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RED BANK: GUERRILLA ART OFF THE WALK
‘Anonymous’ artists plan to crash the Art Walk planned for Friday night in Red Bank, displaying their works in unexpected places. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Friday night’sContinue reading "RED BANK: GUERRILLA ART OFF THE WALK"
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FAIR HAVEN: NO TAX HIKE FOR SIXTH YEAR
“It’s not just about saving money,” says council President Jon Peters, below. “It’s keeping the town in good shape.”   (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD On the agenda at FairContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: NO TAX HIKE FOR SIXTH YEAR"
BOWLING SITE EYED FOR RESTAURANT, STORES
An architect’s rendering shows spaces for three yet-to-be identified stores and a restaurant on the former site of Memory Bowling in Shrewsbury, which was destroyed in a June, 2009 fire,Continue reading "BOWLING SITE EYED FOR RESTAURANT, STORES"
As expected, traffic on newly reopened Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver is in for more disruption, but this time only at night. This just in from the Borough ofContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: MORE ROAD CLOSINGS"
RED BANK: SHOWING SMOKERS THE DOOR
Amy Manor is closing off the vestibule to her design studio, above, because of damage she said has been done by nighttime smokers. Below, Manor with cigarette butts left behindContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOWING SMOKERS THE DOOR"
FAIR HAVEN: HOME PLAN IRKS NEIGHBORS
Applicant Robert Conti, left, looks on as Fair Haven resident Tom Mannion raises concerns at the zoning board. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER A dozenContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: HOME PLAN IRKS NEIGHBORS"
FAIR HAVEN: SPRING, 2013
Fair Haven Road alongside Fair Haven Fields offers a flowery feast of pink this time of year, as seen looking south toward Ridge Road on Monday. Expect Tuesday’s weather toContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SPRING, 2013"
Six months after it was all but obliterated by Hurricane Sandy, Sea Bright is gradually getting back on its feet, as evident in the extensive repair and rebuilding underway. redbankgreenContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SHAKING OFF SANDY"
All facilities are expected to be open after Memorial Day, the park service said in an announcement. (Click to enlarge) Closed to the public since Hurricane Sandy hit on OctoberContinue reading "SANDY HOOK TO REOPEN MAY 1"
ROAD REOPENS, ‘TEMPORARY’ LIGHTS REMAIN
Contractors raced Monday afternoon to beat a deadline to reopen a bridge they’d rebuilt over the past nine months. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON LittleContinue reading "ROAD REOPENS, ‘TEMPORARY’ LIGHTS REMAIN"
LITTLE SILVER: ROAD REOPENING UNCERTAIN
The planned reopening of Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver after a nine-month shutdown for a bridge rebuilding was uncertain Monday morning. “Certain things are not cooperating” and could pushContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: ROAD REOPENING UNCERTAIN"
NEWMAN SPRINGS ROAD SQUEEZE BEGINS
The narrowing of twin Newman Springs Road (Route 520) bridges over the Swimming River got its first test at rush hour Tuesday morning with a long line of vehicles headingContinue reading "NEWMAN SPRINGS ROAD SQUEEZE BEGINS"
One of two spans will remain open throughout the duration of the project, but with just one lane in each direction. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A taxingContinue reading "SIX-MONTH ROUTE 520 BOTTLENECK TO BEGIN"
Red Bank debuted a spring version of its annual September Street Fair on Sunday in bright sunshine and cool weather, and thousands of visitors turned out to peruse crafts andContinue reading "RED BANK: CRAFTS FAIR DRAWS THOUSANDS"
RED BANK: VALET PARKING GOES WEST
Curbside valet service is expected to ease parking pressures resulting from the construction of the West Side Lofts. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Like Broad Street, Bridge Avenue inContinue reading "RED BANK: VALET PARKING GOES WEST"
TEXT ALERT: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR METERS
The centralized pay stations replaced coin-operated meters in several downtown lots last summer, and could displace all remaining meters in a few months, the Press reports. (Click to enlarge) Tuesday’sContinue reading "TEXT ALERT: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR METERS"
RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN
Members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1556 working the soil on the first day of planting Saturday. Below, Linda Mulhausen stakes a plot. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN"
A Middletown man spent some time in the emergency room at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank Monday after getting pepper-sprayed in a road rage incident, borough police said. MichaelangeloContinue reading "DRIVER PEPPER-SPRAYED IN ROAD DISPUTE"
RED BANK: ADAMS QUITS RIVERCENTER HELM
Nancy Adams with RiverCenter vice chairman Tom Fishkin, center, and board secretary Michael Warmington in 2011. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The top job at downtown promotion agencyContinue reading "RED BANK: ADAMS QUITS RIVERCENTER HELM"
LITTLE SILVER: ROAD OUTAGE NEARLY OVER
The closure of Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver, which began last July, is nearing its end as Monmouth County wraps up a bridge-replacement project just north of Point Road.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: ROAD OUTAGE NEARLY OVER"
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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 ...