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FAIR HAVEN MERCHANT MIFFED BY ROADBLOCK
The parking lot at Shutters was opened up Monday afternoon, after eight days that put a dent in business. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI IfContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MERCHANT MIFFED BY ROADBLOCK"
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December 8th, 2010 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SEA BRIGHT CAT LAW NEARLY READY, AGAIN
Sea Bright is expected to formally adopt its trap-neuter-release ordinance in two weeks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright’s cat control ordinance is quicklyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT CAT LAW NEARLY READY, AGAIN"
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December 8th, 2010 @ 7am
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, PLUG IN
Two of last year’s winners: the Philips residence on Reckless Place and the Lauterwasser residence on East Westside Avenue. (Click to enlarge) OK, lovers of electric light: your season isContinue reading "ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, PLUG IN"
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December 7th, 2010 @ 8am
PLANNING BOARD INKS OK FOR TATTOO SHOP
Guiseppe “Turtle” Sorrentino plans on firing up his tattoo needle in Red Bank within the next three weeks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Guiseppe “Turtle”Continue reading "PLANNING BOARD INKS OK FOR TATTOO SHOP"
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December 7th, 2010 @ 7am
TROPHY, CHARITY UP FOR GRABS IN GAME
Rumson-Fair Haven will match up against Matawan tomorrow for the state sectional championships. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mike Halfacre: mayor, triathlete, gambling man. AsContinue reading "TROPHY, CHARITY UP FOR GRABS IN GAME"
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December 3rd, 2010 @ 12pm
YMCA GETS OK FOR SHRUNKEN PLAN
Congregation Beth Shalom, led by Rabbi Dovid Harrison, won concessions from the Community YMCA. An architectural plan, below, shows the south face of the proposed remodeling (top) and east facadeContinue reading "YMCA GETS OK FOR SHRUNKEN PLAN"
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December 3rd, 2010 @ 1am
RUMSON OUTSOURCING SCRAPPED FOR NOW
Trash collection will remain a borough operation in 2011. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Rumson officials have canned the idea of outsourcing trash collection inContinue reading "RUMSON OUTSOURCING SCRAPPED FOR NOW"
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November 30th, 2010 @ 1pm
YMCA SCALES BACK EXPANSION PLAN
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Talks between Community YMCA officials and Red Bank’s zoning board led the Y to shave 15,000 square feet off a proposed expansion at the Maple Avenue health facility. (Click toContinue reading "YMCA SCALES BACK EXPANSION PLAN"
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November 30th, 2010 @ 11am
CHINESE, VIETNAMESE AND TATS ON TAP
Temple, a Chinese restaurant, is expected to open in the former home of Torcello by the end of December. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI TiredContinue reading "CHINESE, VIETNAMESE AND TATS ON TAP"
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November 30th, 2010 @ 7am
BACK IN THE GAME
George Heidelberger heads crossfield on an interception return during Sunday’s flag football game at Red Bank’s Eastside Park. The weekly pickup game returned a week after town officials shut itContinue reading "BACK IN THE GAME"
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November 29th, 2010 @ 9am
EJECTED FOOTBALLERS FLAG PARKS & REC
Officials say Red Bank’s parks & rec commission will revisit the field-use ordinance after a group of residents was abruptly kicked out of Eastside Park Sunday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi;Continue reading "EJECTED FOOTBALLERS FLAG PARKS & REC"
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November 24th, 2010 @ 1pm
RUMSON NEARS POLICE CONTRACT THRU 2013
The borough and its police union are poised to finalize a seven-year contract, ending a three-year deadlock in negotiations. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON NEARS POLICE CONTRACT THRU 2013"
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November 24th, 2010 @ 8am
BYRNES STILL PUSHING THE TV BUTTONS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When the New Year rolls in, Sean Byrnes will no longer sit behind the dais of Middletown’s governing body. So if he wants to know in detailContinue reading "BYRNES STILL PUSHING THE TV BUTTONS"
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November 23rd, 2010 @ 11am
WARSHAW TAPPED AS COUNTY PROSECUTOR
Peter Warshaw at Fair Haven’s National Night Out festivities in 2009. (Click to enlarge) Governor Chris Christie has nominated Peter Warshaw Jr. to succeed Luis Valentin as Monmouth County Prosecutor,Continue reading "WARSHAW TAPPED AS COUNTY PROSECUTOR"
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November 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
SECOND TIME A CHARM FOR FREE PARKING
The Red Bank council approved a request from RiverCenter to offer free holiday parking, but not at curbside meters like these on Monmouth Street. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "SECOND TIME A CHARM FOR FREE PARKING"
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November 23rd, 2010 @ 7am
McCARTHY ON CRIME: 2010 NOT SO GOOD
Red Bank Police Chief Steve McCarthy, commenting on Thursday’s report of a drop in crime in the borough in 2009, says next year’s report will show the opposite. “Obviously, they’reContinue reading "McCARTHY ON CRIME: 2010 NOT SO GOOD"
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November 19th, 2010 @ 6am
Even with a rare double homicide, Red Bank’s crime rate plummeted in 2009, according to data released today by the New Jersey State Police. The agency’s annual Uniform Crime ReportContinue reading "RED BANK’S CRIME RATE PLUNGES"
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November 18th, 2010 @ 2pm
PRESS: BOROUGH & Y SETTLE A LAWSUIT
A proposed sale of the former borough hall by the Community YMCA has been tied up in litigation for nearly three years. (Click to enlarge) One of two lawsuits pittingContinue reading "PRESS: BOROUGH & Y SETTLE A LAWSUIT"
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November 17th, 2010 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown Mayor Gerry Scharfenberger, already on the griddle for not disclosing before this month’s election that he took a state job in August, is getting additional heatContinue reading "SCHARFENBERGER BLASTED FOR PAY CLAIM"
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November 16th, 2010 @ 9am
WEATHER ANOMALY SWELLS NAVESINK
At the Monmouth Boat Club, the Navesink River has risen to within inches of the lower porch deck. (Click to enlarge) An unusual weather system is causing the Navesink RiverContinue reading "WEATHER ANOMALY SWELLS NAVESINK"
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November 11th, 2010 @ 2pm
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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
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.