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KaBoomfest, the new three-night slate of events leading up to the 51st annual Red Bank fireworks show Saturday night, kicked off Thursday night with the opening of a traveling amusementContinue reading "FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIREWORKS FAIR"
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July 2nd, 2010 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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DING! KA-CHING!
A Red Bank patrol car had a fender-bender with a Ferrari 599 GTB (starting price: around $310,000) that was passing behind it on Broad Street during the third annual ‘RaduoContinue reading "DING! KA-CHING!"
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June 28th, 2010 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Of the five readers who wrote in about last week’s Where, three had the same mistaken answer.
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June 3rd, 2010 @ 7am
Hovnanian’s headquarters, at the foot of Maple Avenue in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank-based homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises has agreed to pay $1 million for violations of federal CleanContinue reading "HOV HIT WITH $1 MILLION IN FINES"
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April 21st, 2010 @ 8am
RED BANK CLAIMS LESS OVERCROWDING
This house at 21 Linden Place was the most-cited for overcrowding and related violations in 2009, borough records show. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Overcrowding of rental homes isContinue reading "RED BANK CLAIMS LESS OVERCROWDING"
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March 1st, 2010 @ 11am
A HOTEL TAKE ON HOSPITAL CARE
Riverview Medical Center officials hope to bring a touch of the suite life to hospital stays. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI You can get so much accomplished at Riverview Medical Center theseContinue reading "A HOTEL TAKE ON HOSPITAL CARE"
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January 22nd, 2010 @ 11am
STAVOLA, PLANNERS SPAR OVER PARKING LOT
It seems the Maple Avenue lot across from Borough Hall, at left, is going to remain a parking facility for at least another couple of years.  (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)Continue reading "STAVOLA, PLANNERS SPAR OVER PARKING LOT"
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January 21st, 2010 @ 9am
RIVER’S EDGE SEEKS RETURN TO COZINESS
River’s Edge Café owner Bob Guido says he’s been trying to sell the lease to his Broad Street location for about a year so he can move into a smallerContinue reading "RIVER’S EDGE SEEKS RETURN TO COZINESS"
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January 19th, 2010 @ 12pm
RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS
Among the candidates for ‘best professional theater’ is the Two River Theater. Several mainstays of Red Bank’s celebrated arts venues and entertainment scene, including two whose future ties to townContinue reading "RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS"
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January 15th, 2010 @ 7am
HIGH VOLTAGE ROCKERS AIM FOR THE STARS
The video for Six Volt’s ‘Girl Next Door’ features some locations that may be familiar to locals. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For the last few months, in a nondescript Red BankContinue reading "HIGH VOLTAGE ROCKERS AIM FOR THE STARS"
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January 8th, 2010 @ 9am
BON JOVI BRINGS ‘SOUL’ FOOD TO CHURCH
St. Anthony of Padua transforms into the Soul Kitchen on Friday nights, offering a community restaurant through a partnership with the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)Continue reading "BON JOVI BRINGS ‘SOUL’ FOOD TO CHURCH"
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January 6th, 2010 @ 7am
BASIE WINS NATIONAL HISTORY DESIGNATION
A time-lapse video captured the interior renovation work on the Count Basie Theatre in 2008. Below, a detail of an organ loft grille. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI More than a yearContinue reading "BASIE WINS NATIONAL HISTORY DESIGNATION"
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January 5th, 2010 @ 8am
THE DUDES OF HAZARD
The guys over at Red Bank’s e.d. Design, shown standing at one of Red Bank’s many walking hazards they noticed while taking a smoke break.  (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) ByContinue reading "THE DUDES OF HAZARD"
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December 23rd, 2009 @ 1pm
ST. NICK MAKES AN EARLY ARRIVAL
Red Bank Patrolman Mike Zadlock, er, Santa Claus, made a visit to the Jackson house Monday night to drop off toys as part of the police department’s toy drive. (PhotoContinue reading "ST. NICK MAKES AN EARLY ARRIVAL"
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December 22nd, 2009 @ 8am
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE METERS
Bagged for your pleasure: All metered lots in Red Bank are free until December 27. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Assuming snow-socked shoppers return to downtown Red BankContinue reading "PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE METERS"
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December 21st, 2009 @ 12pm
HOOKAHS ON WEST FRONT
Yo, check it out: hookahs! And are those slippers? (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI No, you did not misread that headline, or imagine what you saw as you passedContinue reading "HOOKAHS ON WEST FRONT"
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December 15th, 2009 @ 10am
ON THE DOCKET: TINY TOWN’S CASELOAD
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s municipal court will be adding to its caseload, albeit lightly, beginning next month. Under a deal finalized by the Red Bank council last night, theContinue reading "ON THE DOCKET: TINY TOWN’S CASELOAD"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 7am
RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS
Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro is in his second year heading the congregation, where the membership has doubled. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Yerachmiel Shapiro really triedContinue reading "RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 6am
CUTE GIRLS. LINGERIE. KISSES. HAPPY HOUR.
If the above headline, or any two parts of it, pretty much describes your idea of heaven, you might want to make your way to downtown Red Bank Wednesday evening.Continue reading "CUTE GIRLS. LINGERIE. KISSES. HAPPY HOUR."
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December 7th, 2009 @ 12pm
CALENDAR TAPS RED BANK PHOTO ARCHIVE
“Wiggie’s Kiddie Center?” A view north on Broad Street in 1951, from the Dorn’s Classic Images archive, is included in the calendar. (Click to enlarge and see Wiggie’s at left)Continue reading "CALENDAR TAPS RED BANK PHOTO ARCHIVE"
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December 7th, 2009 @ 6am
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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 ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.