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SAVE A PUP
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Among those looking for homes are, from left, Olivia, Dell and Java. (Click to enlarge) They’re rescued from “high-kill” animal shelters and placed with foster families until permanent homes canContinue reading "SAVE A PUP"
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July 17th, 2009 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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IN oRBit: WHERE THE GIRLETTES ARE
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It’s a story worthy of an Off Broadway jukebox musical, or at least a Lifetime TV movie — three old friends unite over their shared passion for classic girl-group pop,Continue reading "IN oRBit: WHERE THE GIRLETTES ARE"
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July 16th, 2009 @ 8am
REALTOR PLANS RETAIL SHOWCASE
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Corinthian Cove’s one unsold unit will display merchandise from Red Bank retailers for two months. (Photo courtesy of Susan McLaughlin) She’s got a big, empty house on the Navesink she’dContinue reading "REALTOR PLANS RETAIL SHOWCASE"
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July 13th, 2009 @ 11am
THROWING MUD ON MONMOUTH
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The one-named artisan Tito brings his fourth-generation skills to Red Bank and Long Branch this weekend. (Click to enlarge) In from Spain this weekend is a potter best known simplyContinue reading "THROWING MUD ON MONMOUTH"
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June 26th, 2009 @ 10am
PAW TRAFFIC UP ON MONMOUTH STREET
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Dana Ujobagy’s Paw Palace has completed its move from Red Bank’s West Front Street to 16 Monmouth Street, the home of art galleries for the past 25 years. Above, groomerContinue reading "PAW TRAFFIC UP ON MONMOUTH STREET"
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June 16th, 2009 @ 5am
A 22-year-old Red Bank man was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week following his recent conviction on charges of robbing the Little Diamond jewelry store on Shrewsbury Avenue in 2007. That's according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valetin,...
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June 2nd, 2009 @ 6am
URBAN: A PERFECT FIT FOR DOWNTOWN?
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The future home of Urban Outfitters, as seen in late February. In signing Urban Outfitters to take over the ground floor of a prominent Red Bank address, building owner Keith Alliotts has finally bagged what many retailers have long said...
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May 21st, 2009 @ 11am
When the wraps come off, the retailer is expected to occupy all the street-level space formerly divided among four businesses. After months of speculation, it's official: Urban Outfitters is coming to Red Bank, delivering what retailers hope will be a...
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May 20th, 2009 @ 4pm
Here's a tasty slice from last Saturday's appearance by A Love Like Pi (featured last Thursday on our companion site, Red Bank oRBit) at Jack’s Music Shoppe in Red Bank. The show drew more than 100 fans. Video is by...
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May 19th, 2009 @ 2pm
Lenny, er, Stew Goldstein of Monmouth Meats. There are only so many old-style, independent butchers left in Red Bank. There's Ralph 'Johnny Jazz' Gatta on Shrewsbury Avenue, of course, working the chopping block for some 60 years. The guys at...
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May 13th, 2009 @ 10am
Aurora Donohue finds something she likes at a Paint the Town Pink sale table outside the Broadway Diner on Saturday. Paint the Town Pink got off to a slippery start Saturday, with sporadic drizzles and showers into early afternoon before...
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May 2nd, 2009 @ 8pm
Owner George Galanti and stylist Olga Natsis of Ariston Hair Design hang a pink heart-shaped boa in the salon's window on Broad Street Friday to mark "Paint the Town Pink" week in Red Bank. The third annual "shop, dine, pledge"...
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May 2nd, 2009 @ 1am
Dana Ujobagy, owner of Paw Palace, plans to relocate her shop to Monmouth Street in June. One of downtown Red Bank's premier addresses is going to the dogs. Dana Ujobagy (pronounced 'you-ja-bayj'), owner of the Paw Palace luxury dog boutique...
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April 30th, 2009 @ 9am
Last week's 'Where" showed the decorative piece of stone- and brickwork atop 58-64 Broad Street in downtown Red Bank. In "Images of America: Red Bank," one of his three photo books on the history of the borough, prolific author Randall...
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April 23rd, 2009 @ 8am
An architectural rendering of the proposed garage and office building, as seen from the northwest corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and West Front Street. A proposal to effectively double the size of the Galleria Red Bank shopping, dining and office complex...
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April 21st, 2009 @ 6am
Two Red Bank men face long prison sentences after being convicted last week in a 2007 armed robbery of a West Side jewelry store in which the owner, his wife and year-old son were menaced at gunpoint. The verdict, announced...
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April 6th, 2009 @ 6pm
Zoning board member Karen Waldman mulls her position on the Siros plan. The developers lopped a whole floor off their proposed building and reduced the number of condo units they wanted to build by a third. The moves left them...
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April 3rd, 2009 @ 7am
The project would be built on the site of this former service station, which was last used as skate shop. Looks as if there will be a vote by the Red Bank zoning board tonight on a project to build...
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April 2nd, 2009 @ 11am
Some say the root problem is parking, while others say it's an imbalance in the store mix in favor of high-end goods and services. But whatever they identify as the cause of Red Bank's economic woes, downtown merchants agree that...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 9am
With a parking deck topped by two floors of offices, Galleria Park would connect to the existing building via a two-level footbridge. Below, a view of the proposed structure from West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) The nation's economy may...
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March 19th, 2009 @ 1pm
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...