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RED BANK: MAD-LIBS ‘N MARX ON MONMOUTH
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Frank Ferrante (pictured with accompanist Jim Furmston) re-channels the spirit of the one, the only, Groucho Marx back to the Basie, in a Sunday matinee edition of his EVENING WITHContinue reading "RED BANK: MAD-LIBS ‘N MARX ON MONMOUTH"
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January 22nd, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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CHRISTIE: BECK-BACKED GUN BILL ‘DOPEY’
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Governor Chris Christie in Sea Bright in October, 2013, above, and state Senator Jen Beck in Red Bank last May. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "CHRISTIE: BECK-BACKED GUN BILL ‘DOPEY’"
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January 22nd, 2016 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: MAJOR STORM NEARS
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 Salt brine markings on Spring Street in Red Bank and dozens of kids on the ice at McCarter Pond in Fair Haven signaled the late arrival of true winter onContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: MAJOR STORM NEARS"
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January 22nd, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: CHARTER PANEL HEARING STILL ON
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Charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti said she won’t attend Friday’s hearing in part because of hostility directed at her at a recent event. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER PANEL HEARING STILL ON"
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January 21st, 2016 @ 1pm
ON THE GREEN: BLIZZARD WATCH ISSUED
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Broad Street in Red Bank following a December, 2010 snowstorm. Below, a forecast map from the National Weather Service indicates a snowfall of 14 inches is “most likely” in onContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: BLIZZARD WATCH ISSUED"
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January 21st, 2016 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: SNOW DAY IN THE PARK
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With a belated blast of white stuff in the forecast — anywhere from an inch to two feet, depending on which social media pal you trust about such things —Continue reading "LINCROFT: SNOW DAY IN THE PARK"
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January 21st, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CH-CH-CH-CHANGES TO BASIE SKED
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Bobbie Bandiera, above, will bump Roy Orbison to pay homage to the changeable David Bowie at the Count Basie Theatre in April. (Click to enlarge.) Press release from Count BasieContinue reading "RED BANK: CH-CH-CH-CHANGES TO BASIE SKED"
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January 21st, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL PLANS OFFENSIVE
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Charter school parents at Wednesday night’s meeting in the school’s new STEM lab on Monmouth Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD At their firstContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL PLANS OFFENSIVE"
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January 21st, 2016 @ 2am
FAIR HAVEN: MIMI AT THE CROSSROADS
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Singer-songwriter-novelist Mimi Cross makes an appearance in Fair Haven Thursday to promote her new work of fiction, “Before Goodbye.”  (Click to enlarge) By TOM CHESEK “It was great to see everybody,”Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: MIMI AT THE CROSSROADS"
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January 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CHARTER BAILS FROM HEARING
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Charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti with Mayor Pasquale Menna on Veteran’s Day. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Hours after a public hearing on the proposedContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER BAILS FROM HEARING"
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January 20th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: CHARTER PANEL TO HOLD HEARING
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Retired teacher Barbara Boas, center, was one of seven borough residents named to a study commission last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD MayorContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER PANEL TO HOLD HEARING"
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January 19th, 2016 @ 5pm
SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER
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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of January 4 to January 11, 2014. Crime Reports A report of Terroristic Threats wasContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER"
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January 19th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DUXIANA DEPARTS; SUSHI COMING
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The Duxiana store has vacated the building dubbed the Temple of Fashion, built in 1894. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In this edition of redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn:Continue reading "RED BANK: DUXIANA DEPARTS; SUSHI COMING"
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January 19th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: KKK FLIERS LEFT ON LAWNS
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One of the fliers found on McLaren Street Monday morning. (Click to enlarge) [See update below] By JOHN T. WARD Residents of Red Bank and Fair Haven awoke Monday morning — Dr. MartinContinue reading "RED BANK: KKK FLIERS LEFT ON LAWNS"
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January 18th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: FOURTH MAN CHARGED IN SLAYING
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Photos of slain Red Bank teacher Jonelle Melton, as displayed at a prosecutor’s press conference in November. Below, a state Department of Corrections photo of suspect Jerry J. Spraulding. (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: FOURTH MAN CHARGED IN SLAYING"
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January 18th, 2016 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: FIRST SNOW OF 2016
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The Greater Green got its first coating of snow of Winter 2016 Sunday evening, as seen on the fishing pier in Red Bank’s Marine Park. With temperatures hovering just belowContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: FIRST SNOW OF 2016"
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January 18th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BECK WEIGHS IN ON CHARTER PLAN
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The charter school campus on Oakland Street, above, abuts a commercial building on Oakland Street in which the school recently leased space for current and possible future use. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: BECK WEIGHS IN ON CHARTER PLAN"
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January 15th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: PERCUSSIVE PEGHER MEETS NJSO
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Lisa Pegher is the special guest soloist on Saturday night, as the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents the world premiere of a new percussion concerto at the Count Basie.  MusicContinue reading "RED BANK: PERCUSSIVE PEGHER MEETS NJSO"
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January 15th, 2016 @ 12pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 7 to January 14, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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January 14th, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: 10TH AVE. FREES UP LOCAL SOUNDS
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Veteran Shore guitar star Siegfried Schock (above) leads the Ziggy Shock band at 10th Ave Burrito Friday night. Virago (below) take the same stage January 29. Reports from the FrontContinue reading "RED BANK: 10TH AVE. FREES UP LOCAL SOUNDS"
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January 14th, 2016 @ 12pm
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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 ...