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The American Doughboy statue in Fair Haven’s Memorial Park, one of an estimated 159 on display across the country, as captured on video on April 10, 2014. (Video by GerdaContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: REMEMBERING AND HONORING"
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May 26th, 2014 @ 8am
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RED BANK: A SINGLE SHADE OF GRAY
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Peter Stone performs a balancing act between theater and stand-up, when the one-guy show MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS takes to the Basie stage on Tuesday night.Continue reading "RED BANK: A SINGLE SHADE OF GRAY"
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May 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK AREA TOWNS SALUTE HEROES
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The Veterans Monument on Monmouth Street is the scene of an annual Memorial Day observance on Monday, one of several going on around the Green. From Red Bank to Rumson;Continue reading "RED BANK AREA TOWNS SALUTE HEROES"
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May 25th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: RIBEYES, ON A BACKYARD GRILLE
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The Ribeye Brothers are the raw meat that rekindles a Memorial Weekend tradition, Sunday evening backside The Dub.    It’s as sure a signifier of Memorial Weekend as lowered speedContinue reading "RED BANK: RIBEYES, ON A BACKYARD GRILLE"
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May 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: HOUSE FIRE
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Volunteer firefighters from across the Green responded to a house fire at 10 Brookside Drive in Rumson shortly after 9 p.m. Friday. The fire was out and venting operations wereContinue reading "RUMSON: HOUSE FIRE"
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May 23rd, 2014 @ 10pm
redbankgreen is always delighted to plug the great work of Red Bank journalist Brian Donohue, who make the Ledger Live videos for NJ.com, the wesbite of the Star-Ledger. In thisContinue reading "SUNRISE (SORTA) ON SUMMER IN SEA BRIGHT"
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May 23rd, 2014 @ 5pm
RUMSON: SPRING’S GONE SWIMMINGLY
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A school of competitive distance swimmers will take it to the river in the shadow of the Oceanic Bridge, during the annual Nav-e-Sink or Swim event that returns this SundayContinue reading "RUMSON: SPRING’S GONE SWIMMINGLY"
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May 23rd, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: ALLIGATOR CAPTURED
Found safe and sound in suburbia. (Photo courtesy of Middletown PD. Click to enlarge) This just in from the Middletown police department: On this date, May 23, 2014 at approximatelyContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ALLIGATOR CAPTURED"
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May 23rd, 2014 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: JUST ABOUT READY FOR SUMMER
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The newly rebuilt municipal parking lot, sans the public library that once sat in its midst, as seen earlier this week. Below, the new ramp over the sea wall underContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: JUST ABOUT READY FOR SUMMER"
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May 23rd, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: COME ON DOWN TO OUR BOAT, BABY
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It’s Open House at the Monmouth Boat Club this Saturday, and the members of the MBC have an irresistible “sails pitch” for all who’d like to enjoy life from theContinue reading "RED BANK: COME ON DOWN TO OUR BOAT, BABY"
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May 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: WILD TURKEY KILLING PROBED
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Wild turkeys in Fair Haven in 2011. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Middletown police are investigating a report that a man killed a wild turkey with a policeContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WILD TURKEY KILLING PROBED"
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May 22nd, 2014 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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This being the last full week of Paint the Town Pink, we thought it fitting to ask if you can identify the subject of this week’s Where Have I SeenContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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May 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: ANOTHER SIDE OF BOBFEST
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Pat Guadagno saddles up his Tired Horse for the 16th annual Dylan’s birthday celebration concert BOBFEST, Thursday night at the Count Basie.  When Jersey Shore “saloon singer” supreme Pat GuadagnoContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER SIDE OF BOBFEST"
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May 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LANDING, THEN PRINTING, FISH
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Max Berry silhouetted by one of his fish prints. Below, another of Berry’s works hangs on a fence outside the shop framed by a wall designed by artist Mike Ciccotello. Continue reading "RED BANK: LANDING, THEN PRINTING, FISH"
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May 21st, 2014 @ 10am
WHALE SIGHTING OFF SEA BRIGHT
John Schneider caught footage of a whale off Sea Bright in this video shot from his living room in North Beach Tuesday afternoon.
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May 20th, 2014 @ 8pm
A Red Bank woman and her toddler son were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning. Esmerelda Perez, 28, and her three-year-oldContinue reading "RED BANK: MOTHER AND SON HIT BY CAR"
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May 20th, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BURNED BOAT CLEARED FROM RIVER
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The burned hull of the Fiddler at low tide last Thursday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The icebound boat that went up inContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNED BOAT CLEARED FROM RIVER"
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May 20th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: THEY TRIED
[slideshow_deploy id=’90176′]More than 270 athletes – including Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop – participated in Olympic- and sprint-distance competition at the Red Bank Triathlon Sunday morning. The event included a swimContinue reading "RED BANK: THEY TRIED"
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May 20th, 2014 @ 8am
RUMSON: GUN BUYBACK TALLY SOARS
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In its second year, two-day cash-for-guns program in Rumson and Asbury Park last week saw a 64-percent jump over 2013 in the number of weapons surrendered, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’sContinue reading "RUMSON: GUN BUYBACK TALLY SOARS"
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May 20th, 2014 @ 5am
RED BANK: AND THE BASIE GOES TO…
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Student performers from over a dozen area schools are the stars of the show at Wednesday’s ninth annual Basie Awards, recognizing excellence in high school theater productions around Monmouth County.Continue reading "RED BANK: AND THE BASIE GOES TO…"
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May 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
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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.