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ON THE GREEN: WARMER, THEN WETTER
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With chilly breezes and temperatures in the low 50s Wednesday, shorts and a t-shirt might have been pushing it for most folks, but not this solitary beach walker in Sea Bright.Continue reading "ON THE GREEN: WARMER, THEN WETTER"
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March 31st, 2016 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SEA BRIGHT: SUMMER FOR SALE
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This should take the chill out of a rainy March Monday: thoughts of sunny days on the sands of Sea Bright. Full-season beach badges for the coming summer are stillContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SUMMER FOR SALE"
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March 28th, 2016 @ 7am
SANDY HOOK: TRUCK EATS TO REPLACE STANDS
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JB Wood Fired Pizza at Sandy Hook in June, 2015. Below, the concession stand at lot B is among three to be torn down and replaced by food trucks.  (Photo above by JimContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: TRUCK EATS TO REPLACE STANDS"
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March 9th, 2016 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT: IDEAS SOUGHT FOR PARK SITE
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What should become of Anchorage Park, the 1.2-acre sliver of riverside land at the foot of the Route 520 bridge in Sea Bright? Acquired by the borough after Hurricane Sandy leftContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: IDEAS SOUGHT FOR PARK SITE"
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March 8th, 2016 @ 4am
Any Jersey Shore denizen knows that sand migrates, even as its being used to replenish storm-depleted beaches. But the biggest beneficiary of the millions of cubic yards of sand pumped onshoreContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: NUDISTS GET MORE SAND"
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October 28th, 2015 @ 9am
SANDY HOOK: High bacteria levels prompt the closing of an ocean beach, according to a report.
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August 25th, 2015 @ 11am
A northern New Jersey man died late Monday, hours after he was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean off an unprotected beach in Sea Bright, NJ.com reported Tuesday. Kevin Searfoss, 18,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SWIMMER DIES AFTER RESCUE"
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August 11th, 2015 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TIKI BAR REOPENS
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With new access ramps over the sea wall, the restored tiki bar at Donovan’s was back in business Friday afternoon, as co-owner Chris Bowler announced via the signboard, below. (Photos byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TIKI BAR REOPENS"
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July 10th, 2015 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT: WHALE OF A DAY AT THE BEACH
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Reader Betsy Lunney photographed a whale feeding in the Atlantic off the Sands Beach Club in Sea Bright Sunday afternoon. Nearby, a reported shark sighting off Driftwood Beach Club promptedContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: WHALE OF A DAY AT THE BEACH"
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July 6th, 2015 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: BRUNCH MAKES A BEACHHEAD
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The dining deck at Ama, with panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean. Below, a brunchtime bloody Mary. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON For many years, optionsContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BRUNCH MAKES A BEACHHEAD"
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June 26th, 2015 @ 2pm
FARMERS MARKETS: WHERE TO GET FRESH
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At the Sea Bright farmers market, Meg Paska sells locally grown produce and flowers from Seven Arrows Farm, while the Holly Hill Farm table, below, offers Rumson-grown seedlings and produce.  (PhotosContinue reading "FARMERS MARKETS: WHERE TO GET FRESH"
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June 25th, 2015 @ 2pm
SEA BRIGHT: FINDING GOLD(FISH) AT THE FAIR
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A gaggle of girls celebrated their goldfish prizes at a stand at the Sea Bright Firemen’s Fair on opening Thursday. The event, which features a Ferris wheel, continues through SundayContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FINDING GOLD(FISH) AT THE FAIR"
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May 15th, 2015 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT: ALL FIRED UP FOR THE FAIR
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The Sea Bright Firemen’s Fair returns Thursday for a four-night stand of rides, music, games and great views. On paper, the four-evening Sea Bright Firemen’s Fair would seem to have prettyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: ALL FIRED UP FOR THE FAIR"
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May 13th, 2015 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: GOING OVERBOARD AT EVENTIDE
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The pungent Garlic Shrimp, above, and the Drunken Clams, below,are customer favorites.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON There isn’t a bad seat at the EventideContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: GOING OVERBOARD AT EVENTIDE"
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May 8th, 2015 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: AIRING OUT KITES ON THE BEACH
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Crisp blue skies, ocean breezes and beach sand made an ideal setting for the Sea Bright Festival on Saturday. The event, the first of its kind, was one of severalContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: AIRING OUT KITES ON THE BEACH"
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April 27th, 2015 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT: DIVING INTO A BLOODY HOOK
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Ashlyn Schmidt pours a spicy bloody Mary at Dive in Sea Bright. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON A sweet cocktail filled with tropical fruit is niceContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DIVING INTO A BLOODY HOOK"
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April 9th, 2015 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: APARTMENTS RAZED FOR PARK
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Sea Bright’s Anchorage Apartments, left uninhabitable by the converging waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Shrewsbury River in Hurricane Sandy, were demolished Saturday.  Using Green Acres funding, the state plansContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: APARTMENTS RAZED FOR PARK"
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February 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
WHATS FOR LUNCH: SLIDERS ON SURFBOARDS
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Brisket sliders and an Orange Crush on a surfboard-themed table at Woody’s Ocean Grille in Sea Bright.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Meeting a friend forContinue reading "WHATS FOR LUNCH: SLIDERS ON SURFBOARDS"
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September 26th, 2014 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: DIVE BAR DIVES RIGHT BACK IN
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A bright and colorful interior to Dive into in Sea Bright. Below, the vegetarian black bean burger. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON  Dive owners and newlywedsContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DIVE BAR DIVES RIGHT BACK IN"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT: SO LONG, SUMMER THRONGS
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Beachgoers thronged the sands of Sandy Hook, above, and Sea Bright, right, on a hot, muggy Labor Day that marked the unofficial end of summer Monday. For locals, of course,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SO LONG, SUMMER THRONGS"
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September 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
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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 ...
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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.