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RED BANK: KING DAY, IN SONG AND STRIDE
A commemoration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Pilgrim Baptist Church featured musical performances and readings by students from local schools. Below, Red Bank Charter SchoolContinue reading "RED BANK: KING DAY, IN SONG AND STRIDE"
RED BANK: DISHING OUT THANKSGIVING JOY
Volunteers at the soup kitchen served an estimated 1,00 meals Thursday, including 600 to the homebound, said chef Tyrone Durr.  (Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSE The scene at RedContinue reading "RED BANK: DISHING OUT THANKSGIVING JOY"
A compilation of photos assembled into a video by someone identified on YouTube as ‘Chris M” documents a walk north into Sea Bright on Tuesday, the day after Hurricane SandyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: A WALK THROUGH THE WRECKAGE"
RED BANK: A DAY FUR CRITTER COMFORTS
A bunny named Fuzz gets an ecclesiastical embrace from Reverend William Noble during a blessing of the animals ceremony at Red Bank’s Trinity Episcopal Church Saturday. About a dozen dogsContinue reading "RED BANK: A DAY FUR CRITTER COMFORTS"
A CHANGE OF SEASON, A HAPPENING WEEKEND
Red Bank musical movers and shakers Chuck Lambert, Joe Muccioli and the Al Wright Unit’s Ruth Wright pay tribute to the late Ralph “Johnny Jazz” Gatta, in a special outdoorContinue reading "A CHANGE OF SEASON, A HAPPENING WEEKEND"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 10 to August 17, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft of Services occurringContinue reading "CASH STOLEN FROM CHURCH POOR BOXES"
FORMER HOOPS PHENOM TO LEAD YMCA
Rhonda Anderson on the hardwood at the Community YMCA in Red Bank this week, above, and in action as a future Cornell Hall-of-Famer, below. (Above photo by Stacie Fanelli. ClickContinue reading "FORMER HOOPS PHENOM TO LEAD YMCA"
RUMSON PARENTS TEE UP PRIEST OVER FIRING
Tearful students gather around dismissed teacher Bernadette Davis, above. Father Michael Manning taunted sign-waving protesters, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Long-simmering tensions at Rumson’s Holy Cross parishContinue reading "RUMSON PARENTS TEE UP PRIEST OVER FIRING"
HUMANISTS FIRE BACK IN ‘WAR ON WOMEN’
Pat Barr, a self-described “anti-demonstration demonstrator,” tells fellow humanists about her experiences as pro-choice picketer. (Click to enlarge) By STACIE FANELLI In a presentation heavy on how labels are deployedContinue reading "HUMANISTS FIRE BACK IN ‘WAR ON WOMEN’"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Rumson Country Day School. Trinity Episcopal Church on West Front Street in Red Bank. “The stone church in Locust,” twice. Those were the guesses we received for last week’s photo,Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
WEEKEND: PINKHATSYARDSALEFOODFEST
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"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
The lighted staircase shown in last week’s Where Have I Seen This? tripped up a few readers.
ON THE HUNT FOR PRETTY EGGS
You have to love an event advertised as “something that will start on time and be over in a flash,” even if the weather drives it indoors, as happened withContinue reading "ON THE HUNT FOR PRETTY EGGS"
PRO-LIFERS MARCH THROUGH RED BANK
The Diocese of Trenton and St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church held their annual pro-life march through Red Bank Saturday morning, ending with a prayer vigil at the PlannedContinue reading "PRO-LIFERS MARCH THROUGH RED BANK"
Matt DePonti of Powerhouse Signworks gets the word about Wedding Walk out above Broad Street last week. (Click to enlarge) Here come the brides-to-be again, as Red Bank merchants repriseContinue reading "WEDDING WALKERS TO STROLL RED BANK"
FAIR HAVEN LAUNCHES LOOKBACK IN STYLE
Kicking off its centennial year, the Borough of Fair Haven hosted a fundraising gala at the Raven and the Peach restaurant that attracted 300 revelers Saturday night. The $20,000 raisedContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN LAUNCHES LOOKBACK IN STYLE"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s photo was of a scruffy sign that read “QUAKER PARKING” with a bent arrow painted on it. “Too obvious,” wrote Sandra Talarico, who along with 15 other readersContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
STASHERS AMPED FOR REALITY TV DEBUT
Michael Zapcic with Thomas Mumme, left, during Thursday’s live ‘SModcast’ at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. Below: Kevin Smith on the center monitor during a taping earlier this weekContinue reading "STASHERS AMPED FOR REALITY TV DEBUT"
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK
Mayor Dina Long up to her ankles after a rainstorm flooded the street outside her home earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Right off the bat,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK"
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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!
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 ...