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RED BANK: COURT BACKS HEIGHT CHANGE
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The seven-story, 76-room hotel would be built on a one-acre riverfront property adjacent to Cooper’s Bridge, seen here from the Middletown side of the Navesink. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: COURT BACKS HEIGHT CHANGE"
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January 14th, 2016 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: MARCHERS REJECT CHARTER PLAN
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Protesters marched from the middle school to borough hall in freezing weather. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank residents hoping to slow orContinue reading "RED BANK: MARCHERS REJECT CHARTER PLAN"
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January 14th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: ELVIS IS EVERYWHERE, MAN
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Double Trouble: Mike Albert and Scot Bruce (above) represent two different eras of Elvis Presley’s legacy, as the King’s eleventh annual Birthday Bash returns to the Basie on Friday night…whileContinue reading "RED BANK: ELVIS IS EVERYWHERE, MAN"
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January 13th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO SEEK CHARTER DELAY
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Parents and kids packed the Red Bank Middle School auditorium last month to protest a planned expansion of the Red Bank Charter School. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL TO SEEK CHARTER DELAY"
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January 12th, 2016 @ 6pm
RED BANK: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS
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Cliff Keen, above, is the new director of public utilities, and Charlie Hoffmann, below, runs parks and rec. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RecentContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS"
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January 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: HARRY’S ENDS ERA ON HIGH NOTE
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Lynne Perry-Szwede, behind the bar, reminisced with Mary Orr, above, while Feli Donato and Mike Sakowski took a last turn at the pool table at Harry’s Lobster House. (Photos by SusanContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: HARRY’S ENDS ERA ON HIGH NOTE"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 7pm
RED BANK: STAR-POWERED STEPPING
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A cast of terpsichorean talents takes to the Basie boards for two Wednesday shows, as ‘Dancing With the Stars Live!’ rolls into town. One can easily make the case thatContinue reading "RED BANK: STAR-POWERED STEPPING"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 9am
MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER
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Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. ​​​Paul Maclear, age 45, from Palmer Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on December 17, 2015 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: BRIDGE CLOSING PLANNED
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Commuters who travel between Little Silver and Oceanport via Oceanport Avenue are in for some changes to their routine. Beginning on or about January 12, the Oceanport Avenue bridge willContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BRIDGE CLOSING PLANNED"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS
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Ken Stunkel, left, and Two River Theater founder Bob Rechnitz are first-time, eighty-something playwrights getting the big-time treatment. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)   By TOM CHESEK When the 2015-2016Continue reading "RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS"
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January 8th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 10, 2015 to January 7, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMESContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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January 8th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN
Repeat Basie favorite Kathleen Madigan returns to Red Bank for an encore Saturday evening. Here’s a sample bit.  Long before there was an internet bubble and a housing bubble, thereContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HAMPTON HOTEL PLAN REVIVED
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Lawyer Ron Gasiorowski, who has sued to block to the hotel, examines a rendering at a 2012 hearing. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD FiveContinue reading "RED BANK: HAMPTON HOTEL PLAN REVIVED"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: A FLEETING TOUCH OF ICE
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After a two-day dalliance with winter, seen Wednesday in the form of an icy puddle on Bridge Avenue in Red Bank, the Greater Green returns to relatively warmer weather in theContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: A FLEETING TOUCH OF ICE"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: NO PEDESTALS, NO LIMITS
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It’s UP AGAINST THE WALL at a Saturday evening reception, as a special display of sculpture uses the Art Alliance of Monmouth County gallery itself as a crucial component ofContinue reading "RED BANK: NO PEDESTALS, NO LIMITS"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MENNA SEEKS PDQ CHARTER REPORT
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Mayor Pasquale Menna with Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry after Saturday’s borough government reorganization. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Mayor Pasquale MennaContinue reading "RED BANK: MENNA SEEKS PDQ CHARTER REPORT"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT: DOLPHIN STAY RAISES CONCERNS
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A stand-up paddler got close to the dolphin in the Shrewsbury River between Sea Bright and Rumson last week. Marine experts say humans and boats should keep away from the animal.  (Photo byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DOLPHIN STAY RAISES CONCERNS"
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January 5th, 2016 @ 7am
RUMSON: WRITE-IN CAPTURES R-FH SEAT
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According to results posted on the Monmouth County Clerk’s website, write-in candidate John M. Caruso was the top vote-getter in a runoff election for a seat on the Rumson-Fair Haven RegionalContinue reading "RUMSON: WRITE-IN CAPTURES R-FH SEAT"
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January 5th, 2016 @ 6am
A 12-year-old Red Bank Charter School student was struck by a vehicle on Monmouth Street Monday afternoon. Police Chief Darren McConnell told redbankgreen that the girl, a female, was transported toContinue reading "RED BANK: CHILD STRUCK BY VEHICLE"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 6pm
A Red Bank pet shop was among more than two dozen retailers statewide cited for violating a law aimed at giving consumers more information about animals for sale, the New Jersey Attorney General’sContinue reading "RED BANK: PET SHOP CITED FOR NOTICE ISSUES"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 5pm
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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 ...