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RED BANK: COUNCIL BUSILY CLOSES OUT YEAR
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Retired librarian Jane Eigenrauch gets a goodbye hug, above, and Councilwoman Juanita Lewis reacts to a tribute at her final meeting. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL BUSILY CLOSES OUT YEAR"
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December 18th, 2014 @ 8am
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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SLOW-BRAISED COMFORT
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The tender short rib sandwich comes with a mountain of made in-house potato chips. Below, the delicious crispy chicken sandwich.   (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSONContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SLOW-BRAISED COMFORT"
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December 12th, 2014 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: HEARTY FOOD, BY THE BOOK
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The Gaelic omelet at Alice’s Kitchen contains a little bit of this and that, just like those Alice Gaffney, below, remembers from her native Ireland. (Photos by Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: HEARTY FOOD, BY THE BOOK"
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December 11th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SET TO OPEN
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Continuing the rapid transformation of Red Bank into a dining mecca, the paper comes off the windows at 9 Broad Street as the seafood restaurant Catch opens Thursday night. AtContinue reading "RED BANK: SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SET TO OPEN"
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December 11th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: FREE PARKING, STROLLING SANTAS
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Kiss the kiosks goodbye for the next two weeks:. Visitors to downtown Red Bank will get a pass on having to pay for parking starting Thursday and running through DecemberContinue reading "RED BANK: FREE PARKING, STROLLING SANTAS"
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December 11th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: ALE HOUSE OPENS; CATCH IS NEXT
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The Robinson Ale House on Broad Street had a soft opening last week.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Restaurant tycoon Tim McLoone’s new venture, theContinue reading "RED BANK: ALE HOUSE OPENS; CATCH IS NEXT"
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December 9th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: CARRIAGE RIDES & LIVE MUSIC
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Horse-drawn-carriage rides returned for the Christmas season in downtown Red Bank last Saturday as excited children waited to greet the horse himself, who goes by the name of Prince. PrinceContinue reading "RED BANK: CARRIAGE RIDES & LIVE MUSIC"
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December 5th, 2014 @ 3pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? COMFORT FOOD W/ RIV VU
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Chicken pot pie at the International Bar in the Molly Pitcher Hotel. Below, the pot pie scooped out of its baking dish. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? COMFORT FOOD W/ RIV VU"
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December 5th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: LOFTS LAND WEST ELM AS TENANT
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The furniture retailer will occupy the ground-floor corner at West Front Street and Bridge Avenue, as shown in this rendering. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s WestContinue reading "RED BANK: LOFTS LAND WEST ELM AS TENANT"
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December 5th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: CAKE BOSS COPS TO DWI
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‘Cake Boss’ Buddy Valastro with Mayor Pasquale Menna at the opening of Carlo’s Bake Shop in Red Bank in November, 2013. Below, Valastro’s apology tweet Monday. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: CAKE BOSS COPS TO DWI"
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December 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
WHAT YOU WANT IS OFF THE MENU
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Pineapple cashew fried rice: available, but not on the menu, at Temple Gourmet. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON While waiting for friends at Temple Gourmet ChineseContinue reading "WHAT YOU WANT IS OFF THE MENU"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED FOR A CAUSE
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Well on its way to earning the label “Red Bank tradition,” the fourth annual cancer awareness-raiser Go Naked and Check Yourself  took over the Downtown Sunday evening, offering raffles, entertainment andContinue reading "RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED FOR A CAUSE"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER MULLS FIRST LIQUOR LICENSE
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Residents packed Monday night’s borough council meeting, many in support of a referendum on the license question.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD LittleContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER MULLS FIRST LIQUOR LICENSE"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 11pm
LITTLE SILVER: SANDWICH SWAP AT GIANNI’S
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The Neopolitan Panini served on fresh house-baked bread at Gianni’s. Below, the spacious dining room.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Lunchtime at Gianni’s Pizzeria in LittleContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: SANDWICH SWAP AT GIANNI’S"
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November 14th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: CARLO’S OWNER BUSTED FOR DWI
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‘Cake Boss’ Buddy Valastro at the opening of Carlo’s Bake Shop in Red Bank a year ago. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Buddy Valastro, star of TVs’s Cake BossContinue reading "RED BANK: CARLO’S OWNER BUSTED FOR DWI"
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November 14th, 2014 @ 8am
SOUP’S ON, AND GOOD TO GO
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Laudy Hage of Zaitooni Deli with a quart of her popular lentil soup. Below, the vegan Mediterranean eggplant soup from Healthy Habits Natural Foods. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "SOUP’S ON, AND GOOD TO GO"
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November 11th, 2014 @ 12pm
RETAIL CHURN: EAT, WEAR AND INVEST
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Jim Lin, owner of Oriental Empire, said customers of his Ocean Township restaurant urged him to open one in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In thisContinue reading "RETAIL CHURN: EAT, WEAR AND INVEST"
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November 11th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: SUSHI PLACE TAKES PRIMO CORNER
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The large space formerly home to the Broadway Grille is to become Taka, a sushi restaurant. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Amid a proliferation of new restaurants, downtownContinue reading "RED BANK: SUSHI PLACE TAKES PRIMO CORNER"
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November 7th, 2014 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? PICK A # @ BRENNAN’S
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The smoked-salmon on sesame-seed bagel from Brennan’s. Below, the menu board behind the deli counter. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Brennan’s Deli in Rumson is allContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? PICK A # @ BRENNAN’S"
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November 7th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: SPICING UP A MONDAY NIGHT
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The granite bar at Pazzo is as inviting as any table in the restaurant. Below, complimentary dishes of  olives and warm bread and butter served at the bar. (Photo by SusanContinue reading "RED BANK: SPICING UP A MONDAY NIGHT"
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November 6th, 2014 @ 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.