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Clippings came across window-washer Eric Auerbach doing his thing in downtown Red Bank on July 12, 2014. Auerbach was also featured in a redbankgreen interview in August, 2006. In theContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: MAINTAINING A CLEAR VIEW"
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July 14th, 2014 @ 2pm
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The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of July 3 to July 10, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: LATEST POLICE BLOTTER"
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July 14th, 2014 @ 1pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’91586′]Sunday’s Doc Holiday Car Show in Red Bank’s White Street lot was bittersweet for the members of the host Liberty Hose fire company, who lost their century-old firehouse inContinue reading "RED BANK: A BITTERSWEET RETURN"
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July 14th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: SCHOOL PATH MAY BE PAVED
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Locust Place, as seen in 2012, above, links Locust Avenue with the Red Bank Primary School, as seen in the aerial below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: SCHOOL PATH MAY BE PAVED"
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July 14th, 2014 @ 8am
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. James Flynn, age 37, from Mason Drive in Hazlet, NJ, arrested on July 3, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MAN CHARGED IN COP ASSAULT"
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July 14th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNTRY FEST IN THE RED
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They danced, but they didn’t eat much, at the country music festival last month. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The music was a hit,Continue reading "RED BANK: COUNTRY FEST IN THE RED"
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July 11th, 2014 @ 10am
Pix from the 2013 edition of Artiepalooza, which attracted some 85 vessels at its peak, organizers say. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Among theContinue reading "NAVESINK RIVER: ARTIEPALOOZA RETURNS"
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July 11th, 2014 @ 6am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of June 28 to July 3, 2014. Report of Forgery in the area of FamousContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER"
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July 10th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: SIGN CRACKDOWN SPARKS IRE
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Neon signs in store windows at the City Centre strip mall on White Street. Cluck U Chicken, above left, got a warning, but Psychic Advisor Gina on Monmouth Street, below,Continue reading "RED BANK: SIGN CRACKDOWN SPARKS IRE"
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July 10th, 2014 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Hey, summer fruititarians: can you identify the location of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected]. Last week’s photo was ofContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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July 10th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: SALES SOARING FOR DRONES
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Alan Placer of Hobbymasters gives a quick demo of drone flying. Below, a matchbox-sized drone without a camera. (Photo and video by John T. Ward. Click photo to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: SALES SOARING FOR DRONES"
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July 9th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: INCINERATOR SITE TO GET… WHAT?
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The former landfill on West Sunset Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After years of environmental remediation, Red Bank’s former landfill is expectedContinue reading "RED BANK: INCINERATOR SITE TO GET… WHAT?"
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July 8th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: EDGEWOOD HOME PLAN NIXED
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 A proposal to subdivide the property at 9 Edgewood Place, below, drew nearly two dozen opponents Monday night.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RUMSON: EDGEWOOD HOME PLAN NIXED"
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July 8th, 2014 @ 6am
A Middletown cop suffered a hand injury in a hit-and-run while he directed traffic on Route 35 Monday morning, police reported. Patrolman Thomas Hughes was treated and released from RiverviewContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: COP STRUCK IN HIT-AND-RUN"
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July 7th, 2014 @ 2pm
Kevin Barry, operations manager of the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank, gets the once-over from Clippings on June 26, 2014 as he looks out onto the Navesink River fromContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: HOTELIER WITH A VIEW"
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July 7th, 2014 @ 11am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 26 to July 3, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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July 7th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: CAR FLIPS DOWNTOWN
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Firefighters examine the wreckage after they rescued a motorist trapped in an overturned Jeep Cherokee on Broad Street in Red Bank around 7 p.m. Thursday. According to police Chief DarrenContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR FLIPS DOWNTOWN"
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July 3rd, 2014 @ 11pm
SEA BRIGHT: MURPHY QUITS COUNCIL
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Read Murphy with television reporters shortly before Hurricane Sandy hit Sea Bright. He’s expected to be succeeded by John Lamia, below, who outpolled him in last month’s GOP primary. (PhotoContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: MURPHY QUITS COUNCIL"
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July 3rd, 2014 @ 4pm
Red Bank police arrested a mother and son on drug charges Wednesday, according to Chief Darren McConnell. Following a monthlong investigation by Lieutenant Robert Clayton, police executed a narcotics searchContinue reading "RED BANK COPS BUST MOTHER & SON"
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July 3rd, 2014 @ 2pm
Beachgoers beat a retreat from Beach E at Sandy Hook following the cancellation of a weekly concert because of an approaching storm Wednesday evening. Forecasts indicate that Hurricane Arthur willContinue reading "SOGGY START TO HOLIDAY WEEKEND?"
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July 3rd, 2014 @ 10am
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RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
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'.