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Monthly Archives: May 2017

LITTLE SILVER: LIBRARY BOOK SALE RETURNS
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LITTLE SILVER: Friends of the Library plan their annual book sale fundraiser over two days next week. Stock up on your summer reading.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON GALLERY HOSTS RBR PHOTO MAJORS
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RUMSON: The photography of six Red Bank Regional seniors is on view at Canvas Studio, beginning May 18.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 5am
RUMSON: EX-FHPD CHIEF VISITS RCDS
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RUMSON: Eight graders at Rumson Country Day School learn about respect and overcoming obstacles, from Police Academy's director Breckinridge.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: A FRONTIER FUNDER AT TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Tony-level talent helps Two River Theater host an advance listen to the original musical, THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 6pm
SHREWSBURY: CHRISTIE IN CLASH OVER REHAB
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SHREWSBURY: Governor Chris Christie opens new outpatient drug counseling center here by shouting down protestors as "ignorant" NIMBYs.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ZONING SHORTCUT TO GET DO-OVER
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RED BANK: Council will try again to make it easier for builders to redevelop "underutilized" properties in the train station area.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: ELECTRIC CAR SHOW SLATED
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RED BANK: The borough's Environmental Commission plans an electric car show this month to juice awareness of EVs and other alternatives to gas guzzlers.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN TEEN AIMS FOR OLYMPIC GLORY
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FAIR HAVEN: A "Dream Team" of young archers has selected a RFH junior for its Olympic training program.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: CHRISTIE TO OPEN REHAB UNIT
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SHREWSBURY: Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to cut the ribbon on a new outpatient drug addiction treatment center here Thursday.
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May 10th, 2017 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: AUTHORS SERVE UP MEMORIES
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ON THE GREEN: Memories of amusements past, and comfort food from a surprising source, on the local book front this Thursday.
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May 10th, 2017 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: NEW AMBULANCE DEBUTS
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LITTLE SILVER: Borough first aiders take the wraps off a new ambulance, which came in "$50 under budget," says ex-chief.
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May 10th, 2017 @ 9am
A KEY EVENT FOR RBR PIANO PROGRAM
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LITTLE SILVER: The piano program at Red Bank Regional celebrates 25 years with a special public Piano and Harp Concert on May 24.
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May 10th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: Woman arrested after hairy police pursuit in which she crashed three times, finally taking down a utility pole.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 8pm
RED BANK: TURNING LANE ERASED
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RED BANK: Say goodbye to that weird little jog into the right lane on Broad Street at Linden Place.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 6pm
RED BANK: The median police salary in New Jersey crossed the $100,000 mark in 2016, and most of the towns on the Greater Green were in step.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ‘PARIS’ IN THE SPRING
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RED BANK: Sneak a peek at PARIS CAN WAIT, screening this Thursday as a feature-length fundraiser for Monmouth Arts.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: ESSAY LAUDS “TINY” TOWN
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LITTLE SILVER: Here's the essay on growing up in the borough that earned a Red Bank Regional senior at $1,000 scholarship.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: K9 UNIT OK’D, BUT NOT A FUND
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LITTLE SILVER: Borough will set up a K9 unit, but not a donor fund for it, following action by a divided council Monday night.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: HABITAT EVENT RETURNS FOR 2017
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RED BANK: The Oyster Point is the scene of a second annual Taste for Homes fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, on May 15.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: Four weeks worth of crime and arrest reports from borough police includes two arrests of the same person.
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May 8th, 2017 @ 11am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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 ...