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THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
Sea Bright Fire Chief Chad Murphy looks at a mock vehicle accident just before his and two other volunteer departments started extrication drills last week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; clickContinue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW"
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BILLY GETS HIS EVENING, FOR M’TOWN ARTS
Playwright Billy Van Zandt is in the hot seat for an April 30 fundraiser for the Middletown Cultural and Arts Center. By TOM CHESEK No, Billy Van Zandt — toContinue reading "BILLY GETS HIS EVENING, FOR M’TOWN ARTS"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If voters approve school budgets next week, Sea Bright, which sends students to two different districts and has no schools of its own, will see both increasesContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TAB FOR SRHS: $90K PER STUDENT"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
‘Dunlap Locksmith on White Street in Red Bank’ turned out to be a safe bet for a guess about the location of the bulbous object featured in last week’s Where.
BOOM TOWN BASH IS A BIG-TENT TICKET
The annual KaBoom!  fundraiser culminated in a fireworks preview outside the Monmouth Boat Club in 2008. This year’s edition will be at Hovnanian HQ. Whether you love it — orContinue reading "BOOM TOWN BASH IS A BIG-TENT TICKET"
SPRING 2011: DAMP DAY
Fog enshrouds the Bluffs housing complex in Red Bank, as seen Wednesday morning from the promenade at Marine Park. The weather outlook for the day includes rain and a chanceContinue reading "SPRING 2011: DAMP DAY"
GAS LINE DUG UP AT MIDDLETOWN FIRE SCENE
Four people are reported to have died in a fire that destroyed the house at 135 Statesir Place. Below, a gas meter removed by a crew from New Jersey NaturalContinue reading "GAS LINE DUG UP AT MIDDLETOWN FIRE SCENE"
Four people have died in a house fire in Middletown, the Asbury Park Press reports on its website Tuesday. The fire occurred on Statesir Place, between Pine and Chestnut Streets,Continue reading "PRESS: FOUR DEAD IN MIDDLETOWN FIRE"
WHEN HARRY SALLIES FORTH IN RED BANK
A renaissance guy in Red Bank: Harry Connick Jr. makes his first-ever two night stand at the Count Basie this week — and the man from NOLA might stand aContinue reading "WHEN HARRY SALLIES FORTH IN RED BANK"
EIGHT INJURED IN RED BANK ACCIDENT
Volunteer first aiders move one of the victims from the van to a waiting ambulance. (Click to enlarge) A late-afternoon accident left eight passengers in a van with neck injuriesContinue reading "EIGHT INJURED IN RED BANK ACCIDENT"
RED BANK TREE PLAN GETS PLANTED
Spring blooms along West Front Street at the entrance to Riverside Gardens Park last week. (Click to enlarge) The Red Bank Shade Tree Committee hopes to plant 200 new treesContinue reading "RED BANK TREE PLAN GETS PLANTED"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of April 8 to April 15, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Theft occurring onContinue reading "COPS: THIEVES TOOK KITCHEN APPLIANCES"
AT 17, SOCIALIST SEEKS FREEHOLDER SEAT
Patrick Noble on Broad Street in his hometown, Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) Forgive us our presumptions, but when Patrick Noble invited redbankgreen to meet for coffee earlier this weekContinue reading "AT 17, SOCIALIST SEEKS FREEHOLDER SEAT"
FOR RETIRED CARPENTER, IT’S HAMMER TIME
Frank Scordo with one of his favorite conversation pieces, a double-handled hammer. Some 1,200 tools from his collection are on display at the Shrewsbury Historical Society. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi;Continue reading "FOR RETIRED CARPENTER, IT’S HAMMER TIME"
COPS SAY M’TOWN BURGLAR NETTED $500,000
An alleged 21-year-old burglar bagged more than $500,000 worth of jewelry from four homes along ritzy Navesink River Road in the last two months, Middletown police said Thursday. Nicholas TracyContinue reading "COPS SAY M’TOWN BURGLAR NETTED $500,000"
Middletown police say they arrested a township-based employer Tuesday for theft of his workers’ Individual Retirement Account benefits. David Crosby, 56, of Murphy Road in the Port Monmouth section, wasContinue reading "BOSS BUSTED FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT THEFTS"
SPRING BLOOMS IN BULK ON WEST SIDE
Mountains of household waste line Bridge Avenue, above, and Shrewsbury Avenue, below, as seasonal bulk waste pickups resumed in Red Bank Thursday morning. (Click to enlarge) Ah, the smell ofContinue reading "SPRING BLOOMS IN BULK ON WEST SIDE"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
One reader mistook the location of last week’s Where as an alleyway at the Count Basie Theatre. Another thought it was the backside of an apartment building on Monmouth Street.Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of April 1 to April 8 2011. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "WINDSHIELD SMASHED ON RIVER STREET"
WHO CAN IT BE NOW AT THE RECORD STORE?
With a new CD to promote, hard-working singer, songwriter and storyteller Colin Hay visits Jack’s Music Shoppe during Record Store Day on Saturday. By TOM CHESEK Do not under anyContinue reading "WHO CAN IT BE NOW AT THE RECORD STORE?"
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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 ...