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For a guy who just turned 80, George Bowden has a lot of energy. Some of it gets steered into his passion for trying to preserve old buildings in Red Bank as chairman of the borough's Historical Preservation Commission. Some...
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By LINDA G. RASTELLI The end of summer, when the season is in its final flush of glory, is like no other time. And the Firemen’s Fair in Fair Haven celebrates it with gusto. On a typical warm night, fairgoers...
She's long been a force on her native island of Jamaica, and had a chart-topping hit there with "Oh Me Oh My" some years back. Cabaret singer Karen Smith doesn't have much of a profile in the States, but she's...
After 31 years in Red Bank, entrepreneur, education activist and occasional singer W. David Tarver is leaving town. And he's going out in style. Tarver tells redbankgreen that he and his wife, Kishna, are packing up their house at the...
RiverCenter's Tiki Party at the Elks Lodge Wednesday night took place under perfect weather conditions and drew the biggest-ever crowd to the annual bash, organizers said. Though the final tally wasn't yet available, it was also thought to have raised...
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According to a news release from RiverCenter, 75 Marines from 6th Motor Transport Battalion, based in Lincroft at Half Mile and Newman Springs Road are shipping out to Iraq on May 28 — Memorial Day. American Recreational Military Services (A.R.M.S),...
Here's an item from an email sent out this morning by RiverCenter: Phone Solicitation Notice - Important Someone representing Red Bank PAL (police athletic league) has been making solication calls to Red Bank businesses asking for money for this organization....
The Asbury Park Press has a story today on campaign spending in last year's council and mayoral races in Red Bank showing that the Democrats — who won all three open seats — outspent the Republicans by more than four...
To those familiar only with the crib notes of her biography, Nadine Goldsmith may be easy to misinterpret. A well-off Rumsonite, she was a fixture in charity-ball circles, and after she died of breast cancer in March, 2004 at age...
Rita Lemole may have left her lifelong digs in Monmouth County, but her fellow instructors and other friends from the Community YMCA in Red Bank haven't forgotten her. Lemole, formerly of Middletown and Atlantic Highlands, taught aerobics, spin, Pilates and...
Ralph Gatta, aka "Johnny Jazz," did not set out to become an institution. It was never his intent to transform what had been a simple family-owned butcher shop into a working monument to what he considers America's greatest art form....
Sunday's Star-Ledger has a terrific profile of Fair Haven's Bob Lucky, head of the Fort Monmouth re-use panel and an engineer whose seminal work led to the creation of the Internet. The article, by Wayne Wolley, begins: Bob Lucky earned...
Gone are the days when a plunge into the ocean at the start of a new year was the province of a few wingnuts bent on proving their iconoclastic chops to a conformist world. No more. Now, it seems, everyone's...
As in the past, the fourth annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge organized by the Sons of Ireland will raise money for a couple of worthy causes. The beneficiaries of this year's Sea Bright dip are Clean Ocean Action...
Joel McFadden of Joel McFadden Designs on White Street talks about his use of computer-aided jewelry design during a fundraising event for the Two River Theater Company held Sunday at Teak restaurant on Monmouth Street. Ten percent of the store's...
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NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
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