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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SMOOTHIE IN A BOWL
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The Acai PB&J bowl from Freshica’s Juice Bar, owned by Jessica Dalmedo, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON It might seem counter-intuitive to put a juiceContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SMOOTHIE IN A BOWL"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ON THE GREEN: A WET, SLUSHY BLANKET
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A soggy blanket of snow on the Greater Red Bank Green made for a pretty scene at the Red Bank train station, above, and some slushy stepping on Chestnut Street Friday morning,Continue reading "ON THE GREEN: A WET, SLUSHY BLANKET"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN: SOMETHING’S NOT NORMYLE
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The creepy janitor (Bill Normyle) has a proposition for sweet and innocent Rhoda (Anna Cibrian) as the Monmouth Players present the 1950’s suspenser ‘The Bad Seed,’ starting Saturday at Navesink Arts.Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: SOMETHING’S NOT NORMYLE"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: KEEP THOSE SHOVELS HANDY
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Two weeks after a blizzard dropped two feet of snow on the Greater Red Bank Green, the powder is likely to return Friday. The National Weather Service has issued an advisoryContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: KEEP THOSE SHOVELS HANDY"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HE’S LIVE, JIM!
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Pop-cultural icon comes to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre this Friday night.  Unlike the planet-dominating Skynet of the Terminator movies, it’s unclear as to exactly when William ShatnerContinue reading "RED BANK: HE’S LIVE, JIM!"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 12pm
Standout athletes from the golf, soccer and swimming programs at Red Bank Catholic formalized big decisions about their futures Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there, and has extensive coverage of signing day acrossContinue reading "FIVE LADY CASEYS PLAN EYE NEXT LEVEL"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 7am
Six members of the Red Bank Catholic  football squad made or reaffirmed college commitments Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there.
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February 4th, 2016 @ 6am
Three members of the state champion Rumson-Fair Haven Regional football team made their college commitments official at a signing-day event in Rumson Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there to speak with the players.
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February 4th, 2016 @ 6am
After a coaching change at Syracuse University, Red Bank Regional standout receiver Sadiq Palmer reassessed his offers to play college football. He was one of three members of the BucContinue reading "RBR TRIO SIGNS FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: A LITTLE BOOK-LABELING PARTY
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Kate Triggiano, who had a custom-built “little library” built and installed outside her Red Bank home for neighborhood kids last October, plans a book labeling party Thursday from 7 toContinue reading "RED BANK: A LITTLE BOOK-LABELING PARTY"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: A LAST CALL FOR ‘REASON’
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Ilona (Mairin Lee) is the center of attention, as the Two River Theater original LIVES OF REASON (above) enters its final round of performances…while Monmouth U’s Frank P. Fury (below)Continue reading "RED BANK: A LAST CALL FOR ‘REASON’"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: POLICE REPORTS
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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department for the month of January, 2016. Fair Haven Police Blotter January 2016 • 1/1/16- Patrol was dispatchedContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: POLICE REPORTS"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: COP’S CONVICTION UPHELD
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By JOHN T. WARD A former Little Silver police officer now serving time for an attack on a handcuffed man in the borough police station did not get an unfairContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: COP’S CONVICTION UPHELD"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: CHARTER TRIES SILENCE WITH PR
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Charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti with a school cofounder, Michael Stasi, center, and trustee Roger Foss, in blue tie. Below, charter school parent and middle school employee Diana Archila addressesContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER TRIES SILENCE WITH PR"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 2am
RUMSON: BATCHLER CUT AS FOOTBALL COACH
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Former Rumson-Fair Haven Regional head football coach Bryan Batchler led the team to its third straight state sectional football championship in December. (Image courtesy of Shore Sports Zone) By JOHN T. WARD SixContinue reading "RUMSON: BATCHLER CUT AS FOOTBALL COACH"
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February 2nd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BUONA SERA, JIMMY JOHN’S OK’D
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The former Wayne’s Market on West Front Street is slated to open as a Jimmy John’s franchise owned by Gaslight Anthem bassist Alex Levine, at left below, and Matt Schaffert,Continue reading "RED BANK: BUONA SERA, JIMMY JOHN’S OK’D"
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February 2nd, 2016 @ 7am
RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER
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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Rumson Police Department for the period of December 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016. Arrests 12/16/15 Grace Maggiulli arrested Valerie Valentini, 59,Continue reading "RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BEAM US UP, BASIE
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“KHAAANNNN!” The coming of the mighty Shatner is heralded at the Count Basie Theatre with a three night Kirk-out of films in the classic STAR TREK franchise. Below,Middletown’s own BillyContinue reading "RED BANK: BEAM US UP, BASIE"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 12pm
GET READY FOR A SMOOCHFEST
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Remember those great old Valentines that used to run each year in the classified sections of newspapers? Getting one was a thrill. But just sitting and reading them was aContinue reading "GET READY FOR A SMOOCHFEST"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 11am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 21 to January 28, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 5am
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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 ...
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 ...