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SEA BRIGHT BONDS TO FIX A CRACK GONE BAD
Sea Bright’s council chambers is cordoned off with plastic as it’s being used as a temporary storage area for the eastern wing of borough hall. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BONDS TO FIX A CRACK GONE BAD"
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SEA BRIGHT MAYOR ROLLS BACK INTO ACTION
Maria Fernandes returned to Sea Bright Borough Hall Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been a hellish five months for Sea Bright Mayor MariaContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR ROLLS BACK INTO ACTION"
redbankgreen did a tour through Rumson, Fair Haven, Little Silver and Sea Bright Thursday morning to get photos of all the whiteness dumped by the latest winter snowstorm . (PhotosContinue reading "MORE SNOW = MORE SNOW PIX"
A DELIGHTFUL DISAPPOINTMENT
Volunteers clear out a path on a Sea Bright sidewalk. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Frank Bain’s register was humming yesterday, with regulars stocking upContinue reading "A DELIGHTFUL DISAPPOINTMENT"
THE PAWS BEFORE THE ROUNDUP
A cat takes a stretch on an old Buick ragtop at the Chapel Beach Club in Sea Bright Tuesday morning. An ordinance approved late last month created a trap, neuterContinue reading "THE PAWS BEFORE THE ROUNDUP"
IN RECOVERY, MAYOR ISSUES CRITICISM
Mayor Maria Fernandes, below, issued criticism to Council President William Keeler, right, and suggested holding off reappointing borough Attorney Joe Oxley, left. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "IN RECOVERY, MAYOR ISSUES CRITICISM"
2011 PLEDGE: BEACHFRONT DEVELOPMENT
Brian Kelly was sworn in for another three-year term to the Sea Bright council Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When Brian Kelly was runningContinue reading "2011 PLEDGE: BEACHFRONT DEVELOPMENT"
RED BANK GETS PUT IN A TRANCE
A self-hypnotizing exercise. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Without knowing what was going on, anyone walking into The Downtown bar Tuesday evening might have beenContinue reading "RED BANK GETS PUT IN A TRANCE"
MEET YOUR FIRE CHIEFS
Six Little Silver Volunteer Fire Department officers were sworn in to their posts Monday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) [Editor’s Note: This story is updated to include theContinue reading "MEET YOUR FIRE CHIEFS"
Dozens of celebrants ran into the Atlantic surf  for the annual polar bear plunge at the Mad Hatter in Sea Bright on New Year’s Day. Among them: redbankgreen‘s Trish Russoniello, whoContinue reading "GOING IN FOR THE SHOT"
DOUBLE DUNK TO START ’11
One of two ocean plunges will take place at the Mad Hatter in Sea Bright Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI So you’re planning yourContinue reading "DOUBLE DUNK TO START ’11"
RUMSON DONE AS SEA BRIGHT DIGS OUT
A snow plow on East River Road Monday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI While other towns continue trying to dig out from massive amounts ofContinue reading "RUMSON DONE AS SEA BRIGHT DIGS OUT"
SEA BRIGHT, M’TOWN ‘STUCK’ ALL OVER
Sea Bright residents try to shovel out the side streets of Ocean Avenue Monday afternoon. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright and Middletown officialsContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT, M’TOWN ‘STUCK’ ALL OVER"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When Dery Bennett (left) started the American Littoral Society‘s New Year’s Day Beach Walk in the 1970s, his goal was to stoke public appreciation of coastal marineContinue reading "A VERY DERY WALK AT THE HOOK"
HIGHLANDS-SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE OPENS EARLY
Work on the travel lanes on the Rt. 36 bridge is complete. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The state Department of Transportation is done withContinue reading "HIGHLANDS-SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE OPENS EARLY"
SEA BRIGHT TO GET POLE-BY-POLE REPORT
A Verizon employee inspects a utility pole on Ocean Avenue Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright officials have requested that Verizon andContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TO GET POLE-BY-POLE REPORT"
SEA BRIGHT CAT LAW NEARLY READY, AGAIN
Sea Bright is expected to formally adopt its trap-neuter-release ordinance in two weeks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright’s cat control ordinance is quicklyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT CAT LAW NEARLY READY, AGAIN"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI With the exception of four homes still without power, Sea Bright has recovered from a wind-driven day of mayhem earlier this week. “Everything’s all up and readyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BACK TO NORMAL AFTER STORM"
PHONE BACK, OCEAN AVENUE REOPENED
A shot from yesterday’s rainstorm in Sea Bright. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright is open to traffic and phone serviceContinue reading "PHONE BACK, OCEAN AVENUE REOPENED"
Red Bank resident Robert Bruce shot this video of a power line arcing over a parking lot at the Red Bank Train Station early Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday’s wind-driven storm leftContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT POWER MAY BE OUT FOR DAYS"
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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 ...