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RED BANK: EV SPACE? HOLD THAT THOUGHT
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The public charging station, located outside borough hall, remained under wraps Thursday afternoon. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It seems somebody at RedContinue reading "RED BANK: EV SPACE? HOLD THAT THOUGHT"
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November 6th, 2014 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: EV CHARGING SET AT $2 PER HOUR
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Red Bank’s first and only electric vehicle charging station, installed on Monmouth Street outside borough hall, will cost users $2 per hour for both a recharge and the use ofContinue reading "RED BANK: EV CHARGING SET AT $2 PER HOUR"
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November 6th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: CLOSING IN ON WEST SIDE LOFTS
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A fifth-floor view of the  “mews” between two buildings at the West Side Lofts, looking toward the Two River Theater. Below, developer Chris Cole. (Photos by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: CLOSING IN ON WEST SIDE LOFTS"
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October 16th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: CHARGING STATION TO GO LIVE
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The charging station, the borough’s first, has been bagged since completion of the Monmouth Street reconstruction project last year. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) A long-completed butContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARGING STATION TO GO LIVE"
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October 9th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: MAJOR ENERGY SAVE FOR RMC
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Press release from Riverview Medical Center In an innovative and proactive approach to providing exceptional care, Riverview Medical Center has successfully completed an energy conservation plan improving patient comfort. ThisContinue reading "RED BANK: MAJOR ENERGY SAVE FOR RMC"
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October 8th, 2014 @ 6am
The Red Bank Police Department issued this notice early Wednesday afternoon: WARNING: GREEN DOT PHONE SCAM In the recent weeks, Red Bank Police Department has received a large number ofContinue reading "RED BANK: COPS WARN OF PHONE SCAM"
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October 1st, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: ECOTOUR FEATURES GREEN IDEAS
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Michael Paul Raspanti in his garden. Below, Judy Marlow’s clothes dryer was good for laughs. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Energy efficiency, organic gardening and rainContinue reading "RED BANK: ECOTOUR FEATURES GREEN IDEAS"
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September 30th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: STATION PLACE POWERS AHEAD
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A temporary utility pole will be erected on the north side of Monmouth Street at West Street in Red Bank to facilitate construction of the 57-unit Station Place apartment complex,Continue reading "RED BANK: STATION PLACE POWERS AHEAD"
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April 10th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: GOING GREEN? TRY ‘GOING FREE’
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Peter Ptak gasses up his gasless car with free power supplied by his solar energy system. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD By all outward appearances, Pete Ptak mayContinue reading "RED BANK: GOING GREEN? TRY ‘GOING FREE’"
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November 7th, 2013 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Recognize this? Tell us Where you’ve seen it, with answers sent to [email protected]. Last week’s photo, showing an array of gas meters behind a metal picket fence, drew five responses.
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September 19th, 2013 @ 7am
By SARAH KLEPNER The likelihood of Red Bank getting a third 7-Eleven anytime soon melted like a Slurpee left on a dashboard Thursday night. After 10 months, extensive testimony andContinue reading "RED BANK: ZONERS REJECT SHELL 7-ELEVEN"
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August 2nd, 2013 @ 10am
A Rumson commodities trader and his Red Bank firm have been slapped with nearly $6 million in fines and paybacks orders by United States and British regulators for an allegedContinue reading "RED BANK FIRM SMACKED FOR TRICKERY"
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July 22nd, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: NO VOTE YET ON SHELL 7-ELEVEN
Red Bank resident Tracy Khonstam implores the zoning board to reject the planned convenience store on Newman Springs Road. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER AllContinue reading "RED BANK: NO VOTE YET ON SHELL 7-ELEVEN"
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July 19th, 2013 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: CHILLY RECEPTION FOR LNG PLAN
Attendees at the event, held in a tent on the municipal beach, viewed information displays about the project. Below, a rendering of the transfer system. (Photo above by Colby Wilson.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CHILLY RECEPTION FOR LNG PLAN"
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July 12th, 2013 @ 9am
SHREWSBURY: SOLAR RECHARGES CHURCH
Reverend Antonio Parenti, right, and congregant Ken Walsh with the church’s new money-saving solar power system. (Photo above by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON First Assembly ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: SOLAR RECHARGES CHURCH"
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April 30th, 2013 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s picture showed the gable end of a roof with blue tarp wrapped around… something. The ‘something’ is a Sunoco logo, and most of the 17 readers who wroteContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 6am
The owner of Red Bank’s Shell gasoline station has agreed to pay current and former employees of 72 New Jersey filling stations $3 million in overtime back wages, the federalContinue reading "STATION OWNER TO PAY $3M IN WAGE CLAIMS"
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March 8th, 2013 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT DOUSES SECOND FIRE OF DAY
Sea Bright firefighters on the scene of a vacant-house fire at the Carriage House Marina. (Click to enlarge) A portion of Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright was closed to trafficContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT DOUSES SECOND FIRE OF DAY"
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March 7th, 2013 @ 1pm
By JOE FISHER With long lines of motorists and generator owners searching for gasoline in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy still a fresh memory, Red Bank officials are taking stepsContinue reading "RED BANK MAY MANDATE GAS-PUMP BACKUPS"
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February 28th, 2013 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT: KNITTING AS SANDY THERAPY
Megan Heath Gilhool first picked up her needles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, when she was in “full panic mode,” she said. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: KNITTING AS SANDY THERAPY"
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February 15th, 2013 @ 10am
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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.
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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 ...