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FORECAST: GOOD EATIN’ WEATHER
A groundhog enjoys an afternoon feast in a front-yard garden on Madison Avenue in Red Bank last Friday. (Click to enlarge) The week starts off damp, but sunshine will prevailContinue reading "FORECAST: GOOD EATIN’ WEATHER"
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November 21st, 2011 @ 7am
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PICKUP ROLLS ON EAST BERGEN
A pickup truck wound up on its left side in an accident on East Bergen Place around 5:30 p.m. Friday. No official account was immediately available, but the pickup appearedContinue reading "PICKUP ROLLS ON EAST BERGEN"
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November 18th, 2011 @ 7pm
BATMOBILE VISITS RED BANK
Crew members from the reality TV pilot being produced at Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash prepare a replica Batmobile for filming on Mechanic Street in Red BankContinue reading "BATMOBILE VISITS RED BANK"
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November 18th, 2011 @ 12pm
AT 12 BROAD, SOHO MEETS RED BANK
A worker restoring the arched windows at 12 Broad Street recently. Nima Nili, below, is overseeing the building’s transformation. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD There’s no scaffolding, andContinue reading "AT 12 BROAD, SOHO MEETS RED BANK"
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November 18th, 2011 @ 9am
DUE PROCESS GOES SOUTHWEST ON BROAD
Cindy Hubeny spruces up the storefront at 65 Broad Street last week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD One of the churniest of Red Bank’s downtown storefronts in recentContinue reading "DUE PROCESS GOES SOUTHWEST ON BROAD"
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November 17th, 2011 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Enter, if you dare, the temple of Where. And if you know where the above photo was taken, please drop us an email.
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November 17th, 2011 @ 8am
BASIE ECONOMIC IMPACT GROWS
The nonprofit theater reported another year of strong financial results. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Twelve years into a renaissance, the Count Basie Theatre continued to grow itsContinue reading "BASIE ECONOMIC IMPACT GROWS"
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November 16th, 2011 @ 11am
DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET
The former bank building that houses Prima’s Home Café is for sale, but the store itself isn’t. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD redbankgreen came upon Red Bank-based commercialContinue reading "DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET"
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November 16th, 2011 @ 8am
The Charles Williams house, built in 1855, would be demolished to make way for a pocket park. (Click to enlarge) A plan by Fair Haven to acquire a riverfront residentialContinue reading "PRESS: FAIR HAVEN LAND DEAL STALLED"
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November 16th, 2011 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Jonpaul Debow, age 26, from North Shore Street in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on November 13, 2011 byContinue reading "M’TOWN: LOTSA DRUGS & CONTEMPT CASES"
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November 15th, 2011 @ 11am
MANICURIST BACK WHERE SHE BEGAN
Innovative Nails brings a waterless approach to manicures and pedicures to the space last occupied by Honey Child Music. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Sixteen years ago, JosephineContinue reading "MANICURIST BACK WHERE SHE BEGAN"
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November 15th, 2011 @ 7am
URBAN OUTFITTERS: SALES UP, PROFITS DOWN
Urban Outfitters, one of the few national retail chains with a presence in downtown Red Bank, reported Monday that its sales rose in its third fiscal quarter. Net income forContinue reading "URBAN OUTFITTERS: SALES UP, PROFITS DOWN"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 6pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 4 to November 11, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft by Deception occurringContinue reading "REPORT: OBSCENE IMAGE DRAWN IN CEMENT"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 4pm
RED BANK: CHAR TO SEEK PARKING VARIANCE
Architect’s drawings of the proposed Char facade include a wavy awning and two-story windows. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The restaurant that plans to fill the downtown RedContinue reading "RED BANK: CHAR TO SEEK PARKING VARIANCE"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 3pm
AUTUMN SHOWERS EXPECTED
Yummy fall colors were on display on Buena Vista Avenue in Rumson Sunday.(Click to enlarge) You might want to get those leaves out to the curb while they’re still dryContinue reading "AUTUMN SHOWERS EXPECTED"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 8am
DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST
A deer crosses a Shrewsbury street in 2010. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Local and state laws that allow deer hunting closer to housing than in the pastContinue reading "DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 7am
11.11.11
Among those who gathered at the Veterans Monument at Monmouth Street and Drummond Place at 11 a.m. Friday to commemorate Veterans Day was Red Bank resident John Gillespie, who servedContinue reading "11.11.11"
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November 11th, 2011 @ 12pm
READY FOR THE NEXT TENANT
Jack Readie scraped his own name off the window of the storefront that was home to his meat shop on Monmouth Street in Red Bank for many years Thursday. TheContinue reading "READY FOR THE NEXT TENANT"
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November 11th, 2011 @ 10am
SUNNY VETERANS DAY WEEKEND IN STORE
Nature dumped a fresh load of autumn leaves on a car and yard on Mechanic Street in Red Bank Thursday. (Click to enlarge) Friday’s Veterans Day salutes – including one atContinue reading "SUNNY VETERANS DAY WEEKEND IN STORE"
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November 11th, 2011 @ 7am
SECOND FOOD FEST ADDED FOR 2012
Despite a one-week rain delay, the 2011 edition of the Oysterfest was packed most of the day. Proceeds help pay for downtown holiday lights, seen below being installed on BroadContinue reading "SECOND FOOD FEST ADDED FOR 2012"
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November 10th, 2011 @ 6pm
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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.