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The lawsuit that redbankgreen reported Red Bank officials had authorized over the Children's Cultural Center has not been filed, and the two sides are continuing to talk, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the story: The fingers of borough officials...
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March 5th, 2008 @ 6am
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A view along Monmouth Street of the proposed Courtyard at Monmouth project. The entrance to the underground garage is on West Street, seen at right. An eyesore parcel of Red Bank that went through several development plans and bitter litigation...
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March 4th, 2008 @ 7am
Oh, brother: this one's headed to Freehold. The Red Bank council has authorized Borough Attorney Tom Hall to file a suit against the Community YMCA over that organization's plan to sell the Children's Cultural Center, redbankgreen has learned. At issue,...
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February 28th, 2008 @ 2pm
Four-year old Maya Williams, center, examines a display at the one-night Black History Month exhibit last night. Maya was joined by her sister Kayla, 10, at left and Amani Cureton, also 10. About 150 people gathered Wednesday evening at the...
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February 28th, 2008 @ 6am
Borough facilities could be in for a wholesale upgrade, with this beachfront parking lot playing a starring role. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Sea Bright's public buildings don't exactly show the tiny seaside borough in the best light. Scattered along a...
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February 27th, 2008 @ 11am
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
Red Bank officials appear to be building a case that the Community YMCA may sell its Children's Cultural Center on Monmouth Street only to another educational or cultural non-profit. Otherwise, Mayor Pasquale Menna tells today's Asbury Park Press, the property...
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February 21st, 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
Today's Sunday Star-Ledger has an extensive piece about the black activist journalist T. (Timothy) Thomas Fortune and the effort to save his longtime Red Bank home from the wrecking ball — or, as the article's author puts it, "from predatory...
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February 17th, 2008 @ 11am
A revaluation of property in Middletown that Monmouth County wanted effective this year won't be, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the story: County officials are now probing why Middletown did not comply with an order from the Monmouth County...
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February 14th, 2008 @ 8am
The white building at far right and other property is available for a community center, says Rev. Terrence K. Porter. The push for the creation of a Red Bank community center has a new element to it: an offer of...
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February 13th, 2008 @ 11am
Worst of the worst? 179-181 Shrewsbury Avenue. Municipal Court Judge William Himelman last week slapped an Eatontown couple with $36,000 in fines and threatened them with up to 360 days in jail if they don't correct dozens of problems in...
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February 12th, 2008 @ 9am
After five years and a massive infusion of capital, the Community YMCA has put the Children's Cultural Center at 51 Monmouth Street up for sale, redbankgreen has learned. Asking price: $2.55 million. That's $145,000 less than the non-profit sank into...
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February 8th, 2008 @ 1pm
Visiting actors would stay rent-free at 81 Shrewsbury Avenue under a plan pitched by Two River Theater founder Bob Rechnitz. "Everybody loves the Two River Theater," says Red Bank Zoning Board vice chairperson Lauren Nicosia. But the board's reviews aren't...
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February 8th, 2008 @ 8am
An architectural rendering of George Coffenberg's proposed retail and residential project, with West Street in the foreground and Oakland Street at right. The Monmouth Street side would have four-story buildings. A mixed retail and residential project proposed for Monmouth and...
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February 5th, 2008 @ 9am
This time three weeks ago, shares of Hovnanian Enterprises were at a seven-year low, trading below $5 apiece. Four dollars and eighty cents, actually, as of the close on Jan. 9. No doubt investors who'd bought the stock as it...
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February 1st, 2008 @ 7am
Minimum bid: $2.48 million. Yes, it comes with a bank vault. The former home of a Sun National Bank branch, 170 Broad Street is up for auction as part of the piecemeal selloff of assets from the bankrupt Solomon Dwek...
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January 30th, 2008 @ 7am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI In a fiscal climate where good news about taxes seems as rare as a celebrity who hasn't been in rehab, Fair Haven has done the seemingly impossible: lowering its municipal taxes. The rate in the next...
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January 29th, 2008 @ 12pm
Ailing national homebuilding giant Hovnanian Enterprises saw its stock and debt downgraded by a major ratings agency yesterday, but investors bid the company's stock up neatly anyway. The price of a share rose 70 cents, or almost 12 percent, to...
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January 17th, 2008 @ 6am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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