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RED BANK LANDS NEW FIRE BOAT – FREE
Soon to be churning up the waters of the Navesink: a former U.S. Coast Guard vessel, now getting a sprucing-up at the Red Bank public works garage. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK LANDS NEW FIRE BOAT – FREE"
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This week’s edition of the TriCity News envisions a head-on political collision between two Red Bank residents  — Councilman Mike DuPont and former council member Jen Beck — over theContinue reading "RUN v. BECK? “NOT THIS YEAR,” SAYS DUPONT"
NAACP DRAWS ATTENTION TO SCHOOLS
About a dozen residents turned out at St. Paul Baptist Church in Red Bank Thursday night for the latest in a series of budget presentations given in recent weeks byContinue reading "NAACP DRAWS ATTENTION TO SCHOOLS"
BUDGET SHOW NO SRO
Borough officials outnumbered residents at the annual Red Bank budget Q&A held at the Senior Citizens’ Center on Shrewsbury Avenue Thursday night. Administrator Stanley Sickels gave a 35-minute overview ofContinue reading "BUDGET SHOW NO SRO"
SEA BRIGHT: BOUNCER NOW OWNS THE JOINT
With a partner, Chris Wood has taken over Ichabod’s and is revamping the space as Woody’s Ocean Grille. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It wasContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BOUNCER NOW OWNS THE JOINT"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
You can practically hear the echoes and feel the coolness of this space, can’t you? Ah, but do you know Where we are this week? If you recognize the aboveContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
T&M TOPS CONTRACTOR DONOR LIST
Middletown-based civil engineering firm T&M Associates was the state’s biggest contributor to political campaigns among businesses that contract with local and state government in New Jersey, according to a reportContinue reading "T&M TOPS CONTRACTOR DONOR LIST"
AN EYE, AND A NOSE, FOR THE BEACH
After a romp on the Sea Bright beach and lunch, Harley, a year-old red-nosed pit bull, seemed eager to get back out on the sand Wednesday afternoon. But Harley’s owner,Continue reading "AN EYE, AND A NOSE, FOR THE BEACH"
A quick joke by Rabbi Bob Alper, from his YouTube channel. It’s a twist on the one that begins, “a priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar…”Continue reading "YOU CALL THAT A RABBI?"
BOROUGH, SCHOOL BUDGET Q&As SLATED
Red Bank property owners with a yen to understand what’s going into this year’s tax bills will get two chances to ask in person this week — assuming they canContinue reading "BOROUGH, SCHOOL BUDGET Q&As SLATED"
Recent police activity as reported by the Middletown Police Department. These reports are unedited. • On March 31, 2011 Detective Daniel Sullivan was contacted by Detective Jeff Miller of theContinue reading "BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN COPS"
‘ANNIE’ WHICH WAY YOU CAN, AT THE BASIE
At left, Carly Nelson is ANNIE (and Oliver is Sandy) in the Phoenix Productions staging of the musical favorite. At right, Annie and her fellow orphans bedevil Lauren J. CookeContinue reading "‘ANNIE’ WHICH WAY YOU CAN, AT THE BASIE"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown Mayor Tony Fiore promised an on-time budget. Check. He said it’d be significantly smaller than 2010’s budget. Check. He also promised it would be within theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: AVERAGE TAX TO RISE $60"
WORD ON THE STREET
Which is ruder: this sign on White Road in Little Silver, or the gift from the well-fed pooch that apparently prompted it? (Click to enlarge. On second thought…)
TAKING TO THE AIR
A skateboarder takes advantage of Monday’s warm weather by practicing ollies at Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park. Tuesday will be cooler, wetter and windier, says the National Weather Service. (PhotoContinue reading "TAKING TO THE AIR"
State police have charged an Ocean County man with drunken driving after an accident that killed a Middletown man on the Garden State Parkway Saturday night, NJ.com reported Sunday. KevinContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN MAN DIES IN PARKWAY CRASH"
THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
Actors David Hyde Pierce (of TV’s ‘Frazier’ fame) and Geoffrey Owens (‘The Cosby Show’) ran into one another at the March 26 opening of ‘Candida’ at the Red Bank’s TwoContinue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW"
FORECAST: ARTY IN APRIL
Works by Shrewsbury artists Chelsea Moore (THE BIKE RIDE. left), Hong Yang (WORDS OF WISDOM, right) and other Red Bank Regional students are on display at the Guild of CreativeContinue reading "FORECAST: ARTY IN APRIL"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s image may have been more baffling than intended.
‘CANDIDA’ REVIEWS: A FRESH LOOK AT SHAW
Sue Cremin, who has the title role in ‘Candida,’ with TRTC artistic director John Dias after Saturday’s opening-night show. Below, former ‘Cosby Show‘ star Geoffrey Owens, right, returned to theContinue reading "‘CANDIDA’ REVIEWS: A FRESH LOOK AT SHAW"
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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 ...