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WEEKEND: ELIVII, DANCE, QUILTS, MOSAICS…
Dance majors in RBR’s Visual and Performing Arts program present ‘A Blast from the Past,’ 23 dances choreographed to the music of the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Queen, Madonna and more.Continue reading "WEEKEND: ELIVII, DANCE, QUILTS, MOSAICS…"
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SENIORS GET A NEW TAKE ON BURGERS
Residents and staffers at the Atrium line up for burgers and fixings Wednesday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON The chef from Beasty Burgers, one ofContinue reading "SENIORS GET A NEW TAKE ON BURGERS"
Monmouth Boat Club was inundated by the Navesink River hours before Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, and the river rose several feet after this photo was taken. (PhotoContinue reading "BOAT CLUB RECOVERING FROM SANDY"
FROM TROUBLEMAKER TO SOLDIER
Evan Sanborn before he enlisted in the Army, above, and in a more recent photo, below. (Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE [Editor’s note: an earlier version of this storyContinue reading "FROM TROUBLEMAKER TO SOLDIER"
CHRISTOPHER CROSS SAILING INTO RED BANK
Grammy’d-up singer-songwriter Christopher Cross comes to Red Bank’s Two River Theater for an Intimate Evenings concert (and a benefit for Sandy Relief) on Thursday. By TOM CHESEK To a hugeContinue reading "CHRISTOPHER CROSS SAILING INTO RED BANK"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 4 through January 11, 2013. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK: CELLPHONE THEFTS REPORTED"
FLU VACCINE IN SHORT SUPPLY
By DAN NATALE Amid a widespread and virulent outbreak of winter flu, immediate prospects for prevention are slim, local health workers say. According to employees at the Red Bank RiteContinue reading "FLU VACCINE IN SHORT SUPPLY"
YMCA ADDS THREE TEEN-FOCUSED PROGRAMS
The Y Teen Achievers program, one of the new programs at the Red Bank location, helps prepare local high school students for college and employment, and includes a spring college tour, pictured above.Continue reading "YMCA ADDS THREE TEEN-FOCUSED PROGRAMS"
The Daily Show political correspondent John Oliver brings his mordant wit to the Basie, and former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand is at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional to to discuss hisContinue reading "WEEKENDER: HOME SHOW, RECOVERY, SATIRE"
RED BANK: SIPPIN’ AND CHOWIN’ EVENT OK’D
The logo for next summer’s Sippin’ on the River two-day food-and-drink fest, to be held in Marine Park. The event joins a seasonal roster that also includes the International FlavourContinue reading "RED BANK: SIPPIN’ AND CHOWIN’ EVENT OK’D"
LAYING DOWN SOME RUBBER AT BASIE FIELDS
A spreader scatters crumb rubber on one of the new artificial-turf ballfields at Count Basie Fields in Red Bank as part of a $2.1 million makeover of the facility Wednesday.Continue reading "LAYING DOWN SOME RUBBER AT BASIE FIELDS"
SCHOOL ARTS TO GET INSTRUCTOR BOOST
Count Basie CEO Adam Philipson and director of education Yvonne Lamb Scudiery meet the press on Tuesday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Red Bank’s youngest studentsContinue reading "SCHOOL ARTS TO GET INSTRUCTOR BOOST"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Drop us a line, please, if you know where this week’s Where photo was taken.
WALK, SWIM, WHATEVER YOU LIKE
The temperature was 48 degrees, but a lingering skin of ice on Red Bank’s Mohawk Pond gave a flock of Canada Geese the choice between standing and swimming Wednesday afternoon.Continue reading "WALK, SWIM, WHATEVER YOU LIKE"
BANK TO DEPOSIT ITSELF ON BROAD STREET
OceanFirst Bank will take space in a building that’s been a supermarket, a five-and-dime and home to a number of financial services companies over its 92-year history. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "BANK TO DEPOSIT ITSELF ON BROAD STREET"
7-ELEVEN SETTLEMENT GETS QUICK CHECKOUT
A lawyer for the planned 7-Eleven said signage lighting would be turned off, and other lighting would be reduced to the minimum needed for security, during the hours when theContinue reading "7-ELEVEN SETTLEMENT GETS QUICK CHECKOUT"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 28, 2012 to January 4, 2013. This information is unedited. Theft occurring betweenContinue reading "RED BANK COPS CHARGE MAN FOR DRUGS, GUN"
SAILING ON THROUGH WINTER
The calendar might say winter, but some sailors from the Monmouth Boat Club decided that sunshine, temperatures in the mid-40s and an ice-free Navesink River made for fine racing conditionsContinue reading "SAILING ON THROUGH WINTER"
The young son of new fire department Chief TD Doremus makes a beeline for his dad at Tuesday’s swearing-in. Below, Councilman Mike DuPont takes the oath of office, administered byContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW YEAR, FAMILIAR FACES"
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR LAYLA…
A sailboat named Layla was smashed against the Navesink River dock at Maple Cove in Red Bank during Wednesday night’s storm. Reader Len Oppenheim grabbed this photo from Riverview Towers.Continue reading "IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR LAYLA…"
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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 ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...