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YO MON, HERE COMES MORE FRO-YO
A self-serve frozen yogurt shop called Yo Mon plans to take over the space used by AlphaGraphics, which plans to move just a block east, to White Street. (Click toContinue reading "YO MON, HERE COMES MORE FRO-YO"
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October 7th, 2011 @ 12pm
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REVISED LOFTS PROJECT WINS OK
The mixed-use residential, retail and restaurant project was scaled down from the version approved in 2006. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Red Bank’s zoning board has been convinced, andContinue reading "REVISED LOFTS PROJECT WINS OK"
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October 7th, 2011 @ 7am
A borough resident has filed suit to stop a six-story, 72-room hotel from being built on Route 35 at the Cooper Bridge. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD IsContinue reading "QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT HOTEL LAWSUIT"
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October 4th, 2011 @ 1pm
PARKER HOUSE WINS REGISTER ENTRY
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The Parker homestead, seen here in 2007, dates back to (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Parker House, Little Silver’s oldest surviving homestead, has won addition to theContinue reading "PARKER HOUSE WINS REGISTER ENTRY"
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September 29th, 2011 @ 8am
The location of the proposed court is up in the air, says Mayor Pasquale Menna. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Taking a cue from three other Monmouth County towns,Continue reading "MENNA SEEKS FOUR-TOWN COURTROOM"
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September 29th, 2011 @ 5am
RUMSON CAN REBUILD ON HOME’S FOOTPRINT
A derelict house on the site, adjacent to Victory Park, is to be demolished and replaced with a boathouse. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Rumson is one step closerContinue reading "RUMSON CAN REBUILD ON HOME’S FOOTPRINT"
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September 28th, 2011 @ 11am
RESIDENT STUMPS FOR SLIGHTED MAYOR
Ambassador Drive, serving the Elkridge condominium complex off Spring Street, is the only public tribute to late Red Bank Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RESIDENT STUMPS FOR SLIGHTED MAYOR"
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September 27th, 2011 @ 11am
RUMSON TO REPLACE RIVERFRONT HOUSE
A derelict house next door to Victory Park will be razed and replaced with a boathouse for RFH Rowing, the mayor says. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON TO REPLACE RIVERFRONT HOUSE"
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September 26th, 2011 @ 2pm
WOMAN HAS A BONE TO PICK OVER DOG LAW
Delynn Mehrlander with Henry, the yellow lab pup she got after the death of her last dog. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD When Little Silver resident Delynn MehrlanderContinue reading "WOMAN HAS A BONE TO PICK OVER DOG LAW"
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September 23rd, 2011 @ 7am
WOMAN BURNED IN RED BANK FIRE DIES
Phyllis Rudrow at the October, 2009 dedication of a bust of her cousin, Count Basie, flanked by benefactors Ray Brennan, left, and Dr. Gene Cheslock, right. Her home after theContinue reading "WOMAN BURNED IN RED BANK FIRE DIES"
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September 22nd, 2011 @ 6am
RACK ‘EM UP: BILLIARDS MAY RETURN TO RB
If approved by the zoning board, a billiards hall called Lucky Break will move into the long-vacant storefront at 14 West Front. (Click to enlarge) [This article was updated withContinue reading "RACK ‘EM UP: BILLIARDS MAY RETURN TO RB"
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September 21st, 2011 @ 11am
WRONG-WAY TIX ISSUED DURING CAR SHOW
A frame from an amateur video shot during the exotic car show captured at least one vehicle parked facing in the wrong direction on Wallace Street. (Click to enlarge) [ThisContinue reading "WRONG-WAY TIX ISSUED DURING CAR SHOW"
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September 20th, 2011 @ 11am
RAIL, WATER JOBS PROMPT DETOURS
A water-line installation along Shrewsbury Avenue, below, may add to driver woes after regular business hours, while Newman Springs Road users are in for a new route for 24 hours.Continue reading "RAIL, WATER JOBS PROMPT DETOURS"
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September 19th, 2011 @ 5pm
Hedge Fund manager George Hall’s $12 million Rumson mansion – or more precisely, a federal tax loophole that grants people in Hall’s field of work a sweet income-tax bargain – is harshing theContinue reading "LEDGER LIVE TEAS UP HALL MANSION"
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September 19th, 2011 @ 12pm
WALLACE STREET CONVERSION TABLED
The building, which is some 116 years old, was converted from a two-family to office use three years ago. Now the owner wants to switch back. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "WALLACE STREET CONVERSION TABLED"
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September 16th, 2011 @ 11am
JUANITO’S MARKET GETS A GREEN LIGHT
An expert testified that “close to 100 percent” of the store’s customers would arrive on foot, making a parking shortfall irrelevant. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Red Bank’s biggestContinue reading "JUANITO’S MARKET GETS A GREEN LIGHT"
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September 16th, 2011 @ 6am
Twelfth-district Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon of Little Silver is seeing red over news that New Jersey taxpayers are on the hook for a $420,000 tax credit to the producers of ‘JerseyContinue reading "O’SCANLON BLASTS ‘JERSEY SHORE’ TAX TAB"
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September 15th, 2011 @ 10am
DEMS PICK HORGAN FOR TICKET IN 11TH
Horgan has been a member of the Red Bank Council since 2008. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Monmouth County Democrats selected Red Bank Councilwoman Kathy Horgan Wednesday nightContinue reading "DEMS PICK HORGAN FOR TICKET IN 11TH"
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September 15th, 2011 @ 7am
NEW MAYOR JUST CLOSING OUT ‘SUZY’S TERM’
Liz Castleman-Halpin, the late mayor’s daughter, with her own daughter, Noelle, looking on, expressed appreciation to Mayor Bob Neff at Felicia’s Kitchen last Saturday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "NEW MAYOR JUST CLOSING OUT ‘SUZY’S TERM’"
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September 14th, 2011 @ 3pm
CASE OF ALLEGED TREE ‘MURDER’ CONTINUES
Construction of a 5,000-square-foot home is underway on the Navesink Avenue site that neighbors claim was improperly clear-cut. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A dispute between neighboring propertyContinue reading "CASE OF ALLEGED TREE ‘MURDER’ CONTINUES"
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September 13th, 2011 @ 10am
Partyline
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(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.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
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