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SPRING 2013: RED SKY OVER RED BANK
Sunrise on our beautiful Navesink River Wednesday, as seen from the foot of Maple Avenue in Red Bank. A pleasant day weatherwise is in store, with partial sunshine and temperaturesContinue reading "SPRING 2013: RED SKY OVER RED BANK"
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RED BANK: REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Elizabeth McDermott, Mary Faith Chmiel, Dan Dorn, Jr., and Harry Greenwood discuss life in Red Bank throughout the 20th century. Below, a circa 1935 meeting of the Red Bank LionsContinue reading "RED BANK: REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS"
TRTC’s 20th SEASON: AS YOU LIKE IT
Tony nominee Michael Cumpsty, Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey, and Jade King Carroll make their Two River Theater directorial debuts during the just-announced 2013-2014 season. By TOM CHESEK AsContinue reading "TRTC’s 20th SEASON: AS YOU LIKE IT"
RED BANK: RIYADH’NA’S SPIRT LIVES ON
Lynese Rawlins, left, and Candace Smith celebrate their selection as winners of scholarships in memory of their late classmate, Riyadh’na Farrow as RBR Principal Risa Clay looks on. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: RIYADH’NA’S SPIRT LIVES ON"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 23 to May 30, 2013. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK: ONE VEHICLE, FOUR SLASHED TIRES"
RED BANK: WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONADE…
With a forecast of abundant sunshine and temperatures in the 80s both days, you might want to squeeze in some time for days two and three of Red Bank Riverfest inContinue reading "RED BANK: WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONADE…"
RED BANK: GRANDVILLE RENT HIKE WEIGHED
Grandville Towers neighbors look on as resident Mary Cook, below, questions PRC vice president Tom Arnone, left. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER The Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: GRANDVILLE RENT HIKE WEIGHED"
RED BANK: RIVERFEST TO HEAT UP WEEKEND
Scenes from the 2012 edition of Red Bank Riverfest, which returns to Marine Park for a thre-night run starting Friday. (Click to enlarge) Three days of heat and eats awaitContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVERFEST TO HEAT UP WEEKEND"
Less than a year after its debut, the Count’s Courtyard, the terrace bar at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, is slated for a tweaking Friday with the installation of anContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE COURTYARD TO GET CANOPY"
RED BANK: WALGREEN’S EYES RASSAS LOT
The plan calls for access from Broad Street in both directions, as well as from Garfield Place. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Just a month after ending itsContinue reading "RED BANK: WALGREEN’S EYES RASSAS LOT"
Rich Nicoletti at Red Bank’s clay courts, which remain out of commission seven months after Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Rich Nicoletti firstContinue reading "RED BANK: CLAY COURTS STILL CLOSED"
RED BANK: GENERATIONS OF MEATY WISDOM
Fourth-generation butcher Ralph Citarella, right, and long-time employee Kyle Powell carry on more than 113 years of meat-cutting tradition. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Just asContinue reading "RED BANK: GENERATIONS OF MEATY WISDOM"
RED BANK: CUMPSTY DONS COWARD’S ROBE
Tony nominee Michael Cumpsty, left is at the center of a “vortex of neurosis,” as Nöel Coward’s “Present Laughter” comes to Two River Theater in a production directed by “Frasier”Continue reading "RED BANK: CUMPSTY DONS COWARD’S ROBE"
A Red Bank man was in the Monmouth County lockup following his arrest late Monday night on a burglary charge, police said. From a PD announcement Tuesday: Police arrested JavierContinue reading "RED BANK MAN CHARGED WITH BURGLARY"
One of the alleged assaults occurred in the borough police station, police said. (Click to enlarge) Two men were charged in separate assaults on Red Bank police officers over theContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO CHARGED WITH COP ASSAULTS"
RED BANK: FAMED SKATEBOARDER INJURED
A shot of Brian Wenning that appears on the website of his company, Lockdown Skateboards. (Click to enlarge) A world-renowned skateboarder was seriously injured in a fall on the stepsContinue reading "RED BANK: FAMED SKATEBOARDER INJURED"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 16 to May 23, 2013. This information is unedited. • Shoplifting occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK: A DISORDERLY WEEK"
MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATIONS
Red Bank, above, and Fair Haven, below, return with traditional Memorial Day events Monday. (Click to enlarge) RED BANK: Memorial Day Commemoration, Monday, 11 a.m., Veterans’ Monument, 51 Monmouth Street,Continue reading "MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATIONS"
The Neverly Brothers, above, join the Ribeye Brothers for a night of brotherly entertainment at the Dublin House Sunday. (Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO Friday, May 24: RED BANK:Continue reading "A WEEKEND TO MEMORIALIZE"
By WIL FULTON Suzanne Viscomi, who last week quit-without-quitting the Red Bank council race, confirmed Thursday that she won’t run as either a Republican or an independent. Viscomi told redbankgreen byContinue reading "RED BANK: VISCOMI WON’T RUN AS INDY"
Partyline
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 ...