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RED BANK: ROAD CLOSING PLANNED
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Red Bank officials plan to close portions of Drs. James Parker Boulevard between Shrewsbury and Maple avenues for paving Friday and Monday, the borough said in an alert Thursday afternoon.Continue reading "RED BANK: ROAD CLOSING PLANNED"
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August 6th, 2015 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: MURPHY TO RESIGN, REPORT SAYS
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Art Murphy, at far right, high-fives running mate Mike DuPont on their re-elections to the council in 2009. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: MURPHY TO RESIGN, REPORT SAYS"
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August 6th, 2015 @ 1pm
CHURN: FEMME OUT, CHIKYBOOM IN
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Ashley Dupré Earle, center, at a fashion show in her boutique in February, 2012. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD This installment of redbankgreen’s RetailContinue reading "CHURN: FEMME OUT, CHIKYBOOM IN"
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August 5th, 2015 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MURPHY MOCKS POOL HALL CLIENTS
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A video posted on YouTube shows Red Bank Council President Art Murphy deriding the customers of the former Lucky Break Billiards at a party. Below, Murphy and Lucky Break partner JamesContinue reading "RED BANK: MURPHY MOCKS POOL HALL CLIENTS"
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August 4th, 2015 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: DROP AND GIVE ME 90
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With temperatures pushing 90 degrees, a man sought out the shade of the overhead lights at Count Basie Fields to do pushups Monday afternoon. Expect plenty of shade, but moreContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: DROP AND GIVE ME 90"
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August 4th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: TAX BILLS SOAR ON ADJUSTMENT
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Though the Red Bank board of ed adopted a budget with a 6.95-percent tax increase, a recalculation based on new data boosted that to 12.7 percent. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: TAX BILLS SOAR ON ADJUSTMENT"
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August 3rd, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET CHURNS
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Moving to Red Bank from Spring Lake, Charleston Shops is taking over 9 Monmouth Street, above, former home of Toad Hollow. By JOHN T. WARD This installment of redbankgreen’s Retail Churn finds lots ofContinue reading "RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET CHURNS"
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August 3rd, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: CHURCH CONVERSION COMPLETED
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Space beneath the steeple, complete with spiral staircase, is now an office. The new First Church of Christ, Scientist worship space, below, is a fraction of the original size.  (Photos by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK: CHURCH CONVERSION COMPLETED"
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July 31st, 2015 @ 1pm
SHREWSBURY: LUNCH IN A BENTO BOX
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The Bento Box lunch special at Fuji in Shrewsbury. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Our hearts skipped a beat five years ago when Trader Joe’s announced itContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: LUNCH IN A BENTO BOX"
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July 31st, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: B2 BREAKS THE TEMPLATE
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William Alexander (second from right) tells PieHole that eaters need to head to the West Side to find something besides pizza and bar food in Red Bank.  (Photo by Jim Willis.Continue reading "RED BANK: B2 BREAKS THE TEMPLATE"
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July 30th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: RAYRAP DROPS MARKET FROM PLAN
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Above is architect David Carnivale’s rendering of the six-unit condo building on Harding Road that would replace the previously planned market. Below, architect Cathy Zuckerman’s rendering of the condos proposedContinue reading "RED BANK: RAYRAP DROPS MARKET FROM PLAN"
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July 30th, 2015 @ 5am
A Red Bank policeman suffered minor injuries in a scuffle with an alleged car burglar he chased through hedges and a fence early Tuesday morning, redbankgreen has learned. Patrolman Benjamin SpringerContinue reading "RED BANK: COP NABS MAN FOR BURGLARY"
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July 29th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BROAD STREET BIDS GOODBYE
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If any one person outside of Tiffany & Co. is responsible for the jeweler's decision to open a gleaming outpost in downtown Red Bank today, it's Larry Garmany, who has a habit of making high-risk business moves that tend to...
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July 29th, 2015 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: SLOW ROAST AT TOAST
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With temperatures headed toward the high 80s, John Cushing of Bayonne rolled on with his work Tuesday, painting curbs outside the Toast restaurant under construction in the former Broadway DinerContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: SLOW ROAST AT TOAST"
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July 28th, 2015 @ 3pm
RED BANK: CLOTHIER LARRY GARMANY, 62
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If any one person outside of Tiffany & Co. is responsible for the jeweler's decision to open a gleaming outpost in downtown Red Bank today, it's Larry Garmany, who has a habit of making high-risk business moves that tend to...
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July 27th, 2015 @ 7pm
RED BANK: BATTERS UP
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Brothers and former major leaguers Jeff Frazier (who played seven years with the Tigers, Marlins and Nationals) and Charlie Frazier (six years with the Marlins) of Frazier Baseball put on aContinue reading "RED BANK: BATTERS UP"
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July 27th, 2015 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: TENT CITY FOR THE NIGHT
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Under clear skies and much appreciated low heat and humidity, Fair Haven Fields was transformed into a tent city for the borough’s annual Camp Out Saturday night. There, we foundContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TENT CITY FOR THE NIGHT"
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July 27th, 2015 @ 1pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of July 16 to July 23, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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July 27th, 2015 @ 7am
IRON COWBOY NAILS 50-50-50 RECORD
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“Iron Cowboy” James Lawrence, seen above in Sea Bright on July 4, successfully completed his 50-50-50 campaign to do a record 50 triathlon-length workouts in 50 states in 50 daysContinue reading "IRON COWBOY NAILS 50-50-50 RECORD"
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July 27th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: ACTION EXPECTED ON COURT PLANS
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Wondering about the fate of Red Bank’s clay tennis courts in Marine Park, and whether they’ll be saved or replaced by either of two competing proposals to develop the waterfrontContinue reading "RED BANK: ACTION EXPECTED ON COURT PLANS"
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July 24th, 2015 @ 2pm
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...