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KABOOM READIES FOR THREE-DAY SPECTACLE
A Ferris wheel and other rides were set up Tuesday in a vacant lot opposite Riverside Gardens Park. (Click to enlarge) Now taking shape on West Front Street in RedContinue reading "KABOOM READIES FOR THREE-DAY SPECTACLE"
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ROAD REOPENS IN TIME FOR KABOOM SURGE
A man checked out the newly rebuilt roadway over the earthen dam shortly after it reopened Tuesday night. (Click to enlarge) A stretch of Navesink River Road in Middletown wasContinue reading "ROAD REOPENS IN TIME FOR KABOOM SURGE"
DING! KA-CHING!
A Red Bank patrol car had a fender-bender with a Ferrari 599 GTB (starting price: around $310,000) that was passing behind it on Broad Street during the third annual ‘RaduoContinue reading "DING! KA-CHING!"
Part of the crowd overtook the parking lot of the 7-11 at Maple Avenue and West Front Street at last year’s KaBoom show. (Click to enlarge) In the wake ofContinue reading "MORE COPS & TRAINS SLATED FOR KABOOM"
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. Ahhh, hot and sparklingContinue reading "SUMMER ARRIVES ON A TIDE OF SMILES"
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. Under a sparkling blueContinue reading "ANOTHER CLASSIC GOES INTO THE BOOKS"
SHEEHAN: 4,000 FEET POUNDING 26,400 FEET
Runners charge the finish line during the 2009 edition of the five-miler. (Click to enlarge) Event: The Sheehan Classic five-mile race, one of the nation’s top 100 races, according toContinue reading "SHEEHAN: 4,000 FEET POUNDING 26,400 FEET"
A SWINGIN’ IDEA FOR DADDY-O’S DAY
Ralph “Johnny Jazz” Gatta (pictured at left with Gilda Rogers of Frank Talk) is the subject of a special salute, and the Gambone Project provides the grooves, as the secondContinue reading "A SWINGIN’ IDEA FOR DADDY-O’S DAY"
KABOOM: NO, WE’RE NOT GIVING IT AWAY
With less than three weeks to go, Kaboom has quite a financial gap to fill, as indicated by this sign at Riverside Gardens Park on Monday. (Click to enlarge) KaBoomContinue reading "KABOOM: NO, WE’RE NOT GIVING IT AWAY"
CELEBRATING OLD GLORY, BARBERSHOP STYLE
Members of the Red Bank chapter of the Chorus of the Atlantic performed barbershop renditions of American standards Monday night at Riverside Gardens Park in honor of Flag Day. TheContinue reading "CELEBRATING OLD GLORY, BARBERSHOP STYLE"
The Rumson fireworks, as seen from Victory Park in 2007. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For the first time in its short life, Rumson’s annual fireworks display came closeContinue reading "RUMSON GETS ITS FIREPOWER BACK"
SILVER LINING AT LITTLE SILVER CORNER?
Both the former Wicker Rose building,  foreground, and the abandoned Texaco station in the background have “substantial” environmental issues. (Click to enlarge) Three adjoining Little Silver properties with the taintContinue reading "SILVER LINING AT LITTLE SILVER CORNER?"
JAZZ & BLUES CROWD MISSES MARINE PARK
Festivalgoers enjoyed dancing in the parking lot, but many missed the banks of Marine Park as the home for the Jazz & Blues Festival. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "JAZZ & BLUES CROWD MISSES MARINE PARK"
Contributions on the day of the show put the 2009 KaBoom fireworks barely into the black, but this year’s edition needs more public support, organizers say. (Click to enlarge) IndependenceContinue reading "KABOOM NEEDS BIG BUCKS, BUT WILL GO ON"
LIBRARY BOOKS MARQUEE RUNNERS, WALKERS
Warming up to raise money for the Friends of the Red Bank Library are, from left, Brian Hanlon, library director Debbie Griffin-Sadel, Beth Hanratty, children’s librarian Sam Quintas, Audrey OldoerpContinue reading "LIBRARY BOOKS MARQUEE RUNNERS, WALKERS"
ADDING LUNCH TO THE SONIC SMORGASBORD
From left: Matt Wade, A Cool Blues Duo (featuring Chuck Lambert and Susan Haugenes), Kati Beddow Brower and  Virago pack the Tunes-To-Go, as Red Bank RiverCenter inaugurates a new LunchMusic series atContinue reading "ADDING LUNCH TO THE SONIC SMORGASBORD"
BOAT CLUB OPENS ITS SPRUCED-UP HOUSE
The Monmouth Boat Club’s newly reshingled clubhouse on the Navesink in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) All spiffed up for another half-century or so, the Monmouth Boat Club opens itsContinue reading "BOAT CLUB OPENS ITS SPRUCED-UP HOUSE"
FOOD FESTIVAL MAY RETURN TO MARINE PARK
Marine Park will play host to some sort of summer event next year, officials say. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Business owners and Red BankContinue reading "FOOD FESTIVAL MAY RETURN TO MARINE PARK"
BASIES HOSTLESS AFTER PROTEST THREAT
Jersey 101.5 radio personality Big Joe Henry (pictured here at a past Miss Teen NJ pageant) has confirmed that he’s stepped down as host of the fifth annual Basie AwardsContinue reading "BASIES HOSTLESS AFTER PROTEST THREAT"
PUMP IT UP FOR A GOOD CAUSE
In the redbankgreen inbox this week: a fat-burning, muscle-toning, butt-whipping way to help out a charitable effort. Tomorrow and Sunday, personal trainers from Fat2Fire Bootcamp are donating their time andContinue reading "PUMP IT UP FOR A GOOD CAUSE"
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 ...