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ON THE GREEN: EXPECT SLIPPERY ROADS
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Red Bank borough plows and a salt spreader at the Broad Street post office stand at the ready for expected snow Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service puts the likelihoodContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: EXPECT SLIPPERY ROADS"
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January 21st, 2015 @ 3pm
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LITTLE SILVER: BRICKISH IN THE BOROUGH
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A unique local tradition returns Saturday when families assemble to “Build Little Silver with LEGOs” at Embury Methodist Church. (File photo by Dustin Racioppi) Some American municipalities lay claim toContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BRICKISH IN THE BOROUGH"
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January 21st, 2015 @ 6am
An umbrella, and snow boots, may come in handy Wednesday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service, there’s a 70-percent chance that rain mixed with snow will begin falling onContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: CHANCE OF SNOW WEDNESDAY"
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January 20th, 2015 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SET LOOSE THE DOGS, BUT WHERE?
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Canines can meet-and-sniff at Dog Days of Summer events, but some dog lovers would like a facility for daily use. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: SET LOOSE THE DOGS, BUT WHERE?"
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January 20th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: NEW SPIN ON THE ‘ABSURD’
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Mary Birdsong, Brooks Ashmanskas and Melissa Van Der Schyff are in the kitchen with Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR, now on stage at Two River Theater. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW SPIN ON THE ‘ABSURD’"
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January 20th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: A CHEAP CASE OF WHIPLASH
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Golden Globe winner J.K. Simmons offers patient mentorship to Miles Teller as the indie hit film WHIPLASH gets a recession-buster screening at the Count Basie Theatre  Tuesday night.  If theContinue reading "RED BANK: A CHEAP CASE OF WHIPLASH"
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January 19th, 2015 @ 11am
WEATHER: MILD FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
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Skaters and ice boaters shared the freeze-hardened Navesink River Saturday, as seen from Cooper’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown. Then came Sunday’s daylong deluge of nearly an inch-and-a-half ofContinue reading "WEATHER: MILD FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY"
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January 19th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: NEIL BEFORE THE MASTER
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Composer, pianist and producer Neil Berg (second from left) brings his latest edition of the all-singing revue 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY back to the stage of the Count Basie TheatreContinue reading "RED BANK: NEIL BEFORE THE MASTER"
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January 17th, 2015 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: TALES FROM THE BLACK FOREST
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Black in Blue: the fantasy worlds of Holly Black converge at River Road Books in Fair Haven, where the award-winning author materializes for a Sunday afternoon reading and signing appearanceContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TALES FROM THE BLACK FOREST"
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January 17th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: CLASSICAL CHATTER AND CHANG
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The skilled and glamorous Sarah Chang pays tribute to the star-crossed lovers of WEST SIDE STORY as the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra returns to Red Bank for a pair ofContinue reading "RED BANK: CLASSICAL CHATTER AND CHANG"
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January 16th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RAYRAP PLAN RAPPED FOR SIZE
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Audience members reviewed exhibits during a break in Thursday night’s hearing. Below, a rendering of the eight townhomes proposed for Hudson Avenue. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: RAYRAP PLAN RAPPED FOR SIZE"
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January 16th, 2015 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT MULLS MORE BACK-IN PARKING
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A motorist attempts to park in a reverse-angle space in Sea Bright last June. Mike Dannemiller, below left, addresses the council Thursday morning. (Photos by John T. Ward) By JOHNContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT MULLS MORE BACK-IN PARKING"
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January 16th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: BROTHERS STILL CLOSED
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A frozen pipe that burst was the culprit. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Brothers, a Red Bank bar and pizzeria darkened forContinue reading "RED BANK: BROTHERS STILL CLOSED"
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January 15th, 2015 @ 2pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 8 to January 15, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES ShopliftingContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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January 15th, 2015 @ 1pm
LINCROFT: CALLED TO JURY BEAUTY
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Works of art in all manner of 2D and 3D media are spotlighted in the main gallery of the Monmouth Museum, as the 36th annual Juried Art Exhibition keynotes theContinue reading "LINCROFT: CALLED TO JURY BEAUTY"
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January 15th, 2015 @ 12pm
A new family-friendly series known as ‘No Shush’ debuts at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank this Saturday. Structured  for kids aged 3 to 12, the program combines classicalContinue reading "RED BANK: WILL YOU PLEASE NOT BE QUIET??"
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January 15th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: PARKING REPORT UNDER WRAPS
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Town officials have yet to disclose the recommendations of a consultant on what to do with the White Street lot. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A document thatContinue reading "RED BANK: PARKING REPORT UNDER WRAPS"
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January 15th, 2015 @ 7am
A Red Bank man was charged with busting up a house and popping his brother in the mouth earlier this week, police say. James P. Williams, 28, of 57 EastContinue reading "RED BANK: MAN PUNCHED BROTHER, COPS SAY"
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January 14th, 2015 @ 5pm
LITTLE SILVER: CAR FLIPS ON RUMSON ROAD
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The lone occupant of  a 2015 Volvo wagon escaped with what appeared to be minor injuries after the vehicle veered into a utility pole and rolled over on Rumson Road Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CAR FLIPS ON RUMSON ROAD"
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January 14th, 2015 @ 3pm
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Christopher Finn, age 52, from Woodland Drive in Lincroft, NJ, arrested on January 2, 2015 by Patrolman ThomasContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ARRESTS"
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January 14th, 2015 @ 1pm
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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.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
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 ...