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RED BANK LEGENDS, PAST & PRESENT
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Eileen Moon at the Red Bank Public Library, built in the former home of ‘legendary’ industrialist Sigmund Eisner. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK LEGENDS, PAST & PRESENT"
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March 5th, 2014 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RBR HOSTS ASBURY DANCERS, STORYTELLERS
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Guest artists from the Asbury Park Technical Academy of Dance  performed a program on Black History at Red Bank Regional High School, including a powerful piece inspired by the killingContinue reading "RBR HOSTS ASBURY DANCERS, STORYTELLERS"
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March 5th, 2014 @ 6am
TONY, TINA, BOBBY, SANTTU-MATIAS & MORE
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Above: Champian Fulton, Bob Tuzzo and Tony Corrao take the bandstand when the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra presents “An Enchanted Evening of Song” at Two River Theater. Below, twentysomething EuropeanContinue reading "TONY, TINA, BOBBY, SANTTU-MATIAS & MORE"
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February 28th, 2014 @ 10am
On Thursday, February 20, Red Bank Regional High School celebrates Black History Month with the return of inspirational alumnus Ronald Dukes, bringing a message of hope and motivation to studentsContinue reading "RBR CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH"
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February 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: SEEKING EQUALITY, THEN AND NOW
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On the panel were longtime housing advocate Flo Apy, at left above; former borough Councilwoman Sharon Lee; and Monmouth University history professor Walter Greason. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: SEEKING EQUALITY, THEN AND NOW"
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February 11th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: MAPLE COVE TO RETAIN SAFEGUARD
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Maple Cove and the public library as seen in 2011. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank officials are abandoning a controversial planContinue reading "RED BANK: MAPLE COVE TO RETAIN SAFEGUARD"
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February 10th, 2014 @ 6am
WEEKEND: CHEER FOR JERSEY, ROOT FOR SNOW
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Above: Maxine Snow and the Snow Project lend a jazzy chill to the Steamy Nights house party at the Woman’s Club while, below, Quincy Mumford brings a warm and beachyContinue reading "WEEKEND: CHEER FOR JERSEY, ROOT FOR SNOW"
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January 31st, 2014 @ 9am
At their first working session on January 8, 2014, the members of the Red Bank Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring February to be T. Thomas Fortune month inContinue reading "FEBRUARY IS FORTUNE MONTH IN RED BANK"
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January 31st, 2014 @ 6am
WEEKEND: DRESSED TO THE 9’S, AND BEYOND
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Above: Britt Savage and the Nines recall those 1980s nights of 75-cent ‘kazis and roses for the ladies, when they reunite for a throwback Friday at the Downtown… while below,Continue reading "WEEKEND: DRESSED TO THE 9’S, AND BEYOND"
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January 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK TO RAZE HOUSE AT BOROUGH HALL
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Red Bank officials said Wednesday that they’re soliciting bids to demolish a former home at 106 Monmouth Street, which sits at the edge of the municipal complex. Owned by theContinue reading "RED BANK TO RAZE HOUSE AT BOROUGH HALL"
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January 24th, 2014 @ 8am
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech, on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. By ISABEL HALLORAN In his I Have a Dream speech,Continue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL CELEBRATES KING"
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January 20th, 2014 @ 8am
WEEKEND: HOME TURF ADVANTAGE
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Above: Conductor Jacques Lacombe carries the baton to the Basie for the year’s first visit by the NJ Symphony Orchestra, with the internationally acclaimed cellist Daniel Müller-Schott along for theContinue reading "WEEKEND: HOME TURF ADVANTAGE"
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January 10th, 2014 @ 12pm
JOURNO’S RED BANK HOME IN SPOTLIGHT
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T. Thomas Fortune, below, will get a month of honor in February. Meantime, efforts to save his home on Doctors Parker Boulevard continue. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "JOURNO’S RED BANK HOME IN SPOTLIGHT"
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January 10th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: RIVER USERS SAY KEEP COVE LISTED
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Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels, in foreground, listens during the comment portion of the hearing. Below, Michael Humphries of Fair Haven called for an alternative to the borough’s proposed delisting. (PhotosContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVER USERS SAY KEEP COVE LISTED"
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December 31st, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: BURNHAM STILL FIERCE ON COVE
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The parking lot at Maple Cove, as viewed from the library property on West Front Street. Below, Councilwoman-elect Cindy Burnham with borough Administrator Stanley Sickels at a recent fire departmentContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM STILL FIERCE ON COVE"
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December 27th, 2013 @ 4pm
JUKES RING HAPPY NEW YEAR; HAPPY B’DAY NJ
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Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes ring in the new year for the 15th time at the Count Basie Theatre on Tuesday, December 31 — a date that also seesContinue reading "JUKES RING HAPPY NEW YEAR; HAPPY B’DAY NJ"
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December 26th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: A CALENDAR ABOUT, AND FOR, KIDS
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The cover of the 2014 Prown’s calendar features a shot of the attendees on the 1964 Police Athletic League bus trip.  (Click to enlarge) For five years now, two venerableContinue reading "RED BANK: A CALENDAR ABOUT, AND FOR, KIDS"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRST WALK THROUGH HISTORY
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Dozens of visitors toured Little Silver’s Parker Homestead, which opened to the public Sunday for the first time since it was deeded to the borough in 1996. Among the displaysContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FIRST WALK THROUGH HISTORY"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 7am
WEEKEND: A HOMECOMING FOR NJ SUPERSTARS
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It’s a Count Basie Homecoming for JACQUIE LEE — seen here performing at a 2012 Rockit! concert in Red Bank — when the VOICE runner-up who wowed everyone from JenniferContinue reading "WEEKEND: A HOMECOMING FOR NJ SUPERSTARS"
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December 19th, 2013 @ 5pm
A DAY OF GRATITUDE TO VETS AND ROSIES
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The Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored a holiday gathering at Nauvoo Restaurant in Fair Haven on December 7. More than 40 members attended the luncheon, in additionContinue reading "A DAY OF GRATITUDE TO VETS AND ROSIES"
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December 19th, 2013 @ 6am
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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
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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 ...