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RED BANK: PARKING, PLOWING, RECYCLING
With a heavy snow and deep freeze in the forecast for the next 24 hours, Red Bank officials are asking borough residents to get their cars off the streets betweenContinue reading "RED BANK: PARKING, PLOWING, RECYCLING"
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PIEHOLE: SNOW DAY MEANS HOT CHOCOLATE
PieHole tracks down a few hot chocolate recipes from chefs, bartenders and home cooks to help you weather the storm. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS WithContinue reading "PIEHOLE: SNOW DAY MEANS HOT CHOCOLATE"
RED BANK: GETTING READY FOR THE STORM
Bike while you can, Red Bank. Borough DPW trucks laid down anti-icing salt brine on streets – that’s Chestnut Street above, looking west toward the train station –  in anticipationContinue reading "RED BANK: GETTING READY FOR THE STORM"
FORECAST: LOTSA SNOW, BITTER COLD
“Significant snowfall expected today and tonight, followed immediately by bitterly cold air,” the National Weather Service said Tuesday morning, warning of a storm that could drop up to 12 inchesContinue reading "FORECAST: LOTSA SNOW, BITTER COLD"
The house on the northwest corner of West Front Street and Rector Place in Red Bank was demolished Monday as part of the rebuilding of nearby Hubbards Bridge into theContinue reading "RED BANK: TEARDOWN AT BRIDGE SITE"
RUMSON: OXFORD HOUSE FILES FEDERAL SUIT
Oxford House says in a court filing that the group home at 61 South Ward Avenue is getting new residents. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RUMSON: OXFORD HOUSE FILES FEDERAL SUIT"
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech, on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. By ISABEL HALLORAN In his I Have a Dream speech,Continue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL CELEBRATES KING"
PIEHOLE: TWO OPENINGS, A RETURN & A MOVE
Long the home of the Little Kraut, the building at the corner of Bridge Avenue and Oakland Street in Red Bank now hosts a two-story version of the relocated SanContinue reading "PIEHOLE: TWO OPENINGS, A RETURN & A MOVE"
RED BANK: SAN REMO DEBUTS IN KRAUT SPACE
Chef/owner Giovanni Bougdour has relocated his 17-year-old San Remo restaurant from Shrewsbury to the former home of the Little Kraut in Red Bank. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: SAN REMO DEBUTS IN KRAUT SPACE"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 18, 2013 to January 09, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES:Continue reading "RED BANK: DOMINO’S ALLEGES WORKER THEFTS"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 9 to January 16, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME AND ARREST REPORTS"
RED BANK: WHO’S MAKING YOUR NEXT SUB?
Now open in Red Bank’s City Centre Plaza: Jersey Mike’s. Yeah, a chain. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) Does Red Bank need another sub shop? The folks at theContinue reading "RED BANK: WHO’S MAKING YOUR NEXT SUB?"
RUMSON: ALL QUIET AT OXFORD HOUSE
The manager of Oxford Houses for New Jersey says the Rumson group home is still occupied, but declines to say if there’s a proctor on site. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RUMSON: ALL QUIET AT OXFORD HOUSE"
MUCH ADO ABOUT TRTC’S ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’
Tonight’s free screening of director Joss Whedon’s 2012 film of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING kicks off a series of special events, keyed to Two River Theater Company’s upcoming production ofContinue reading "MUCH ADO ABOUT TRTC’S ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’"
IN PIEHOLE: CREPES AND PIZZA
Michael Mancuso of Puglia, where he’s the saucemeister working alongside his father, Ben. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If you haven’tContinue reading "IN PIEHOLE: CREPES AND PIZZA"
JOURNO’S RED BANK HOME IN SPOTLIGHT
T. Thomas Fortune, below, will get a month of honor in February. Meantime, efforts to save his home on Doctors Parker Boulevard continue. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "JOURNO’S RED BANK HOME IN SPOTLIGHT"
RED BANK: FOOD FROM THE HEEL OF ITALY
The former Red Bank Pizza is now home to Puglia, named for a Manhattan restaurant with an almost 100-year history. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS TheContinue reading "RED BANK: FOOD FROM THE HEEL OF ITALY"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Gee, Where could that be? If you know, or have an idea, please tell us via email to [email protected]. Last week’s Where Have I Seen This? showed a handsome standpipe.
RED BANK: FESTIVE LIGHTS WINNERS NAMED
A dozen Red Bank kids led by children’s advocate David Prown chose the winners of this season’s festive lighting contest, sponsored by the borough Parks & Rec department and announcedContinue reading "RED BANK: FESTIVE LIGHTS WINNERS NAMED"
RED BANK: GROWING MENU AT WHIPPED BITES
Nick Napoletano gives PieHole a sneak peak of the new savory crepes menu at Whipped Bites.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Whipped Bites is busy. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: GROWING MENU AT WHIPPED BITES"
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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 ...