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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CREATIVE BAGELRY
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A bacon cheeseburger deluxe on an everything bagel, above, and a chocolate chip bagel with a schmear of Nutella cream cheese, below, at Hot Bagels Brooklyn’s Finest.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click toContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CREATIVE BAGELRY"
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May 13th, 2016 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: FILM FEST MURAL GREENLIGHTED
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Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
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May 13th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S BASIE PARKING DEAL
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The Count Basie Theatre, seen at right above, will be allowed to charge patrons park in the Red Bank two areas of the borough hall lot, including the new section,Continue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S BASIE PARKING DEAL"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TWO NIGHTS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
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A Bo-dacious BOLERO, a helping of HEAVENLY HARMONY and a gathering of guest artists, as the Monmouth Symphony and Monmouth Civic Chorus make this saturday night a classical gas.
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May 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER
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Red Bank Middle School seventh-grader Karina Linares Huerta Karina was honoroed by the Red Bank council Wednesday night for finishing first among 1.7 million students around the globe in theContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘COMPROMISE’ PARKING HIKE OK’D
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Fees for parking in downtown lots would double, to $1 per hour, while metered spots on the street would rise 50 percent, to $1.50 an hour. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: ‘COMPROMISE’ PARKING HIKE OK’D"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: STUDENTS FLOAT FILTER CONCEPT
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R-FH juniors Tyler Lubin, left, and Noah Tucker at the Fair Haven Dock. Below, a map of Navesink River waters showing areas where shellfish harvesting is banned or suspended. (Photo above byContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: STUDENTS FLOAT FILTER CONCEPT"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: WEST SIDE GOES DARK, BRIEFLY
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A portion of Red Bank’s West Side, including a stretch of Shrewsbury Avenue, above, was briefly without electricity Tuesday night as a result of a burned wire at Bridge AvenueContinue reading "RED BANK: WEST SIDE GOES DARK, BRIEFLY"
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May 11th, 2016 @ 10pm
RED BANK: BETTER DEAD, OR LED?
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Even Better than the Real Thing? Audience favorites Dark Star Orchestra and Get the Led Out return to the Basie stage this week, with their spot-on evocations of the Dead and the Led.
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May 11th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: CRASH VICTIM EXTRICATED
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Firefighters in the process of extricating the victim Tuesday. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A 53-year-old driver was hospitalized after an accident left her trapped in herContinue reading "RED BANK: CRASH VICTIM EXTRICATED"
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May 10th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD
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Mayor Pasquale Menna, above right, welcomed Count Basie Theatre CEO Adam Philipson, left, and more than 200 other guests to the second annual Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball at the Oyster Point Hotel FridayContinue reading "RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD"
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May 10th, 2016 @ 9am
RBR STUDENTS PROTEST RESPONSE TO PRAYER
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According to one account, hall monitor Joel Gray, below, was placed on administrative leave after engaging Jazmin Graham, center above, in prayer. She said she had sought Gray’s counsel. (Photo byContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS PROTEST RESPONSE TO PRAYER"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE-TO-STORE PLAN OK’D
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The former Liberty Hose firehouse at 40 White Street in Red Bank won borough zoning board approval last week for conversion to a retail store with two apartments on theContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE-TO-STORE PLAN OK’D"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS, A DOG & MORE
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Red Bank Patrolman Stan Balmer and the police department’s K-9, Hunter, above, were among the role-model guests at the borough parks and recreation department’s first Mother-Son event, held Saturday at theContinue reading "RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS, A DOG & MORE"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: CARNIVAL OF DREAMS
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The annual Red Bank Catholic Carnival returns on May 7, with all proceeds dedicated this year to the wish-granting volunteers of borough-based Jason's Dreams for Kids.
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May 9th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: AXE THE EXPERTS
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Five fretmeister aces converge on the Basie stage this evening, with the arrival of GENERATION AXE: A Night of Guitars.
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May 9th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK GIRL TO ROCK RAHWAY
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Lily “Grace” Riddle, a sixth-grader at the Red Bank Charter School, has been tapped for the role of Brittany in School of Rock at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. GraceContinue reading "RED BANK GIRL TO ROCK RAHWAY"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 5am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of April 21 to May 5, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMES Theft:Continue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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May 6th, 2016 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? MR. PIZZA’S SLICE & DOG
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An original-recipe pie fresh from the oven. Carlos Rosas tosses dough for a pizza, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Self-styled devotees of Mr. Pizza Slice raised quite an uproar whenContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? MR. PIZZA’S SLICE & DOG ...
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May 6th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: TAXPAYER BUDGET Q&A SLATED
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For the 10th year in a row, Red Bank borough government department heads are scheduled to offer presentations on their 2016 budget proposals at a public information session scheduled for Wednesday,Continue reading "RED BANK: TAXPAYER BUDGET Q&A SLATED"
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May 6th, 2016 @ 9am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...