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Ample signs of spring bloomed in Rumson Sunday along Bingham Avenue, above, and at the Linden Hill estate, right, where a yellow magnolia tree was on display as part ofContinue reading "RUMSON: SPRING, 2013"
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FLYING SAUCERS IN SHREWSBURY
It’s spring, 2013, on Broad Street (Route 35), just north of Silverbrook Road in Shrewsbury, and the Saucer Magnolias (Magnolia x soulangeana) are in bloom. (Click to enlarge)
LITTLE SILVER: SPRING 2013
A cherry blossom tree in bloom Saturday on Woodbine Avenue in Little Silver. (Click to enlarge)
The wind-down to the start of winter, and the winter solstice – shortest day of the year, occurring today – as seen in a tree on Madison Avenue in Red Bank.
RED BANK: TREE DOWN
A large tree fell on Monmouth Street in Red Bank Sunday morning, damaging a fence at the Crossfit Triple Threat gym at the corner of Pearl Street. Winds were lightContinue reading "RED BANK: TREE DOWN"
THE AXEMAN COMETH
An unidentified axe-wielding man, one of two on the scene, chops away at a tree that fell across Harding Road just east of Spring Street in a thunderstorm that blewContinue reading "THE AXEMAN COMETH"
After months of arguing that Fair Haven’s tree ordinance is unconstitutional and needs to be put through a chipper, borough Councilman Bob Marchese is now proposing that it be dugContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TREE LAW MAY BE TRANSPLANTED"
BATTLE OVER TREE ENDS WITH REMOVAL OK
The 100-foot tulip poplar, center, became a lightning rod for opinions about Fair Haven’s tree law.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After nearly a year of controversy, aContinue reading "BATTLE OVER TREE ENDS WITH REMOVAL OK"
On the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank, atop Tower Hill, is a wonder of a nature: a paper-bark birch throwing off its clothes in paper-thin layersContinue reading "UNDRESSING IN THE CHURCHYARD"
CUT DOWN, BUILDER TRIES NEW TREE PLAN
The health of the tulip poplar at center, above, has been a pivotal issue in the dispute. Below, the developer’s latest tree plan. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "CUT DOWN, BUILDER TRIES NEW TREE PLAN"
After almost a year and a half of on-and-off debate, an effort to trim Fair Haven’s tree-protection ordinance failed Monday night, the Asbury Park Press reports. Mayor Mike Halfacre, whoContinue reading "MAYOR’S VOTE HALTS TREE-LAW SAW"
HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO USHER IN THE SEASON
Scenes from the 2010 Holiday Express concert. (Click to enlarge) The newborn 2011 holiday season moves outdoors with a bang of a snare drum and a blast of white lightContinue reading "HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO USHER IN THE SEASON"
CHRISTMAS TREE STAYING PUT
A hasty push to move Red Bank’s traditional Christmas tree to Riverside Gardens Park for the coming holiday season failed Thursday night as town officials balked over questions about properContinue reading "CHRISTMAS TREE STAYING PUT"
WEEKEND WRECKS LEAD TO DWI CHARGES
A street sign impaled a tree on Broad Street as a result of predawn accident that destroyed a utility pole and led to a shutdown of the road for severalContinue reading "WEEKEND WRECKS LEAD TO DWI CHARGES"
CASE OF ALLEGED TREE ‘MURDER’ CONTINUES
Construction of a 5,000-square-foot home is underway on the Navesink Avenue site that neighbors claim was improperly clear-cut. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A dispute between neighboring propertyContinue reading "CASE OF ALLEGED TREE ‘MURDER’ CONTINUES"
Rick Jones, who shot this video in August, and his wife, Cindy Zipf, claim flooding in their neighborhood was worsened by clear-cutting that the town should not have allowed. AContinue reading "RUMSON TREE TUSSLE RESUMES"
The councilman most opposed to the ordinance says he’s open to compromise, but still itching to repeal it. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD On Monday night’s borough councilContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TREE LAW IN FOR TRIMMING"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS, MAN?
Only one reader wrote in to identify last week’s Where, a photo of a sign reading “Exit to River Rd.” tacked to a tree trunk.
Zoe Gallagher, 13, had rallied support for the measure after trees on a Poplar Avenue property were cut down to make room for two houses. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; clickContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TREE ORDINANCE DIES"
THIS WEEKEND: WESTSIDE TREE LIGHTING
A scene from last year’s edition of the Westside Community Group tree lighting. (Click to enlarge) It doesn’t draw nearly the crowd of its downtown cousin, but what the annualContinue reading "THIS WEEKEND: WESTSIDE TREE LIGHTING"
Partyline
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 ...