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In Fair Haven, Shrewsbury and Middletown on Sunday, they honored residents and all who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Photographer Peter Lindner visited each for redbankgreen.Continue reading "SEEKING SOLACE A DECADE LATER"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 11am
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MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37
Votive candles symbolized the lives of Middletown residents who died in the attack, including Louis Minervino. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE A solemn ceremony SundayContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 11am
Ten years to the day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Red Bankers and others gathered where many were drawn that night: to the esplanade of Riverside Gardens Park,Continue reading "A DECADE LATER, A TOWN GATHERS AGAIN"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 9am
A MOTHER, A SISTER & RED BANK REMEMBER
Carol Bossio, with her mother, Muriel Hemschoot below, displayed the tattoo she had inked as a tribute to her brother, Mark. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The solemnContinue reading "A MOTHER, A SISTER & RED BANK REMEMBER"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 8am
The councilman most opposed to the ordinance says he’s open to compromise, but still itching to repeal it. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD On Monday night’s borough councilContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TREE LAW IN FOR TRIMMING"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 6am
RED BANK RENEWS PUSH FOR LATE CLOSINGS
Bars and restaurants are doing their job keeping doors open late, some say, but more merchants must stay open to attract more visitors. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK RENEWS PUSH FOR LATE CLOSINGS"
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September 9th, 2011 @ 10am
THIEF RETURNS GUITAR
Dale Lakata’s guitar at Jamian’s Thursday evening. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The man whose plucking of a performer’s beloved acoustic guitar from a Red Bank bar wasContinue reading "THIEF RETURNS GUITAR"
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September 9th, 2011 @ 7am
Activity reports for August from the Fair Haven Police Department. Entries appear here unedited. 8/1/11 -Ptl. Hostrup arrested 3 Fair Haven juveniles for possession of CDS (marijuana) and drug paraphernaliaContinue reading "CABBIE STIFFED IN FAIR HAVEN"
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September 8th, 2011 @ 3pm
• On September 6, 2011 at approximately 5:00 pm Patrolman Michael Reuter and Patrolman Nicholas Fenezia of the Quality of Life Unit were on patrol in the area of theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: TEEN HAD DRUGS & A MACHETE"
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September 8th, 2011 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
The latest entry in our series, a photo taken back when skies were blue and the air was… well, air, not water. Do you know what’s shown and where itContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 8th, 2011 @ 8am
HOV TOUGHS OUT ANOTHER Q
Hovnanian’s Red Bank headquarters, as seen from Maple Cove. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank-based homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises endured a 25-percent plunge in revenue in its latestContinue reading "HOV TOUGHS OUT ANOTHER Q"
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September 8th, 2011 @ 6am
Bob Evans at the Red Bank Centennial picnic in 2008. Former Red Bank Parks & Rec director Bob Evans has died at age 50. Evans was found dead of anContinue reading "FORMER REC HEAD EVANS DEAD AT AGE 50"
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September 8th, 2011 @ 5am
A possible vote on whether to allow the construction of a six-story hotel on the Red Bank anchorage of the Cooper Bridge was postponed Wednesday night after a borough residentContinue reading "LAWSUIT DELAYS HAMPTON INN DECISION"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 8pm
Restaurateur and political neophyte Marilyn Schlossbach has quit the race for one of two state Assembly 11th-district seats in Trenton, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Schlossbach, owner of Pop’s GarageContinue reading "SCHLOSSBACH BAILS OUT OF RACE IN 11TH"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 5pm
GUITAR THIEF CAUGHT ON CAMERA
A frame from a surveillance video shows the alleged thief eying the guitar at Jamian’s. (Click to enlarge) Do you know this guy?
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September 7th, 2011 @ 4pm
NUDES IN SHREWSBURY!
Forgive us the sensational headline, but come on: how often do we get to pair nakedness with the sleepy little burg of Shrewsbury? Thanks for the big giggle to readerContinue reading "NUDES IN SHREWSBURY!"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 11am
NO WAFFLING: NINA’S COMING TO RED BANK
The latest addition to Red Bank’s bustling food scene: Nina’s Waffles & Sweets on White Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Louis Zanias was born in Greece butContinue reading "NO WAFFLING: NINA’S COMING TO RED BANK"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER
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September 7th, 2011 @ 7am
Lisa Christian at the Red bank Y in March. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Lisa Christian, a YMCA lifer who steered the Community YMCA to settlements of twoContinue reading "COMMUNITY YMCA EXEC RESIGNS"
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September 6th, 2011 @ 1pm
PRE-K BEGINS YEAR WITH 60 STAYING HOME
The lights were on Tuesday morning as the staff awaited the arrival of pre-k students for the first day of the school year at the Head Start school on Drs.Continue reading "PRE-K BEGINS YEAR WITH 60 STAYING HOME"
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September 6th, 2011 @ 8am
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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.
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 ...