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RED BANK: SHOE NO LONGER FITS DOWNTOWN
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With the demise of If the Shoe Fits, Red Bank is losing a business with deep history. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD This time next week, one ofContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOE NO LONGER FITS DOWNTOWN"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The proposed conversion of the storefront at 65 Broad Street in Red Bank to a Chocolate Works shop is slated for review by the borough planning board Monday night. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: CHOCOLATE SHOP ON AGENDA"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: WHICH SHADE DO YOU PREFER?
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A corner of a building on Monmouth Street in Red Bank displayed sample colors as painter Joe Buonacquista worked last Thursday. We’ll have shades of blue overhead Monday, with partlyContinue reading "RED BANK: WHICH SHADE DO YOU PREFER?"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: A CANINE CARNIVAL CLOSER
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Nathan shakin’: the fur-challenged but fancy-moving internet sensation Dancing Nathan is the special guest attraction at the final Red Bank Dog Days event of the summer, this Tuesday. Capping aContinue reading "RED BANK: A CANINE CARNIVAL CLOSER"
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August 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIVIN’ LARGE AND LOVEN’ETT
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The Hat, The Cattle, The Hair — Lyle Lovett brings it all, in large quantity and with no discernible thinning of quality, to the Count Basie stage this Tuesday.  GripeContinue reading "RED BANK: LIVIN’ LARGE AND LOVEN’ETT"
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August 16th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MARKET BEGINS DOG-FREE ERA
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A ban on dogs at the Red Bank Farmers’ Market becomes the rule with this Sunday’s edition of the 15-year-old open-air emporium. After ordering the ban a week ago inContinue reading "RED BANK: MARKET BEGINS DOG-FREE ERA"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 1pm
WHATS FOR LUNCH? PANINI AT PATRIZIA’S
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The grilled vegetable panini hero shown above is vegetarian friendly. Below, the burrata. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON “It’s like going to your grandmother’s houseContinue reading "WHATS FOR LUNCH? PANINI AT PATRIZIA’S"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: HERITAGE LIQUORS CLEARS OUT
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Building owner Eric Eremita in the doorway of the recently vacated bottle shop at 1 Broad Street. (Photos by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The ever-fluidContinue reading "RED BANK: HERITAGE LIQUORS CLEARS OUT"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 8am
‘DISCO FEVER’ FOR KIDS’ CAUSE, AT THE BASIE
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Queen of Disco Gloria Gaynor appears with special guests The Village People in a September 6 benefit concert, dedicated to the Michael Fux Foundation’s local children’s hospital project.  Press releaseContinue reading "‘DISCO FEVER’ FOR KIDS’ CAUSE, AT THE BASIE"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOLY DOUBLETAKE! IT’S BATMAN!
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Spoiler alert for fans of the cable show ‘Comic Book Men,’ shot in and around Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash on Broad Street in Red Bank: aContinue reading "RED BANK: HOLY DOUBLETAKE! IT’S BATMAN!"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 5pm
COCKTAIL WEEK (SORRY) MUDDLES ON
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Bartenders, preparing to compete at Taste Tuesday night. Chris Paseka, below, emceed the well-attended event. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON A feeling of autumn wasContinue reading "COCKTAIL WEEK (SORRY) MUDDLES ON"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN
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Kathleen Gasienica, an environmentalist and next-door neighbor to the nature area, brought a boatload of visuals to bolster her critique of the plan. Borough Engineer Christine Ballard showed a photoContinue reading "RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Can you identify the subject and location of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? photo? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected].
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August 14th, 2014 @ 7am
TOUCH A TRUCK, AT 5TH ANNUAL ‘FUNRAISER’
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Kids of all ages are invited to Touch-A-Truck, during the fifth annual benefit event for Monmouth Day Care Center. Press release from Monmouth Day Care Center The parking lot ofContinue reading "TOUCH A TRUCK, AT 5TH ANNUAL ‘FUNRAISER’"
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August 14th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOAT RESCUERS WIN PLAUDITS
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Four unidentified teenage girls were safe in Red Bank Saturday night after losing an oar to a dinghy they'd launched and drifting for about an hour in the darkness of the Swimming River.
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August 14th, 2014 @ 12am
RED BANK: CROSSINGS ON BRIDGE AVE
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Flamenco dancers, live music and samplings from area restaurants are on hand outside Two River Theater during Thursday’s pre-party for Crossing Borders, the annual festival of new Latino plays curatedContinue reading "RED BANK: CROSSINGS ON BRIDGE AVE"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING
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Bellhaven is located on the Swimming River, at the western terminus of Locust Avenue.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After several months of quiet, a controversial project originallyContinue reading "RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING"
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August 13th, 2014 @ 10am
4 A.M. CAMPAIGN CALL PROMPTS INDICTMENT
A Facebook image of Dwayne Horner, a Texas man indicted for alleged dirty politics in Monmouth County.  (Click to enlarge) A predawn political robocall campaign intended to stir up voterContinue reading "4 A.M. CAMPAIGN CALL PROMPTS INDICTMENT"
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August 12th, 2014 @ 6pm
RED BANK: EFFU BASKS IN GIANT SPOTLIGHT
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Red Bank’s Eastside Flag Football Union (EFFU) made a return trip to the Meadowlands on Saturday to reap its reward as the top fundraising team – out of 135 – inContinue reading "RED BANK: EFFU BASKS IN GIANT SPOTLIGHT"
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August 12th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: NOW YOU’RE COOKIN’ WITH SHERRI
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Kindie-rock favorite Sherri Ehrlich sings for grownups in an encore appearance at Thursday’s Jazz in the Park series at Riverside Gardens. (Photo by Bobbie Kingsley) A generation of kids knowsContinue reading "RED BANK: NOW YOU’RE COOKIN’ WITH SHERRI"
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August 12th, 2014 @ 10am
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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.
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!