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BELLHAVEN PARK NEEDS TLC
Red Bank officials are seeking funds for the Bellhaven Park nature area on Locust Avenue. Below, a map from the 2006 waterfront plan. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "BELLHAVEN PARK NEEDS TLC"
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August 3rd, 2011 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: RED BANK
Red Bank’s National Night Out celebration, a sun-soaked evening held in the borough hall parking lot, featured many fixings of a community coming together: a walk around town, tours ofContinue reading "NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: RED BANK"
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August 3rd, 2011 @ 4am
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: FAIR HAVEN
What’s better: petting a drug-sniffing dog, shaking hands with McGruff the Crime Dog or sinking Mayor Mike Halfacre in the dunk tank? It was a close call at Tuesday night’sContinue reading "NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: FAIR HAVEN"
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August 3rd, 2011 @ 4am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A man rollerblading in the area of Brandywine Way in Middletown was assaulted by three men Sunday, police said. According to Detective Lieutenant Steve Dollinger, the unidentifiedContinue reading "ROLLERBLADER ASSAULTED ON SKATE HOME"
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August 2nd, 2011 @ 12pm
TREE ‘MURDER’ ALLEGED IN RUMSON
Cindy Zipf, right, shows residents photos of her neighbor’s property, which she says was clear-cut of its trees. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The questContinue reading "TREE ‘MURDER’ ALLEGED IN RUMSON"
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August 2nd, 2011 @ 12pm
STOKABOKA, ADAMS IMPORTS GOING UNDER
Stokaboka Surf and Skate will likely close its doors for good by the end of the weekend, says owner Mike Boylan. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "STOKABOKA, ADAMS IMPORTS GOING UNDER"
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August 2nd, 2011 @ 7am
A NIGHT OUT FOR RED BANK, FAIR HAVEN
Scenes from the 2010 National Night Out in Red Bank. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s one night of the year where the badge andContinue reading "A NIGHT OUT FOR RED BANK, FAIR HAVEN"
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August 1st, 2011 @ 12pm
DUMPSTER SWIMMING POOLS FOR RED BANK?
A Macro-Sea Dumpster pool under construction in 2009. (Photo courtesy of Macro-Sea. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sharon Lee wants to bring Dumpster diving to a whole new levelContinue reading "DUMPSTER SWIMMING POOLS FOR RED BANK?"
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August 1st, 2011 @ 8am
Little Silver Mayor Suzanne Castleman passed away Friday at 76. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Suzanne Castleman, Little Silver’s mayor and a lifelong resident ofContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER MAYOR CASTLEMAN DIES"
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July 31st, 2011 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It was a tense situation for one Garden State Parkway driver earlier this week who was being chased by a man claiming to be a State PoliceContinue reading "FAKE COP BUSTED IN ROAD RAGE"
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July 29th, 2011 @ 12pm
Photos by Stacie Fanelli. To enlarge the slideshow, click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Late in 2009 and into 2010, a sign in aContinue reading "IT’S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE IN CUPCAKE CITY"
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July 29th, 2011 @ 11am
EXTRA EYES, PATROLS SET FOR RED BANK
A bench at Riverside Gardens Park, where vandalism and littering have been growing problems. Debris in the pole-vault box at Count Basie Fields, below. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "EXTRA EYES, PATROLS SET FOR RED BANK"
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July 29th, 2011 @ 7am
CURB ALERT: HOT DEALS IN RED BANK
On the lookout for bargains at Mustillo’s in 2008. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI You don’t have to be a meteorologist to know that Red Bank’s Sidewalk Sale isContinue reading "CURB ALERT: HOT DEALS IN RED BANK"
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July 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
WATER MAIN FIX SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER
Work on an old water main below Shrewsbury Avenue is expected to begin after Labor Day. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI An overdue upgrade toContinue reading "WATER MAIN FIX SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER"
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July 28th, 2011 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Farmingdale man already in jail on charges of breaking into unlocked cars all over the redbankgreen coverage area and beyond now faces additional charges for theContinue reading "RED BANK CHARGES CAR BURGLARY SUSPECT"
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July 27th, 2011 @ 10am
OFFICIALS TOUT BAMM HOLLOW OPEN SPACE
A view of Bamm Hollow from the Garden State Parkway. Middetown officials say the view won’t change. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If and whenContinue reading "OFFICIALS TOUT BAMM HOLLOW OPEN SPACE"
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July 27th, 2011 @ 7am
COPS: CLERK POCKETED CASH
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI An employee at the Target on Route 35 was taken from the store in cuffs last week after police say she pocketed cash that was supposed toContinue reading "COPS: CLERK POCKETED CASH"
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July 26th, 2011 @ 9am
COPS: WHALER ‘RODE OVER’ VICTIM’S BOAT
Saturday night’s fatal boat collision occurred near Buoy 20, seen here from Rich Stavola’s Navesink River Road home, where authorities based their rescue operations. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "COPS: WHALER ‘RODE OVER’ VICTIM’S BOAT"
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July 26th, 2011 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT FIREFIGHTERS GUILTY IN SCUFFLE
A Sea Bright Fire Department engine truck on display at the department’s wet-down celebration, shortly before three firefighters got into a scuffle that led to charges. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi;Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT FIREFIGHTERS GUILTY IN SCUFFLE"
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July 22nd, 2011 @ 12pm
WHAT HEAT?
It sure didn’t feel like 97 degrees to the Cavalieri family today. The Staten Islanders, who have a vacation home in the Navesink section of Middletown, launched from Rumson andContinue reading "WHAT HEAT?"
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July 21st, 2011 @ 3pm
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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.