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Though violent crime declined, a jump in reported thefts boosted Red Bank’s crime rate through the first 11 months of 2013, according to data released last Friday by the NewContinue reading "RED BANK: VIOLENT CRIME DOWN, THEFT UP"
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SEA BRIGHT: PARTY OUT BACK
The Mad Hatter in better days, above. The owners plan to revive the tiki bar out back next week. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON TheContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: PARTY OUT BACK"
RED BANK: HOTEL AIMS FOR JANUARY RETURN
The surging Navesink River poured six feet of water into the hotel’s basement, knocking out electricity and other systems. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON AlmostContinue reading "RED BANK: HOTEL AIMS FOR JANUARY RETURN"
RUMSON: MARINA RESURFACING AFTER STORM
Life was returning to normal at the Rumson marina on Tuesday, though a new $3 million Viking that was swept from the lot remained half-sunk on the Middletown side ofContinue reading "RUMSON: MARINA RESURFACING AFTER STORM"
RED BANK: THIS TIME, ELECT TO GO NAKED
Models make their way through the crowds at the inaugural Go Naked and Check Yourself awareness-raiser in 2011. This year’s edition takes place Sunday. (Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSEContinue reading "RED BANK: THIS TIME, ELECT TO GO NAKED"
‘MINDFUL OF WHAT THESE BOYS GAVE’
World War II veteran Ray Taylor listens as Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli speaks at the borough’s annual Veterans Day celebration at Victory Park Sunday. Taylor, 90, also took aContinue reading "‘MINDFUL OF WHAT THESE BOYS GAVE’"
FAIR HAVEN GOES FOR INCUMBENTS
Poll workers at Fair Haven’s Youth Center on election day 2012. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Voters in storm-darkened Fair Haven returned two incumbentsContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN GOES FOR INCUMBENTS"
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.
By JOHN T. WARD Continuing longheld tradition, Rumson voters stuck with the Grand Old Party in electing council members Tuesday. Democrat Philip Wagner won less than 16 percent of theContinue reading "AS USUAL, RUMSON STICKS WITH THE GOP"
SEA BRIGHT RESIDENTS TO GET ACCESS TODAY
For the second time in four days, Sea Bright residents gathered in a stadium, this time in West Long Branch, to get updates on the storm cleanup Sunday. Below, MayorContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT RESIDENTS TO GET ACCESS TODAY"
RUMSON: HALL OPENS AS COMFORT STATION
Rumson’s Bingham Hall has been transformed into a comfort station, offering residents a warm, lighted place to stay during the day until electricity is restored. The borough Office of EmergencyContinue reading "RUMSON: HALL OPENS AS COMFORT STATION"
SEA BRIGHT: THE MORNING AFTER
Woody’s Ocean Grille owner Chris Wood sent us these photos he took in Sea Bright at the first light Tuesday, just hours after Hurricane Sandy all but obliterated the town.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: THE MORNING AFTER"
STORM WIPES OUT RUMSON MARINA
The Oceanic Marina yard as it appeared early Tuesday, above, and on Saturday from the same spot. (Click to enlarge)  By JOHN T. WARD On Saturday, even as he bracedContinue reading "STORM WIPES OUT RUMSON MARINA"
SPOOKTACULAR TRADITION CONTINUES
A couple of pop stars and a walking pumpkin made cameos at the 2011 edition of the Red Bank Halloween Parade. (Click to enlarge) By: REBECCA DESFOSSE Get your costumesContinue reading "SPOOKTACULAR TRADITION CONTINUES"
By: REBECCA DESFOSSE With Election Day just three weeks away, the race for Red Bank borough council will heat up Wednesday night, as three candidates seeking two seats face offContinue reading "RED BANK CANDIDATES TO TAKE THEIR Qs"
Some of the 800-plus participants in Saturday’s fourth annual Boozin’ for Boobs bar crawl head out to other Red Bank watering holes after assembling at Brannigan’s on Wharf Avenue Saturday.Continue reading "RED BANK: BOUNCING FROM BAR TO BAR"
FAIR HAVEN: FROM WHITECAPS TO BEER FOAM
Rowers from Christian Brothers Academy headed landward at Fair Haven Yacht Works, above, after winds of 23 miles per hour prompted the cancellation of what was to have been FairContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: FROM WHITECAPS TO BEER FOAM"
Judging by the huge crowd and gorgeous weather, Sunday’s Red Bank’s Guinness Oyster Festival was shell-cracking success. Autumnal coolness and the aromas of 25 food borough restaurants drew thousands into theContinue reading "OYSTERS AND GUINESS, GOING DOWN EASY"
RED BANK GOP CANDIDATE NOW RUNS SOLO
Council candidate Suzanne Viscomi, left, joined by state Senator Jen Beck, center, and Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini, answers questions during a presser in her driveway Monday. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK GOP CANDIDATE NOW RUNS SOLO"
LESSON ONE: WAIT OUT THE MONSOON
Despite heavy rains for its first hour, Paddle the Paddle the Navesink Day found itself under sunny skies at Red Bank’s Maple Cove Saturday. Nearly 200 people tried kayaks and paddleContinue reading "LESSON ONE: WAIT OUT THE MONSOON"
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.