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RED BANK: LOCAL SMOKE SET TO WAFT
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Steve Raab, right, with partners Loren Raab, his wife, and Eric Keating, left, outside their new restaurant Thursday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD EnteringContinue reading "RED BANK: LOCAL SMOKE SET TO WAFT"
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May 20th, 2016 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The Red Lantern restaurant won clearance to open at 132 Broad Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The dizzying transformation of downtown Red Bank intoContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER RESTAURANT APPROVED"
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May 17th, 2016 @ 6am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CREATIVE BAGELRY
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A bacon cheeseburger deluxe on an everything bagel, above, and a chocolate chip bagel with a schmear of Nutella cream cheese, below, at Hot Bagels Brooklyn’s Finest.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click toContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CREATIVE BAGELRY"
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May 13th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE-TO-STORE PLAN OK’D
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The former Liberty Hose firehouse at 40 White Street in Red Bank won borough zoning board approval last week for conversion to a retail store with two apartments on theContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE-TO-STORE PLAN OK’D"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 10am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? MR. PIZZA’S SLICE & DOG
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An original-recipe pie fresh from the oven. Carlos Rosas tosses dough for a pizza, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Self-styled devotees of Mr. Pizza Slice raised quite an uproar whenContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? MR. PIZZA’S SLICE & DOG ...
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May 6th, 2016 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED
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The bar in a glass-walled room one patron called “the aquarium” offers panoramic views of the Shrewsbury River. Below right, restaurant principal Tim McLoone with an opening-night guest. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED"
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May 4th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: PAZZO FRIDGE GETS COOL WELCOME
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An illegal expansion into a breezeway beside Pazzo Restaurant drew criticism, but won planning board approval. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: PAZZO FRIDGE GETS COOL WELCOME"
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May 3rd, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: STARBUCKS GOES FOR A REFILL
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Fear not, Starbucks junkies: the store at Broad and White streets in downtown Red Bank is only closed for renovations, and will reopen May 14, according to a posted notice.Continue reading "RED BANK: STARBUCKS GOES FOR A REFILL"
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May 3rd, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS ON PLANNING AGENDA
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The former storefront at 132 Broad Street is the subject of a request for an Asian restaurant called Red Lantern, which needs a parking variance. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: RESTAURANTS ON PLANNING AGENDA"
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May 2nd, 2016 @ 5am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? GLOBAL CONCEPTS
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Global Eatery’s mix-and-match international choices include Mexican enchiladas, Korean beef in a cabbage wrap and Italian meatballs. Below, a customer fixes a salad to go.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? GLOBAL CONCEPTS"
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April 29th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: SUBWAY ARRIVES FOUR YEARS LATE
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Four and a half years after it won planning board approval, a Subway sandwich shop finally opened for business at 60 Broad Street in Red Bank Thursday morning. The debutContinue reading "RED BANK: SUBWAY ARRIVES FOUR YEARS LATE"
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April 28th, 2016 @ 11am
A leading Middletown company and a Fair Haven volunteer are among the honorees — and over two dozen local restaurants and vendors are in in the house — as Habitat for Humanity Monmouth County hosts its first-ever food and wine tasting event, May 16 at the Oyster Point.
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April 25th, 2016 @ 4am
RED BANK: EATING ‘CLEAN’ TO SAVE HER LIFE
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Amie Valpone returns Monday to Red Bank’s Front St. Trattoria, where she once waited tables, to promote “Eating Clean,” her memoir and cookbook. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD AmieContinue reading "RED BANK: EATING ‘CLEAN’ TO SAVE HER LIFE"
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April 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BELLYING UP AT SURF BBQ
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Above, a smoked-brisket sandwich, left, and a pulled pork sandwich. Below, smoked maraschino cherries at the bar. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON PieHole had been itching toContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? BELLYING UP AT SURF BBQ"
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April 22nd, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: A BIG CINCO FOR BIG SIBS
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Food, wine, tacos, tequila, and a chance to help local kids through Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, as Buona Sera hosts a special Cinco de Mayo fundraiser.
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April 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BAGEL SHOP OPENS
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Mike Gambale removes fresh product from the oven at Hot Bagels Brooklyn’s Finest, a deli that opened Friday morning in a former used-car lot at Maple Avenue and Broad Street inContinue reading "RED BANK: BAGEL SHOP OPENS"
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April 8th, 2016 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ITALIAN BRILLIANCE
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Pumpkin-filled ravioli is one of the lunchtime specials at La Pastaria, seen below.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Go to Red Bank’s La Pastaria on Linden PlaceContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ITALIAN BRILLIANCE"
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April 8th, 2016 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: METROVATION BUSY HERE, TOO
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Country Curtains opened last month after relocating to a new space across Broad Street from its former home in the Grove shopping center. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: METROVATION BUSY HERE, TOO"
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April 8th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: SICKLES TO OPEN WEST SIDE STORE
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Sickles Market plans to lease nearly the entire first floor of the Anderson Storage building, seen here looking south on Bridge Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: SICKLES TO OPEN WEST SIDE STORE"
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April 6th, 2016 @ 11pm
SEA BRIGHT: JERSEY GIRL’S SHORE FOOD TOUR
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Deborah Smith, author of “The Jersey Shore Cookbook,” outside Ama in Sea Bright last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The flavors of theContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: JERSEY GIRL’S SHORE FOOD TOUR"
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April 6th, 2016 @ 3pm
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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!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.