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TIME TO PUT THE CHAMPAGNE ON ICE?
Red Bank officials say they’re now about a month away from tearing down the West Sunset Avenue incinerator stack that has stood as a reminder of the town’s garbage-burning pastContinue reading "TIME TO PUT THE CHAMPAGNE ON ICE?"
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August 25th, 2009 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The longtime Williams family estate, seen looking north on DeNormandie Avenue toward the river. As expected, the borough of Fair Haven took a big step toward the water last night,Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN OKS RIVERFRONT LAND BUY"
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August 25th, 2009 @ 6am
View Larger Map A decade-long effort to derail a redevelopment plan that would transform Sandy Hook‘s Fort Hancock into a convention facility notched its biggest victory to date yesterday. TheContinue reading "PARKS SERVICE REJECTS SANDY HOOK FIRM"
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August 13th, 2009 @ 7am
PRESERVATIONISTS DEMAND STATION FIXES
Peeling paint and rotting wood at the Red Bank train station have preservationists worried about “demolition by neglect.” (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s Historic Preservation Commission has gone on theContinue reading "PRESERVATIONISTS DEMAND STATION FIXES"
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August 12th, 2009 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN MAY FORGO GRANTS FOR PARK
The property, seen here from the river beach, is at the foot of narrow DeNormandie Avenue, right. (Click to enlarge) Amid concerns from some residents that Fair Haven is aboutContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAY FORGO GRANTS FOR PARK"
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August 11th, 2009 @ 8am
We had at least three spirited debates running simultaneously on redbankgreen last week. It was good to see this site being utilized in that way. The issues included the question,Continue reading "‘SHE SHARED THE GIFT OF NATURE’"
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August 10th, 2009 @ 10am
BOONDOCKS REVIVES WATERFRONT DINING
Scenes from a recent Tuesday night at Boondocks. That’s owner Kelly Ryan at upper left with Mike Harper and Megan Prenderville. At upper right is chef Chris Kelber; lower right,Continue reading "BOONDOCKS REVIVES WATERFRONT DINING"
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July 31st, 2009 @ 3pm
COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS SEPTEMBER DEBUT
Sisters Violet, 14, and Yanna Preston, 17, are the first members of the planned community center and will be trained as recruiters. That’s center director Robert Taylor in the background.Continue reading "COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS SEPTEMBER DEBUT"
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July 30th, 2009 @ 9am
‘CONTROVERSY COVE’ DEBATE CONTINUES
Volunteers digging out invasive plants during a cleanup of the riverfront property in May. Today’s Asbury Park Press takes another look at the tug-of-war over Red Bank’s tentatively-named Maple CoveContinue reading "‘CONTROVERSY COVE’ DEBATE CONTINUES"
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July 29th, 2009 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This week’s ‘Where‘ is self-serve, folks. Think you can ID the location? Email us, please.
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July 16th, 2009 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN TO SEEK GREEN ACRES FUNDS
Residents of DeNormandie Avenue have raised traffic and parking concerns about the proposed conversion of the riverfront residence to a park. In response to concerns raised by neighbors, Fair HavenContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO SEEK GREEN ACRES FUNDS"
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July 14th, 2009 @ 6am
KABOOM! BUDGET GAP GONE
Yellow-shirted KaBoom volunteers making their way through the crowd at Riverside Gardens Park last Friday evening. That’s KaBoom vice chairman Charles Moran at left. Visitors to the latest Kaboom FireworksContinue reading "KABOOM! BUDGET GAP GONE"
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July 8th, 2009 @ 7am
TOWN TO EAT NEW BRICK, BUT NOT THE OLD
Existing brick sidewalks along Fair Haven Road, above, will be reset after the street and curbs are redone. Concrete sidewalks will be replaced with brick at the town’s expense. FairContinue reading "TOWN TO EAT NEW BRICK, BUT NOT THE OLD"
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July 7th, 2009 @ 8am
ALL PRETTIED UP
Back in late May, redbankgreen told you about an effort to spruce up a weed-choked traffic island at the intersection of Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street in Red Bank inContinue reading "ALL PRETTIED UP"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 6am
A CLEANUP, AND A RELEASE
About a dozen Red Bank adults and their children turned out for a site cleanup organized by board of education member Carrie Ludwikowski at the Red Bank Primary School lastContinue reading "A CLEANUP, AND A RELEASE"
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June 30th, 2009 @ 10am
This week’s featured comment was posted by “Jack” underneath an an article that included some discussion of a plan by Red Bank officials to rename Locust Avenue in honor ofContinue reading "COMMENT: STREET RENAMING AT ISSUE"
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June 29th, 2009 @ 9am
CENTURY HOUSE EYED FOR POCKET PARK
With its million-dollar view of the Navesink, the Charles Williams house would be razed sooner or later, locals appear to agree. Below, a weathered medallion on the doorframe marks theContinue reading "CENTURY HOUSE EYED FOR POCKET PARK"
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June 25th, 2009 @ 11am
MORANA SEEDS PRESERVATION EFFORT
Superintendent Laura Morana will give up half her pay raise this year to fund the effort at the Red Bank Primary School. A push to transform the 17-acre Red BankContinue reading "MORANA SEEDS PRESERVATION EFFORT"
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June 19th, 2009 @ 6am
The proposed line would link Lakehurst with the North Jersey Coast Line at the Red Bank train station, above. Just a day after the announcement of a so-called compromise transit plan that would have directed a new commuter rail line...
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May 29th, 2009 @ 7am
The garden, the result of work and materials donated by Siciliano Landscaping, Molzon Garden Center and the Navesink Garden Club, is irrigated by the library's rain gutters. A new rain garden at the Red Bank Public Library could be in...
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May 29th, 2009 @ 6am
Partyline
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 ...