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CURLEY TAKES ON FOOD STAMP DELAYS
Freeholder John Curley (right) of Middletown has declared a “food stamp emergency” after learning that Monmouth County’s government has fallen three months behind on processing food stamp applications from theContinue reading "CURLEY TAKES ON FOOD STAMP DELAYS"
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February 1st, 2012 @ 9am
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CHURN CLAIMS TWO DOWNTOWN STORES
Nobody home at Prima’s Home Café on Tuesday morning. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The start of each New Year brings another round of retail culling to downtownContinue reading "CHURN CLAIMS TWO DOWNTOWN STORES"
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January 31st, 2012 @ 10am
WILD BOAR ON THE LOOSE IN RUMSON
Scene of the crime: Murray MacGregor’s, above, and the pilfered Mr. Oinkers, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Call it the case of the pilfered pig. Sometime lastContinue reading "WILD BOAR ON THE LOOSE IN RUMSON"
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January 30th, 2012 @ 12pm
By JOHN T. WARD After more than 350 years of rather quiet contentment in Little Silver, Sickles Market is taking it to the old country. The market, whose roots onContinue reading "SICKLES PLANS FOODIE JUNKET TO SICILY"
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January 27th, 2012 @ 6am
ON MONMOUTH: SUBS, SNIPS AND CLIPS
The Red Bank Sub Shop and House of Fades barbershop are setting up side-by-side at 8 Monmouth Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Time for a couple ofContinue reading "ON MONMOUTH: SUBS, SNIPS AND CLIPS"
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January 26th, 2012 @ 11am
PRESS: HALFACRE NOW HAS CHRISTIE NOD
The mayor, seen below in his biking gear, was a no-show Monday night and his nameplate sat on a shelf behind the council dais. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "PRESS: HALFACRE NOW HAS CHRISTIE NOD"
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January 23rd, 2012 @ 11pm
SEA BRIGHT TESTS THE WATER ON BEACH PLAN
A concept plan for the pool club that’s envisioned for part of the beachfront, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Years in the talking, the transformation of SeaContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TESTS THE WATER ON BEACH PLAN"
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January 23rd, 2012 @ 11am
The addition will connect two existing buildings while permitting vehicles to pass underneath. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Framed by talk about its positive effects on lunchtime restaurantContinue reading "‘FLOATING’ DOWNTOWN OFFICE WAFTS TO OK"
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January 20th, 2012 @ 10am
PRESS BACKPEDALS ON NEW HALFACRE JOB
Original headline: “Fair Haven Mayor Michael Halfacre to head NJ Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control” New one: “Fair Haven Mayor Michael Halfacre considered for Alcoholic Beverage Control post” Uh-oh. SomebodyContinue reading "PRESS BACKPEDALS ON NEW HALFACRE JOB"
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January 19th, 2012 @ 7am
SIZZLE & STYLE COMING TO BROAD
The former home of Zebu Forno at 20 Broad will be split into two stores: a burger place and a women’s boutique. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD AContinue reading "SIZZLE & STYLE COMING TO BROAD"
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January 11th, 2012 @ 12pm
BUT WILL THE SIGN BE HAND-SCRAWLED?
By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank officials are mulling a ceremonial renaming of a portion of Shrewsbury Avenue in honor of grocer Ralph ‘Johnny Jazz’ Gatta, who died last SaturdayContinue reading "BUT WILL THE SIGN BE HAND-SCRAWLED?"
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December 22nd, 2011 @ 12pm
It was silly Saturday in Red Bank, as roving bands of Santas and Cousin Eddies did some major barhopping for charity, hitting just about every watering hole in town andContinue reading "A FESTIVE DAY OF SANTAS, EDDIES & A HORSE"
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December 19th, 2011 @ 11am
NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO STATION?
The exterior of 78 Bridge Avenue, and below, an interior view showing the rear carriage-house doors. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In recent years, it’s been an ironwareContinue reading "NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO STATION?"
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December 15th, 2011 @ 12pm
SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET
It’s full! The number of aspiring Cousin Eddies taking part in the second annual EddieCon pub crawl has been capped at twenty — but there’s still room for not-so-secret SantasContinue reading "SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET"
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December 14th, 2011 @ 6am
GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?
Jon Bon Jovi in the Advil commercial he shot in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) Back in September, redbankgreen told you about Jon Bon Jovi shooting a commercial for AdvilContinue reading "GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?"
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December 9th, 2011 @ 8am
LANDLORD: HEALTH FOOD SHOP COMING
The chic pre-rusted sign of Chic Optique still hangs on the storefront three years after the eyewear shop departed. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Is the brown paperContinue reading "LANDLORD: HEALTH FOOD SHOP COMING"
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December 7th, 2011 @ 3pm
FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT
Some 600 food lovers packed the ballrooms at the Oyster Point Hotel Thursday night as two dozen Red Bank restaurants offered samplings of their cuisines, from empanadas to ravioli toContinue reading "FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 8am
SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR
Jersey Shore guitar master Sonny Kenn provides the sonic spice as the Red Bank Flavour culinary campaign kicks off with a special holiday season smorgasbord benefit Thursday night at theContinue reading "SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR"
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November 30th, 2011 @ 1pm
A SECOND 7-ELEVEN FOR RED BANK?
The Welsh Farms store is to become a 7-Eleven, the owner says. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank could be getting a second 7-Eleven store, less thanContinue reading "A SECOND 7-ELEVEN FOR RED BANK?"
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November 29th, 2011 @ 12pm
It’s a full-on sight-and-sound spectacular: the annual night-after-Thanksgiving Santa Claus train ride into Red Bank followed by the parade to Broad Street, the downtown light-up and the Holiday Express concert.Continue reading "SEASON OPENER"
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November 28th, 2011 @ 7am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...