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Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle has apologized for cartoonish characterizations of Staten Islanders and "guidos" in a newsletter distributed earlier this month to residents of rental houses in town, according to a wire service report. Pringle, who also serves as Red...
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Ken Pringle at a 2007 Red Bank meeting. Belmar Mayor (and Red Bank Borough Attorney) Ken Pringle is in the hotseat today for what he calls a "tongue-in-cheek" newsletter and at least one visitor to his town calls the work...
Fishing for news: TV trucks in Marine Park Wednesday afternoon. As go the dolphins, so go the TV news crews, apparently. A couple of TV trucks were spotted in Red Bank's Marine Park yesterday, following redbankgreen's reports that the Atlantic...
Some shots from last night's Tiki Party at the Red Bank Elks Club overlooking the Navesink. Organized by Red Bank RiverCenter, the annual event raises funds to pay for the lights and decorations on display downtown at Christmastime. Email this...
Harriers from Red Bank Catholic hoof it through downtown Red Bank yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's cool temperatures and brilliant skies are expected to give way to on-and-off showers today through Monday, according to the National Weather Service, which serves up this...
Today's weather forecast, courtesy of the National Weather Service: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 62. East wind 15 to 18 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New...
Framed by forsythia, a car heads north on Prospect Avenue through Friday afternoon's fog... Email this story ...and a jalopy buzzes past a bed of daffodils on River Road near Throckmorton Avenue. Today's forecast, according to the National Weather Service:...
And just like that, it's hot out, with temperatures nearing 70 degrees. These flowering trees on Broad Street don't seem to mind. Click to enlarge. It won't last long. Here's the National Weather Service forecast for the next few days:...
A private contractor took down rotting swamp maples on Maple Avenue earlier this month. The Shade Tree Commission hopes to replace the trees this year. These are lean budgetary times, but the rejuvenated Red Bank Shade Tree Committee is pushing...
Might there be another summer of cocktails on the beach after all? By LINDA G. RASTELLI For the second time in six months, the owners of Donovan's Reef are back to square one in their effort to sell the beachfront...
Jim Bruno, up a tree. He put up all the holiday lights and decorations that trimmed out the downtown. Yesterday, on another unseasonably warm day, Jim Bruno of Powerhouse Signworks was busy undoing his handiwork, taking down the Christmas tree...
Tree lights sparkle on the hood and windshield of a car parked downtown on Broad Street in last night's brittle cold. Today, the forecast is for sunny skies and daytime temperatures peaking at around 38 degrees. Tomorrow, practically balmy, with...
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It's crunch time, fellow proscrastinators. But if the thought of Christmas shopping this weekend leaves you looking a little like Tootsie and Twinkle here, don't despair. A quick spin through downtown Red Bank is all it takes to start you...
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Public Works employees Douglas Howard, left, and Angelo Cleffie Jr. remove leaves on Madison Avenue this morning. Leaf season was short and sweet this year. The little skitterers held fast to the trees until late in the season and then...
Bette Memmote, a resident of River Street Commons, tackles the slush on her car as she prepares for an outing to the Red Bank Public Library this afternoon. For the benefit of those who work in windowless places or are...
Today's Star-Ledger has a look at the volunteer work of Red Bank's Ronnie Micciulla, who heads up a program that aims to get Christmas gifts to the children of U.S. military personnel serving overseas, but mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan....
By TOM CHESEK The spirits have been restless of late over at Two River Theater, first during October's psych-out thrill ride "The Charlatan's Seance," then in the massive preparations for their upcoming Grand Guignol take on Shakespeare's bloody and accursed...
By TOM CHESEK He was the first to play the title role in Spring Lake Theatre Company's annual production of the musical "Scrooge," and went on to don the nightcap for countless performances in Premier Theatre Company's equally long-running revival...
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PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
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