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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, ADD KALE
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Jessica Dalmedo working her new juice bar at Fairwinds Deli Friday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Two years after losing her teaching job in a budget squeeze, aContinue reading "WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, ADD KALE"
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May 11th, 2012 @ 2pm
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FADE OUT ON PINK WEEK 2012
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A week of pink-themed fun-and-fundraising events in support of breast cancer prevention concluded in Red Bank with the annual Girls’ Night Out party at the Downtown Thursday night. The finalContinue reading "FADE OUT ON PINK WEEK 2012"
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May 11th, 2012 @ 5am
They called it a flash mob. That would be stretching the concept. Still, the vinyasa flow sequence performed by about 30 members of Evenflow Yoga at the Red Bank InternationalContinue reading "GOING WITH THE FLOW"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 9am
Dark clouds broke and thousands of hungry people poured into the Red Bank International Flavour Festival Sunday. redbankgreen‘s Stacie Fanelli and John T. Ward were there, cameras in hand. WereContinue reading "FLAVOUR FEST FEEDS A HUNGRY FLOCK"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 9am
WEEKEND: PINKHATSYARDSALEFOODFEST
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Red Bank becomes a bargainhunter’s paradise on Saturday. On Sunday: food, acres of food. (Click to enlarge) As the headline suggests, the weekend that awaits is jammed with the potentialContinue reading "WEEKEND: PINKHATSYARDSALEFOODFEST"
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May 4th, 2012 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Whoa, easy there, fella. If you smell meat, it’s only because we’ve just come from the butcher shop.
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May 3rd, 2012 @ 6am
The restaurant is doing an extensive overhaul at 33 Broad Street and plans a September opening, says the landlord. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD You’ll be able toContinue reading "CHAR GETS LIQUORED UP & LANDLORD SCORES"
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April 30th, 2012 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FOODIE TREK AROUND THE WORLD
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Like the past two autumn Oysterfests, Red Bank Flavour’s new International Flavour Fest on Sunday will bulge at the belt line of the White Street parking lot. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: FOODIE TREK AROUND THE WORLD"
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April 30th, 2012 @ 7am
GARDENERS ADVISED TO MAKE NICE
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Concerns expressed by the proposed garden site’s neighbors must be addressed before any planting can occur, town officials said. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank officials toldContinue reading "GARDENERS ADVISED TO MAKE NICE"
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April 26th, 2012 @ 10am
YOUNG RUMSON BAKERS RAISE SOME DOUGH
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Sophie Shea, center, and Kristina Taylor, right working their roadside bake sale with friend Willow Nicolaides on Saturday. (Click to enlarge) By STEPHANIE SCHROEPFER What began as a curbside nickel-and-dime lemonadeContinue reading "YOUNG RUMSON BAKERS RAISE SOME DOUGH"
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April 24th, 2012 @ 10am
Cases of new books await distribution at River Road Books, above. Soul Kitchen, below, will serve as a giver site. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Book fans know thatContinue reading "SOUL KITCHEN, BOOKSTORE IN GIVEAWAY"
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April 20th, 2012 @ 1pm
GROCERY SCION DONATES $1M TO RIVERVIEW
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The gift puts Riverview’s campaign to pay for a new day-stay surgery center past its $15 million goal. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A Navesink couple is theContinue reading "GROCERY SCION DONATES $1M TO RIVERVIEW"
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April 18th, 2012 @ 10am
RED BANK NAMED 3RD-BEST TOWN IN U.S.
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The magazine’s ranking is based on cultural offerings in towns of 25,000 or fewer residents.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Smithsonian Magazine calls Red Bank the third-best smallContinue reading "RED BANK NAMED 3RD-BEST TOWN IN U.S."
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April 17th, 2012 @ 4pm
STANDING UP FOR FOOD AND SONG
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Several hundred visitors packed the lobby of the Two River Theater to sample the culinary offerings of more than a dozen Red Bank restaurants as the appetizer to a buffetContinue reading "STANDING UP FOR FOOD AND SONG"
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April 17th, 2012 @ 6am
By JOHN T. WARD Some 40 teens from Rumson and Fair Haven, and a pair of Rumson homeowners, are facing charges following a police raid on a house party SaturdayContinue reading "40 JUVENILES ARRESTED AT RUMSON PARTY"
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April 16th, 2012 @ 1pm
IN RED BANK, A CULINARY LULLABYE OF B’WAY
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Clockwise from top left: Young Broadway veterans Katie Boren, Miguel Cervantes, Jeff Kready and Kenita R. Miller offer up a four-course cabaret performance when Red Bank Flavour serves up someContinue reading "IN RED BANK, A CULINARY LULLABYE OF B’WAY"
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April 9th, 2012 @ 4am
Employees gathered for training Thursday at Russ Crosson’s Coffee Corral, the take-out java shop he built in the onetime home of his now-closed construction company. The shop, at the cornerContinue reading "COFFEE ON THE BREW"
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April 6th, 2012 @ 10am
Siena Grille filed for liquidation this week, according to court records. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After weeks of half-off sales seven nights a week, Red Bank’s SienaContinue reading "SIENA GRILLE CLOSES, FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY"
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March 30th, 2012 @ 5am
PITCHFORKS OUT OVER COMMUNITY GARDEN
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With organizer Cindy Burnham holding up a photo, Annie Jones argues for allowing residents to garden a 900-square-foot strip of borough property at Maple Cove. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "PITCHFORKS OUT OVER COMMUNITY GARDEN"
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March 29th, 2012 @ 5am
Models showed off bridal gowns at Sassy Chic Boutique, above, while a passerby did a doubletake at the sight of human mannequin Stephanie Rogers at Barbizon Models during the fourthContinue reading "WEDDING WALK KICKS UP FOOT TRAFFIC"
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March 26th, 2012 @ 3pm
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“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 ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.