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RED BANK COPS TO RIDE FOR LATE CHIEF
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Police Chief Steve McCarthy in 2010. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) Members of the Red Bank Police Benevolent Association plan a memorial bike ride this week for the lateContinue reading "RED BANK COPS TO RIDE FOR LATE CHIEF"
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May 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A jogger added a splash of pink to a gray morning on the Middletown end of the Oceanic Bridge on May 1, 2014. (Video by Gerda Liebmann. Click to pause.)Continue reading "CLIPPINGS: A DASH OF COLOR AMID THE GRAY"
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May 5th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: HAMILTON CLOSING STORE
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The Princeton-based jeweler has had its store at 19 Broad Street since 2003.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Hamilton Jewelers is closing its Red Bank store, the companyContinue reading "RED BANK: HAMILTON CLOSING STORE"
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May 5th, 2014 @ 6am
An unidentified Fair Haven man remained hospitalized Friday afternoon after being hit by a car in the A&P shopping center parking lot in Little Silver. Police Chief Dan Shaffery saidContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAN STRUCK IN LITTLE SILVER LOT"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 3pm
A family of Canada geese appeared flummoxed by the detour at Bridge Avenue and Oakland Street in Red Bank Friday afternoon. Filmmaker Bill Day caught their meanderings on video. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: MIGRATION ROUTE DETOUR"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 2pm
WHO FIXED THE NAVESINK OSPREY NEST?
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The osprey nest as see Friday morning, above, and a year ago, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) A precariously leaning home to ospreys in the NavesinkContinue reading "WHO FIXED THE NAVESINK OSPREY NEST?"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 2pm
A former State Trooper from Little Silver was sentenced Thursday for falsifying audit reports. Glenn Mannino, 52, a former sergeant and assistant unit head of the Criminal Justice Information SystemContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: EX-TROOPER SENTENCED"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: NEW TRUSTEES GET THEIR FEET WET
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Mayor Pasquale Menna, right, swears in new library board members in the Eisner Room. Sara Hansen, center below, with Elizabeth McDermott and Steve Hecht, was chosen board president. (Photos byContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW TRUSTEES GET THEIR FEET WET"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 8am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of April 24 to May 1, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: THREE HIGH-PRICED BIKES SWIPED"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Can you identify the subject of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected]. Last weeks’ Where was “too easy,” wrote WheregularContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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May 1st, 2014 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: RESIDENTS RALLY FOR TEACHERS
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Students held signs with the names of teachers whose jobs they hoped to save. Board member Katy Frissora, below, fielded a question from a parent. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: RESIDENTS RALLY FOR TEACHERS"
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May 1st, 2014 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN MAN TO HEAD RED BANK SCHOOLS
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Jared Rumage, below, was named to head the two-school district, including the primary school, above. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After a seven-monthContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAN TO HEAD RED BANK SCHOOLS"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 5pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of April 17 to April 24, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK: $1400 IN FILET MIGNON STOLEN"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 8am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of April 11 to April 23, 1014. Report of Theft in the area of TraderContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: THEFTS AT DD, TRADER JOE’S"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 6am
Brown water alert: Red Bank’s annual spring hydrant flushing begins Tuesday night on the West Side and continues nightly, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., according to an announcement onContinue reading "RED BANK: HYDRANT FLUSHING BEGINS"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE SOLD, USE UNKNOWN
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With his brother, Michael, looking on, John Morgan gives borough Administrator Stanley Sickels a deposit for the firehouse purchase. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE SOLD, USE UNKNOWN"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOLS HEAD UNDER FIRE
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Superintendent Nelson Ribon, center above, fielded pointed questions from parents, including one, below, who compared him to a CEO who had lost the respect of his employees. (Photo by JohnContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOLS HEAD UNDER FIRE"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 7am
LINCROFT: MONMOUTH TAKES RUGBY CUP
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Team captain Evan Fitzgerald scoring the game-winning try as Red Bank-based Monmouth Rugby Football Club beat Buffalo, 28-25, and took the Empire GU championship at Thompson Park in Lincroft Saturday. MoreContinue reading "LINCROFT: MONMOUTH TAKES RUGBY CUP"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: UNDERWATER AT BRIDGE SITE
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A coffer kept contractors dry while working below the surface of the Navesink River at the site of the new Hubbards Bridge under construction between Red Bank and Middletown Monday afternoon.Continue reading "RED BANK: UNDERWATER AT BRIDGE SITE"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 2pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’89697′]Scenes from Sunday’s Red Bank International Flavour Festival, where some downtown restaurants showed off their menus, diners induclged, and a guy dressed as a strip of bacon wandered amidContinue reading "RED BANK: HAND-TO-MOUTH AT FOOD FEST"
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April 28th, 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'.