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FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE JOINS BEER DEALERS
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Former Fair Haven mayor Mike Halfacre, who left his job of three years as head of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division to join a law firm last May, isContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE JOINS BEER DEALERS"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 10am
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FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE QUITS ABC
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Mike Halfacre in 2008. (Click to enlarge) [Update: On June 30, 2015, the Newark law firm Genova Burns announced that Halfacre was joining it as counsel, doing work on commercialContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE QUITS ABC"
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May 21st, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BOONDOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Eyewitness News anchor Lauren Glassberg interviews Boondocks diners  – including Sugarush owner Chris Paseka, at right.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Back from the devastation ofContinue reading "RED BANK: BOONDOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT"
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July 10th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FIXX GETS 20-DAY SHUTDOWN
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The settlement of charges calls for the West Front Street bar to meet a list of conditions involving security. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: FIXX GETS 20-DAY SHUTDOWN"
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December 19th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK BILLIARDS TO REOPEN
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Lucky Break was closed for more than two months as the owner struggled to find a way out of red tape over BYOB rules.  (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK BILLIARDS TO REOPEN"
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December 4th, 2013 @ 5pm
RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM
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James Hertler, below, shut down Lucky Break Billiards in September, a month after police cracked down over BYOB issues. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD How’s this for anContinue reading "RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM"
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November 26th, 2013 @ 4am
RED BANK: TRIAL ON FIXX LICENSE SLATED
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Fixx faces a possible 40-day suspension for two recent brawls. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s governing body is scheduled to decide next month whether to suspendContinue reading "RED BANK: TRIAL ON FIXX LICENSE SLATED"
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October 9th, 2013 @ 9pm
RED BANK: MORE BRAWLS AT FIXX
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Eatontown police joined cops from as far away as Keyport and Long Branch in backing up Red Bank’s response to the melee at Fixx. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE BRAWLS AT FIXX"
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October 6th, 2013 @ 4pm
BIDDING THE MAYOR FAREWELL
It’s official, apparently, if the sign outside Fair Haven Borough Hall has the weight of officialdom. The expected resignation of Mike Halfacre as the borough’s mayor, that is, to takeContinue reading "BIDDING THE MAYOR FAREWELL"
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January 25th, 2012 @ 10am
PRESS: HALFACRE NOW HAS CHRISTIE NOD
The mayor, seen below in his biking gear, was a no-show Monday night and his nameplate sat on a shelf behind the council dais. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "PRESS: HALFACRE NOW HAS CHRISTIE NOD"
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January 23rd, 2012 @ 11pm
PRESS BACKPEDALS ON NEW HALFACRE JOB
Original headline: “Fair Haven Mayor Michael Halfacre to head NJ Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control” New one: “Fair Haven Mayor Michael Halfacre considered for Alcoholic Beverage Control post” Uh-oh. SomebodyContinue reading "PRESS BACKPEDALS ON NEW HALFACRE JOB"
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January 19th, 2012 @ 7am
FIXX BUYS TIME: 15 MINUTES FOR 90 DAYS
Music at Fixx will be cut off at 1:30 a.m. for the next three months under a deal worked out with the borough council. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "FIXX BUYS TIME: 15 MINUTES FOR 90 DAYS"
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August 24th, 2011 @ 11pm
RECEIVER STUBS OUT ASHES CIGAR CLUB
A passerby peers into Ashes Cigar Club Monday night. (Click to enlarge) The court-appointed receiver in a complex series of lawsuits over Ashes Cigar Club has shut down the RedContinue reading "RECEIVER STUBS OUT ASHES CIGAR CLUB"
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July 13th, 2010 @ 2pm
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El Camino y la Siesta
An early-arriving El Camino owner sneaks in a few winks as the annual Liberty Hose – Red Bank Firefighters’ Classic Car Show in memory o ...
RED BANKJ: JAZZ IN THE PARK BEGINS THURSDAY
Jazz in the Park kicks off tonight (Thursday) with The Grace Fox Big Band, an all-women 16-piece ensemble known for its bold original compos ...
LOST PARROT
This little blue beauty was found by a redbankgreen reporter Thursday boldly tempting fate by foraging on the ground on the turf of a pack o ...
ORANGE GLOW OVER RED BANK
A truly unbelievable post-storm sunset Tuesday (shot on Monmouth St. facing west). Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus.
BROAD STREET’S THIRSTY BLOOMS
Delfino, a worker with the company Terra Casa that manages the flower beds for the Red Bank special improvement district waters the flowers ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST MEN’S DAY CELEBRATION
  (photo by: Shanikquya Jackson) On Sunday, June 22, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank hosted its annual Men’s Day Celebration a ...
THREE GENERATION PROCLAMATION
Mayor Billy Portman presents the Borough of Red Bank’s Independence Day 2025 Proclamation to Arleen Brahn (second from right), grandmo ...
STEW THE BUTCHER COSPLAY
On the occasion of the retirement of Stewart Goldstein, longtime proprietor of Monmouth Meats, we thought it apt to present this photo from ...
NAVESINK FISHING
A kayak fisherman tries his luck under the NJ Transit train trestle across the Navesink River in Red Bank. (Photo by Partyline contributor A ...
RED BAKE
As the temperature hit 100 degrees Tuesday, Tom Sevison, Red Bank High School Class of 1973 and in town briefly on his way back home to Virg ...
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JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Performers at Red Bank’s Juneteenth community celebration Sunday at Johnny Jazz Park. (photo by Brian Donohue)      
BUTTERFLIES LOVE THE WEED
Save the monarch, plant butterfly weed. (photo and text by Partyline contributor Roseann DalPra)  
LANTERNFLY PARTY
An invasive ailanthus tree sprouting in front of the US Post Office on Broad Street is covered with invasive spotted lantern fly nymphs Wedn ...
STREETCORNER SERENADE
An Irish doodle named Cheddar listens to native New Jerseyan, singer/songwriter and former Houston resident Tom Foti, (identified in the hea ...
Red Bank 5K Fun!!!
Red Bank Classic – June 14th, 2025 (photo by Partyline contributor Adam Kaplan)  
RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Saturday, before and after the storm that rolled through town. (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)    
Mini Ballers Bring the Heat at Fusion Basketball School
As the temperatures heat up, so does the competition in the mini baller clinic at Fusion School of Basketball. These little tykes are intens ...
DOZENS OF PLEIN AIR ARTISTS “PAINT RED BANK”
Plein air artists take over town for first ever "Paint Red Bank" event. (click to read)
RED BANK: SIGN ON ICONIC DANNY’S STEAK HOUSE COMES DOWN
The sign hanging from the shuttered Danny's Steak House comes down ten months after a manager reported Danny's Steakhouse would be back "bet ...
FOR YANKEES FANS, GOOD TRASH PICKIN’
A collection of framed photographs of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and other New York Yankees greats was placed curbside along with a ...

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