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Hundreds of car lovers turned out for the 11th annual edition of an fall favorite: the Fair Haven Fire Department’s Autumn Car Show. They found the firehouse yard bumper-to-bumper inContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN CAR SHOW DRAWS HUNDREDS"
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October 17th, 2011 @ 8am
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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 6, 2011 at approximately 1:15 am Patrolman Richard Fulham and Sgt. John Werner were onContinue reading "PAIRED CHARGED IN GUN & JEWELRY THEFT"
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October 10th, 2011 @ 6am
WORK ON TURNING LANE BEGINS
Construction of a new left-turn lane from westbound West Front Street onto Pearl Street in Red Bank got underway Thursday, slowing traffic. The project will take several weeks to complete,Continue reading "WORK ON TURNING LANE BEGINS"
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October 6th, 2011 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY CRASH SLOWS TRAFFIC
A collision with a swimming-pool service truck at Sycamore Avenue and Broad Street briefly trapped two women in a car at around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday. The driver of the carContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CRASH SLOWS TRAFFIC"
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October 5th, 2011 @ 11am
CLUB SCRUBS DOWN AFTER INFECTIONS
Rowers cleaning oars after an event in 2010. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s Navesink River Rowing club closed for a one-day scrubdown Sunday after officials learnedContinue reading "CLUB SCRUBS DOWN AFTER INFECTIONS"
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October 3rd, 2011 @ 10am
HOOFING IT ACROSS THE OCEANIC
While boating on the Navesink River Sunday, Mike McMahon of Little Silver spotted a caravan of six or eight coaches, each drawn by a team of four horses and carryingContinue reading "HOOFING IT ACROSS THE OCEANIC"
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September 26th, 2011 @ 7am
The Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival scheduled for Sunday has been postponed a week because of uncertainty about the weather. The event is now expected to take place on Sunday,Continue reading "OYSTERFEST POSTPONED"
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September 24th, 2011 @ 6pm
RED BANK FIRE VICTIM CRITICAL
The house, at 183 Drs. James Parker Boulevard, was extensively damaged in Sunday’s blaze. [This article was updated at 4:45 p.m. Monday} A Red Bank woman remained in critical conditionContinue reading "RED BANK FIRE VICTIM CRITICAL"
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September 19th, 2011 @ 4pm
TRUCK DOWNS CABLE LINE IN RUMSON
As if Rumson didn’t already have enough wires down from Tropical Storm Irene, a cement truck took down some more on Ridge Road at Kemp Avenue around noon Wednesday. NoContinue reading "TRUCK DOWNS CABLE LINE IN RUMSON"
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August 31st, 2011 @ 12pm
A Middletown culvert that was undermined by flooding 17 months ago was overrun by water rushing downriver from Poricy Pond late Sunday morning.
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August 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
WAIT… THAT’S IT?
Curious locals gathered on the closed Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge around 10 a.m. Sunday as it became clear that Hurricane Irene was passing without inflicting anything like the degree of damageContinue reading "WAIT… THAT’S IT?"
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August 28th, 2011 @ 11am
WHAT WE’RE HEARING 5
Reader Robert Bruce sent us this shot of the torn patio roof on the outdoor dining area of Juanito’s restaurant, Monmouth Street, Red Bank – West Street side. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "WHAT WE’RE HEARING 5"
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August 28th, 2011 @ 8am
Caption on YouTube video says ‘Hurricane Irene Flooding at McLoone’s Rum Runner in Sea Bright.’ Telephone pole snapped in half between first and second bridges to Barley Point Island, Rumson,Continue reading "WHAT WE’RE HEARING 4"
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August 28th, 2011 @ 7am
A statement issued by Red Bank’s government shortly before 1 p.m. Friday: The Borough of Red Bank has begun preparation for the approaching hurricane. This is a strong storm withContinue reading "RED BANK ISSUES STORM WARNINGS"
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August 26th, 2011 @ 12pm
JAZZ & BLUES TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Torrid heat and humidity, with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees, made the early hours of the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at the Middletown Arts Center a hard sellContinue reading "JAZZ & BLUES TOO HOT TO HANDLE"
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July 25th, 2011 @ 9am
The KaBoom Fireworks show will go on tonight, in spite of a weather forecast that would seem to suggest a need for waterproof picnic blankets and umbrellas at the ready.Continue reading "KABOOM ON"
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July 3rd, 2011 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This one shouldn’t be too hard. If you think know where the above photo was taken, send us an email, please. As usual, we’ll reveal the answer next Thursday.
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 9am
RED BANK CRAMS FOR MORE PRE-K SPACE
Pre-kindergarten student Leslie Herrera at Red Bank Primary School. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Demand for Red Bank’s heralded pre-kindergarten program is spiking, and theContinue reading "RED BANK CRAMS FOR MORE PRE-K SPACE"
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June 10th, 2011 @ 1pm
TEAK CHANGES HANDS
Restaurateur George Lyristis, below, says he and others bought the restaurant to keep it from going under. (Click to enlarge) An investment group led by Bistro at Red Bank ownerContinue reading "TEAK CHANGES HANDS"
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May 3rd, 2011 @ 9am
An employee at the Target store in Middletown was arrested Sunday after he gave a woman a $1,300 store credit for the ‘return’ of merchandise a security guard had watchedContinue reading "TARGET EMPLOYEE BUSTED IN RETURN SCAM"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 11am
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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 ...