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RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN
Repeat Basie favorite Kathleen Madigan returns to Red Bank for an encore Saturday evening. Here’s a sample bit.  Long before there was an internet bubble and a housing bubble, thereContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: HAMPTON HOTEL PLAN REVIVED
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Lawyer Ron Gasiorowski, who has sued to block to the hotel, examines a rendering at a 2012 hearing. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD FiveContinue reading "RED BANK: HAMPTON HOTEL PLAN REVIVED"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: A FLEETING TOUCH OF ICE
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After a two-day dalliance with winter, seen Wednesday in the form of an icy puddle on Bridge Avenue in Red Bank, the Greater Green returns to relatively warmer weather in theContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: A FLEETING TOUCH OF ICE"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: NO PEDESTALS, NO LIMITS
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It’s UP AGAINST THE WALL at a Saturday evening reception, as a special display of sculpture uses the Art Alliance of Monmouth County gallery itself as a crucial component ofContinue reading "RED BANK: NO PEDESTALS, NO LIMITS"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MENNA SEEKS PDQ CHARTER REPORT
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Mayor Pasquale Menna with Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry after Saturday’s borough government reorganization. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Mayor Pasquale MennaContinue reading "RED BANK: MENNA SEEKS PDQ CHARTER REPORT"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 8am
Ryan Carr delivered a hat trick, including the final two goals of the third period, as Point Pleasant came back from a 4-2 deficit in the third to tie Rumson-Fair Haven TuesdayContinue reading "HOCKEY: POINT CLAWS BACK TO TIE R-FH"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 5am
 The Community YMCA’s Family Health and Wellness Center on Maple Avenue is the setting for an Open House event this Saturday, starting at 11 am. Press release from The Community YMCAContinue reading "RED BANK: CYMCA TO HOST OPEN HOUSE"
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January 6th, 2016 @ 5am
A 12-year-old Red Bank Charter School student was struck by a vehicle on Monmouth Street Monday afternoon. Police Chief Darren McConnell told redbankgreen that the girl, a female, was transported toContinue reading "RED BANK: CHILD STRUCK BY VEHICLE"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 6pm
A Red Bank pet shop was among more than two dozen retailers statewide cited for violating a law aimed at giving consumers more information about animals for sale, the New Jersey Attorney General’sContinue reading "RED BANK: PET SHOP CITED FOR NOTICE ISSUES"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 5pm
RED BANK: MR. PIZZA SOLD; SICILIA CLOSES
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Two downtown restaurateurs have acquired Mr. Pizza Slice on Monmouth Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A non-nonsense staple from the days before Red Bank becameContinue reading "RED BANK: MR. PIZZA SOLD; SICILIA CLOSES"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: GOP SHAKES UP TOWN HALL
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Mike Whelan, 24, at his swearing in as Red Bank councilman. Below, Whelan running mate Mark Taylor. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [Correction: The original version of thisContinue reading "RED BANK: GOP SHAKES UP TOWN HALL"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: A SAVE, AND THEN A SWEARING-IN
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Chris Soden gives his oath as Red Bank fire chief at the Union Hose Company. Behind Soden are deputies Pete DeFazio, left, and Stu Jensen, partly obscured. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: A SAVE, AND THEN A SWEARING-IN"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 5am
PILGRIM HAS RED BANK COVERED THIS WINTER
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With the holiday interlude entered into the books for another year — and with the coming of the seasonally chilly weather that somehow skirted us during a disconcertingly mild DecemberContinue reading "PILGRIM HAS RED BANK COVERED THIS WINTER"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 3am
RED BANK: DEER… OR REINDEER?
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With Christmas over, were three of Santa’s reindeer hoping to reunite with Jolly St. Nick in Red Bank over the weekend? Borough resident Charlie Bierly photographed this deer trio in the intersection ofContinue reading "RED BANK: DEER… OR REINDEER?"
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January 2nd, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: TWO NABBED IN STATION HOLDUP
File photo of the Shell station on Newman Springs Road. (Archive photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Two Pennsylvania women were arrested early Saturday morningContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO NABBED IN STATION HOLDUP"
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January 2nd, 2016 @ 11am
NEW YEARS EVE: BARTENDERS HAVE YOUR BACK
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Ryan Matthews, bartender at the Belmonte, has a non-alcoholic cocktail for you. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON So, what’s the plan for New Years Eve? WillContinue reading "NEW YEARS EVE: BARTENDERS HAVE YOUR BACK"
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December 31st, 2015 @ 12pm
At the Albert E. Martin Classic final Wednesday night, Ranny School freshman Bryan Antoine scored 27 points as the Panthers topped Red Bank Regional, 67-51, in front of a capacity crowd in LittleContinue reading "ANTOINE-LED RANNEY TAKES MARTIN CLASSIC"
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December 31st, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: MAN LEAPS TO HIS DEATH
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A 40-year-old man who previously resided at Grandville Towers in Red Bank leapt to his death from the building’s 10th floor Monday morning, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.Continue reading "RED BANK: MAN LEAPS TO HIS DEATH"
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December 30th, 2015 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: ALEO’S MOVEABLE FEAST
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The helpful employees at Aleo Italian Specialties get customer orders out quickly. Below, some of the many gourmet takeout options.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON SteppingContinue reading "LINCROFT: ALEO’S MOVEABLE FEAST"
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December 30th, 2015 @ 11am
With head coach Tom Brennan out indefinitely with medical issues, Middletown South’s girls basketball squad came from behind to beat Red Bank Catholic, 46-43, to reach the WOBM Christmas finals Tuesday. Haley DalonzoContinue reading "M’TOWN GIRLS BEAT RBC FOR AILING COACH"
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December 30th, 2015 @ 6am
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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 ...