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RED BANK: Q&A WITH SEAN DI SOMMA
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Republican council candidate Sean Di Somma. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) In Tuesday’s election for Red Bank council, incumbents Juanita Lewis and Ed Zipprich, both Democrats, faceContinue reading "RED BANK: Q&A WITH SEAN DI SOMMA"
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October 31st, 2014 @ 1pm
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RED BANK: Q&A WITH JUANITA LEWIS
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Democrat Juanita Lewis has been on the council since 2009. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) In Tuesday’s election for Red Bank council, incumbents Juanita Lewis and EdContinue reading "RED BANK: Q&A WITH JUANITA LEWIS"
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October 31st, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Q&A WITH PASQUALE MENNA
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Pasquale Menna, a Democrat, was elected mayor in 2006 after 18 years on the borough council. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) In Tuesday’s election, Red Bank MayorContinue reading "RED BANK: Q&A WITH PASQUALE MENNA"
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October 31st, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Q&A WITH LINDA SCHWABENBAUER
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Republican council candidate Linda Schwabenbauer. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) In Tuesday’s election for Red Bank council, incumbents Juanita Lewis and Ed Zipprich, both Democrats, face RepublicansContinue reading "RED BANK: Q&A WITH LINDA SCHWABENBAUER"
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October 31st, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Q&A WITH ED ZIPPRICH
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Democrat Ed Zipprich has been on the council since 2009. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) In Tuesday’s election for Red Bank council, incumbents Juanita Lewis and EdContinue reading "RED BANK: Q&A WITH ED ZIPPRICH"
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October 31st, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GOP CALLS FOR TELE-DEBATE
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Republicans Linda Schwabenbauer and Sean Di Somma had a full-house audience at River Street Commons to themselves Tuesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: GOP CALLS FOR TELE-DEBATE"
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October 29th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: NO DEBATE AS DEMS ARE NO-SHOWS
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The River Street Commons had a full house for the event, hosted by the Westside Community Group. Alecia Wilkerson, below, asked a question from the audience. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: NO DEBATE AS DEMS ARE NO-SHOWS"
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October 28th, 2014 @ 11pm
RED BANK: SCHWABENBAUER TO FILL GOP SLOT
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Linda Schwabenbauer outside borough hall, where she hopes to win a council seat. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Republicans may notContinue reading "RED BANK: SCHWABENBAUER TO FILL GOP SLOT"
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September 3rd, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: PARK CIRCLE MAY HONOR WHITE
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Under an ordinance proposed by Mayor Pasquale Menna, the circle at Marine Park would be named for late Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Photo above by TrishContinue reading "RED BANK: PARK CIRCLE MAY HONOR WHITE"
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August 29th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR
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A seating area under construction earlier this week at Red Bank borough hall may be named for Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: MINTON RESIGNS, HANLON BAILS
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Sean Di Somma, above at lower right, on election night last November. Below, Jack Minton, center, with candidate Joe Mizzi and then-Councilwoman Grace Cangemi in 2010. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: MINTON RESIGNS, HANLON BAILS"
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June 5th, 2014 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: LONG DROPS ‘DEMOCRAT’ LABEL
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Mayor Dina Long with Governor Chris Christie in Sea Bright last August 28. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: LONG DROPS ‘DEMOCRAT’ LABEL"
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May 7th, 2014 @ 6am
Sean Di Somma has paired up with electoral politics newcomer Brian Hanlon for his second council try. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Republican Sean Di Somma isContinue reading "RED BANK: Di SOMMA TRIES AGAIN"
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March 31st, 2014 @ 12pm
FORMER RED BANK MAYOR GUILTY OF DWI
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Former Mayor Ed McKenna, center, with Jesse Garrison, left, and Mayor Pasquale Menna on election night last November. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Former Red Bank Mayor EdContinue reading "FORMER RED BANK MAYOR GUILTY OF DWI"
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February 10th, 2014 @ 9am
SHREWSBURY: VEAL PLANT ‘GOOD NEIGHBOR’
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The Catelli Brothers slaughterhouse on Broad Street. By JOHN T. WARD The shutdown of the Catelli Brothers veal slaughterhouse over allegations of animal abuse “shocked” Shrewsbury officials, Mayor Donald BurdenContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: VEAL PLANT ‘GOOD NEIGHBOR’"
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January 28th, 2014 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: LONG MUM ON CHRISTIE
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Mayor Dina Long with Governor Chris Christie in Sea Bright last August 28. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In the midst of theContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: LONG MUM ON CHRISTIE"
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January 15th, 2014 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: HOMEY TOUCHES FOR 2014
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Mayor Bob Neff delivers his state-of-the-borough remarks in verse, above. Below, Pete Giblin is sworn as fire chief as his wife, Liz, who heads the EMS, holds the Bible. (PhotoContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: HOMEY TOUCHES FOR 2014"
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January 7th, 2014 @ 8am
Ed McKenna, putting on headphones at left, with then-Governor Jon Corzine at the Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink in Marine Park in 2009. (Click to enlarge) Former Red Bank MayorContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: McKENNA PLEADS NOT GUILTY"
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June 11th, 2013 @ 3pm
FORMER RED BANK MAYOR ARRESTED FOR DWI
Former Mayor Ed McKenna tallies election returns at Democratic HQ last November. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna was arrested and charged withContinue reading "FORMER RED BANK MAYOR ARRESTED FOR DWI"
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May 15th, 2013 @ 2pm
By WIL FULTON Animal cruelty stands as one of the sad realities of life. Every day, our televisions, news sites, and social media feeds carry images and stories of animalContinue reading "MORE TEETH SOUGHT IN CRUELTY LAWS"
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April 15th, 2013 @ 9am
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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.