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SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET
It’s full! The number of aspiring Cousin Eddies taking part in the second annual EddieCon pub crawl has been capped at twenty — but there’s still room for not-so-secret SantasContinue reading "SANTAS, EDDIES TO OCCUPY BROAD STREET"
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SIDEWALK SIGNS OK FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Sandwich board signs are are here to stay – at least for another year. Though there have been some ‘issues’ of merchants posting signs away from their stores to getContinue reading "SIDEWALK SIGNS OK FOR ANOTHER YEAR"
GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?
Jon Bon Jovi in the Advil commercial he shot in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) Back in September, redbankgreen told you about Jon Bon Jovi shooting a commercial for AdvilContinue reading "GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?"
LANDLORD: HEALTH FOOD SHOP COMING
The chic pre-rusted sign of Chic Optique still hangs on the storefront three years after the eyewear shop departed. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Is the brown paperContinue reading "LANDLORD: HEALTH FOOD SHOP COMING"
REAL HOUSEWIFE & REAL HUBBY IN RED BANK
Melissa and Joe Gorga: could they be any more real than they’ll be in person, this week at Gaetano’s? Here at the tail end of a year that boasted aContinue reading "REAL HOUSEWIFE & REAL HUBBY IN RED BANK"
FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT
Some 600 food lovers packed the ballrooms at the Oyster Point Hotel Thursday night as two dozen Red Bank restaurants offered samplings of their cuisines, from empanadas to ravioli toContinue reading "FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT"
SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR
Jersey Shore guitar master Sonny Kenn provides the sonic spice as the Red Bank Flavour culinary campaign kicks off with a special holiday season smorgasbord benefit Thursday night at theContinue reading "SAVOUR THE HOLIDAY FLAVOUR"
The cause was cancer prevention, and the nearly naked male and female models were there for educational purposes – swear! Go Naked and Check Yourself, a soiree thrown together byContinue reading "NEARLY NAKED FOR A GOOD CAUSE"
AT 12 BROAD, SOHO MEETS RED BANK
A worker restoring the arched windows at 12 Broad Street recently. Nima Nili, below, is overseeing the building’s transformation. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD There’s no scaffolding, andContinue reading "AT 12 BROAD, SOHO MEETS RED BANK"
BASIE ECONOMIC IMPACT GROWS
The nonprofit theater reported another year of strong financial results. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Twelve years into a renaissance, the Count Basie Theatre continued to grow itsContinue reading "BASIE ECONOMIC IMPACT GROWS"
DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET
The former bank building that houses Prima’s Home Café is for sale, but the store itself isn’t. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD redbankgreen came upon Red Bank-based commercialContinue reading "DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET"
RED BANK: CHAR TO SEEK PARKING VARIANCE
Architect’s drawings of the proposed Char facade include a wavy awning and two-story windows. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The restaurant that plans to fill the downtown RedContinue reading "RED BANK: CHAR TO SEEK PARKING VARIANCE"
What happened on election night last week at Sea Bright’s Mad Hatter restaurant, when a former mayor met the incoming one? According to Mayor-elect Dina Long, sparks flew after itContinue reading "MAYORAL SHOUTDOWN IN SEA BRIGHT?"
SECOND FOOD FEST ADDED FOR 2012
Despite a one-week rain delay, the 2011 edition of the Oysterfest was packed most of the day. Proceeds help pay for downtown holiday lights, seen below being installed on BroadContinue reading "SECOND FOOD FEST ADDED FOR 2012"
MAKING CONNECTIONS AFTER HOURS
Jeanine Swierkocki, right, of the design firm Solari Creative was among the several hundred minglers at a Navesink Business Group open house held at the Two River Theater in RedContinue reading "MAKING CONNECTIONS AFTER HOURS"
EARLY FEEDBACK: SOUL KITCHEN WORKS
Soul Kitchen as seen on opening day last month, hosted by Jon Bon Jovi, below. (Click to enlarge) Lots of glitz was on display last month when the JBJ SoulContinue reading "EARLY FEEDBACK: SOUL KITCHEN WORKS"
A Rhode Island man recently posted this YouTube video, in which he praises the new JBJ Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. During his meal the night before,Continue reading "SOULFUL PLUG FOR SOUL KITCHEN"
WEST SIDE TO GET PARKING LOOK-AHEAD
Restaurateur Danny Murphy discusses the need for West Side parking with Mayor Pasquale Menna, left, before last week’s borough council meeting. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’sContinue reading "WEST SIDE TO GET PARKING LOOK-AHEAD"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
It’s that time again! Yes, folks, another Thursday is upon us, and another Where Have I Seen This? clocks in. If you think you know where the photo was taken,Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
Red Bank’s Dublin House pub is on the hook for more than $1 million of a $3.3 million jury award to the family a man killed by a drunk, off-dutyContinue reading "DUBLIN HOUSE HIT FOR $1.1M IN DWI DEATH"
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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 ...
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.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...