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KIRK PLAYS SANTA, WITH HITMAKER HELPERS
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Bandleader Brian Kirk (center) brings his Jirks back to the Basie stage on December 23, in a Santa for Lunch Break benefit that boasts the chart-topping voices of Elliot LurieContinue reading "KIRK PLAYS SANTA, WITH HITMAKER HELPERS"
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December 18th, 2013 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: EMERGENCY REPORTED AT OXFORD
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Oxford House on South Ward Avenue at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A medical emergency at Oxford House, theContinue reading "RUMSON: EMERGENCY REPORTED AT OXFORD"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 9am
A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION
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Becca Ayers (Mrs. Otter), William Thomas Evans (Dr. Badger) and Mike Faist (Mole) co-star in A WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHRISTMAS, the original family musical now onstage in a new encoreContinue reading "A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 8am
SNOW CARPETS THE GREEN AGAIN
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Snow made for some wheel-spinning and tentative driving on the Red Bank-area Green Tuesday morning, as seen above looking east along Pinckney Road in Little Silver. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "SNOW CARPETS THE GREEN AGAIN"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: WALGREEN’S AIRS TRAFFIC PITCH
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Walgreen’s developer Marc Steinberg talks about the proposed store’s traffic flow with nearby resident Mary Todt during a break in Monday night’s planning board hearing. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: WALGREEN’S AIRS TRAFFIC PITCH"
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December 16th, 2013 @ 11pm
LITTLE SILVER: DOOR TO HISTORY OPENS A BIT
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A large hearth, uncovered during recent repairs, is among the historic features on display on a tour of the Parker Homestead on December 22. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: DOOR TO HISTORY OPENS A BIT"
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December 16th, 2013 @ 3pm
RED BANK: PAY-TO-PLAY RULES IN PLAY
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Elected officials would be permitted to vote on applications by their campaign contributors under a law change that’s up for a vote in Red Bank this week. And the upperContinue reading "RED BANK: PAY-TO-PLAY RULES IN PLAY"
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December 16th, 2013 @ 8am
A STONES-Y BIRTHDAY, FOR KEITH AND KEYS
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Gimme the Keys: Tenor sax ace (and longtime Rolling Stones lieutenant) Bobby Keys celebrates his 70th birthday — a milestone shared by none other than Keith Richards — with anContinue reading "A STONES-Y BIRTHDAY, FOR KEITH AND KEYS"
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December 16th, 2013 @ 8am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 5 to December 12, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE REPORTS"
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December 16th, 2013 @ 6am
FIFTH ANNUAL CONTEST LIGHTS UP RED BANK
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A Shrewsbury Avenue residence is highlighted for the holidays, in a 2010 file image. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) For the fifth consecutive year, the Borough of Red Bank is on theContinue reading "FIFTH ANNUAL CONTEST LIGHTS UP RED BANK"
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December 16th, 2013 @ 6am
PieHole ate (just) west of the tracks in Red Bank recently, tasting some tacos and chowder.  redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If you haven’t liked us on Facebook yet orContinue reading "PIEHOLE: SOPPRESSATA, CHOWDER & BRISKET"
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December 13th, 2013 @ 12pm
WEEKEND: VISIONS OF SUGARPLUMS ABOUND
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Above: Celtic combo Danú brings “An Nollag in Éirinnis” to Santa Basie’s workshop on Friday…while below, young adult novelist Julie Milillo comes home to Middletown for a Saturday discussion ofContinue reading "WEEKEND: VISIONS OF SUGARPLUMS ABOUND"
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December 13th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW LADDER TRUCK IN THE HOUSE
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Truck committee chairman Mike Welsh backs the new truck into its home on Mechanic Street Thursday. (Video by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’sContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW LADDER TRUCK IN THE HOUSE"
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December 13th, 2013 @ 8am
[slideshow_deploy id=’86392′]With temperatures in the low 20s, several hundred parishoners of Red Bank’s St. Anthony of Padua Church celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with their largestContinue reading "RED BANK: A PARISH CELEBRATES"
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December 13th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOV POSTS STRONG RESULTS
Hovnanian Enterprise’s headquarters in Red Bank. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Red Bank-based homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises reported strong growth in revenue and earnings Thursday. Revenue rose 21.5Continue reading "RED BANK: HOV POSTS STRONG RESULTS"
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December 12th, 2013 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Recognize this? If you don’t know, take a guess at Where it is. Send your answer to [email protected], please.
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December 12th, 2013 @ 8am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of November 30 to December 6, 2013. •Report of Theft in the area of Harmon’sContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CRIME REPORTS"
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December 12th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHIEF FACES PERIOD OF CHANGE
Tommy Welsh arrives at the Westside Hose Company following his election as Red Bank fire chief last week. Below, the borough-owned Liberty Hose firehouse is in the process of beingContinue reading "RED BANK: CHIEF FACES PERIOD OF CHANGE"
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December 11th, 2013 @ 2pm
RUMSON: LEVITTOWN ON A TABLE TOP
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Debbie Bagnell and this year’s output of gingerbread cookie houses. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) This time every year, Rumson’s Debbie Bagnell becomes “the gingerbread house lady,” andContinue reading "RUMSON: LEVITTOWN ON A TABLE TOP"
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December 11th, 2013 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: WOMAN DRAGGED BY CAR
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The victim’s car continued across Rumson Road from Seven Bridges Road before crashing into a tree. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A 79-year-old borough woman was hospitalized followingContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: WOMAN DRAGGED BY CAR"
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December 10th, 2013 @ 2pm
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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 ...