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SEE UPDATE BELOW Recent activity reports, unedited, for the month of December, 2012, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. •[UPDATE, December 9, 2020: The following charges against EmilyContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TEENS ARRESTED FOR DRUG SALES"
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January 16th, 2013 @ 11am
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Keeping it local, the sandwiches at Locals Creative Fresh Takeout are named for local places, heroes and legends. Below, returnable baskets customers can use to tote lunches to the beach.Continue reading "RUMSON: TAKEOUT PLACE REPLACES OLD DELI"
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January 16th, 2013 @ 8am
FROM TROUBLEMAKER TO SOLDIER
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Evan Sanborn before he enlisted in the Army, above, and in a more recent photo, below. (Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE [Editor’s note: an earlier version of this storyContinue reading "FROM TROUBLEMAKER TO SOLDIER"
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January 15th, 2013 @ 12pm
RUMSON: REAL MAN CLIMBS FAKE TREE
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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January 10th, 2013 @ 8am
WALK, SWIM, WHATEVER YOU LIKE
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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
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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
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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
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
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 ...
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