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FAIR HAVEN: MARKET REOPENING UNCERTAIN
A sign on the front door announces an “intention to re-open October 1,” but that’s not going to happen, says founder Tony Balderose.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: MARKET REOPENING UNCERTAIN"
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RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TO ENTER DESSERT FRAY
Carlo’s Bakery of ‘Cake Boss’ fame plans to open in time for the Christmas holidays at 84 Broad Street, a company official said. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TO ENTER DESSERT FRAY"
RED BANK: SUBWAY LATE, BUT WITH LEGROOM
Two years after it won planning board approval, a new Subway sandwich shop appears to be on track to completion at 60 Broad Street in Red Bank, with a designContinue reading "RED BANK: SUBWAY LATE, BUT WITH LEGROOM"
RED BANK: WALGREEN’S PLANS DRAW CONCERN
Red Bank resident Patricia Meenan asks a question as engineer Dan Dougherty and attorney Marty McGann, in white shirt, look on. Below, a rendering of the proposed store. (Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: WALGREEN’S PLANS DRAW CONCERN"
RED BANK: SMALL BUT AIRY SUB SHOP OPENS
Canio Paradiso, center, and crew at the Red Bank Sub Shop, which opened Monday morning at 8A Monmouth Street more than two years after Paradiso first filed plans for theContinue reading "RED BANK: SMALL BUT AIRY SUB SHOP OPENS"
RED BANK: DRIVE-THRU CHANGE SAILS THRU
The change will not apply to a proposed Walgreen’s store at the former site of Rassas Buick, officials said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: DRIVE-THRU CHANGE SAILS THRU"
LITTLE SILVER: FUNDING ARM FOR HOMESTEAD
A nonprofit organization will serve as the fundraising arm for the historic site, which dates back almost 350 years. (Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO A charitable corporation has beenContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FUNDING ARM FOR HOMESTEAD"
RED BANK: WALGREEN’S PLANS OPEN HOUSE
Aaron Rassas, seen at his car dealership shortly before it closed in April, wants the public to examine plans for a Walgreen’s on the site. (Click to enlarge) By SARAHContinue reading "RED BANK: WALGREEN’S PLANS OPEN HOUSE"
Smoking would be banned in parks and other green spaces. (Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Between granting an exception to the tree preservation ordinance and a discussion about puttingContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM"
RED BANK: MARKET, HOMES EYED AT FIVE-WAY
Developer Ray Rapcavage envisions a greengrocer flanked by condos and townhomes at Red Bank’s five corners. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD One of Red Bank’s long-forsaken properties mayContinue reading "RED BANK: MARKET, HOMES EYED AT FIVE-WAY"
SEA BRIGHT: FOCUS ON STALLED BUSINESSES
A volunteer group wants to help owners of vacant stores spruce up their properties.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER A group of Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FOCUS ON STALLED BUSINESSES"
LITTLE SILVER: WORK STARTS ON CONDOS
Six years after winning its original approvals, construction of the 39-unit Carriage Gate condo project got underway with site-clearance work at Eastview and Oceanport avenues in Little Silver this week.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: WORK STARTS ON CONDOS"
IN RED BANK’S GARDEN, A GARDENER BLOOMS
Rookie gardener Deb Jellenik shows off her harvest Wednesday morning. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS With backyard gardens around the Green yielding their early-August bounties,Continue reading "IN RED BANK’S GARDEN, A GARDENER BLOOMS"
A drugstore and two adjoining stores would occupy space formerly used by a Chinese takeout restaurant and a portrait studio near the corner of Broad Street and Harding Road. (ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW PHARMACY APPROVED"
By SARAH KLEPNER The likelihood of Red Bank getting a third 7-Eleven anytime soon melted like a Slurpee left on a dashboard Thursday night. After 10 months, extensive testimony andContinue reading "RED BANK: ZONERS REJECT SHELL 7-ELEVEN"
RUMSON MANSION AUCTION A BUST
A jazz duet played on, even after bidders left the auction, which lasted just four minutes. Below, an aerial view from the auction website. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RUMSON MANSION AUCTION A BUST"
RED BANK: MEET, GREET, GRAB A TREAT
Dozens of dogs and their human pals turned out on a pleasant summer evening Tuesday for the first edition of Red Bank’s Dog Days, and redbankgreen was there to catchContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET, GREET, GRAB A TREAT"
RED BANK: SPEAKING OF OLD BOTTLES…
Red Bank resident (and redbankgreen webmaster) Kenny Katzgrau went exploring for history under his house and, with the help of his wife, Katie, fished an old bottle from a hard-toContinue reading "RED BANK: SPEAKING OF OLD BOTTLES…"
RED BANK: TENDING THE TRAFFIC ISLAND
Keeping it low-key, a civic-minded member of the Red Bank zoning board who asked us not to identify her by name tends the traffic-island flowerbed at Monmouth Street and BridgeContinue reading "RED BANK: TENDING THE TRAFFIC ISLAND"
SEA BRIGHT: WELL, HOW ABOUT A PHARMACY?
Residents at Wednesday night’s brainstorming session in Sea Bright. (Photo by Colby Wilson. Click to enlarge) By COLBY WILSON For the second time this week, business owners, residents and concernedContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: WELL, HOW ABOUT A PHARMACY?"
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(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!
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.