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For the third consecutive year, Red Bank Middle Schoolers have exterminated the competition in a national video-production contest sponsored by a pest-control trade group. The $3,000 grand prize for theContinue reading "RBMS BAGS MORE CASH WITH ANTI-RAT RAP"
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BASIE TO GET ‘RED CARPET’ STREET CROSSING
Authorities hope the crossing will centralize pedestrian movements to and from the theater on show nights. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s long-awaited plan to extend streetscapeContinue reading "BASIE TO GET ‘RED CARPET’ STREET CROSSING"
Matt DePonti of Powerhouse Signworks gets the word about Wedding Walk out above Broad Street last week. (Click to enlarge) Here come the brides-to-be again, as Red Bank merchants repriseContinue reading "WEDDING WALKERS TO STROLL RED BANK"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 9 to March 16, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft occurring on 3-8-12Continue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER FAUX-GOLD SCAM"
BATTLE OVER HOTEL HEIGHT DRAGS ON
A planned six-story hotel at the longtime site of an Exxon station is the subject of a hearings at both the planning and zoning boards.   (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "BATTLE OVER HOTEL HEIGHT DRAGS ON"
FROM A RED BANK ALLEYWAY, A PERFECT TAN
Dianne Drewing in the Monmouth Street mews where she plans to open a spray-tan salon next week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD For most of her life, DianneContinue reading "FROM A RED BANK ALLEYWAY, A PERFECT TAN"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
One reader thought last week’s Where Have I Seen This?, which showed a lighted path and archway, was taken at the Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. AnotherContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
PRELIMINARY: AVERAGE RED BANK TAX UP $94
The spending plan includes debt service on the estimated $1 million cost of a replacing 25-year-old Ladder 91, above.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Still a work inContinue reading "PRELIMINARY: AVERAGE RED BANK TAX UP $94"
By JOHN T. WARD An Eatontown man was indicted Wednesday for the alleged murder of his ex-wife, a Red Bank woman whose body was found six weeks after she disappearedContinue reading "EX INDICTED IN RED BANK WOMAN’S DEATH"
OFFICIALS BLAST NJNG OVER GAS VALVES
State Senator Jennifer Beck with the offending gas pressure valve on Broad Street Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD [SEE UPDATE TO THIS STORY AT THE BOTTOM] RedContinue reading "OFFICIALS BLAST NJNG OVER GAS VALVES"
IT’S ‘TAPS’ FOR RED BANK ARMY-NAVY STORE
Vinny Faiella is calling it quits, closing an Army-Navy store that had its roots at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD With roots that goContinue reading "IT’S ‘TAPS’ FOR RED BANK ARMY-NAVY STORE"
RED BANK BENCHES AWAIT SPRING BUTTS
Red Bank has completed the installation of 18 new sponsored benches in Marine Park, says borough Administrator Stanley Sickels. The benches, with plaques commemorating loved ones, were sold for $1,500Continue reading "RED BANK BENCHES AWAIT SPRING BUTTS"
BIKE SHOP PLANS WEST FRONT ROLLOUT
Jonathan Erdelyi takes a break from painting the interior of the Red Bicycle Studio, his new bike shop on West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD MoreContinue reading "BIKE SHOP PLANS WEST FRONT ROLLOUT"
RED BANK FIREFIGHTERS DOWN TWO TRUCKS
Members of the Navesink Hook & Ladder recently tested a surplus tower truck from Middletown for fit in their Mechanic Street firehouse as a potential loaner. See video at redbankgreen‘sContinue reading "RED BANK FIREFIGHTERS DOWN TWO TRUCKS"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 2 TO March 9, 2012. This information is unedited. Burglary occurring on 3-3-12Continue reading "JEWELER SCAMMED IN FAUX-GOLD PAWN"
FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY
“I’d almost rather be incinerated than have to live down here,” says Suellen Sims, below inspecting her new home’s fallout shelter, built beneath an earthen berm alongside Harris Park. (ClickContinue reading "FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY"
RED BANK COPS BACK ON THE BEAT
Patrolman George Travostino walking Broad Street Thursday afternoon. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD George Travostino has been getting a lot of double-takes lately. Like all patrol-duty cops inContinue reading "RED BANK COPS BACK ON THE BEAT"
I’LL HAVE WHAT THEY’RE HAVING
With an opening-night reception slated for 8 p.m. Friday, Rumson-raised artist Michael Komar brings his giant portraits to Jamian’s Food & Drink in Red Bank in a show that runsContinue reading "I’LL HAVE WHAT THEY’RE HAVING"
SHEEHAN RACE SHORTENED TO 5K
Runners turn a corner last year in Fair Haven, which will no longer be part of the race course. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD For George Sheehan ClassicContinue reading "SHEEHAN RACE SHORTENED TO 5K"
RESTAURATEUR ADDS ‘AUTHOR’ TO RÉSUMÉ
Victor Rallo drains a bottle of vino into a guest’s glass at his book-signing party last Thursday night. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By STACIE FANELLI Victor RalloContinue reading "RESTAURATEUR ADDS ‘AUTHOR’ TO RÉSUMÉ"
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.