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RED BANK WINS ‘GREAT’ DOWNTOWN VOTE
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A view along Broad Street from 2012. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The votes are in, and Red Bank is the most popularContinue reading "RED BANK WINS ‘GREAT’ DOWNTOWN VOTE"
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October 1st, 2014 @ 7am
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RED BANK: DEMOLITION HITS FIRST POTHOLE
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The house, at 94 Drs. Parker Boulevard, was once the home of African American journalist T. Thomas Fortune. Below, a detail of the soffit. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: DEMOLITION HITS FIRST POTHOLE"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CLASSIC RASSAS SIGN RESCUED
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A bit banged up but salvageable, one of the classic neon Rassas Buick signs in Red Bank – seen below in 2013 – was saved from the bulldozer Wednesday byContinue reading "RED BANK: CLASSIC RASSAS SIGN RESCUED"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE MAY BE RAZED
The house, at 94 Drs. Parker Boulevard, was once the home of African American journalist T. Thomas Fortune. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A day that Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE MAY BE RAZED"
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September 16th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WALGREENS BEGINS RX WORK
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Contrary to speculation in a redbankgreen article back in March, when we reported that Walgreens was “reviewing” whether to go ahead with its controversial plan for a Red Bank store,Continue reading "RED BANK: WALGREENS BEGINS RX WORK"
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September 15th, 2014 @ 1pm
Hovnanian Enterprise’s headquarters in Red Bank. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Hovnanian Enterprises posted net earnings of $17.1 million in its third fiscal quarter, more than doublingContinue reading "RED BANK: HOMEBUILDER’S NET DOUBLES"
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September 4th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: SCHWABENBAUER TO FILL GOP SLOT
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Linda Schwabenbauer outside borough hall, where she hopes to win a council seat. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Republicans may notContinue reading "RED BANK: SCHWABENBAUER TO FILL GOP SLOT"
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September 3rd, 2014 @ 8am
RUMSON: JUST ANOTHER TEARDOWN?
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A riverfront mansion in Rumson may put a new spin on the concept of real estate teardowns. The 12,000-square-foot house at 8 Navesink Avenue, with eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms,Continue reading "RUMSON: JUST ANOTHER TEARDOWN?"
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September 2nd, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: HIP & HUMBLE HOPS
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Chairs and a ladder claimed a parking space for Hip & Humble’s departure last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Having tried threeContinue reading "RED BANK: HIP & HUMBLE HOPS"
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September 2nd, 2014 @ 11am
The overdose death of an Oxford House resident has resulted in charges against a man described by authorities as an acquaintance.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RUMSON: MAN CHARGED IN OXFORD O.D."
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August 26th, 2014 @ 4pm
A view along Broad Street from 2012. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) What’s your favorite New Jersey downtown? The state chapter of the American Planning Association isContinue reading "RED BANK: IS THIS A ‘GREAT’ DOWNTOWN?"
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August 26th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: HEARING OPENS ON MARKET PLAN
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Audience members reviewing the site plan for a market, condos and townhomes at Red Bank’s five corners, detailed below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: HEARING OPENS ON MARKET PLAN"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 10pm
RED BANK: HEARING SET FOR MARKET & HOMES
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Developer Ray Rapcavage’s plans call for a market, above, as well as condos and townhomes at Red Bank’s five corners, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Almost aContinue reading "RED BANK: HEARING SET FOR MARKET & HOMES"
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August 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARTY OUT BACK AT STATION PLACE
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For weeks, it’s looked like a giant version of Thomas Edison’s ‘Black Maria,” a hulking four-story monolith of funereal blackness taking up half a block of Monmouth Street in RedContinue reading "RED BANK: PARTY OUT BACK AT STATION PLACE"
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August 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
The proposed conversion of the storefront at 65 Broad Street in Red Bank to a Chocolate Works shop is slated for review by the borough planning board Monday night. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: CHOCOLATE SHOP ON AGENDA"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN
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Kathleen Gasienica, an environmentalist and next-door neighbor to the nature area, brought a boatload of visuals to bolster her critique of the plan. Borough Engineer Christine Ballard showed a photoContinue reading "RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING
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Bellhaven is located on the Swimming River, at the western terminus of Locust Avenue.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After several months of quiet, a controversial project originallyContinue reading "RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: ROONEY BUILDING APPROVED
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The Ocean Avenue lot where Frances Rooney, seen above in April, has sold hot dogs from a cart since 1977 will become Rooney Plaza, below.  (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: ROONEY BUILDING APPROVED"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: TAXES, FIREHOUSE PACK COUNCIL
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Mayor Dina Long, center above, helped move tables to accommodate an overflow crowd Tuesday night. John Lamia, below, was sworn to fill the unexpired term of Read Murphy. (Photo byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: TAXES, FIREHOUSE PACK COUNCIL"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD
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Red Bank Regional sophomore Elijah Nishiura, center, chats with Environmental Commission chairwoman Laura Bagwell, left, and Carl Alderson, a marine resources specialist at NOAA, after the council voted to restoreContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD"
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July 24th, 2014 @ 7am
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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 ...