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ATRIUM GETS A LOT
Atrium resident Doris Crisson, 88, speaks in favor of the valet-parking plan at last night’s hearing. (Click to enlarge) For the second time in four years, one of Red Bank’sContinue reading "ATRIUM GETS A LOT"
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
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AT LAST: BUSTING OUT THE BASIE BUST
A likeness of William ‘Count’ Basie has now been relocated from its temporary spot in the Red Bank train stationhouse to the plaza outside. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI James Joyce hasContinue reading "AT LAST: BUSTING OUT THE BASIE BUST"
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October 1st, 2009 @ 9am
RED BANK HOUSE, LINCROFT CHURCH ON TOUR
Ready for its moment in the sun: the Ptak house on West Westside Avenue. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s not uncommon for Peter Ptak to have completeContinue reading "RED BANK HOUSE, LINCROFT CHURCH ON TOUR"
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October 1st, 2009 @ 7am
PARK AT INCINERATOR SITE YEARS AWAY
Mayor Pasquale Menna with engineer Christine Ballard of T&M Associates at the incinerator site last Friday. (Click to enlarge) The work of finally pulverizing Red Bank’s 70-plus-year-old incinerator smokestack toContinue reading "PARK AT INCINERATOR SITE YEARS AWAY"
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September 30th, 2009 @ 8am
CANDIDATE’S NIGHT SET
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Time is running out if you want to do this and aren’t registered. Amid reminders from local officials that the deadline for voter registrations is nearing, Red Bank’s Westside CommunityContinue reading "CANDIDATE’S NIGHT SET"
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September 30th, 2009 @ 7am
COUNCIL UNANIMOUS ON DENSITY CHANGES
State Senator Jennifer Beck returned to borough hall in a failed bid to halt higher building densities. Wrapping up more than 18 months of Master Plan review, the Red BankContinue reading "COUNCIL UNANIMOUS ON DENSITY CHANGES"
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September 29th, 2009 @ 10am
County workers take soil samples from the bed of the Navesink River at Hubbards Bridge last week. It looks like a cross between Huck Finn’s raft and an oil prospector’sContinue reading "WORKIN’ ON THE, UM, SMALL MUDDY"
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September 29th, 2009 @ 7am
STORM GIVES WAY TO SUN
An ominous cloud, seen from the corner of Maple Avenue and White Street at about 6:20p, brought a brief, drenching rain to Red Bank Monday evening. (Click to enlarge) TheContinue reading "STORM GIVES WAY TO SUN"
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September 29th, 2009 @ 6am
A Red Bank police captain arrested a drunk-driving suspect after a short chase and scuffle on the East Side early Saturday morning. Jesse Rowe, 21, was charged with DWI, drugContinue reading "COP NABS DWI SUSPECT AFTER SHORT CHASE"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 4pm
TIMES FILLS UP AT BROAD STREET FILLING
High-octane Pete Burr and Glenn Saldarini in 2008. Broad Street Filling Station, Red Bank’s best spot for lobster BLTs and more, got a nice got a nice review in Sunday’sContinue reading "TIMES FILLS UP AT BROAD STREET FILLING"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 3pm
One featured a bounce-around, historical newspaper articles, a playful three-legged dog and the funk stylings of Red Bank’s own Shimmytang. The other was a quieter affair. But the residents ofContinue reading "BLOCK PARTIES CLOSE OUT SUMMER OF ’09"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 10am
HORNING IN WITH ‘TAPS,’ JEOPARDY & QUEEN
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI All was calm and quiet on Maple Avenue in Red Bank Saturday night until about 8:15p, when visitors wielding giant rams’ horns started filing into Congregation BethContinue reading "HORNING IN WITH ‘TAPS,’ JEOPARDY & QUEEN"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 9am
Hovnanian’s headquarters overlooking the Navesink River. Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises is trying to refinance some $759 million in debt even as other homebuilders are beginning to buy land again, today’sContinue reading "WSJ: HOV SEEKING DEBT RESTRUCTURING"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 8am
RENAMING HONORS O’HERN’S ACHIEVEMENTS
Family members and other admirers of the late mayor and state Supreme Court justice gathered for an evening ceremony Sunday. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It would have been easy for DanielContinue reading "RENAMING HONORS O’HERN’S ACHIEVEMENTS"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 7am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 18 to September 25, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring at Mechanic St.Continue reading "BLOTTER: FISH SHOPLIFTER NETTED"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 6am
RED BANK EARLY-ED PROGRAM IN SPOTLIGHT
The article appears in an education-themed edition of the magazine. The Red Bank school system‘s cutting-edge early childhood education program known as Tools of the Mind is spotlighted in theContinue reading "RED BANK EARLY-ED PROGRAM IN SPOTLIGHT"
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September 26th, 2009 @ 10am
Hovnanian Enterprises, the Red Bank-based national homebuilder, has announced the death of its founder, Kevork Hovnanian. No details were given about the cause or date of death. Hovnanian lived inContinue reading "KEVORK HOVNANIAN DIES AT 86"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 1pm
ON THE SKED: DUELING BLOCK PARTIES
Party central, as both Elm Place and Hudson Avenue residents have block parties in the works for Saturday. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Summer’s officially over, but there’s one last bit ofContinue reading "ON THE SKED: DUELING BLOCK PARTIES"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 10am
ON BROAD: ANTIQUES OUT, ARCHTOPS IN
A display of guitars at the Nevada Exchange store on Broad Street. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Step into Nevada Exchange on Broad Street inContinue reading "ON BROAD: ANTIQUES OUT, ARCHTOPS IN"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 7am
IN TOWN | IN SEPTEMBER: WEEK FOUR
For more about the Marcia Resnick photo show opening tonight at the McKay Imaging Gallery in Red Bank, check the coverage on our sib site, Red Bank oRBit. We’ve gotContinue reading "IN TOWN | IN SEPTEMBER: WEEK FOUR"
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September 25th, 2009 @ 7am
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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 ...