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Category Archives: History

RED BANK: MENNA ERA ENDS
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RED BANK: Menna concludes record-setting combined terms as councilman and mayor. His successor will have to wait four more days to take up reins.
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December 15th, 2022 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: GIVING TUESDAY 2022
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RED BANK: It's Giving Tuesday. Here are some local organizations seeking help – and one that plans to give a boost to others.
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November 29th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: SPARED HOUSE TO GET SPRUCE-UP
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RED BANK: Saved from the wrecking ball earlier this year, 19th-century house downtown has new owners who plan to restore its onetime glory.
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November 17th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOSPITAL LOT GETS GREENERY
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RED BANK: Readers have noticed activity at the corner of Spring and East Front streets lately and wondered: What's Going On Here?
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November 16th, 2022 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: YMCA HOSTS ESSAY CONTEST
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SHREWSBURY: High School students invited to submit essays about Dr. Martin Luther King to in YMCA scholarship contest.
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November 14th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: NEWCOMER TO LEAD MAJOR CHANGE
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RED BANK: With "borough" form of government slated to end, voters overwhelmingly endorse a political newcomer to lead the way.
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November 9th, 2022 @ 3pm
RED BANK: HISTORIC REFERENDUM ON BALLOT
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RED BANK: Organized opposition to November 8 referendum did not materialize, but there has been pushback, and voters still have questions.
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November 4th, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HONK IF YOU LOVE THIS REHAB JOB
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RED BANK: Remodeling of a century-old house at a busy corner wins approval in the form of honks and shouts from passersby.
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September 13th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: RAILFANS SAVOR FREIGHT CHANGE
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RED BANK: Change in freight haulers brings railfans to crossing here, where they document 'rolling history' – and maybe even give chase.
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September 12th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: Riverside Gardens Park ceremony to mark 21st anniversary of loss of life in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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September 9th, 2022 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: IN MEMORY
RED BANK: Remembering those from the Greater Red Bank area who were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America.
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September 9th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: BBQ KICKS OFF REFERENDUM PUSH
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RED BANK: "Taking nothing for granted," government overhaul advocates launch campaign for November 8 referendum.
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September 6th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: MINORITIES AND HEALTH IN FOCUS
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RED BANK: Panelists in library's 'Let's Talk About Race' discussion focus on unequal access and discrimination in healthcare.
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September 1st, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BLOCK PARTY REUNITES FRIENDS
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RED BANK: Residents past and present gathered Saturday for the 13th annual Community Block Party. Check out the photos for familiar faces.
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August 15th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HISTORIC CLOCK BACK ON BROAD
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RED BANK: Eight months after it was toppled by a truck, the 120-year-old Reussille's clock is back in place on Broad Street.
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July 26th, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TOURS ADDED TO APP
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RED BANK: Walking tours history app created by High Tech High students adds new themed routes.
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July 22nd, 2022 @ 5am
RED BANK: REFERENDUM ON CHANGE SET
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RED BANK: Charter Study Commission wraps up with report that puts new form of government and non-partisan elections up for November vote.
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July 20th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: CHARTER REFERENDUM ADVANCES
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RED BANK: Charter Study Commission agrees on "council-manager" government and other aspects of November referendum.
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July 11th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: LOCALS BID CITARELLA’S FAREWELL
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RED BANK: Mayor and heartbroken customers bid family-owned butcher shop farewell after a 121-year run, but a new food shop may replace it.
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July 7th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: More accustomed to presiding over business grand openings, mayor will mark a closing Wednesday: Citarella's Market, after a 121-year run.
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July 5th, 2022 @ 4pm
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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 ...