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The deadline to register to vote in the November 3 General Election is fast approaching. Registration must be completed by Tuesday, October 13. Residents of the Greater Red Bank Green may registerContinue reading "VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NIGH"
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October 12th, 2015 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: DuPONT LOSES BELMAR JOB
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Red Bank Councilman Mike DuPont was squeezed out of his post as Belmar’s borough attorney Tuesday, four days after a court ruling found shortcomings in his handling of a ballot question there, APP.comContinue reading "RED BANK: DuPONT LOSES BELMAR JOB"
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October 7th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: CANDIDATES TOUT THEIR VISIONS
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Democrat Michael Ballard, left, with Republicans Mark Taylor and Michael Whelan with moderator Amy Goldsmith before the forum. Below, resident Jean Cash asks a question. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: CANDIDATES TOUT THEIR VISIONS"
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October 2nd, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL BALLARD
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Michael Ballard, Democrat. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at play in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidatesContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL BALLARD"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MARK TAYLOR
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Mark Taylor, Republican. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at stake in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidates forContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MARK TAYLOR"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
Michael DuPont, Democrat. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at stake in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidates forContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL DUPONT"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL WHELAN
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Michael Whelan, Republican. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at stake in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidates forContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL WHELAN"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP
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Camera-shy then as now, Irwin Katz hides behind a sign at his short-lived Monmouth Street store in 2007. Below is the August 10 GOP Facebook post that angered Katz. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 1pm
From left at top: Democrats Michael Ballard and Michael DuPont square off against Republicans Mark Taylor and Michael Whelan at the annual Candidates’ Night on October 1. (Photos by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: CANDIDATES’ FORUM SET"
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September 22nd, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RESIDENCY AN ISSUE IN RACE
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Red Bank school board candidate Mike Clancy. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD One of six candidates on the ballot in this year’s Red Bank Board of EducationContinue reading "RED BANK: RESIDENCY AN ISSUE IN RACE"
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September 16th, 2015 @ 6am
By JOHN T. WARD The Red Bank Democrats named board of education member Michael Ballard to replace former Councilman Art Murphy on the November election ballot, according to an announcementContinue reading "RED BANK: DEMS TAP BALLARD FOR COUNCIL"
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September 1st, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: GOODBYES AND HELLOS
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Councilman Art Murphy, who resigned last week, seen here in 2014. Below, George and Gladys Bowden, who were honored for decades of volunteer work. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: GOODBYES AND HELLOS"
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August 13th, 2015 @ 4pm
RED BANK: MURPHY TO RESIGN, REPORT SAYS
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Art Murphy, at far right, high-fives running mate Mike DuPont on their re-elections to the council in 2009. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: MURPHY TO RESIGN, REPORT SAYS"
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August 6th, 2015 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MURPHY MOCKS POOL HALL CLIENTS
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A video posted on YouTube shows Red Bank Council President Art Murphy deriding the customers of the former Lucky Break Billiards at a party. Below, Murphy and Lucky Break partner JamesContinue reading "RED BANK: MURPHY MOCKS POOL HALL CLIENTS"
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August 4th, 2015 @ 8am
REPORT: BON JOVI STIFFED M’TOWN ON O.T.
Bon Jovi, seen above in Red Bank in 2011. Below, a gate to his home. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [See UPDATE below] By JOHN T.Continue reading "REPORT: BON JOVI STIFFED M’TOWN ON O.T."
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July 1st, 2015 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BON JOVI “SERENADES” CLINTON
Bon Jovi, seen here at the opening of Red Bank’s JBJ Soul Kitchen in 2011, was back in town to host the former first lady and secretary of state MondayContinue reading "RED BANK: BON JOVI “SERENADES” CLINTON"
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June 30th, 2015 @ 6am
BON JOVI TO HOST CLINTON, BUT WHERE?
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Bon Jovi’s Middletown home, above, as seen in 2008. Below, Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, with Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna and former mayor Ed McKenna in 2011. (PhotosContinue reading "BON JOVI TO HOST CLINTON, BUT WHERE?"
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June 9th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: GOP KICKS OFF EARLY CAMPAIGN
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Mark Taylor, right, and running mate Mike Whelan were joined by GOP bigwigs for a campaign kickoff on Monmouth Street Wednesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: GOP KICKS OFF EARLY CAMPAIGN"
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May 28th, 2015 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE QUITS ABC
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Mike Halfacre in 2008. (Click to enlarge) [Update: On June 30, 2015, the Newark law firm Genova Burns announced that Halfacre was joining it as counsel, doing work on commercialContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE QUITS ABC"
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May 21st, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: GOP TAPS NEWCOMERS FOR RACE
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Mark Taylor, left, and Mike Whelan, center, with GOP Chairman Sean Di Somma outside borough hall Monday night. Democrats Mike DuPont and Art Murphy, below, on election night 2012. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: GOP TAPS NEWCOMERS FOR RACE"
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March 31st, 2015 @ 6am
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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 ...