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RED BANK: MEET, GREET, LIE DOWN, PANT
[slideshow_deploy id=’91022′]Tails wagged and pink tongues slobbered as Dog Days of Summer, an effort by Red Bank RiverCenter to boost evening sales downtown, returned to a stretch of Monmouth StreetContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET, GREET, LIE DOWN, PANT"
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June 18th, 2014 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SEA BRIGHT: LIFELONG HOME REBUILT
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Desiree Pierce, who lost her lifelong Sea Bright home to Hurricane Sandy, celebrated the completion of its rebuilding by volunteers Tuesday. Pierce, at center above with son Junior, helped ShareefahContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: LIFELONG HOME REBUILT"
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June 17th, 2014 @ 6pm
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Enricky Cosme-Cruz, age 22, from Hudson Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on June 3, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MAN ARRESTED THREE TIMES"
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June 17th, 2014 @ 3pm
SANDY HOOK: FISHING FOR TUNEAGE
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After the Reign brings its rocking country covers and “Jersey Strong” originals back to the beach on Wednesday evening, when the free concert series on Sandy Hook returns. For theContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: FISHING FOR TUNEAGE"
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June 17th, 2014 @ 12pm
OCEANIC BRIDGE TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRS
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The Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown will be closed to traffic and pedestrian use from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday for “routine maintenance” on the bascule section,Continue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRS"
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June 17th, 2014 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: SUIT ALLEGES SEXUAL PURSUIT
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Superintendent Carolyn Kossack, seen here in 2012.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A former Little Silver school staffer claims she was fired afterContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: SUIT ALLEGES SEXUAL PURSUIT"
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June 17th, 2014 @ 7am
A former Red Bank Regional substitute teacher and coach was arrested and charged with having sex with an underage student at his Red Bank home, authorities said Monday night. DarnellContinue reading "RBR SUB CHARGED WITH SEX WITH STUDENT"
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June 17th, 2014 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN DOES IT AGAIN
[slideshow_deploy id=’90915′]What started as a way to celebrate Fair Haven’s centennial two years ago appears to have settled into an annual tradition, as the borough threw a townwide party inContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DOES IT AGAIN"
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June 16th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: A NEW BREED OF NETWORKING
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The Dog Days of Summer are back, as the monthly promotion for four-legged visitors (and their human handlers) returns to Monmouth Street on Tuesday evening. When the idea was firstContinue reading "RED BANK: A NEW BREED OF NETWORKING"
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June 16th, 2014 @ 12pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’90914′]The fifth annual Kids Triathlon for Bob Kelleher drew hundreds of youngsters to the Navesink River in Rumson for swim-bike-run competitions for kids aged 14 and under Sunday. TheContinue reading "RUMSON: KIDS GIVE IT THEIR BEST TRI"
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June 16th, 2014 @ 10am
Artist Ellen Martin in her Red Bank studio on June 11, 2014. Because she was born on Manhattan’s Museum Mile, “it was perhaps inevitable I become an artist,” says Martin.Continue reading "CLIPPINGS: ARTIST IN THE ROUND"
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June 16th, 2014 @ 6am
LINCROFT: ST. LEO’S SUMMER PREVIEW
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St. Leo the Great Parish in Lincroft kicks off six nights of pre-summer funraising, with a Carnival that commences on Monday, June 16.  Longtime locals on the greater Green knowContinue reading "LINCROFT: ST. LEO’S SUMMER PREVIEW"
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June 15th, 2014 @ 12pm
Familiar faces were the first across the finish line on Broad Street in Red Bank Saturday morning. (Video courtesy of Shore Sports Zone. Click to enlarge) Nearly 1,300 runners andContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER SHEEHAN CLASSIC ZIPS BY"
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June 14th, 2014 @ 1pm
RUMSON: THE THRILL OF VICTORY
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Forget about sleeping in on Sunday, dads: Victory Park is the setting for a great recreational event this Father’s Day, with a Kids’ Triathlon that commences at 7:45 am.  Continue reading "RUMSON: THE THRILL OF VICTORY"
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June 14th, 2014 @ 12pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 5 to June 12, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK: BRASS FIRE HOSE VALVES STOLEN"
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June 13th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: STREETLIFE HITS THE BRICKS AGAIN
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Strumberry Pie is among the musical acts returning to the sidewalks and storefronts of downtown Red Bank, for the latest edition of Street Life on Saturday.  Sure, other towns haveContinue reading "RED BANK: STREETLIFE HITS THE BRICKS AGAIN"
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June 13th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: TAXMAN SEIZES THAI RESTAURANT
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Muang Thai owner Jack Pongnoo, seated, with Muang Thai staffers last August. Below, the sticker slapped on the restaurant door by state tax officials Thursday. (Photo above by Robert Kern, belowContinue reading "RED BANK: TAXMAN SEIZES THAI RESTAURANT"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 6pm
FAIR HAVEN, RUMSON: ALL’S FAIR
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St. George’s by the River in Rumson is the scene for Saturday’s Canterbury Fair, the annual celebration of friendship, family and summer that begins at 9 am.  While summer doesn’tContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN, RUMSON: ALL’S FAIR"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know Where this week’s photo was shot? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected]. Last week’s Where? It showed… well, it may have been hard toContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 8am
SANDY HOOK: CAMS AND PARTY MARK 250TH
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National Park Service spokesman John Harlan Warren explains the Fresnel lens used in the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. (Photo by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE On the nightContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: CAMS AND PARTY MARK 250TH"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 6am
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.