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The River Plaza section of Middletown was the scene of what appears to be a spree of break-ins by a suspect who stole a resident’s car early Thursday and isContinue reading "SPREE BURGLAR HITS RIVER PLAZA HOMES"
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October 28th, 2011 @ 10pm
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COLONY HOUSE RENT COMPLAINTS MOUNT
A plan to convert the Colony House failed, leading to a return to rentals, and new-tenant complaints about jacked-up rents. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Following a patternContinue reading "COLONY HOUSE RENT COMPLAINTS MOUNT"
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October 28th, 2011 @ 9am
PARTY ON TWO
A restaurant sampling / art raffle for the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County had guests mingling among the the Manolo Blahnicks and Roberto Cavallis at the upscale Garmany clothierContinue reading "PARTY ON TWO"
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October 28th, 2011 @ 6am
Red Bank’s Dublin House pub is on the hook for more than $1 million of a $3.3 million jury award to the family a man killed by a drunk, off-dutyContinue reading "DUBLIN HOUSE HIT FOR $1.1M IN DWI DEATH"
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October 27th, 2011 @ 3pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
We thought last week’s Where, which we referred to as ‘three chairs, no wading,’ was a gimme.
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October 27th, 2011 @ 7am
CHRISTMAS TREE STAYING PUT
A hasty push to move Red Bank’s traditional Christmas tree to Riverside Gardens Park for the coming holiday season failed Thursday night as town officials balked over questions about properContinue reading "CHRISTMAS TREE STAYING PUT"
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October 27th, 2011 @ 7am
A former Red Bank man already facing charges for allegedly breaking into Bon Jovi’s mansion and other Navesink homes was arrested again Wednesday in Ocean County for a home burglary,Continue reading "ALLEGED BON JOVI BURGLAR BUSTED AGAIN"
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October 26th, 2011 @ 9pm
DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY IN PRINCIPAL’S DEATH
Students and parents mourn the death of Markham Place School principal Donald Merce in May, 2008. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The motorist who killed Little Silver middleContinue reading "DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY IN PRINCIPAL’S DEATH"
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October 26th, 2011 @ 8pm
FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME
Fire destroyed a camper parked in the driveway of a home at 2 Queens Drive in Little Silver around 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. No information about the cause of theContinue reading "FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME"
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October 26th, 2011 @ 3pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 25, 2011 Detective Kelly Godley and Patrolman Raymond Sofield arrested Marcin Burek, age 27, fromContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR ‘LURING’ TEEN FEMALES"
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October 26th, 2011 @ 2pm
READER PHOTO: BOXED OUT
An indignant redbankgreen reader sent us this photo of a Red Bank public works truck parked in a handicapped space at the City Centre Plaza strip mall on Water StreetContinue reading "READER PHOTO: BOXED OUT"
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October 26th, 2011 @ 6am
TRTC: ALEC BALDWIN, UNPLUGGED, WITH PAL
Two years after his last and only visit, actor Alec Baldwin returns to Red Bank’s Two River Theater next month for a night of… Well, chat, mostly. The pre-Internet kind,Continue reading "TRTC: ALEC BALDWIN, UNPLUGGED, WITH PAL"
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October 25th, 2011 @ 2pm
Last tenanted by chic furniture dealer Design Front, 21 East Front Street is now home to a wedding and boudoir photo business as well as a DJ. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: SEXING UP WEDDINGS"
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October 25th, 2011 @ 9am
MIRRORING THE SEASON
That’s not a photo that guy was carrying on River Road in Fair Haven last Friday afternoon; it was a mirror. (Click to enlarge) The weather outlook for Tuesday isContinue reading "MIRRORING THE SEASON"
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October 25th, 2011 @ 5am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 21, 2011 at approximately 12:00 pm Corporal Bernard Chenoweth and Corporal George Freibott, responded toContinue reading "PAIR NABBED FOR TWO M’TOWN BURGLARIES"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 11am
BEEP! RETRO ARCADE OPENS
Yestercades, a 2,800-square-foot gaming emporium dedicated to classic video games of the 1970s and ’80s, opened with little fanfare Friday night and did a clanging, beeping business over the weekend,Continue reading "BEEP! RETRO ARCADE OPENS"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER ROAD CLOSURE BEGINS
A partial road closure that’s expected to last through December took effect with the start of work on a gas line beneath Seven Bridge Road in Little Silver Monday morning.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER ROAD CLOSURE BEGINS"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 9am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of October 14 to October 21, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft occurring at ArthurContinue reading "GUNPOINT ROBBERY REPORTED ON WEST SIDE"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 6am
AUTUMN CHORE
Alex Perez rakes leaves outside his home on Wallace Street in Red Bank on Saturday. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) Here’s the National Weather Service outlook for theContinue reading "AUTUMN CHORE"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 6am
NEW OWNERS FOR MURRAY MACGREGOR’S
Kathy Maguire takes a breather on day one as owner of the Rumson bar and restaurant. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Word about the sale had leaked out,Continue reading "NEW OWNERS FOR MURRAY MACGREGOR’S"
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October 21st, 2011 @ 11am
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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.