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NJNG TO REPLACE ALL SIDEWALK VALVES
The disputed gas pressure regulators are beneath steel covers like this one outside 12 Broad Street. The utility contends they should be above ground for safety, like the one outsideContinue reading "NJNG TO REPLACE ALL SIDEWALK VALVES"
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June 29th, 2012 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A fee moratorium has helped fill vacant spaces downtown, and should remain in effect through the rest of the year, the mayor says. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "MENNA: GIVE PARKING WAIVER MORE TIME"
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June 29th, 2012 @ 8am
Juanito’s International Marqueta is the latest in a line of food-related businesses owner Juan Torres has created in town. Below, the store’s placeta-style checkout station. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "JUANITO’S OPENS MEGABODEGA ON WEST SIDE"
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June 27th, 2012 @ 8am
PARKING KIOSKS PROMPT GRUMBLES, TWEAKS
Parking director Gary Watson, left, guides Lou Gaspari of Lakewood through his first encounter with Red Bank’s new parking meter system in the English Plaza lot. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "PARKING KIOSKS PROMPT GRUMBLES, TWEAKS"
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June 26th, 2012 @ 10am
ELECTRICAL FAILURE SMOKES OUT FEMME
A cleaning crew and electricians were at work at Femme By Ashley Monday afternoon after all the merchandise and drapery had been removed. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "ELECTRICAL FAILURE SMOKES OUT FEMME"
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June 25th, 2012 @ 3pm
SPICING UP RED BANK, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE
Mohamed Elbery shows his son, Karim, how to chop parsley finely enough to make tabouli, a salad featuring onion and garlic. (Photos by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By STACIEContinue reading "SPICING UP RED BANK, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE"
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June 25th, 2012 @ 1pm
PAWS FOR CAUSE IN GALLERIA
Yoshi (left) and Chopper (right) anxiously await a treat in front of their owners’ new pet product kiosk, Paws for a Cause. Megan Prenderville and Mike Harper opened the standContinue reading "PAWS FOR CAUSE IN GALLERIA"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 2pm
The former home of Wicker Rose furnishings, foreground, and the Texaco station at Willow Drive and Branch Avenue are slated for demolition, the new owner says. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "BUILDER PLANS TO RAZE TROUBLED CORNER"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY JUMPS ABOARD FOR SUMMER
5:30 p.m.: Rasheen Johnson, left, of Red Bank, with Matthew Huston of Shrewsbury at Patterson Park in Shrewsbury. Johnson said his goals this summer were to “lose weight, get someContinue reading "SHREWSBURY JUMPS ABOARD FOR SUMMER"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 8pm
NOT SO HOT: DOWNTOWN SHOPPING
12:41 p.m. With temperatures in the mid-90s, shops in downtown Red Bank were losing the battle with Mother Nature Wednesday, with some reporting far fewer customers than on an averageContinue reading "NOT SO HOT: DOWNTOWN SHOPPING"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 3pm
WAKE UP, SMELL THE COFFEE AND HYDRANTS
6:03 a.m.: Colin Henry, 11, checks out the coffee urns at his father’s Java Stop on River Road in Fair Haven. 6:37 a.m.: Stevie Thompson out for a walk withContinue reading "WAKE UP, SMELL THE COFFEE AND HYDRANTS"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 8am
New Jersey Natural Gas says it needs to install 88 pressure-relief regulators above ground, and has filed suit to force the borough to issue permits. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK SCORES FIRST IN GAS METER SUIT"
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June 19th, 2012 @ 7am
HISTORY DAY: CENTENNIAL AND ANTIQUES
The crew from Paul Davis Partywares in Shrewsbury setting up the tent and tables at Fair Haven Fields Thursday for Saturday’s celebration of the town’s centennial. Below, Riverbank Antiques inContinue reading "HISTORY DAY: CENTENNIAL AND ANTIQUES"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 10am
COZY GRAFFITI
Saturday was International Yarn Bombing Day, and a clutch of local knitters and crocheters, including Rachel Griffin of Fair Haven, took the opportunity to execute a pre-dawn hit on aContinue reading "COZY GRAFFITI"
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June 11th, 2012 @ 8am
GIRLS (AND, UM, WOMEN) TO OWN THE NIGHT
Hundreds of women are expected to flock to downtown Red Bank for the inaugural GNO Thursday night. (Photo by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Ladies, it’s timeContinue reading "GIRLS (AND, UM, WOMEN) TO OWN THE NIGHT"
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June 6th, 2012 @ 2pm
SAWTOOTH ADDS CREATIVE BITE TO RED BANK
Sawtooth Group principals Kristie Bridges and Jay Quilty in the firm’s new third-floor space at Corporate Plaza before the move-in last weekend. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RedContinue reading "SAWTOOTH ADDS CREATIVE BITE TO RED BANK"
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June 6th, 2012 @ 9am
Red Bank wants the regulators, below, enclosed beneath sidewalks, like one outside 26 Monmouth Street, above.  (Click to enlarge) Three months after Red Bank borough and New Jersey Natural GasContinue reading "RED BANK GAS SPAT MOVES TO STATEHOUSE"
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June 5th, 2012 @ 9am
By JOHN T. WARD The owner of a Fair Haven antiques shop was held up at gunpoint by a robber who fled with the contents of a safe, police reportedContinue reading "ARMED ROBBER HITS FAIR HAVEN SHOP"
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June 2nd, 2012 @ 5pm
YO! WASSUP WITH ALL THE FRO-YO?
The newest entry in Red Bank’s yogurt wars is Yo Mon, above. Below, the self-serve bar at Kravings. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Pizza counters, costume jewelers, cupcake shops,Continue reading "YO! WASSUP WITH ALL THE FRO-YO?"
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June 1st, 2012 @ 11am
BUSKING IN THE GLORY OF STREET LIFE
Clockwise from top left: A Cool Blues Duo, Jeff & Elaine, The Al Wright Unit and Peas & Carrots are among the acts taking it to the streets for RedContinue reading "BUSKING IN THE GLORY OF STREET LIFE"
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June 1st, 2012 @ 5am
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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.
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 ...