS OFF"
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June 10th, 2009 @ 5am
Last year's show, as seen from Maple Avenue and West Front Street. First, there will be fireworks in Red Bank this year. Though organizers of the July 3 KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink recently expressed concern about the future of...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 7am
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
The Red Bank station would be the northern terminus of a new commuter line from Lakehurst, linking central Ocean County to the North Jersey Coast Line. Over the vehement objections of Red Bank officials, proponents of a new commuter rail...
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May 28th, 2009 @ 6am
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
Partyline
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.
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 ...