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RUMSON SNUFFING OUT SMOKING IN PARKS
Rumson intends to ban smoking in all of its public parks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Smoke ’em if you got ’em. Just not inContinue reading "RUMSON SNUFFING OUT SMOKING IN PARKS"
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Riverview plans to add two surgical suites to handle a growing number of surgeries, officials say. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center is planning a $15 million upgradeContinue reading "RIVERVIEW PLANS $15M SURGICAL MAKEOVER"
BIKE & PED PLAN HITS THE STREETS
A “bike route network” map in the report details suggested locations for bike lanes, shared lanes, bike parking and more. Below, the cover page of the report. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "BIKE & PED PLAN HITS THE STREETS"
ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST
The Planned Parenthood clinic on Newman Springs Road is the purported terminus of a protest walk planned for March 12. Below, Councilman Ed Zipprich. (Click to enlarge) The Red BankContinue reading "ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST"
FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR
Patti Siciliano just hours before opening the latest addition to Funk and Standard, Yummy Yummy Good Stuff juice bar. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI PattiContinue reading "FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR"
SHREWSBURY DOC MUSCLES HER WAY TO FAME
Karyn Marshall, seen below in competition in the 1980s, will be inducted into the Weightlifting Hall of Fame next month. (Click to enlarge. Photo above by Dustin Racioppi.) By DUSTINContinue reading "SHREWSBURY DOC MUSCLES HER WAY TO FAME"
The traditional pink stripe down the center of Broad Street in honor of Paint the Town Pink might have to make an eastward turn into Fair Haven this year. (ClickContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN JOINS THE PINK ARMY"
RED BANK DENTIST GETS TOOTH PULLED AGAIN
The hanging tooth sign outside Harry Mahoney’s dental office on River Road was stolen again this week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Somebody’s done itContinue reading "RED BANK DENTIST GETS TOOTH PULLED AGAIN"
WHAT TO DO IN WINTER? ROW, OF COURSE
Salvador Tecalero, in the foreground, is one of more than 60 members of Navesink Indoor Rowing. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI John Crilly made aContinue reading "WHAT TO DO IN WINTER? ROW, OF COURSE"
ON CONSIGNMENT: RE-ENTRY JOBS
U Gallery will feature luxury goods on consignment and works by brain-injured artists. (Click to enlarge) One of the stores opening as part of a surge in new consignment shopsContinue reading "ON CONSIGNMENT: RE-ENTRY JOBS"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When Dery Bennett (left) started the American Littoral Society‘s New Year’s Day Beach Walk in the 1970s, his goal was to stoke public appreciation of coastal marineContinue reading "A VERY DERY WALK AT THE HOOK"
YMCA AMPING UP THE OUTREACH
The Y’s new executive director, Lisa Christian, outside her Middletown office. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It was anything but a smooth, low-stress transition forContinue reading "YMCA AMPING UP THE OUTREACH"
BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC
Middletown property owner Jon Bon Jovi has scheduled an “intimate,” $250-a-seat concert next month to raise money for Red Bank’s Parker Family Medical Center. News of the benefit appeared yesterdayContinue reading "BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC"
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"
YMCA SCALES BACK EXPANSION PLAN
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"
FARMERS’ MARKET RELOCATES TO RIVER PLAZA
Vendors of apples, fresh bread and other goodies packed up their movable feast at the Galleria and took it across the Navesink to Chris’ Landing in Middletown three weeks ago.Continue reading "FARMERS’ MARKET RELOCATES TO RIVER PLAZA"
RED BANK APPER: DON’T LET BEDBUGS BITE
Adam Kotkin in his Red Bank office. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Adam Kotkin is freaked out. As a longtime resident of New York City,Continue reading "RED BANK APPER: DON’T LET BEDBUGS BITE"
AT HOME AT THE HOSPITAL
Gregory Heins checks the heartbeat of an injured pup at his home veterinary hospital in Fair Haven. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There isn’t anythingContinue reading "AT HOME AT THE HOSPITAL"
RESIDENTS GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS ON SAFETY
Mary Lou Burden, right, shows transportation consultant Dave Cox a problem spot on a map. Below, comments compiled on a street map. (Click to enlarge) Mary Lou Burden knows theContinue reading "RESIDENTS GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS ON SAFETY"
Fair Haven Fire Chief Jim Cerutti is pressing town officials to end an emergency dispatch arrangement with Monmouth County because of what he says are chronic delays in relaying serviceContinue reading "CERUTTI: COUNTY DISPATCH LAGS TOO MUCH"
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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.
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.
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 ...