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Travis Radcliffe's 'Monmouth Street,' one of 18 of his pieces on display at Echo through the end of the month. One glance at the above painting, and we were transported back to the lonely world of Edward Hopper. There's an...
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The leading candidate for a replacement bridge — seen above in red — could be built with minimal shutdowns of the existing structure, proponents say. Top left, a rendering of the bridge with a pocket park on the Red Bank...
A short, simple profile on video by our pal Pim Van Hemmen of Fair Haven. Pim's a staffer at the Star-Ledger, which owns TVJersey, where this piece was posted. Email this story
Rumson billionaire Mickey Gooch and his partners are suing a former employee of their Wall Street brokerage for allegedly poaching 22 staffers while still at the firm, the Asbury Park Press reports. In their suit against Donald Fewer of Colts...
The cast of Mark Twain's A Murder, A Mystery and a Marriage, with Erin Weaver at right. Star-Ledger theater critic Peter Filichia, working up a Jersey version of the Tony awards, considers Erin Weaver of the Two River Theater Company...
The 2008 edition of Blondie celebrates the 30th anniversary of its classic album Parallel Lines Tuesday at the Count Basie. By TOM CHESEK Blondie, one of the best live acts ever? Come again? This is a group of people, after...
Were they cut from a lesser bolt of corduroy, we might expect some snarkasm about this article from the four young men behind the Errant Notice, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High's totally, totally unauthorized student newspaper. For starters, they might wonder...
Some of the torsos seen at the finish line in 2006. For the 15th time since it was moved from Asbury Park, shortened to a five-miler and re-christened, the George Sheehan Classic is set to take over Red Bank's downtown...
Bob Sickles Bob Sickles and some of his employees from Sickles Farm Market found themselves on a television sound stage in the Chelsea section of Manhattan a couple of months back when who should walk in but Martha Stewart. Before...
A milestone passed enroute to Nevada. (Photo by Tim Hathaway) After a two-day layover forced by illness, father and son Elmer and Jeff Jackson were back in the saddle this week, topping their first mountain and crossing their first state...
Firefighters and other rescue personnel on the scene of a fire at Rumson Road and Buena Vista Place in Rumson last night. Wow, who needs reporters when there's blogging Mayor Mike Halfacre? In a post on his site today, Halfacre...
After giving him the boot as borough attorney in April, Matawan Democrats are now explaining their action by claiming that Pasquale Menna charged too much and gave the borough a "lack of adequate representation," according to a report in this...
Former mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams' challenge to the the outcome of Sea Bright's 2007 mayoral election can continue, a Superior Court judge has ruled, according to the Asbury Park Press. The fact that Kalaka-Adams failed to post a $500 bond to...
A 22-year-old River Street man shot and killed himself at the Red Bank Primary School after calling police to say he was suicidal last night, authorities say. Peter Warshaw, first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor, tells the Asbury Park Press that...
Chuck Prophet Chuck Prophet, a member of the seminal '80s psychedelic country band Green on Red, brings his solo act to the floor of Jack's Music Shoppe tomorrow. Critic Robert Palmer of the New York Times proclaimed Green on Red...
Judas Priest! It's that guy from Idol as Iscariot, with the singer from Almost Queen as Jesus (we kid you not)! By TOM CHESEK House is in reruns; the Basie's about to go dark til autumn; you've got no gas...
Steep elevations and heat proved to be major challenges in the first week of Elmer and Jeff Jackson's cross-country bike ride. At left, Jeff copes with fatigue. Elmer and Jeff Jackson's 'No Regrets' fundraising bike ride across America was slowed...
Joe Simonelli By TOM CHESEK Chicago has the profanely profound David Mamet; Pittsburgh the late great August Wilson. New York? Well, at least as the rest of the country sees it, there's no playwright more attuned to Manhattan than the...
A man reported to have been an owner or co-owner of Teak restaurant on Monmouth Street and other upscale eateries was convicted Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan of conspiracy to distribute more than 2,200 pounds of marijuana. Marc Munson,...
Ponceno Records, scene of the December robbery and stabbing. Two young Bronx men have been sentenced to prison terms for their roles in last December's robbery of Ponceno Records on Shrewsbury Avenue, which left the store's owner bound and bleeding...
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NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
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