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ON THE GREEN: GALLERY OPENINGS
ON THE GREEN: A pair of juried award shows at the Art Alliance and the Guild make for some arty excitement, this Saturday and Sunday.
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RED BANK: CHARTER WINS FIVE MORE YEARS
RED BANK: Amid controversy over its impact on it host district, charter school wins state approval to operate for another five years.
RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: BRIDGE CLOSING
RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: County officials plan overnight closing of Route 520 bridge for maintenance.
RED BANK: CRIMES AND ARRESTS
RED BANK: Crime reports include a carload of camera equipment stolen from a parked vehicle.
RED BANK: DRUG OVERDOSE CASES SOARING
RED BANK: Borough police are "constantly" answering drug overdose calls these days, chief says as county prosecutor releases data showing OD deaths soaring.
MIDDLETOWN: DURANG, IN SMALL DOSES
MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players serve up a weekend's worth of short plays by the modern absurdist Christopher Durang.
RED BANK: RESTORING LIFE TO ‘THE VAULT’?
RED BANK: What's happening at the long-vacant former bank building at Broad and Wallace streets? Answer here.
RED BANK: SQUARING OFF OVER IMMIGRATION
RED BANK: Human Relations Committee approves a 'not-a-sanctuary-city' resolution amid an outpouring of support for immigrants.
RED BANK: TWO HOMEWARE SHOPS CLOSING
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, two home-themed shops, both here for just a year, are rolling up their welcome mats.
RED BANK: HORNSBY, SKAGGS & HOT SARDINES
RED BANK: The Basie's musical roots are showing with concerts this week by Bruce Hornsby-Ricky Skaggs, and the Hot Sardines.
RED BANK: KEEP A SHIRT AND COAT HANDY
RED BANK: After climbing into the 70s Friday, temperatures were below freezing at dawn Monday, with a daytime peak in the low 50s, according to forecast.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? WAWA’D YA THINK?
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? We were skeptical when PieHole urged us to give Wawa's hoagies a try. Here's our take on the convenience store sandwich.
RED BANK: Council takes a step toward creation of a park on the longtime site of the borough dump and incinerator. Up next: what to include?
RED BANK: TWO WAYS TO MAKE ‘MERRY’
RED BANK: Two River Theater offers two different takes on Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor,' beginning with a Saturday night preview.
RUMSON: NOURISH THE THOUGHT
RUMSON: The authors of the NOURISH community supported cookbook visit Oceanic Library for a Saturday morning signing.
RED BANK: "Love is in the Air" up on Tower Hill, when the Monmouth Civic Chorus returns to First Presbyterian Church on Sunday.
RED BANK: PLAN PANNED FOR LOOKS, PARKING
RED BANK: A controversial plan for 35 downtown apartments returns with tussles over parking and aesthetics.
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from the borough PD.
RED BANK: At its semimonthly meeting Wednesday night, the council is expected to take aim at properties with longterm vacancies.
RED BANK: BOWLING FOR FOOD DOLLARS
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, news about Playa Bowls, Fresh Bowl and Café 28.
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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 ...
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 ...