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RED BANK: GENERATIONS OF MEATY WISDOM
Fourth-generation butcher Ralph Citarella, right, and long-time employee Kyle Powell carry on more than 113 years of meat-cutting tradition. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Just asContinue reading "RED BANK: GENERATIONS OF MEATY WISDOM"
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IN RED BANK: COASTAL COASTERS
Shore Chic’s ceramic shore town coasters are the most popular item in the shop. (Photo by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER In this week’s edition of Window ShoppingContinue reading "IN RED BANK: COASTAL COASTERS"
Monmouth Boat Club was inundated by the Navesink River hours before Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, and the river rose several feet after this photo was taken. (PhotoContinue reading "BOAT CLUB RECOVERING FROM SANDY"
World War II-era love letters written by a former Rumson woman to her future husband washed ashore in Sandy Hook Bay after Hurricane Sandy, according to various news accounts. TheContinue reading "BAY YIELDS RUMSON WOMAN’S LOVE LETTERS"
DRIVING JERSEY SERIES RUNS LOW ON FUEL
Filmed in June before a Count Basie Theatre screening of the blockbuster summer hit “Jaws,” the above video is an example of Driving Jersey’s storytelling style. Steve Rogers at work,Continue reading "DRIVING JERSEY SERIES RUNS LOW ON FUEL"
ANTIQUES GALLERY FACES WRECKING BALL
With dealers scattering to new locations, redbankgreen took a final spin through the Monmouth Antique Shoppes Tuesday. (Click embiggen symbol to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The building appears toContinue reading "ANTIQUES GALLERY FACES WRECKING BALL"
Fair Haven’s newly renovated Bicentennial Hall, aka Fisk Chapel, is among the historical landmarks that will play a key role in the borough’s centennial. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click toContinue reading "A ONCE-IN-A-CENTURY NIGHT IN FAIR HAVEN"
The Parker house stands at an entrance to what is now the Sickles Market and remnants of the original working farm on Rumson Road. (Click to enlarge) Five months afterContinue reading "PARKER HOMESTEAD GETS HISTORIC SEAL"
SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET
It’s full! The number of aspiring Cousin Eddies taking part in the second annual EddieCon pub crawl has been capped at twenty — but there’s still room for not-so-secret SantasContinue reading "SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET"
FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME
Fire destroyed a camper parked in the driveway of a home at 2 Queens Drive in Little Silver around 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. No information about the cause of theContinue reading "FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME"
BASIE KEEPS THE GHOST LIGHT BURNING
Grant Wilson (left) and Jason Hawes (right) are the SyFy network’s GHOST HUNTERS, and they’re coming to the Count’s castle for a Thursday night appearance. By TOM CHESEK Tag alongContinue reading "BASIE KEEPS THE GHOST LIGHT BURNING"
To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. To get back to redbankgreen, hit your escape key. By EVAN SOLTAS WhileContinue reading "UNEASY PEACE LIVES ON IN OLD GRAVEYARD"
BROAD STREET CLOCK RESTARTED
The Reussille’s clock was back to telling the correct time late Friday afternoon. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s landmark downtown clock is back to telling time, even if its ownerContinue reading "BROAD STREET CLOCK RESTARTED"
RED BANK’S A GHOST TOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS
Shroud of tourin’: Lantern and staff in hand, Red Bank Ghost Tours guide Bill Normyle leads his group through the streets of downtown. By TOM CHESEK The packed and popular publicContinue reading "RED BANK’S A GHOST TOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS"
IN oRBit: CALLING ALL ‘PARKER POSEYS’
Today’s Red Bank oRBit takes it down to Long Branch, the better to toast the memory of West End’s greatest contribution to our popular culture (after the Windmill) — the lateContinue reading "IN oRBit: CALLING ALL ‘PARKER POSEYS’"
The tax for the Red Bank Regional High School district will rise for Little Silver and Shrewsbury property owners and decline for those in Red Bank under the proposed $23.3 million budget up for a vote April 15, today's Asbury...
Ilsa crashes Sam's pity party at the Café Américain in 'Casablanca.' By TOM CHESEK We'll always have Red Bank. Beginning tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:00p, the Count Basie Theatre kicks off a series of free classic film screenings with Bogart, Bergman...
HEY! That's our DOG! Roddy McDowall with the original Red Bank-bred 'Lassie' in 1943's 'Lassie Come Home.' By TOM CHESEK While redbankgreen applauds the slate of picture shows on display in the Count Basie Theatre's "Take 9 at the Basie:...
For the second time in three months, a woman has given birth in her car near Exit 109 of the Parkway. Timothy Van Orden Jr. was delivered by emergency medical personnel shortly after 1p on Dec. 12 on Newman Springs...
Miami Dolphins fanatic Robert Greene in his field of dreams on Chapin Avenue, where the kick is always good and no opponent dares show his face. Just once a year, barring an extraordinary playoff situation that adds another matchup, the...
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.