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RED BANK: FAUX BRICK CROSSWALKS REMOVED
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State highway workers removed crumbling fake brick crosswalks from two intersections near the north end of Maple Avenue in Red Bank Friday after officials complained about safety concerns. “They saidContinue reading "RED BANK: FAUX BRICK CROSSWALKS REMOVED"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 1pm
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RED BANK: NASHVILLE ON THE NAVESINK
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Budding star Maggie Rose is the headline attraction for the Rockin’ Country Festival that commandeers Marine Park for two days and evenings of family-friendly activities, foodstuffs and freewheelin’ sounds thisContinue reading "RED BANK: NASHVILLE ON THE NAVESINK"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR
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A seating area under construction earlier this week at Red Bank borough hall may be named for Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 11am
It’s Grad Season at colleges and universities across the country, and young people from all over the greater Red Bank Green are among the many thousands of Class of 2014Continue reading "MORE DEGREES, HONORS FOR AREA STUDENTS"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOOMER ROCK AT THE BASIE
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The Turtles’ Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan — aka “Flo and Eddie” — return to Red Bank at the helm of the hit-packed Happy Together Tour, the 2014 edition ofContinue reading "RED BANK: BOOMER ROCK AT THE BASIE"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RUBBER CHICKEN, RECYCLED
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Does a rubber chicken ever really lose its ability to deliver a giggle? Someone from the Red Bank DPW apparently believed this one still had miles of smiles left inContinue reading "RED BANK: RUBBER CHICKEN, RECYCLED"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 6am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Can you identify the subject of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected]. That rakish, mustachioed man in last week’s photoContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: PHO LE ROLLS INTO SUMMER
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Vietnamese eggrolls deliver desired crunch from Pho Le in Red Bank.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON In a rare moment of culinary indecision, a recentContinue reading "RED BANK: PHO LE ROLLS INTO SUMMER"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR SOURCE AWARDS $28K+ IN SCHOLARSHIPS
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This year’s winners of the coveted Andrew Kroon Scholarship award are pictured with members of the Andrew Kroon Memorial Scholarship Committee.  Pictured (left to right) are Chris Rumph, Board ViceContinue reading "RBR SOURCE AWARDS $28K+ IN SCHOLARSHIPS"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 6am
Christian Brothers Academy first baseman John Moschella of Little Silver chats with Rich Chrampanis of the new video-based website Shore Sports Zone about his “favorites,” including the grandfather who travelsContinue reading "LINCROFT: LET’S MEET THE PROUD GRANDPA!"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: DEEP-FRIED… CHEESECAKE?
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Tempura fried cheesecake with ice cream at Jamian’s. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON “Everything tastes better fried,” says Jamian LaViola, owner of Jamian’s Food and DrinkContinue reading "RED BANK: DEEP-FRIED… CHEESECAKE?"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK RESTAURATEUR’S FERRARI CRASHES
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Michael Fux, below, with admirers at a 2011 car show in Red Bank that featured dozens of his cars, including the Ferrari above. (Click to enlarge) A rare Ferrari EnzoContinue reading "RED BANK RESTAURATEUR’S FERRARI CRASHES"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 6am
TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY
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This July, kids can celebrate Christmas at Toymasters in Red Bank.Voted “New Jersey’s Best Toy Store” by New Jersey Monthly magazine, Toymasters is partnering with the borough-based nonprofit Lunch BreakContinue reading "TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Lunch Break of Red Bank This Saturday, June 28, the Red Bank-based nonprofit Lunch Break and The Community YMCA are co-sponsoring a Community Health Fair, at CYMCA’sContinue reading "A COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR IN RED BANK"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: COMING SOON
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Theatergoers and others who just want to pull up a seat opposite the Count Basie Theatre will soon have an outdoor option outside Red Bank borough hall, where RiverCenter andContinue reading "RED BANK: COMING SOON"
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June 24th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CHAZZ AT THE BASIE
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Chazz Palminteri brings his solo stage play A BRONX TALE back to the Count Basie Theatre, for a two-night stand. (photo by Joan Marcus) In the 1993 film A BronxContinue reading "RED BANK: CHAZZ AT THE BASIE"
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June 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SUMMER SUNRISE
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Sunrise on our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Maple Cove in Red Bank Tuesday. Expect a mostly sunny day, with temperatures crossing into the low 80s, according to theContinue reading "RED BANK: SUMMER SUNRISE"
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June 24th, 2014 @ 5am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 12 to June 19, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: A POT STORE? WELL, SHOOT…
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Is Red Bank getting a medical marijuana dispensary? That was the takeaway for a number of redbankgreen readers when they saw the painting above, which went up in a windowContinue reading "RED BANK: A POT STORE? WELL, SHOOT…"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: A BIT OF A KITCHEN GRIND
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Lisa Prepon, seen here with husband Howard Bernstein, will tell you all you need to know to grind it right at the Spice & Tea Exchange. (Photo by Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: A BIT OF A KITCHEN GRIND"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 8am
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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
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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!