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RED BANK: NO VOTE YET ON SHELL 7-ELEVEN
Red Bank resident Tracy Khonstam implores the zoning board to reject the planned convenience store on Newman Springs Road. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER AllContinue reading "RED BANK: NO VOTE YET ON SHELL 7-ELEVEN"
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July 19th, 2013 @ 10am
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RED BANK: CONTROVERSIAL HOTEL RETURNS
A Hampton Inn hotel is proposed for the long-vacant Exxon station site at the foot of the Cooper Bridge.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s back. After aContinue reading "RED BANK: CONTROVERSIAL HOTEL RETURNS"
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July 15th, 2013 @ 1pm
SANDY HOOK: GOT ANY IDEAS?
A committee is seeking proposals that might save three dozen structures at Fort Hancock. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By COLBY WILSON With the future of 36Continue reading "SANDY HOOK: GOT ANY IDEAS?"
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July 2nd, 2013 @ 10am
Crowds were light on Memorial Day after two days of rainy holiday weekend weather. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON With two weekends down, Sea Bright officials are beginning toContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BEACH VISITS GET SLOW START"
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June 6th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WALGREEN’S EYES RASSAS LOT
The plan calls for access from Broad Street in both directions, as well as from Garfield Place. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Just a month after ending itsContinue reading "RED BANK: WALGREEN’S EYES RASSAS LOT"
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May 29th, 2013 @ 5pm
SEA BRIGHT, RISING, KICKS OFF SUMMER 2013
Beneath a cloudless sky, Sea Bright snapped back to life as a beach destination Monday, Memorial Day, seven months after Hurricane Sandy all but obliterated its downtown and oceanfront beachContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT, RISING, KICKS OFF SUMMER 2013"
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May 28th, 2013 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: A WELL-TRAVELED HYDRANT
A Fair Haven fire hydrant wound up on River Road – around the corner and several hundred feet from its customary home on Denormandie Avenue, right – after it was struckContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A WELL-TRAVELED HYDRANT"
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May 10th, 2013 @ 1pm
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"
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May 6th, 2013 @ 4pm
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"
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April 22nd, 2013 @ 6pm
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"
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April 16th, 2013 @ 9am
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"
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April 15th, 2013 @ 6am
TRAFFIC JAM AT THREE-TOWN JUNCTION
Traffic was slowed to a crawl through the intersection of Newman Springs Road and Shrewsbury Avenue, at the junction of Red Bank, Shrewsbury an Tinton Falls, Thursday morning as crewsContinue reading "TRAFFIC JAM AT THREE-TOWN JUNCTION"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 1pm
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"
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April 9th, 2013 @ 7am
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"
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April 2nd, 2013 @ 2pm
BOTTLENECK AHEAD AT ROUTE 520 SPANS
Motorists will face a narrowing of the twin bridges to one lane in each direction for up to eight months, officials said. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD TheContinue reading "BOTTLENECK AHEAD AT ROUTE 520 SPANS"
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March 13th, 2013 @ 5pm
SEA BRIGHT: SERVICE STATION WON’T RETURN
Dunkin’ Donuts is back in business, at right, but the adjoining Sea Bright Service Station won’t be coming back to town, its owner says. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click toContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SERVICE STATION WON’T RETURN"
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January 29th, 2013 @ 8am
RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT SPAN INCHES FORWARD
A concept plan discussed by Monmouth County Engineer Joe Ettore, in Sea Bright below, shows a proposed new alignment for the bridge and approach. The existing bridge, in white, wouldContinue reading "RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT SPAN INCHES FORWARD"
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January 24th, 2013 @ 10am
Heartwarming update on Sea Bright’s effort to recover from Hurricane Sandy. The video is  by Montclair State student Noah Smith, who also produced one last month on the challenges facedContinue reading "CHRISTMAS IN SEA BRIGHT"
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December 24th, 2012 @ 10am
MONMOUTH STREET CLOSED FOR REPAVING
Commuters and other motorists who use Monmouth Street between Bridge and Maple avenues in Red Bank should avoid it tonight, as it’s closed for milling and repaving. The closure willContinue reading "MONMOUTH STREET CLOSED FOR REPAVING"
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December 4th, 2012 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT: MOVING ‘MOUNT SANDY’
Bulldozers redistributing sand recovered from the streets of Sea Bright on the borough beach Wednesday morning. Below, contractor Mike Stavola with Governor Chris Christie last week. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: MOVING ‘MOUNT SANDY’"
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November 15th, 2012 @ 2pm
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PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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 ...