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Foam-mattress maven Michael Fux (pronounced ‘fyooks’) pulled off his hurricane-delayed exotic car show in downtown Red Bank Saturday afternoon, showcasing 52 cars from his collection of 114 top-end Rolls Royces,Continue reading "SWEET RIDES, AND PAULIE WALNUTS, TOO"
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In Fair Haven, Shrewsbury and Middletown on Sunday, they honored residents and all who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Photographer Peter Lindner visited each for redbankgreen.Continue reading "SEEKING SOLACE A DECADE LATER"
MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37
Votive candles symbolized the lives of Middletown residents who died in the attack, including Louis Minervino. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE A solemn ceremony SundayContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37"
Ten years to the day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Red Bankers and others gathered where many were drawn that night: to the esplanade of Riverside Gardens Park,Continue reading "A DECADE LATER, A TOWN GATHERS AGAIN"
A MOTHER, A SISTER & RED BANK REMEMBER
Carol Bossio, with her mother, Muriel Hemschoot below, displayed the tattoo she had inked as a tribute to her brother, Mark. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The solemnContinue reading "A MOTHER, A SISTER & RED BANK REMEMBER"
PADDLE DAY MAKES A RETURN TO THE RIVER
A beginner gets acclimated with the water at last year’s inaugural Paddle the Navesink Day. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) Red Bank has its share of river-themed events.Continue reading "PADDLE DAY MAKES A RETURN TO THE RIVER"
QUAKE SHAKES AREA; NO DAMAGE FOUND
Employees of Smith Barney mill outside their Broad Street office as emergency personnel compare notes on alarm report. (Click to enlarge) A rare earthquake, reported to have been centered onContinue reading "QUAKE SHAKES AREA; NO DAMAGE FOUND"
A FAIR SIGHT: FAIR HAVEN FIREMEN’S FAIR
The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair kicks off its traditional week-plus run Friday night. Touted as the biggest firemen’s fair in New Jersey, the event boasts feel-good qualities galore: brimming bowlsContinue reading "A FAIR SIGHT: FAIR HAVEN FIREMEN’S FAIR"
EXOTIC CAR SHOW SET FOR SATURDAY
A taste of vrooms to come, as seen outside Blue Water Seafood Company last Friday night. (Click to enlarge) Foam-mattress maven Michael Fux, right, has been making the rounds inContinue reading "EXOTIC CAR SHOW SET FOR SATURDAY"
A bounty of gleaming cars and nostalgia combined to make Wednesday’s Red Bank Cruise Night, organized in memory of borough mattress merchant and car racer Stu Paer, a perfect summerContinue reading "MEMORIES, BUFFED TO A HIGH GLOSS"
BUMPER-TO-DAGMAR TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN
Classic cars began purring into downtown Red Bank late Wednesday afternoon for a charity car show that’s scheduled to overtake Broad Street and other downtown streets until 10 p.m. Above,Continue reading "BUMPER-TO-DAGMAR TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN"
HOT RODS RUMBLE INTO TOWN FOR A CAUSE
The late Stu Paer, below — whose Red Bank Sleep Shoppe sponsorship could be seen on many cars in competition at Wall Stadium, including his own INSOMNIA funny car —Continue reading "HOT RODS RUMBLE INTO TOWN FOR A CAUSE"
The Navesink River Rowing club held its annual Sprints on the ‘Sink regatta out of Maple Cove in Red Bank Saturday morning. redbankgreen photo intern Stacie Fanelli was there toContinue reading "‘SINK OAR STROKE"
For the second year in a row, former Red Bank residents, newcomers and old-timers gathered for a “family reunion” block party on Drs. James Parker Boulevard Saturday. Photographer Stacie FanelliContinue reading "GETTING THE OLD CROWD TOGETHER AGAIN"
AFTER NEXT ONE, YARD SALE MOVES TO SPRING
Activity was brisk on South Street at the 2009 event. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s fourth annual townwide yard sale is still more than a month away,Continue reading "AFTER NEXT ONE, YARD SALE MOVES TO SPRING"
RED BANKER HOLDS TILLER FOR CLEARWATER
Think global, act local: Middletown-based band The Wag is among the Shore area acts taking the main stage at the 36th annual Clearwater Festival, scheduled for August 20. (Photo courtesyContinue reading "RED BANKER HOLDS TILLER FOR CLEARWATER"
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: RED BANK
Red Bank’s National Night Out celebration, a sun-soaked evening held in the borough hall parking lot, featured many fixings of a community coming together: a walk around town, tours ofContinue reading "NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: RED BANK"
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: FAIR HAVEN
What’s better: petting a drug-sniffing dog, shaking hands with McGruff the Crime Dog or sinking Mayor Mike Halfacre in the dunk tank? It was a close call at Tuesday night’sContinue reading "NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: FAIR HAVEN"
Accompanied by a pair of StreetLife performers, a feeble-voiced Steven Galapo proposed to his girlfriend, Nathalie Salem, on Broad Street in Red Bank Saturday night. Did she say yes? PlayContinue reading "POPPING THE QUESTION"
A NIGHT OUT FOR RED BANK, FAIR HAVEN
Scenes from the 2010 National Night Out in Red Bank. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s one night of the year where the badge andContinue reading "A NIGHT OUT FOR RED BANK, FAIR HAVEN"
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.