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RUMSON: REAL MAN CLIMBS FAKE TREE
Way up there, in a cell tower disguised as a ginormous tree, an unidentified utility worker made repairs Monday to telecom equipment damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The tower adjoins Rumson’sContinue reading "RUMSON: REAL MAN CLIMBS FAKE TREE"
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January 15th, 2013 @ 8am
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The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 4 through January 11, 2013. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK: CELLPHONE THEFTS REPORTED"
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January 14th, 2013 @ 11am
FLU VACCINE IN SHORT SUPPLY
By DAN NATALE Amid a widespread and virulent outbreak of winter flu, immediate prospects for prevention are slim, local health workers say. According to employees at the Red Bank RiteContinue reading "FLU VACCINE IN SHORT SUPPLY"
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January 14th, 2013 @ 10am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Michael Centanni, age 19, from Vermont Avenue in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on January 7, 2013 byContinue reading "M’TOWN: CONTEMPT, DRUG ARRESTS PREVAIL"
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January 14th, 2013 @ 10am
Hundreds of hardy souls dashed into the bracing waters of the Atlantic Ocean in Sea Bright Sunday as part of a fundraiser for parochial schools organized by the Ancient OrderContinue reading "POLAR BEARS GO SQUIRRELY IN SEA BRIGHT"
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January 14th, 2013 @ 8am
The body of a 51-year-old Howell man was found in waters off Rumson Saturday after he’s believed to have drowned while crabbing. Elek Szalay’s body was located by the U.S.Continue reading "CRABBER FOUND DROWNED OFF RUMSON"
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January 13th, 2013 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. December 1– Michael Gavan, 27, of Shrewsbury, NJ, was arrested following a field interview on Branch Ave. forContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS REPORT CELLPHONE THEFTS"
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January 11th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SIPPIN’ AND CHOWIN’ EVENT OK’D
The logo for next summer’s Sippin’ on the River two-day food-and-drink fest, to be held in Marine Park. The event joins a seasonal roster that also includes the International FlavourContinue reading "RED BANK: SIPPIN’ AND CHOWIN’ EVENT OK’D"
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January 10th, 2013 @ 12pm
LAYING DOWN SOME RUBBER AT BASIE FIELDS
A spreader scatters crumb rubber on one of the new artificial-turf ballfields at Count Basie Fields in Red Bank as part of a $2.1 million makeover of the facility Wednesday.Continue reading "LAYING DOWN SOME RUBBER AT BASIE FIELDS"
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January 10th, 2013 @ 10am
SCHOOL ARTS TO GET INSTRUCTOR BOOST
Count Basie CEO Adam Philipson and director of education Yvonne Lamb Scudiery meet the press on Tuesday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Red Bank’s youngest studentsContinue reading "SCHOOL ARTS TO GET INSTRUCTOR BOOST"
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January 10th, 2013 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Drop us a line, please, if you know where this week’s Where photo was taken.
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January 10th, 2013 @ 8am
WALK, SWIM, WHATEVER YOU LIKE
The temperature was 48 degrees, but a lingering skin of ice on Red Bank’s Mohawk Pond gave a flock of Canada Geese the choice between standing and swimming Wednesday afternoon.Continue reading "WALK, SWIM, WHATEVER YOU LIKE"
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January 10th, 2013 @ 7am
BANK TO DEPOSIT ITSELF ON BROAD STREET
OceanFirst Bank will take space in a building that’s been a supermarket, a five-and-dime and home to a number of financial services companies over its 92-year history. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "BANK TO DEPOSIT ITSELF ON BROAD STREET"
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January 9th, 2013 @ 7am
7-ELEVEN SETTLEMENT GETS QUICK CHECKOUT
A lawyer for the planned 7-Eleven said signage lighting would be turned off, and other lighting would be reduced to the minimum needed for security, during the hours when theContinue reading "7-ELEVEN SETTLEMENT GETS QUICK CHECKOUT"
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January 8th, 2013 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Michael Sesta, age 51, from Morningside Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on December 31, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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January 7th, 2013 @ 11am
Mayor Dina Long at the annual reorganization of borough government Saturday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Though it was an eventful, tumultuous year in thisContinue reading "AMID WRECKAGE, SEA BRIGHT STARTS ANEW"
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January 7th, 2013 @ 10am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 28, 2012 to January 4, 2013. This information is unedited. Theft occurring betweenContinue reading "RED BANK COPS CHARGE MAN FOR DRUGS, GUN"
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January 7th, 2013 @ 8am
RUMSON HONORS R-FH RUNNERS, COACHES
Coaches Tim McLoone, in gray cap, and Henry Mercer, at center, mingle with supporters at Meadowridge Park before Friday’s dedication of a plaque, below, honoring the 2011 Rumson-Fair Haven girls’Continue reading "RUMSON HONORS R-FH RUNNERS, COACHES"
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January 7th, 2013 @ 7am
SAILING ON THROUGH WINTER
The calendar might say winter, but some sailors from the Monmouth Boat Club decided that sunshine, temperatures in the mid-40s and an ice-free Navesink River made for fine racing conditionsContinue reading "SAILING ON THROUGH WINTER"
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January 7th, 2013 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT RISING, ONE GIFT CARD AT A TIME
Ilene Winters and Chris Wood reviewing requests for help from Sea Bright Rising in Wood’s office Thursday. Below, a mudline shows the height of the water that inundated homes andContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT RISING, ONE GIFT CARD AT A TIME"
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January 4th, 2013 @ 1pm
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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 ...
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 ...