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State Senator-elect Jennifer Beck is now in the spotlight statewide, pundits say. 'Ridiculously outspent' and yet victorious in Tuesday's election, state Senator-elect Jennifer Beck of Red Bank is now — wait for it — a GOP pol to watch for...
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By LINDA G. RASTELLI Sea Bright’s mayoral race remained too close to call early today, and officials don’t expect to know who won before Friday. The latest vote count has Democratic challenger Maria Fernandes up five votes on incumbent Republican...
Red Bank Democrats appear to have held their 4-2 council majority with narrow wins Tuesday by Council President Sharon Lee, who bagged a second term, and Zoning Board member Kathleen Horgan. But Democratic newcomer Ed Zipprich apparently didn't have enough...
Unofficial tallies in the Red Bank Council race indicate that incumbent Sharon Lee and Democratic running mate Kathleen Horgan are winners. Grace Cangemi appears to have won the one-year spot over Ed Zipprich by 59 votes. But the borough Democrats...
Council candidate Grace Cangemi arrives at the 8th district polling station (the Senior Citizens' Center, on Shrewsbury Avenue), presumably to "re-elect" herself. Joe Parrillo of Madison Avenue emerges from a voting booth at the district 4 station, at the United...
Yo, yo, check it out. A hastily made rap video by bunch of students at Red Bank Middle School has advanced to the final five in a nationwide contest that will land the winning school $15,000 worth of classroom technology....
Getting here is less of a circus for many customers, says Joe Azzolina Sr. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Local supermarket magnate Joe Azzolina Sr. has purchased the Stop & Shop on Newman Springs Road in Shrewsbury and is reconfiguring it...
Councilman Michael DuPont contends that this flier, distributed by Republican Councilman John Curley to Red Bank residents last week, is a smear on his wife. [Click on flier to enlarge] In a letter to the editor published in the current...
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William Neumann, the Fair Haven wicker-furniture dealer who was arrested in March for defrauding 83 customers out of $290,000, has been indicted, the Asbury Park Press reports. The indictment, handed up by a Monmouth County grand jury on Monday, reduced...
Another day, another mailboxful of slime. Today's delivery includes the same attack-and-counterattack voters (and, presumably, ex-voters) have gotten accustomed to in recent weeks. But one item in particular stands out not only from today's load, but from much of what's...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI At the top of the fight card in Sea Bright this year, Republican Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams faces a challenge from Democratic Councilwoman Maria Fernandes, a member of the governing body since 1997. Kalaka-Adams was a political...
Though vastly outspent in her race with incumbent Ellen Karcher for the 12th-district state Senate seat, Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck today landed a major plum: the endorsement of the state's largest newspaper. The Star-Ledger, while noting that the race race "has...
Today's Asbury Park Press has a story on Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck's three license suspensions, which have been publicized by her opponent for the 12th-district state Senate seat, incumbent Ellen Karcher. The most recent suspension was in 1995, and Beck hasn't...
Tinton Falls is holding an online beauty contest, and the contestants are two new websites. Or more accurately, they're two versions of the the same site. The more popular of the two will become the new municipal site, replacing the...
Volunteers do what they can at St. Anthony of Padua to help keep the needy from going hungry. Twice a week, a food pantry at the church gives out bagfuls of food to dozens of families, many of them Hispanic...
The race for 12th-district Senate seat continues to get more attention for the accusations flung back and forth between incumbent Ellen Karcher of Marlboro and Red Bank Republican Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck than for any other aspect. In today's Star-Ledger, political...
Or maybe they're brown. Let's just say the headshot at the left is not exactly the most trustworthy. But never mind that. Joe Piscopo, faux lounge lizard turned actual jazz singer, is returning to Red Bank, following a pair of...
Mark Kseniak of Atlantic Highlands is no purist when it comes to photography. An illustrator by trade, he has no compunction about altering images for effect. "I capture images, and with those images, I create my vision of how I...
Democratic council contender Ed Zipprich has filed complaints with state and the county election-monitoring agencies, asking them to investigate the propriety of campaign signs that encourage voters to "re-elect" incumbent Republican Grace Cangemi. Cangemi, who narrowly lost a general election...
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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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