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RED BANK: FACES ON PARADE
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Autumn delivered a gorgeous day and the marchers brought their best scary, funny and pretty faces to Sunday’s annual Red Bank Halloween Parade. We’ve got close to 100 photos. SeeContinue reading "RED BANK: FACES ON PARADE"
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October 20th, 2014 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SEA BRIGHT: SANDY FLEECE GETS MAN 5 YEARS
A Matawan contractor was sentenced to five years in state prison for taking deposits for Hurricane Sandy related work he never started or completed in Sea Bright, Acting Monmouth CountyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SANDY FLEECE GETS MAN 5 YEARS"
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October 20th, 2014 @ 6am
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional’s varsity football team pulled off a 28-21 win at Manasquan Saturday in a game that saw the return of powerhouse running back Charlie Volker after a coupleContinue reading "RFH BACK TO WINNING FORM WITH VOLKER"
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October 19th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: IT’S ALL JAKE FOR ALBUM DROP
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RFH senior Jake Tavill celebrates the release of his debut solo recording INDIGO CHILD — and on a school night, yet — during a Sunday night multi-bill upside The Downtown.Continue reading "RED BANK: IT’S ALL JAKE FOR ALBUM DROP"
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October 18th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: PREDAWN FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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Firefighters cut through the roof of the house, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A predawn fire drove a Rumson family out ofContinue reading "RUMSON: PREDAWN FIRE DAMAGES HOME"
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October 18th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: COMMENTARY AND CLASSICS
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Emmy winning broadcaster, producer, educator and keyboardist David Dubal is the guest on Sunday, October 19, as the latest in the Monmouth Conservatory of Music’s free series of public-welcome performances.Continue reading "RED BANK: COMMENTARY AND CLASSICS"
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October 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR NIGHT OUT
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Looking for all the world like the trendiest bag ladies you’ve ever seen, more than 200 women signed up for this year’s edition of Girls Night Out, held Thursday andContinue reading "RED BANK: THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR NIGHT OUT"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 1pm
A financial consultant said to be have been based in Red Bank was fined $2 million after he defrauded investors and spent $100,000 of their funds on online gambling, footballContinue reading "RED BANK FIRM SLAPPED WITH $2M FINE"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A HALLOWEEN HIKE FOR THE AGES
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Listen up, citizens of Gotham: the Red Bank Halloween Parade hits the street this Sunday for its 67th annual edition, filled with witches and goblins of all ages, and someContinue reading "RED BANK: A HALLOWEEN HIKE FOR THE AGES"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ANDERSON SAILS TO APPROVAL
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An architect’s rendering of the proposed Anderson Storage building, as seen from Bridge Avenue. Below, zoning board member Jesse Garrison, left, congratulates developer Chris Cole after the vote. (Photos byContinue reading "RED BANK: ANDERSON SAILS TO APPROVAL"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 8am
FORECAST: PRETTY BLACK & WHITE
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A dog waited in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked on Broad Street in downtown Red Bank Thursday afternoon, windows open to the mild autumn air. Expect more ofContinue reading "FORECAST: PRETTY BLACK & WHITE"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: DID YOU LOSE A BANDED BIRD?
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An unresponsive pigeon redbankgreen found standing on Shrewsbury Avenue opposite the G&G Hot Dog truck in Red Bank Thursday afternoon is now getting some TLC.  Borough animal control officer HenryContinue reading "RED BANK: DID YOU LOSE A BANDED BIRD?"
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October 16th, 2014 @ 4pm
LINCROFT: THOMPSON’S TURN TO SHINE
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One of the best kept not-so-secrets of Fall takes the spotlight on Sunday, when Thompson Park Day takes over the spacious park located just off Newman Springs Road. Strut YourContinue reading "LINCROFT: THOMPSON’S TURN TO SHINE"
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October 16th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CLOSING IN ON WEST SIDE LOFTS
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A fifth-floor view of the  “mews” between two buildings at the West Side Lofts, looking toward the Two River Theater. Below, developer Chris Cole. (Photos by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: CLOSING IN ON WEST SIDE LOFTS"
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October 16th, 2014 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: AUTUMN 2014
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This burst of autumn color is brought to you by the trees along Ridge Road outside the Fair Haven Fields Nature Area, right, and Rumson’s Meadowridge Park, left. (Photo byContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: AUTUMN 2014"
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October 15th, 2014 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: CROP WALK TURNS 34
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Put on your walking shoes and join the hundreds of volunteers expected to take part in the 34th annual Red Bank CROP Hunger Walk, making a “CROP circle” from RBRContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CROP WALK TURNS 34"
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October 15th, 2014 @ 12pm
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of October 4 to October 10, 2014. Report of Vehicle Burglary in the area ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 15th, 2014 @ 11am
CHURN: BLING, BUBBLE TEA AND BUSTED DEALS
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After just a year and a half, Shore Scoop closes, giving way soon to Chill Bubble Tea at 15 White Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "CHURN: BLING, BUBBLE TEA AND BUSTED DEALS"
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October 15th, 2014 @ 8am
LOCUST: A FARM DINNER TO SAVE THE FARM
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Meg Paska, Beth Herbruck and Deb Stasi show off some of the produce grown at Paska’s farm. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Look carefully towards Hartshorne Woods as youContinue reading "LOCUST: A FARM DINNER TO SAVE THE FARM"
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October 14th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: NAVESINK ON NAVESINK
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How calm was our beautiful Navesink River when reader Michael McMahon went out for stripers Monday morning? So calm that when you flip his photo, it’s hard to tell whichContinue reading "RED BANK: NAVESINK ON NAVESINK"
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October 14th, 2014 @ 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 ...