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SANDY HOOK: BEACH BLANKET FREEBIES
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Brian Kirk and the Jirks head back to the beach when the free concert series on Sandy Hook returns Wednesday evening. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) GrabContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: BEACH BLANKET FREEBIES"
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June 16th, 2015 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN: CAPPING A SPARKLING DAY
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Hundreds of Fair Havenites spent the afternoon and evening in the open air of Fair Haven Fields Saturday, enjoying the fourth annual Fair Haven Day, an event begun in 2012Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: CAPPING A SPARKLING DAY"
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June 15th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: THIS HEAT TAKES THE CAKE, BOSS
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With temperatures pushing 90, Carlo’s Bake Shop owner Buddy Valastro kept cool at the Red Bank Marina Thursday prior to taping an episode of his TV show, ‘Cake Boss.’ He’sContinue reading "RED BANK: THIS HEAT TAKES THE CAKE, BOSS"
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June 11th, 2015 @ 9pm
RUMSON: TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE
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Workers atop the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson Wednesday. Roofwork could be particularly challenging Thursday, when temperatures are expected to peak at around 92 degrees, according to the Weather Channel.Continue reading "RUMSON: TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE"
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June 11th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: BREWERY, ICE CREAM SHOP SLATED
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A beer brewery plans to set up operation in what’s now a taxi dispatch office next door to the train station. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Here’s somethingContinue reading "RED BANK: BREWERY, ICE CREAM SHOP SLATED"
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June 5th, 2015 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: INSPIRATION AMONG THE WEEDS
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Holly Hindin, owner of Holly Jolly Jams. Below, her dandelion jelly being readied for sale. (Photo above by John T. Ward; others by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSONContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: INSPIRATION AMONG THE WEEDS"
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May 27th, 2015 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FOGGY DAWN
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Fog on our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Maple Cove in Red Bank at 6 a.m. Tuesday. A cloudy morning was expected to yield to sunshine, with temperatures soaringContinue reading "RED BANK: FOGGY DAWN"
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May 12th, 2015 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT: AIRING OUT KITES ON THE BEACH
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Crisp blue skies, ocean breezes and beach sand made an ideal setting for the Sea Bright Festival on Saturday. The event, the first of its kind, was one of severalContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: AIRING OUT KITES ON THE BEACH"
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April 27th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: SOAKING IN THE FLAVOUR
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Thousands of strolling-and-eating springtime revelers flooded the White Street parking lot for the annual Red Bank International Flavour Festival on a cool, partly sunny afternoon Sunday. As usual, redbankgreen was thereContinue reading "RED BANK: SOAKING IN THE FLAVOUR"
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April 27th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: SPRING ARTS, SUMMER FUN
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Nature photography by Colin Seitz is on the program for the first annual Spring Arts Festival at Thompson Park, May 2 and 3 — part of a weekend in whichContinue reading "LINCROFT: SPRING ARTS, SUMMER FUN"
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April 24th, 2015 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: SUNSHINE, THEN RAIN
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Geese at sun-dappled Shadow Lake in Middletown Saturday. The warm temperatures and sunshine of the weekend will continue Monday with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid-60s, the NationalContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: SUNSHINE, THEN RAIN"
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April 13th, 2015 @ 6am
SPRING 2015: BLINK, AND IT CHANGES
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While enjoying the warmth and sunshine in downtown Red Bank, a bench-sitting dog named Sasha became suddenly camera-shy when approached by redbankgreen Monday afternoon. Tuesday’s weather will be less conduciveContinue reading "SPRING 2015: BLINK, AND IT CHANGES"
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April 7th, 2015 @ 7am
SPRING 2015: AIRING IT OUT ON EASTER
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A warm, blustery Easter Sunday turned out to be a fine day for airing out a kite in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park, above, or a classic jalopy in SeaContinue reading "SPRING 2015: AIRING IT OUT ON EASTER"
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April 6th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: FIRST TROUT OF THE SEASON
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James Tulley of Asbury Park shows off his catch from the first day of trout fishing at Red Bank’s Mohawk Pond Saturday morning. “All the guys come out and laughContinue reading "RED BANK: FIRST TROUT OF THE SEASON"
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April 4th, 2015 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: A BLANKET OF WHITE
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The first full day of spring 2015 began Saturday with roads clear and trees, houses and cars adorned with the prettiest snow that winter has to offer, as seen inContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: A BLANKET OF WHITE"
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March 21st, 2015 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: ONE LAST BLAST OF WINTER?
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The final full day of the frigid winter of 2015 saw the borough of Red Bank again laying down down brine Thursday in anticipation of a snowfall Friday. Though theContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: ONE LAST BLAST OF WINTER?"
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March 20th, 2015 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: CELTIC CULTURE MARCHES ON
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The Dublin City Ramblers (above) take the stage, and bagpipers Aidan and Michael Hannigan (below) stroll the grounds, as the Middletown Arts Center plays host to its first-ever Savor theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CELTIC CULTURE MARCHES ON"
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March 19th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: THREE CHICKS ON THE BUNNY TRAIL
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The locally based creators of the book and toy package THE BUNNY WITH THE BASKET AND THE GOLDEN EGG visit Brookdale College this Thursday — and hit the trail forContinue reading "LINCROFT: THREE CHICKS ON THE BUNNY TRAIL"
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March 18th, 2015 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: THE FOG OF WINTER
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Fog enveloped the Shrewsbury River, seen here looking south from Washington Avenue in Rumson, Saturday evening. As the final work week of Winter 2015 gets underway, the Greater Red BankContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: THE FOG OF WINTER"
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March 16th, 2015 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: THAW CONTINUES
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After weeks of bitter cold and snow, a lone seagull occupied the narrowing ice of the Navesink River off Red Bank Sunday afternoon, above. By Monday evening, after a dayContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: THAW CONTINUES"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 8am
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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 ...