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A Long Branch woman was arrested early Sunday after she kicked in the door of a Red Bank house and assaulted two of its occupants, police said. Chrissandra Lester, 26,Continue reading "RED BANK: KICKING, SWINGING LEAD TO CUFFS"
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RED BANK: MEASURABLE EVIDENCE OF WINTER
Another fast-falling snow blanketed the Red Bank area Monday morning, covering Broad Street in traffic-slowing slush, above, and putting a shoveler to work in English Plaza, at right. The forecast:Continue reading "RED BANK: MEASURABLE EVIDENCE OF WINTER"
RED BANK: EFFU EYES MEADOWLANDS TOURNEY
Stephen Dunne hauls in a touchdown pass, above, and a runner heads upfield, below, during the season-ending game for Red Bank’s Eastside Flag Football Union, played at Count Basie FieldContinue reading "RED BANK: EFFU EYES MEADOWLANDS TOURNEY"
LOCAL BARS, WHERE THE GAME TAKES WING
Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza in Red Bank’s Galleria has a few specials on tap for Sunday’s game.  By JIM WILLIS Sunday’s big game – Super Bowl XLVIII, in case you’veContinue reading "LOCAL BARS, WHERE THE GAME TAKES WING"
WEEKEND: CHEER FOR JERSEY, ROOT FOR SNOW
Above: Maxine Snow and the Snow Project lend a jazzy chill to the Steamy Nights house party at the Woman’s Club while, below, Quincy Mumford brings a warm and beachyContinue reading "WEEKEND: CHEER FOR JERSEY, ROOT FOR SNOW"
Ocean Township police arrested three Red Bank residents, including a 19-year-old woman, on prostitution-related charges last week, according to a report on NJ.com, the website of the Star-Ledger. The trioContinue reading "RED BANK TRIO CHARGED WITH PROSTITUTION"
A driving one-hander from the left of the key by Red Bank Regional junior Justin Gilson put the Bucs over the Rumson-Fair Haven Bulldogs in the final second of overtimeContinue reading "BUCS BEST BULLDOGS ON OT BUZZER-BEATER"
WEAR A SNUGGIE, BUT BRING AN UMBRELLA
After a week of frigid temperatures, a sofa left at the curb on West Street in Red Bank appears all set for the first-ever cold-weather Super Bowl Sunday. But theContinue reading "WEAR A SNUGGIE, BUT BRING AN UMBRELLA"
RED BANK MAN INDICTED IN BREAK-IN SPREE
A Monmouth County grand jury indicted a Red Bank man Thursday on charges related to spate of burglaries and thefts over a three-month period last year, including two in hisContinue reading "RED BANK MAN INDICTED IN BREAK-IN SPREE"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 23 to January 30, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: MAN FLEES WITH LOANER iPHONE"
With temperatures in the teens, our beautiful Navesink River was a white wonderland for iceboaters and strollers willing to step out onto hardened water between Red Bank and Middletown Wednesday.Continue reading "ARCTIC COLD LINGERS"
MIDDLETOWN: A GRAVE SUPER BOWL ISSUE
Vince Lombardi’s headstone at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middletown, as seen in 2011. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) With the Super Bowl scheduled to be played in NewContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: A GRAVE SUPER BOWL ISSUE"
BITING COLD CONTINUES ON THE GREEN
A sign of the times at the Galleria at Red Bank on Bridge Avenue Tuesday morning, above. Winter’s fierce grip continued Wednesday as residents of the Green woke to aContinue reading "BITING COLD CONTINUES ON THE GREEN"
Junior Kelly Marie Stevens of Red Bank was named to the President’s List at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA for the fall 2013 semester — an academic achievement forContinue reading "RED BANK STUDENT MAKES PRESIDENT’S LIST"
PORTER, M’TOWN TEEN HONORED AT MLK EVENT
At left, Pilgrim Baptist Pastor Terrence K. Porter (center) accepts a proclamation from Red Bank Council members Kathleen Horgan and Edward Zipprich. At right, Middletown HS South senior Aisha BooriContinue reading "PORTER, M’TOWN TEEN HONORED AT MLK EVENT"
RED BANK: SAYING GOODBYE TO ‘GRANDMA’
Mary Boynton with some of her freshly awakened toddler charges last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Over the past 30 years, MaryContinue reading "RED BANK: SAYING GOODBYE TO ‘GRANDMA’"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 16 to January 23, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: BurglaryContinue reading "RED BANK: BREAK-IN AT RECTOR PLACE HOME"
RED BANK: ICE RETURNS TO THE NAVESINK
[slideshow_deploy id=’88184′]After a three-year absence, four-inch ice retuned to our beautiful Navesink River over the weekend, enabling members of the storied North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club to takeContinue reading "RED BANK: ICE RETURNS TO THE NAVESINK"
PIEHOLE: BRINGING WARMTH TO A COLD WEEK
 Good Karma Cafe’s Gail Doherty transports PieHole readers to the south of France. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If you haven’t likedContinue reading "PIEHOLE: BRINGING WARMTH TO A COLD WEEK"
RED BANK: GOOD KARMA AND ELEVATED SOCCA
Good Karma Cafe’s Gail Doherty walks PieHole through a recipe that will transport you and your tastebuds to the south of France. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIMContinue reading "RED BANK: GOOD KARMA AND ELEVATED SOCCA"
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
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
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 ...