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RUMSON: A CHURCH’S EARTHLY REALM
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Stripped of its white shingles and reduced to little more than its steeple, Holy Cross Church in Rumson appeared to blend into its temporary burnt-ochre surroundings Tuesday evening. Built inContinue reading "RUMSON: A CHURCH’S EARTHLY REALM"
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September 4th, 2013 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SEA BRIGHT: ENDLESS SUMMER?
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The unofficial end of summer may have passed, but Bain’s Hardware on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright seems to have ignored the memo. Anyway, locals know that there’s still plentyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: ENDLESS SUMMER?"
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September 4th, 2013 @ 8am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of August 24 to August 30, 2013. •Arrests Timothy Telymonde, male age 47 of CliffwoodContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE ARREST THREE"
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September 4th, 2013 @ 5am
RED BANK: RABID BAT GETS INTO HOUSE
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A brown bat captured by Red Bank’s animal control officer last month. That one turned out to be rabies-free. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A pregnant Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: RABID BAT GETS INTO HOUSE"
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September 3rd, 2013 @ 3pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 22 to August 29, 2013 This information is unedited. Theft occurring between 8-21-13Continue reading "RED BANK: ROCKS THROWN OFF PARKING DECK"
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September 3rd, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL BEGINS NEW YEAR
Sira Williams waved to her daughters  Julia, left, and Maya, who entered the fifth and eighth grades, respectively. At right: Look out, RBCS! Here comes kindergartener Matthew Gaupp, his arrivalContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL BEGINS NEW YEAR"
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September 3rd, 2013 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: A LOW-KEY SAYONARA TO SUMMER
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Francois Bertrand Lemay, Ary Meziane, Martin Hetu and Maxime Boon get ready to roll out on the next leg of their ride from Montreal to Miami. Below, some beachgoers turnedContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: A LOW-KEY SAYONARA TO SUMMER"
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September 3rd, 2013 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: SUMMER’S PLUMPEST TOMATO
And the winner is… right here. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge)
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September 3rd, 2013 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Samantha Chew, age 18, from Fox Avenue in Belford, NJ, arrested on August 13, 2013 by Patrolman NicholasContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: EIGHT CHARGED WITH DWI"
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September 3rd, 2013 @ 6am
NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, RIGHT HERE…
Welcome to redbankgreen 3.0. The newest version of this seven-year-old authentically local news and information site comes with changes both cosmetic – as you’ve probably already noticed – and substantive. The cosmeticContinue reading "NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, RIGHT HERE…"
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September 1st, 2013 @ 9pm
STREET STYLE: WALKING TALL ON BROAD
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With this article, redbankgreen debuts a new regular feature: Model Citizen, in which we track down individuals on the streets of the Green for impromptu interviews about what they’re wearingContinue reading "STREET STYLE: WALKING TALL ON BROAD"
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September 1st, 2013 @ 9pm
RED BANKER FINDS GROOVE IN A SUNNY GANG
Joe Sapienza, center, and Sunny Gang in a brotherly moment. (Click to enlarge) redbankgreen got this email last week from a proud Red Bank dad, Bill Sapienza, and it’s justContinue reading "RED BANKER FINDS GROOVE IN A SUNNY GANG"
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September 1st, 2013 @ 4pm
Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna, seen above at a 2007 primary school function featuring his cooking, faces restaurateur Victor Rallo, below, in a stovetop showdown at the Basie next Saturday. Continue reading "FOODFEST TO SERVE UP A PASTA SMACKDOWN"
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September 1st, 2013 @ 4pm
RFH: NOT A BAD OUTCOME FOR AN APOCALYPSE
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Katie Coyle, whose novel, ‘Vivian Versus the Apocalypse,’   (Click to enlarge) By MARY ANN KAMPFE RFHRHS Public Relations “Someday I’ll read a book by Katie Coyle” reads the inscription inContinue reading "RFH: NOT A BAD OUTCOME FOR AN APOCALYPSE"
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September 1st, 2013 @ 4pm
Scenes from the Fair Haven Fireman’s Fair, which continues through Saturday night. (Click to enlarge)
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August 30th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: IT’S BEEN A PEACH OF A SEASON
Caitlyn Hickey and Catherine Lovallo of Hauser Hill Farms in Old Bridge are off to college now, but Farmer John Hauser will be at the table this weekend. (Photo by JimContinue reading "RED BANK: IT’S BEEN A PEACH OF A SEASON"
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August 30th, 2013 @ 10am
WEEKEND: A RIPE, JUICY SUMMER CLOSEOUT
The final weekend of the fair plays out in Fair Haven, and giant-tomato growers weigh in at Sickles Market. (Photo below by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Friday, August 30:Continue reading "WEEKEND: A RIPE, JUICY SUMMER CLOSEOUT"
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August 30th, 2013 @ 8am
By JOHN T. WARD The 2013 race for Red Bank council went from lukewarm to hot and humid Wednesday night, when the two Republican challengers teed up the all-Democratic councilContinue reading "RED BANK: SPARKS FLY OVER PAYOUTS"
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August 29th, 2013 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This triple escutcheon seems to be trying to tell us something, but what? What does it symbolize? And of course, Where is it? (Click for a closer view.) If youContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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August 29th, 2013 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE STORMS THE TOWN
Governor Chris Christie, accompanied by Mayor Dina Long, heads into Northshore Men’s Wear, above, and meets with Jake O’Donnell of Jake’s Surf Shop, below. (Photos by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE STORMS THE TOWN"
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August 28th, 2013 @ 9pm
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.