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Category Archives: Home & Garden

FORECAST: GOOD EATIN’ WEATHER
A groundhog enjoys an afternoon feast in a front-yard garden on Madison Avenue in Red Bank last Friday. (Click to enlarge) The week starts off damp, but sunshine will prevailContinue reading "FORECAST: GOOD EATIN’ WEATHER"
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November 21st, 2011 @ 7am
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DUE PROCESS GOES SOUTHWEST ON BROAD
Cindy Hubeny spruces up the storefront at 65 Broad Street last week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD One of the churniest of Red Bank’s downtown storefronts in recentContinue reading "DUE PROCESS GOES SOUTHWEST ON BROAD"
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November 17th, 2011 @ 10am
DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST
A deer crosses a Shrewsbury street in 2010. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Local and state laws that allow deer hunting closer to housing than in the pastContinue reading "DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 7am
A PORTION-CONTROLLED SIDE OF ZEET
Zeet Peabody, executive chef at the new JBJ Soul Kitchen, which features crisp design inside and a vegetable and herb garden out front. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "A PORTION-CONTROLLED SIDE OF ZEET"
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October 20th, 2011 @ 10am
BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN
Jon Bon Jovi gives his wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, an attagirl as she prepares a table at the opening of the JBJ Soul Kitchen Wednesday afternoon. The yard outside the restaurant,Continue reading "BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN"
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October 19th, 2011 @ 3pm
Goods were moved and cash changed hands as some 120 homes participated in the fourth annual edition of the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale on Saturday. redbankgreen was there forContinue reading "FALL CLOSEOUT FOR RED BANK YARD SALE"
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September 26th, 2011 @ 5am
FLOWERS, STATIONARY BIKES ON THE MOVE
The Front Street Florist has new ownership and will reopen next week as Flowers on Front. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In this, our 60th Retail Churn report:Continue reading "FLOWERS, STATIONARY BIKES ON THE MOVE"
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September 23rd, 2011 @ 3pm
Sellers and shoppers coped with on-and-off showers during the 2009 edition of the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale. (Click to enlarge) You have to scroll pretty far down in theContinue reading "RAIN DOMINATES FORECAST"
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September 23rd, 2011 @ 6am
TOWNWIDE YARD SALE SET FOR SATURDAY
Scenes from the 2010 edition of the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale. (Photos by Peter Lindner. (Click to enlarge) Some 116 residents are registered to participate as sellers in theContinue reading "TOWNWIDE YARD SALE SET FOR SATURDAY"
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September 22nd, 2011 @ 10am
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
The councilman most opposed to the ordinance says he’s open to compromise, but still itching to repeal it. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD On Monday night’s borough councilContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TREE LAW IN FOR TRIMMING"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 6am
GAS & JUICE: KNOW HOW TO TURN THEM OFF
Knowing how to shut off your home’s utilities in advance can prevent a natural disaster from becoming a catastrophic event. From the Federal Emergency Management Administration web page on utilityContinue reading "GAS & JUICE: KNOW HOW TO TURN THEM OFF"
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August 26th, 2011 @ 7am
HIGH FASHION
Since the recent demise of her Red Bank fashion shop, Bella Mystique, Rosa Davis – famous hereabouts for staging outdoor swimsuit shows featuring local women as models – has pickedContinue reading "HIGH FASHION"
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July 20th, 2011 @ 5pm
FURNITURE STORE BIDS A HASTY ADIEU
Despite the failure of Pierre Deux, neighbors Tiffany & Co. and Garmany are doing well, says landlord Larry Garmany. (Click to enlarge) French provincial furniture retailer Pierre Deux has closedContinue reading "FURNITURE STORE BIDS A HASTY ADIEU"
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July 7th, 2011 @ 7am
IN SHREWSBURY’S QUIVER, A DEER SOLUTION?
A deer on the lawn of the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch on Route 35 last October. (Photo by Peter Lindner; click to enlarge) Not a word of objection wasContinue reading "IN SHREWSBURY’S QUIVER, A DEER SOLUTION?"
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June 20th, 2011 @ 10pm
FAIR HAVEN’S PETERS QUESTIONS WATER TIPS
A sprinkler system outside a River Road home in Fair Haven. New Jersey American Water has asked residents to consider voluntary water restrictions in anticipation of a hot, dry summer.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN’S PETERS QUESTIONS WATER TIPS"
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June 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
HISTORIC MIDDLETOWN HOUSE UP FOR SALE
Built in Massachusetts in the early 1700s and relocated to Middletown in 1962, the former Nathaniel Smith House features exposed-rafter ceilings, as in the library, below. (Click to enlarge) ItContinue reading "HISTORIC MIDDLETOWN HOUSE UP FOR SALE"
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June 17th, 2011 @ 10am
WEEKEND OUTLOOK: CHANCE OF BOOMERS
This goose statue, which has stood outside a Harding Road home in Red Bank for about a decade, is ready for excessive wetness. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "WEEKEND OUTLOOK: CHANCE OF BOOMERS"
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June 10th, 2011 @ 5am
COUNCIL STILL DUG IN AGAINST GARDEN SPOT
Community garden proponents talk to borough Administrator Stanley Sickels about their proposal after Wednesday night’s council meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The borough councilContinue reading "COUNCIL STILL DUG IN AGAINST GARDEN SPOT"
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June 9th, 2011 @ 9am
FAMILY KEEPS A BIRDS-EYE VIEW ON THE PAST
The windmill, a Rumson landmark, outside the home at 37 Ward Avenue. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI By now, the Taylor family is used toContinue reading "FAMILY KEEPS A BIRDS-EYE VIEW ON THE PAST"
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June 3rd, 2011 @ 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
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 ...