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By JOHN T. WARD Two hot topics were removed from the Red Bank council agenda Wednesday night: • a proposed $2 million bond to pay for replacing every residential andContinue reading "RED BANK: METERS AND MORATORIUM TABLED"
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May 28th, 2015 @ 7am
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RED BANK: WTF? UPS ITS OWN CHALLENGE
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Jason Unterman keeping the lunch tab low at Jr’s Burgers in Red Bank. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Whether it’s sticking to locally-sourced produce or tryingContinue reading "RED BANK: WTF? UPS ITS OWN CHALLENGE"
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May 15th, 2015 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: GOING OVERBOARD AT EVENTIDE
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The pungent Garlic Shrimp, above, and the Drunken Clams, below,are customer favorites.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON There isn’t a bad seat at the EventideContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: GOING OVERBOARD AT EVENTIDE"
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May 8th, 2015 @ 11am
NO BALONEY: METS SANDWICH A HIT HERE
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Atlantic Bagel’s version of the smoked bologna sandwich sold at Citi Field. Below the kitchen of the bagel shop.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON The NewContinue reading "NO BALONEY: METS SANDWICH A HIT HERE"
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May 7th, 2015 @ 11am
A view down Broad Street from 2012.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Three years after its selection by Smithsonian Magazine as the third-best small town in America, RedContinue reading "RED BANK ON BALLOT FOR MAGAZINE HONOR"
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May 5th, 2015 @ 7am
QUENCHING A CINCO DE MAYO THIRST
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Downtown bartender John Butler makes PieHole a fresh strawberry margarita.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Maybe it was the sterling weather this past weekend, or maybeContinue reading "QUENCHING A CINCO DE MAYO THIRST"
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May 4th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: HEAPS OF AUTHENTICITY
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The Mediterranean Platter, a dependable classic on the Front Street Trattoria menu. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON What key elements are crucial to keeping a restaurantContinue reading "RED BANK: HEAPS OF AUTHENTICITY"
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April 30th, 2015 @ 12pm
RUMSON: KRF HITS $1 MILLION MILESTONE
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Press release from Salt Creek Grille Rumson; photo by Amy Pinard The recent Wine and Martini Tasting fundraiser at Rumson’s Salt Creek Grille raised nearly $115,000 for pediatric brain cancerContinue reading "RUMSON: KRF HITS $1 MILLION MILESTONE"
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April 28th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR RETURNS
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Last year’s International Flavor Festival in Red Bank’s White Street parking lot served a variety of choice tidbits. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON With sunshineContinue reading "RED BANK: INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR RETURNS"
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April 24th, 2015 @ 3pm
WHATS FOR LUNCH? TOKI HAS THE ROLL
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A fresh platter of sushi from Toki in Red Bank features uni, yellowtail hamachi, tuna and a Toki Roll. Below, three chefs work Toki’s sushi bar. (Photo by Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "WHATS FOR LUNCH? TOKI HAS THE ROLL"
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April 24th, 2015 @ 9am
CHURN: FRESH STARTS DOWNTOWN
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The building at 14 West Front Street, center above, has changed hands. The white one next door is the site of a proposed roof deck for the Downtown, at farContinue reading "CHURN: FRESH STARTS DOWNTOWN"
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April 14th, 2015 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COFFEE, CARS AND CLUCK U
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Dan Salazar and his wife, Grisel, at right, with Grisel’s sister, Adela Carrazana, the new owners of No Joe’s Coffee House.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD This editionContinue reading "RED BANK: COFFEE, CARS AND CLUCK U"
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April 10th, 2015 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A TASTY STAPLE
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 A lunch order of a Classic Parm Sandwich from the menu at Val’s Tavern. Below, General Manager Kevin Feehan. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Val’s Tavern,Continue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A TASTY STAPLE"
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April 10th, 2015 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: DIVING INTO A BLOODY HOOK
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Ashlyn Schmidt pours a spicy bloody Mary at Dive in Sea Bright. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON A sweet cocktail filled with tropical fruit is niceContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DIVING INTO A BLOODY HOOK"
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April 9th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW OWNER AT BRANNIGAN’S
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Paul Marcotte hopes to retain Brannigan’s charming dive character while making small improvements. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Paul Marcotte is thinking about hitting the ladies’ room. Well, bothContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW OWNER AT BRANNIGAN’S"
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April 7th, 2015 @ 2pm
RED BANK MARATHONER RUNS FOR THE ROSE
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Press release from Salt Creek Grille Since his days at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Brendan Kirchner has nurtured an ongoing passion for running. From cross-country, to local 5k racesContinue reading "RED BANK MARATHONER RUNS FOR THE ROSE"
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April 6th, 2015 @ 6am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A MONSTER BURGER
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The Monster Burger, ordered from the specials menu at Jamian’s Food and Drink. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON A regular stop for many Count Basie TheatreContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A MONSTER BURGER"
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April 3rd, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: MALL TO INSTALL SAFETY BOLLARDS
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The City Centre strip mall has seen four incidents in which cars have driven into storefronts in recent years, the latest on March 3, below. (Photos by John T. Ward,Continue reading "RED BANK: MALL TO INSTALL SAFETY BOLLARDS"
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April 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
CHURN: SHREWSBURY TO GET FAST GREEK EATS
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Greek Eats has signed to take the corner space, at right above, at the three-store 89 Newman Springs Road, now under construction. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "CHURN: SHREWSBURY TO GET FAST GREEK EATS"
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March 31st, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN
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The JBJ Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street is the setting for a special Spring Into Healthier Cooking event starring chef-nutritionist Diane Henderiks. Proclaiming that “the warmer weather is finally here!”Continue reading "RED BANK: SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN"
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March 30th, 2015 @ 5am
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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.