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THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
A catcher’s mitt at Rumson Little League’s opening day. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Break-ins were the breaking news that dominated locally last week, toppedContinue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW"
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April 18th, 2011 @ 6am
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BON JOVI FINDS NEW KITCHEN SPACE IN RB
Plans for Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen will keep the bay doors for now. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen has foundContinue reading "BON JOVI FINDS NEW KITCHEN SPACE IN RB"
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April 15th, 2011 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN MAY TRIM TREE LAW
Hance Road in Fair Haven. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Councilman Bob Marchese’s got his axe ready, and it looks like changes to Fair Haven’sContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAY TRIM TREE LAW"
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April 13th, 2011 @ 7am
THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
Plowing the sand mounds in Sea Bright. Can summer be far behind? (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Welcome back to another week at redbankgreen. Here’sContinue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW"
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April 11th, 2011 @ 6am
T&M TOPS CONTRACTOR DONOR LIST
Middletown-based civil engineering firm T&M Associates was the state’s biggest contributor to political campaigns among businesses that contract with local and state government in New Jersey, according to a reportContinue reading "T&M TOPS CONTRACTOR DONOR LIST"
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April 7th, 2011 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: X MARKS THE WRONG SPOT
Councilman Read Murphy goes over revised beachfront development plans, assuring residents that the library is not going to be razed. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: X MARKS THE WRONG SPOT"
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April 6th, 2011 @ 7am
BAIT SHOP SEEKS TO REEL IN APPROVAL
The former Harper’s Copy Center on East Front Street would become a bait and tackle shop if Red Bank zoners approve. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Looking to sinkContinue reading "BAIT SHOP SEEKS TO REEL IN APPROVAL"
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April 5th, 2011 @ 2pm
The Fair Haven duck flap has drawn more major media attention, this time from Fox’s My9 News.
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 5pm
BIKE & WALK PLAN GETS A SHEPHERD
Jenny Rossano, seen here in 2009 with Safe Routes Red Bank co-founder Jim Willis, will help coordinate the integration of a recent bike and pedestrian study with the town’s masterContinue reading "BIKE & WALK PLAN GETS A SHEPHERD"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 11am
A conflict over a 12-year-old resident’s request to keep six pet ducks in her Fair Haven back yard has attracted the probing lens of Ledger Live. And a critical essayContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DUCK FLAP GETS SLEDGERED"
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March 20th, 2011 @ 9am
RED BANK: BOATS, BONDS & BUREAUCRACY
The newly rebuilt marina at Marine Park will no longer be reserved exclusively for Red Bank residents. (Click to enlarge) Boat slips at Marine Park, a bond to cover pensionContinue reading "RED BANK: BOATS, BONDS & BUREAUCRACY"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT ENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUIT
The council reached a settlement with the owner of Gaiter’s to rezone the property for affordable housing. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A year ofContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT ENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUIT"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
LOCATION AN ISSUE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN
Councilwoman Sharon Lee details her objections to a request to create a community garden at the Red Bank Public Library. (Click to enlarge) A push for the creation of aContinue reading "LOCATION AN ISSUE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 11am
LINCROFT HOUSING PLAN RATTLES NEIGHBORS
A proposal to build more than 300 townhomes at a former Avaya property in Lincroft has neighbors worried. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A planContinue reading "LINCROFT HOUSING PLAN RATTLES NEIGHBORS"
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March 10th, 2011 @ 10am
BANK GOES TO PLAN B ON FORMER HOV HQ
The former Hovnanian Enterprises headquarters in Middletown is in the midst of a complete makeover and almost ready for tenants. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "BANK GOES TO PLAN B ON FORMER HOV HQ"
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March 8th, 2011 @ 2pm
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"
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March 7th, 2011 @ 12pm
COUNCILMAN WANTS TO AXE TREE ORDINANCE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Is Fair Haven Councilman Bob Marchese barking up the wrong tree? The second-year councilman, shown right, told his counterparts Monday night that he wants to see theContinue reading "COUNCILMAN WANTS TO AXE TREE ORDINANCE"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 10am
COMMUNITY GARDEN GETS IFFY SEEDING
A community garden is proposed next to Maple Cove, but officials say they need to do their homework before giving it an OK. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI WithContinue reading "COMMUNITY GARDEN GETS IFFY SEEDING"
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March 1st, 2011 @ 10am
HAMPTON INN EYES RED BANK EYESORE
Plans for a Hampton Inn at the site of a former gas station on Route 35 in Red Bank call for a six-story, 76-room hotel at the foot of theContinue reading "HAMPTON INN EYES RED BANK EYESORE"
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February 25th, 2011 @ 10am
RED BANK: RUGBY TOO ROUGH FOR BASIE
Monmouth Rugby of Red Bank, in blue, and Monmouth Rugby of Wales, in stripes, in a scrum at Thompson Park in Lincroft in May, 2008. (Click to enlarge) Its home,Continue reading "RED BANK: RUGBY TOO ROUGH FOR BASIE"
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February 22nd, 2011 @ 11am
Partyline
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 ...