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RED BANK: MAKING SPACE FOR MORE PARKING
A borough-owned building next to Red Bank’s town hall on Monmouth Street is set to be razed this weekend. Administrator Stanley Sickels said the removal of the house, which hasContinue reading "RED BANK: MAKING SPACE FOR MORE PARKING"
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August 8th, 2014 @ 3pm
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RED BANK: MAYOR WELCOMES SPECIAL GUESTS
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Eight disabled students from the Schroth School in Ocean Township arrived in Red Bank Friday morning for a picnic in Riverside Gardens Park and possibly some shopping downtown. But first,Continue reading "RED BANK: MAYOR WELCOMES SPECIAL GUESTS"
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August 8th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: RR XING CLOSURE SET
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A flashing sign on Riverside Avenue in Red Bank warns of the closure later this month. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) Emergency repair work on the New JerseyContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: RR XING CLOSURE SET"
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August 8th, 2014 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN, LITTLE SILVER: DOCK YOUR POD
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Tim McLoone and the Shirleys kick off an August series of free outdoor concerts in Little Silver this Sunday. Local power popsters the Wag, below, close out a concert seriesContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN, LITTLE SILVER: DOCK YOUR POD"
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August 8th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: SIENA SPACE TO REOPEN AS BLU
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Work is about to begin at the former Siena Grille space on Shrewsbury Avenue, according to documents filed with the borough planning office. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: SIENA SPACE TO REOPEN AS BLU"
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August 7th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: HEARTS AND HOMECOMINGS
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The sisters Wilson bring the 2014 edition of Heart to the stage of the Count Basie on Friday night, followed on Saturday by the long-delayed “homecoming” of Ms. Lauryn Hill. Continue reading "RED BANK: HEARTS AND HOMECOMINGS"
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August 7th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AN INVITATION FROM ON HIGH
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These guys working a cherry picker at the West Side Lofts project under construction in Red Bank offered redbankgreen’s photographer a ride Wednesday afternoon. She declined. (Photo by Trish Russoniello.Continue reading "RED BANK: AN INVITATION FROM ON HIGH"
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August 7th, 2014 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Can you identify the subject of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected].
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August 7th, 2014 @ 9am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department for the month of July, 2014. July 3– Herbert Standard, 34, of Asbury Park, NJ, was arrestedContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CRIME REPORTS & ARRESTS"
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August 7th, 2014 @ 6am
Anthony Sims in a photo released by police in 2007. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A former Red Bank man who did time for a double shooting inContinue reading "RED BANK: SIMS INDICTED IN APRIL SHOOTING"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 3pm
[CORRECTION: A spokeswoman for the Diocese of Trenton says the accused was an outside contractor to St. James, not an employee as reported, and thus his alleged crime can’t beContinue reading "RED BANK: FRAUD ON CHURCH ALLEGED"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FOR THE GOOD OF THE GHOSTS
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The animal-rights advocacy feature GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE shows in a benefit screening, Thursday evening at Bow Tie Cinemas on White Street. Although The Ghosts In Our Machine makes aContinue reading "RED BANK: FOR THE GOOD OF THE GHOSTS"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: TAXES, FIREHOUSE PACK COUNCIL
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Mayor Dina Long, center above, helped move tables to accommodate an overflow crowd Tuesday night. John Lamia, below, was sworn to fill the unexpired term of Read Murphy. (Photo byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: TAXES, FIREHOUSE PACK COUNCIL"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK & FAIR HAVEN: A GOOD NIGHT OUT
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National Night Out events Tuesday night had their customary fair flair, with free food and facepainting in Red Bank (above and right) and the ever-popular dunk tank in Fair Haven.Continue reading "RED BANK & FAIR HAVEN: A GOOD NIGHT OUT"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 7am
Former New Jersey Devils player Jim Dowd once again brought his high school all-star hockey face-off to Red Bank Sunday night. A fundraiser dubbed ‘Hometown Heroes,’ the game saw theContinue reading "RED BANK: HOCKEY ALL-STARS BRING HEAT"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 1pm
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Alexandra Sarna, age 24, from Carr Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on July 24, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES
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It’s “everybody out of the water” and up onto the lawn, as ‘Jaws’ returns to Riverside Gardens for a Tuesday night showing. The original ‘Back to the Future’ materializes onContinue reading "RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 11am
Liz Stahl, Mary Ellen Dowd, Chris Lombino and Tom Smith – friends who met in a theater group –  were all set for the July 8, 2014 movie screening inContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: MOVIE IN THE ROUND"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER PIVOTS ON $1.5M TURF PLAN
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The ballfields at Sickles Farm Park will remain grass for now. Below, audience members passed around a turf sample.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Little Silver isn’t readyContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER PIVOTS ON $1.5M TURF PLAN"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S
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The exterior’s already gotten a facelift and one is underway inside at Basil T’s, soon to reopen as Birravino, says owner Vic Rallo Jr., below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S"
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August 4th, 2014 @ 3pm
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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.
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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 ...