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SEA BRIGHT: FISH EATERY NOW OPEN
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The impressive comeback of the hurricane-damaged three-story building at 1054 Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright continues with the soft opening of last Thursday of Sea Bright Fish Company, a restaurantContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FISH EATERY NOW OPEN"
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July 2nd, 2014 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR
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A seating area under construction earlier this week at Red Bank borough hall may be named for Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 11am
Though the seller isn’t identified, a video walk-through Wednesday by CBS News of a Rumson on the market for $17.2 million was clearly shot in hedge fund tycoon George Hall’sContinue reading "RUMSON: WHAT $17.2 MILLION GETS YOU"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 11am
LAW SCHOOL GRAD TALKS WITH RBR STUDENTS
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Red Bank Regional Class of 2008 grad Nicole Tortoriello (third from left) is pictured with students from the Social Justice class in RBR’s Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, includingContinue reading "LAW SCHOOL GRAD TALKS WITH RBR STUDENTS"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: RUNA EYES SUMMER OPENING
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Runa, a proposed Peruvian restaurant on Monmouth Street in Red Bank that’s been “coming soon” for two years, will open this summer, owner-chef Marita Lynn writes in a new blogContinue reading "RED BANK: RUNA EYES SUMMER OPENING"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR APPOINTS PAGANO INTERIM SUPER
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The Red Bank Regional School District has appointed Thomas Pagano of Interlaken as Interim Superintendent, effective July 1, 2014. Press release from Red Bank Regional School District At its JuneContinue reading "RBR APPOINTS PAGANO INTERIM SUPER"
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June 19th, 2014 @ 3pm
RBC GRAD SHARES SPECIAL DAY FROM K-HOV
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Red Bank Catholic senior Marianna Williams is shown taking part in the Class of 2014 graduation ceremony via Skype, from her room at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptune.  PressContinue reading "RBC GRAD SHARES SPECIAL DAY FROM K-HOV"
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June 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RFH COUNSELOR JOINS COUNTY BOARD
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Dr. Suzanne Fico, Student Assistance Counselor at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, has been appointed to the Monmouth County Mental Health Board.Continue reading "RFH COUNSELOR JOINS COUNTY BOARD"
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June 16th, 2014 @ 6am
SALON’S THE LOCATION FOR ART EXHIBIT
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CLEARWATER MOTEL and other paintings by Shrewsbury-based artist Jimmy Leslie will be on display this Saturday night during a special opening reception for the exhibit LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!, hosted atContinue reading "SALON’S THE LOCATION FOR ART EXHIBIT"
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June 12th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR SENIOR WINS CHRISTIAN ATHLETE AWARD
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Red Bank Regional senior Ryan Lloyd, pictured at his future school, St. Joseph University in Philadelphia,  received the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ Sam Mills Scholarship in the State of NewContinue reading "RBR SENIOR WINS CHRISTIAN ATHLETE AWARD"
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June 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
The Johnny Pork Roll truck is a new addition at the Red Bank Farmer’s Market in the Galleria parking lot. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS After aContinue reading "RED BANK: KALE, SEITAN… AND PORK ROLL?"
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May 30th, 2014 @ 5pm
SEA BRIGHT: PUTTING A BUILDING BACK IN BIZ
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Christina Galinas outside the Ocean Avenue building she brought back to life. Below, Katy Fraggos, who’s opening a dance-based workout studio on the third floor. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: PUTTING A BUILDING BACK IN BIZ"
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May 30th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN
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Middletown resident Jon Bon Jovi, seen here at the opening of the pay-what-you-can-or-earn-your-meal JBJ Soul Kitchen in 2011, tells USA Today in an interview at the Red Bank eatery heContinue reading "RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN"
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May 30th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: KICKSTARTING PERUVIAN EATERY
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Marita Lynn of Red Bank’s Runa is hoping a bit of help will finally get the doors to her Peruvian restaurant opened. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLISContinue reading "RED BANK: KICKSTARTING PERUVIAN EATERY"
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May 28th, 2014 @ 9am
RBR SENIOR JAZZED TO PLAY FOR BIG GREEN
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Red Bank Regional scholar-athlete Jazz Van Loon of Little Silver is headed to Dartmouth this fall, where she will compete on the Ivy League school’s track and field team. PressContinue reading "RBR SENIOR JAZZED TO PLAY FOR BIG GREEN"
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May 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
RBR MUSICIAN OK FOR YOUNG ARTIST’S FINALS
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Press release from Red Bank Regional High School Senior Matthew Rosen of Little Silver, a student at the Red Bank Regional High School Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, hasContinue reading "RBR MUSICIAN OK FOR YOUNG ARTIST’S FINALS"
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May 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
RBR CAPTAIN SIGNS WITH NJIT LACROSSE
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Red Bank Regional senior and Lacrosse Captain Jake Smolokoff of Little Silver recently signed to play Lacrosse for NJIT’s inaugural team next year.  Pictured above at the signing are: (leftContinue reading "RBR CAPTAIN SIGNS WITH NJIT LACROSSE"
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May 19th, 2014 @ 6am
Chris Paseka of Sugarush talks to PieHole about appearing on Food Networks new show, ‘Rewrapped.’ (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food andContinue reading "PIEHOLE: SALAD, COOKIES AND KEYTAR"
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May 16th, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: CUPCAKERS TAKE ON ENTENMANN’S
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Chris Paseka of Red Bank’s Sugarush talks to PieHole about appearing on Food Network’s ‘Rewrapped.’ (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS How hard is it to replicateContinue reading "RED BANK: CUPCAKERS TAKE ON ENTENMANN’S"
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May 16th, 2014 @ 4pm
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON PIEHOLE…
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PieHole stops by the West Side outpost of Strokers deli for lunch. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If youContinue reading "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON PIEHOLE…"
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May 9th, 2014 @ 11am
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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
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 ...