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By: REBECCA DESFOSSE In case it wasn’t already getting the message, JCP&L will now hear it from the Borough of Shrewsbury: get your act together. At Monday night’s town councilContinue reading "SHREWSBURY SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON JCP&L"
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December 4th, 2012 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Some of the makeshift housing created for a colony of cats behind a preschool in Shrewsbury, as seen last July. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Two women wereContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: PAIR GUILTY IN WILD CAT CASE"
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November 27th, 2012 @ 4pm
SHREWSBURY COUNCIL MEETING RECAP
By: REBECCA DESFOSSE Monday night’s council meeting, convening at 7:30 p.m., was adjourned in time for  attendees to be home to watch the 49ers take on the Bears at 8:30Continue reading "SHREWSBURY COUNCIL MEETING RECAP"
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November 20th, 2012 @ 9am
By JOHN T. WARD Incumbent Republicans Jeffrey DeSalvo and Anthony Pellegrino sailed to new three-year terms on the borough council Tuesday, holding off a challenge from Democrat Donald Sena.
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November 7th, 2012 @ 12am
SHREWSBURY: WIRES DOWN ON SYCAMORE
Emergency workers closed a stretch of Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury around 2 p.m. Monday after a tree limb took down some wires. An auto accident apparently occurred nearby, with aContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: WIRES DOWN ON SYCAMORE"
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October 29th, 2012 @ 3pm
There was barely an unused square foot of ground at the Oceanic Marina Sunday afternoon, as all vessels were pulled from the water in advance of the storm. (Click toContinue reading "RUMSON ORDERS EVACUATION"
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October 29th, 2012 @ 12am
Illuminated by the headlights of their car, a couple snaps pictures of the Navesink River just as it breaches the deck of the Fair Haven dock around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN GETS ITS TOES WET"
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October 29th, 2012 @ 12am
The above map indicates that the probability of storm surges of six feet or more accompanying Hurricane Sandy are greater along the Navesink River, upper Shrewsbury River, Sandy Hook BayContinue reading "GOOGLE FORECASTS HIGHEST SURGES HERE"
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October 29th, 2012 @ 12am
WEEKEND: HENRY, HOCKEY, & HEEBIE JEEBIES
Staged by Michael Sexton of the Shakespeare Society, the Bard’s Henry V opens a three-week run at Red Bank’s Two River Theater Friday night. (Photo by T Charles Erickson. ClickContinue reading "WEEKEND: HENRY, HOCKEY, & HEEBIE JEEBIES"
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October 25th, 2012 @ 10am
Shrewsbury Borough School embarks on its annual anti-drug-abuse and anti-bullying effort this week. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSE It’s a week of red at theContinue reading "SHREWSBURY SEES RED ON DRUGS & BULLIES"
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October 23rd, 2012 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: YE OLDE POPCORN STAND
Redcoat-for-a-day Charles Faverio, a docent with the Monmouth County Historical Association, tries some popcorn at the organization’s Family Day at the historic Allen House in Shrewsbury Saturday. The MCHA heldContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: YE OLDE POPCORN STAND"
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October 15th, 2012 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Nope, not McCarter Pond in Fair Haven.
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October 4th, 2012 @ 6am
HIGH-END USED CARS VROOM INTO RED BANK
A luxury used-car lot that opened last month at Maple Avenue and Broad Street in Red Bank features pricey vehicles, including the Bentley GT Speed shown here, tagged at $120,000.Continue reading "HIGH-END USED CARS VROOM INTO RED BANK"
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October 3rd, 2012 @ 10am
SWEATING AND STRETCHING ON A CRAWL
Participants bent to 105-degree heat at Synergy Hot Yoga, one of five stops on Sunday’s fitness crawl. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER The Green’s firstContinue reading "SWEATING AND STRETCHING ON A CRAWL"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 11am
PUB CRAWL? WHY NOT A FITNESS CRAWL?
Synergy Hot Yoga in Fair Haven, above, is among the stops on a “fitness crawl” organized by Jessica Dalmedo, below. (Photo above by Connor Soltas. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLEContinue reading "PUB CRAWL? WHY NOT A FITNESS CRAWL?"
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September 28th, 2012 @ 7am
SMOKE EMPTIES SHREWSBURY BUILDING
Shrewsbury volunteer firefighters, joined by others from Eatontown and Oceanport, were on the scene of an electrical fire that filled a warehouse at 1163 Shrewsbury with smoke at around 2:20Continue reading "SMOKE EMPTIES SHREWSBURY BUILDING"
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September 27th, 2012 @ 3pm
NO GREEN LIGHT YET FOR RED-LIGHT CAMS
The intersection of Broad Street and Shrewsbury Avenue is one of two under consideration by borough officials for red-light cameras. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSEContinue reading "NO GREEN LIGHT YET FOR RED-LIGHT CAMS"
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September 26th, 2012 @ 11am
HIDDEN IN RED BANK, A CHEF’S PARADISE
Jimmy DiBartolo, below, orients his business toward the restaurant trade, but has draws the occasional individual shopper, too. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In terms of kitchen provisions,Continue reading "HIDDEN IN RED BANK, A CHEF’S PARADISE"
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September 19th, 2012 @ 11am
RUNNERS ON A MISSION
Curious about those hordes of runners streaming in and out of Red Bank-area stores and bars after work this summer? It’s highly likely they’re participants in an “adventure run,” heldContinue reading "RUNNERS ON A MISSION"
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September 13th, 2012 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Seven readers wrote in to identify the idyllic garden and gazebo shown in last week’s Where.
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September 13th, 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 ...