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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
The mannequin shown in last week’s shot is part of the window display at 140 Broad Street in Red Bank, the corporate home of ThermaFree, a manufacturer (in Eatontown) ofContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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December 1st, 2011 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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By JOHN T. WARD On a typical Thursday in Red Bank’s municipal court, Public Defender Kevin Wigenton may juggle dozens of cases, crafting pleas on behalf of clients he’s metContinue reading "PUBLIC DEFENDER FACES DISBARMENT"
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November 30th, 2011 @ 6pm
RED BANK PUTS PARKING DECK IN GEAR
The White Street lot is an “underutilized” asset and needs a garage, says Mayor Pasquale Menna. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A year after reopening of one ofContinue reading "RED BANK PUTS PARKING DECK IN GEAR"
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November 30th, 2011 @ 11am
ARTISTS EMERGED, AND IN PERSON
The almost edible work of pastel specialist Sangita Phadke is represented in an ARTISTS EMERGED retrospective at Lincroft’s Monmouth Museum, where a special Art Talk event takes place this evening.Continue reading "ARTISTS EMERGED, AND IN PERSON"
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November 30th, 2011 @ 7am
A SECOND 7-ELEVEN FOR RED BANK?
The Welsh Farms store is to become a 7-Eleven, the owner says. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank could be getting a second 7-Eleven store, less thanContinue reading "A SECOND 7-ELEVEN FOR RED BANK?"
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November 29th, 2011 @ 12pm
TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS
Seventh-grader Rebecca Unsinn weighs in on stop signs, above, and resident Dorothy Nowack, below, makes a pitch for keeping chickens in her yard. (Click to enlarge) Students at Fair Haven’sContinue reading "TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS"
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November 29th, 2011 @ 8am
LIBRARY HEAD ADDS NEW CHAPTER TO TALE
Eight-year-old Andrea John introduces herself to Mary Faith Chmiel at a meet-the-director event held at the library earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Book-loving Red BankersContinue reading "LIBRARY HEAD ADDS NEW CHAPTER TO TALE"
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November 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Rick Chapman, age 45, from Monmouth Avenue in Leonardo, NJ, arrested on November 21, 2011 by DetectiveContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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November 28th, 2011 @ 12pm
It’s a full-on sight-and-sound spectacular: the annual night-after-Thanksgiving Santa Claus train ride into Red Bank followed by the parade to Broad Street, the downtown light-up and the Holiday Express concert.Continue reading "SEASON OPENER"
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November 28th, 2011 @ 7am
HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO USHER IN THE SEASON
Scenes from the 2010 Holiday Express concert. (Click to enlarge) The newborn 2011 holiday season moves outdoors with a bang of a snare drum and a blast of white lightContinue reading "HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO USHER IN THE SEASON"
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November 25th, 2011 @ 10am
NAVESINK RUN: “IT’S A HILL. GET OVER IT.”
The 15k out-and-back course. The 5k turns around just east of Club Way. (Click to enlarge) A pair of events to benefit the Middletown Youth Athletic Association sends runners andContinue reading "NAVESINK RUN: “IT’S A HILL. GET OVER IT.”"
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November 25th, 2011 @ 9am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 11 to November 23, 2011. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring betweenContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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November 23rd, 2011 @ 4pm
Wall Street debt-rating agency Moody’s may take a negative view of Red Bank’s fiscal situation, but investors don’t, town officials said Tuesday night. Councilman Mike DuPont, who heads the borough’sContinue reading "RED BANK BONDS SHRUG OFF MOODY’S MOOD"
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November 23rd, 2011 @ 11am
A LITTLE EARLY IN LITTLE SILVER
redbankgreen‘s Accidental Photographer came upon this chair left out in the rain on Woodbine Avenue in Little Silver Tuesday night and thought it looked eager to welcome Thanksgiving guests.
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November 23rd, 2011 @ 11am
POLICE ADD THREE, PROMOTE THREE OTHERS
Getting promotions were, from top left, Wendy Samis, Juan Sardo and Robert Clayton. Newly hired were, from left, Jhonatan Quispe, Stanley Balmer and Garrett Falco Jr. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "POLICE ADD THREE, PROMOTE THREE OTHERS"
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November 23rd, 2011 @ 9am
QUIETLY, A MEGAYACHT DOCKS IN SEA BRIGHT
The Islander tied up at the end of Church Street in Sea Bright. (Click to enlarge) It’s a megayacht so lavish that it not only has its own website, butContinue reading "QUIETLY, A MEGAYACHT DOCKS IN SEA BRIGHT"
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November 22nd, 2011 @ 2pm
Chief Steve McCarthy is expected to request authorization to hire three officers to combat rising crime rates. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s top cop is hopingContinue reading "MORE RED BANK COPS SOUGHT ON CRIME RISE"
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November 22nd, 2011 @ 10am
HOTEL FOES FOCUS ON RIVER VIEWS
Lawyer Ron Gasiorowski grills Roy DeBoer, a planner for the developer of the proposed Hampton Inn. Below, a sketch shows the east side of the hotel. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "HOTEL FOES FOCUS ON RIVER VIEWS"
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November 22nd, 2011 @ 12am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Jose Rosario, age 42, from Richard Ave in West Caldwell, NJ, arrested on November 15, 2011 byContinue reading "MAN HELD ON WEAPONS CHARGES"
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November 21st, 2011 @ 4pm
The cause was cancer prevention, and the nearly naked male and female models were there for educational purposes – swear! Go Naked and Check Yourself, a soiree thrown together byContinue reading "NEARLY NAKED FOR A GOOD CAUSE"
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November 21st, 2011 @ 8am
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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.