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RED BANK: PAINT & SIP FOR HOOK & LADDER
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Navesink Hook & Ladder invites artists of all skill levels to paint, sip, and socialize during a March 19 fundraiser.
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February 19th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 4 to February 18, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMES TheftContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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February 18th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: HOMAGE, SWEET HOMAGE
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Abba Mania kicks off a week of Count Basie tribute extravaganzas that also boasts spot-on salutes to Janis Joplin and The Beatles.
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February 18th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HORSE-ERA HOUSE GETS CAR LOT
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The circa-1875 office building at Broad Street and East Bergen Place. The driveway to the right belongs to the adjoining property. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: HORSE-ERA HOUSE GETS CAR LOT"
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February 18th, 2016 @ 11am
RUMSON: BATCHLER WON’T BE PROSECUTED
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Former R-FH head football coach Bryan Batchler. (Photo courtesy of Shore Sports Zone. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Ousted Rumson-Fair Haven football coach Bryan Batchler has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing forContinue reading "RUMSON: BATCHLER WON’T BE PROSECUTED"
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February 18th, 2016 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: WARMING CHAMBERS
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Snowy songs, teen composers, Beatles, Beethoven and Blues; all FREE for the listening during the week's intimate classical events.
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February 17th, 2016 @ 11am
RUMSON: SCHULTE NAMED BULLDOGS COACH
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New head football coach Jerry Schulte at Tuesday’s R-FH board of ed meeting, where his appointment was approved. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [Correction: This post has been updatedContinue reading "RUMSON: SCHULTE NAMED BULLDOGS COACH"
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February 16th, 2016 @ 9pm
RED BANK: MORE FUNDS COMING, SAYS BECK
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Senator Jen Beck addressing a hearing on the charter school proposal at the Red Bank Middle School last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD TheContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE FUNDS COMING, SAYS BECK"
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February 16th, 2016 @ 4pm
By JOHN T. WARD A Red Bank pedestrian was taken to the hospital with non-serious injuries after a hit-and-run accident Monday night, said police Chief Darren McConnell. And a short while later,Continue reading "RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN OK AFTER HIT & RUN"
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February 16th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: PICKETT & WHITE OPENS ITS GATE
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Pickett & White took over the Broad Street space vacated by Femme by Ashley. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In this edition of Retail Churn: AContinue reading "RED BANK: PICKETT & WHITE OPENS ITS GATE"
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February 16th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: A VERY SPECIAL ‘FX’ FOR BASIE
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Oscar winner Timothy Hutton is one of the esteemed judges who will select finalists for the Count Basie's annual Project FX student film competition, now until March 1.
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February 16th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BOUTIQUE HAS (MOVIE) MOB TIES
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The interior of Wish 28, owned by twin sisters — and itself the twin of a boutique called Wish in Morris County. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: BOUTIQUE HAS (MOVIE) MOB TIES"
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February 15th, 2016 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: ICY GRIP LOOSENS
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After a weekend that saw wind-chill temperatures as low as 17 degrees below zero, weather forecasters expect the Greater Red Bank Green to warm up Monday — Presidents’ Day.  The NationalContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: ICY GRIP LOOSENS"
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February 15th, 2016 @ 5am
A STRAWBERRY KISS FOR YOUR VALENTINE
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A Strawberry Kiss, by Taste manager/bartender Meagan Davis. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON It’s Valentine’s Day, and you’re out to make an impression on a certain someone.Continue reading "A STRAWBERRY KISS FOR YOUR VALENTINE"
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February 13th, 2016 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SONNY’S SANDWICH
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The Greenwich Village, a Sonny’s sub filled with Italian ingredients. Below, Kenny Gambella. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Just days after opening its doors without fanfare, Sonny’s SandwichContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SONNY’S SANDWI ...
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February 12th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: CHARTER OFFICIALS DEFEND PLAN
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Charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti, flanked by trustee Roger Foss, left, and business administrator David Block, at Wednesday’s press conference. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER OFFICIALS DEFEND PLAN"
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February 12th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: FOREIGNER RETURNS TO BASIE
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Silver-haired Mick Jones leads the 2016 edition of classic rock institution Foreigner back to the Basie for a Monday date-night dose of acoustically arranged chart-toppers.  From the Department of EverythingContinue reading "RED BANK: FOREIGNER RETURNS TO BASIE"
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February 12th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: NJSO PLAYS IT TO THE HILTY
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Broadway bombshell Megan Hilty (above) is the special guest Valentine of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for a Friday night Count Basie concert. Carolyn Wong (below) takes the Sunday soloContinue reading "RED BANK: NJSO PLAYS IT TO THE HILTY"
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February 11th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GOP HOSED ON WATER VOTES
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Council President Cindy Burnham, sitting in for the absent mayor for the first time, recused herself from the meter bond vote on advice from borough Attorney Jean Cipriani, right. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: GOP HOSED ON WATER VOTES"
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February 11th, 2016 @ 8am
Skating on home ice at the Red Bank Armory, Red Bank Catholic topped Ocean Township 4-2  Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone has the video highlights, including a slow-mo review of a shot thatContinue reading "HOCKEY: RBC TOPS OCEAN 4-2 AT ARMORY"
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February 11th, 2016 @ 5am
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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 ...