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FAIR HAVEN: FALLING TREE CRUSHES ROOF
FAIR HAVEN: No one was injured, but a home's roof was crushed by a tree that fell early Wednesday morning, and the homeowner's cat was missing.
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SEA BRIGHT: IDEAS SOUGHT FOR PARK SITE
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"
SEA BRIGHT: APARTMENTS RAZED FOR PARK
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"
RED BANK: PARK GETS ANTI-SKATE TOUCHES
In a move to thwart damage by skaters and skateboarders, new alternating-level caps have replaced flat ones on walls throughout Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank. Work underway at theContinue reading "RED BANK: PARK GETS ANTI-SKATE TOUCHES"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 18, 2013 to January 09, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES:Continue reading "RED BANK: DOMINO’S ALLEGES WORKER THEFTS"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 9 to January 16, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME AND ARREST REPORTS"
SEA BRIGHT LIBRARY RAZING SPARKS DEBATE
On Sunday, a backhoe sat on the slab where the library had stood until it was demolished a day earlier. Below, an architect’s rendering of a proposed combination library andContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT LIBRARY RAZING SPARKS DEBATE"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 5 to December 12, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE REPORTS"
RED BANK: LANDMARK TOOTH ATTACKED AGAIN
The sign has been the target of repeated thefts and acts of vandalism.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD For the sixth time in 20 years, Red Bank dentistContinue reading "RED BANK: LANDMARK TOOTH ATTACKED AGAIN"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of October 17 to October 24, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: PARKED CAR SANDBAGGED"
SEA BRIGHT: FOCUS ON STALLED BUSINESSES
A volunteer group wants to help owners of vacant stores spruce up their properties.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER A group of Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FOCUS ON STALLED BUSINESSES"
RED BANK: STEEPLE RISING
The cross atop St. James Church in Red Bank Catholic Church is back after six months of rehabilitation. Among other repairs, the replacement of the old cross, which was damagedContinue reading "RED BANK: STEEPLE RISING"
The brick fascia of a retaining wall at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank collapsed recently during a heavy rainstorm, eight months after it was undermined by Hurricane Sandy, publicContinue reading "RED BANK: PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE IN PARK"
SEA BRIGHT COVETS ANCHORAGE SITE
The Anchorage Apartments were left uninhabitable by Hurricane Sandy, which deposited a utility pole in the living room of one unit, below. (Click to enlarge) The storm-wracked Anchorage Apartments complexContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT COVETS ANCHORAGE SITE"
SEA BRIGHT: A PARTIAL START TO SUMMER
Contractors swarming Chapel Beach Club in Sea Bright on Thursday. Below, a lifeguard boat at the ready at Surfider Beach Club. (Photos by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WILContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: A PARTIAL START TO SUMMER"
Look Back Antiques is seeking permission to do business on the town’s tiny boardwalk on weekends this summer. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Sea Bright business owners struggling toContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: TENTS AND TRAILERS"
RED BANK: SHOWING SMOKERS THE DOOR
Amy Manor is closing off the vestibule to her design studio, above, because of damage she said has been done by nighttime smokers. Below, Manor with cigarette butts left behindContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOWING SMOKERS THE DOOR"
SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT
A Sea Bright home as seen from the sea wall five days after Hurricane Sandy. Borough officials contend the number of severely damaged homes is being underestimated by a stateContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT"
SEA BRIGHT: OPERATION SHEETROCK TRIMMED
The rebuilding of a public access stairway over the sea wall is among the projects in the scaled-back volunteer outreach, says coordinator Frank Lawrence, below. (Photo below by Wil Fulton.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: OPERATION SHEETROCK TRIMMED"
RED BANK: REFLOATING A LOBSTER SHACK
Kelly Ryan at her storm-damaged Red Bank restaurant on Tuesday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON “When people think of Sandy’s impact on Red Bank, mostContinue reading "RED BANK: REFLOATING A LOBSTER SHACK"
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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.