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Another in redbankgreen's occasional series called "Done Good," featuring upcoming volunteer and fundraising efforts. Scroll down for info on submitting notices. TONIGHT: Jazz at the Red Bank Woman's Club Mike Barris, Jerry Topinka, Tom Bender and Jennifer Wright salute pre-war...
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March 28th, 2008 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A man said by authorities to be a Red Bank resident was indicted today for swindling $161,000 from an investor in an iced tea company that turned out to be bogus, according to an announcement by the New Jersey Attorney...
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March 25th, 2008 @ 4pm
The joint was jumping before sunset last night as the Downtown (née the Downtown Café) reopened following major renovations to the Red Bank nightspot. Click pix to enlarge. Email this story
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March 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Michael Gilson Jr., 7, gets a kiss from his father after the Chubby's owner won zoning board approval to erect a new restaurant on the West Front Street site. A plan to replace the seen-better-days Chubby's Waterside Café on West...
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March 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Five adults and 19 juveniles were taken into custody on alcohol charges during a party in a Sea Bright apartment last Friday night, the Asbury Park Press reports. From the story: Around 10 p.m. Friday, Patrolman Charles Murphy and Detective...
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March 20th, 2008 @ 6am
The Downtown Café as seen from outside Red, its sibling establishment, in late January. It's official: nearly two years after shutting its doors for a wholesale makeover, the former Downtown Café plans to reopen this week as The Downtown. In...
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March 17th, 2008 @ 5pm
Ed Zipprich's civic-minded dessert, complete with iceboat logo. Turns out Red Bank's centennial did not go completely overlooked this weekend. River Road resident Ed Zipprich and his partner, JP Nicolaides, threw a little party for neighbors and friends that featured...
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March 10th, 2008 @ 12pm
Pankaj 'Sunny' Sharma's appeal of Red Bank's revocation of his Leighton Avenue store's liquor license wrapped up near Trenton today without a decision, the Asbury Park Press reports. Moreover, a ruling probably won't be handed down until summer, and whichever...
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March 5th, 2008 @ 4pm
It's crunch time, finally, in the long-delayed effort by Pankaj 'Sunny' Sharma to save his West Side liquor store from a shutdown over a handful of violations involving sales to minors and other offenses. Last June, the Red Bank Borough...
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March 4th, 2008 @ 11am
After a total gut job, the Downtown plans to re-open in March as a double-wide. By TOM CHESEK "We're taking a gamble, there's no doubt about it," says Downtown co-owner Danny Lynch, as he shows off the impressive results of...
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February 29th, 2008 @ 7am
The Red Bank school district was among 170 statewide that received beef products involved in the nation's largest-ever meat recall, today's Star-Ledger reports. There's no word yet from the district about when the beef arrived here. Officials said the meat...
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February 26th, 2008 @ 8am
Might there be another summer of cocktails on the beach after all? By LINDA G. RASTELLI For the second time in six months, the owners of Donovan's Reef are back to square one in their effort to sell the beachfront...
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February 25th, 2008 @ 6am
An architect's rendering of The Bank, the proposed sports bar on the present site of Chubby's. A Zoning Board hearing on the proposal to raze Chubby's Waterside Café and replace it with a new sports bar and restaurant catering to...
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February 22nd, 2008 @ 8am
The Bistro's George Lyristis: "You can't always ask somebody else to fix the problem." Business is tough these days for many Red Bank restaurants. And it's not simply a matter of the winter blahs. The economy has soured. Would-be patrons...
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February 19th, 2008 @ 7am
The second floor is off-limits for now at Ashes Cigar Club. Turns out the Internet Café wasn't the only joint in town to come under the scrutiny of Red Bank safety inspectors in recent weeks. Ashes Cigar Club was shut...
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February 12th, 2008 @ 11am
By TOM CHESEK The news has at least two generations of local residents disappointed and disgusted, but the Internet Café is "throwing in the towel," says owner Joe Cullity. In the wake of an incident that saw a recent show...
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February 6th, 2008 @ 7am
Today's Asbury Park Press has a feature on Leighton Avenue resident John Tyler, who ran for Borough Council last year but came up short at the polls. It begins: Whether it's a defective utility pole or problems with a local...
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February 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Each year, the Buccaneer Booster Club at Red Bank Regional High School gives out thousands of dollars in scholarships to graduating seniors and grants to teachers. The organization, which functions as the school's parent-teacher organization, also raises money for academic...
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January 24th, 2008 @ 10am
Red Bank Municipal Judge William Himelman has set a special court date to try the driving-while-intoxicated charge against local publisher and advertising agency owner Claudia Ansorge. The case will be tried beginning at 8:30a on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Municipal court...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 10am
We thought we had a big scoop when we reported back in July, 2006 (yes, newbies, redbankgreen is that old) that Ben & Jerry's was planning to open a store on White Street. The western end of the block, which...
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January 10th, 2008 @ 8am
Partyline
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.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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!