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RED BANK: A SWIRL OF SNOW AND SAND
The snowstorm-that-wasn’t did leave a couple of inches of frozen white stuff on the Green Monday, prompting the need for an application of sand in a parking lot off ClayContinue reading "RED BANK: A SWIRL OF SNOW AND SAND"
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GIANTS ON ICE, AS ROCKET MEETS JACK FROST
The Rocket, above in foreground, with the Jack Frost.  (Photo by John Oakley of Fantastic Signs. Click to enlarge) The New York Times has a story in Monday’s edition onContinue reading "GIANTS ON ICE, AS ROCKET MEETS JACK FROST"
SNOWSTORM: IS THAT IT?
A man works a snowblower on Broad Street in Red Bank Monday morning following a snowfall that started later and ended sooner than forecast, leaving just a couple of inchesContinue reading "SNOWSTORM: IS THAT IT?"
RED BANK BRACES FOR ANOTHER BLANKETING
DPW sprayers laid down stripes of ice-inhibiting salt brine throughout Red Bank on Saturday, including Spring Street, above. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Red Bank has suspendedContinue reading "RED BANK BRACES FOR ANOTHER BLANKETING"
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TO REBUILD
Donovan’s Reef as seen five days after Hurricane Sandy, above, and in better days, below. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Smashed toContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TO REBUILD"
RED BANK: COUNCIL DIGS INTO SNOW LAW
An unidentified man shovels snow on English Plaza in Red Bank earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) Repeatedly frustrated by an inability to clear snow-clogged streets, Red Bank officials areContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL DIGS INTO SNOW LAW"
FAIR HAVEN: LAMP POSTS SAFE FOR NOW
A street lamp lies on the sidewalk in front of Fair Haven Borough Hall Tuesday, several weeks after police said it was downed by a Monmouth County snow plow, andContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: LAMP POSTS SAFE FOR NOW"
TORNADO WATCH ISSUED
The Natonal Weather Service issued a tornado watch Friday afternoon, effective until 5 p.m. A pedestrian struggled with an umbrella on Broad Street at around 3:15 p.m. as winds beganContinue reading "TORNADO WATCH ISSUED"
While most of us are relieved that rain has replaced that other, flaky kind of precipitation, the hardy members of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club have reasonContinue reading "RED BANK: THE DEEPER MEANING OF ICE"
SEA BRIGHT: POST OFFICE LOT ON THE BLOCK
Sixteen months after it was battered by Hurricane Sandy, the still-vacant building at 1030 Ocean Avenue is for sale. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: POST OFFICE LOT ON THE BLOCK"
RED BANK: IS THE NIGHTMARE OVER?
Val DeFazio clears snow from the awning of Buona Sera Ristorante on Monmouth Street in Red Bank Tuesday afternoon, when temperatures rose into the low 40s. For the first timeContinue reading "RED BANK: IS THE NIGHTMARE OVER?"
RED BANK: NO PICNIC FOR WALKERS, EITHER
The crosswalk at Maple Avenue (Route 35) and Water/White streets in Red Bank Tuesday morning. (Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: POTHOLE-NECK ON WHITE STREET
Never a joy to negotiate, the narrow east end of White Street at Broad in Red Bank was reduced to a single lane Tuesday morning by orange cones warning ofContinue reading "RED BANK: POTHOLE-NECK ON WHITE STREET"
RED BANK: ICE-FILLED CRATERS ABOUND
Weeks of abuse in the form of heavy snow, thawing and refreezing have left numerous craters in the streets of Red Bank, where orange barrels are now appearing to divertContinue reading "RED BANK: ICE-FILLED CRATERS ABOUND"
RED BANK: EARLY BIRDS GET THE… CHILLS
The annual Presidents’ Day ticket sale at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, with ducats for a host of shows available for $10 each, drew its usual waiting line in spiteContinue reading "RED BANK: EARLY BIRDS GET THE… CHILLS"
RED BANK: NO TICKETS ISSUED OVERNIGHT
A Red Bank snow plow navigates around parked cars on Madison Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday. Police Chief Darren McConnell says no tickets were issued for overnight parking violationsContinue reading "RED BANK: NO TICKETS ISSUED OVERNIGHT"
‘ZERO LEAKS’ AS ICE DAMAGES FUEL STATION
Contractors remove damaged gasoline dispensers at Bahr’s Landing on Sunday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD No gasoline or diesel fuel leaked into theContinue reading "‘ZERO LEAKS’ AS ICE DAMAGES FUEL STATION"
RED BANK: SNOW STEPS BACK INTO PICTURE?
After a dusting of about an inch overnight, the greater Green woke Monday to a snow-free forecast… at least until Wednesday. The Weather Channel puts the chance of snow thatContinue reading "RED BANK: SNOW STEPS BACK INTO PICTURE?"
RED BANK: ICY CONDITIONS LINGER
Ice, slush and puddles made walking and driving in downtown Red Bank dicey Tuesday. More snow was forecast for Wednesday night. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) CommutersContinue reading "RED BANK: ICY CONDITIONS LINGER"
RED BANK: THEN AGAIN, THERE ARE SNOWMEN
This guy, on Spring Street, had an umbrella embedded in his head, so he’s set for the rain and sleet forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Below, a giantContinue reading "RED BANK: THEN AGAIN, THERE ARE SNOWMEN"
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(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 ...
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.