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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Ten readers got last week’s Where Have I Seen This?, which featured a pair of frogs, a pair of birds and turtle gaily spitting at one another in an idyllicContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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November 8th, 2012 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ABOUT THAT ‘NO ACCUMULATION’ FORECAST…
Uh-oh: It has a name – ‘Athena’ – and contrary to National Weather Service forecasts earlier Wednesday, she has already dumped more than an inch of slushy snow on theContinue reading "ABOUT THAT ‘NO ACCUMULATION’ FORECAST…"
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November 7th, 2012 @ 8pm
NORTHEASTER MOVES INTO REGION
A cold, wet storm quaintly referred to in some quarters as a ‘nor’easter’ moved into the hurricane-battered tri-state region Wednesday afternoon, though this bicyclist on Bridge Avenue in Red BankContinue reading "NORTHEASTER MOVES INTO REGION"
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November 7th, 2012 @ 5pm
SEA BRIGHT BRACES FOR MORE, ONLY LESS
A comfort tent has been set up for personnel manning the blockade on the Rumson side of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WILContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BRACES FOR MORE, ONLY LESS"
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November 7th, 2012 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT: SHOCK AND DISMAY AT DAMAGE
A home on the Shrewsbury River side of Sea Bright showed the height of the flooding on Saturday. Below, a resident leaves a shuttle bus with recovered belongings on Monday,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SHOCK AND DISMAY AT DAMAGE"
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November 7th, 2012 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN GOES FOR INCUMBENTS
Poll workers at Fair Haven’s Youth Center on election day 2012. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Voters in storm-darkened Fair Haven returned two incumbentsContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN GOES FOR INCUMBENTS"
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November 7th, 2012 @ 10am
By JOHN T. WARD Incumbent Republicans Jeffrey DeSalvo and Anthony Pellegrino sailed to new three-year terms on the borough council Tuesday, holding off a challenge from Democrat Donald Sena.
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November 7th, 2012 @ 12am
By JOHN T. WARD Continuing longheld tradition, Rumson voters stuck with the Grand Old Party in electing council members Tuesday. Democrat Philip Wagner won less than 16 percent of theContinue reading "AS USUAL, RUMSON STICKS WITH THE GOP"
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November 6th, 2012 @ 11pm
LITTLE SILVER VOTERS ELECT GILMOUR, SCOTT
Voters coming and going at Little Silver Borough Hall Tuesday morning. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD With 87 percent of the votes counted, Republicans DavidContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER VOTERS ELECT GILMOUR, SCOTT"
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November 6th, 2012 @ 11pm
RED BANK DEMS MAINTAIN LOCK ON POWER
Councilman Mike DuPont referred to his wife’s battle with cancer in his victory speech, with running mate Art Murphy at his side.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD &Continue reading "RED BANK DEMS MAINTAIN LOCK ON POWER"
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November 6th, 2012 @ 11pm
CBS News ran this story Monday about Richie Dodd, owner of the Rumson Exxon station. Still without electricity following Hurricane Sandy eight days ago, Dodd and his employees have beenContinue reading "RUMSON GAS STATION RUNS ON HAND PUMP"
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November 6th, 2012 @ 8am
MIXED AFTERMATH AMONG SEA BRIGHT HOMES
Wine lover Kevin Corbett recovered all his wine, as well as his golf clubs, from his riverside house, which is slated for demolition. Two doors away, the year-old home ofContinue reading "MIXED AFTERMATH AMONG SEA BRIGHT HOMES"
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November 5th, 2012 @ 7pm
UPSTAIRS? NADA. DOWNSTAIRS? UTILITY POLE
It sounded a bit like an urban myth, but redbankgreen can now confirm it: Hurricane Sandy tossed a telephone pole into one of the units at the Anchorage Apartments inContinue reading "UPSTAIRS? NADA. DOWNSTAIRS? UTILITY POLE"
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November 5th, 2012 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT RESIDENTS TO GET ACCESS TODAY
For the second time in four days, Sea Bright residents gathered in a stadium, this time in West Long Branch, to get updates on the storm cleanup Sunday. Below, MayorContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT RESIDENTS TO GET ACCESS TODAY"
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November 5th, 2012 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: FEEDING THE LIFESAVERS
Local restaurateurs banded together on short notice Sunday to provide some gourmet chow to the firefighters, cops, first aiders, other volunteers and contractors who’ve been keeping Sea Bright safe andContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FEEDING THE LIFESAVERS"
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November 4th, 2012 @ 7pm
After wading waist-deep into churning water on Ocean Avenue during the storm on Monday, photographer Peter Lindner returned to Sea Bright on Saturday, along with redbankgreen‘s John T. Ward, toContinue reading "POST-SANDY, A BRIGHTER SEA BRIGHT"
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November 4th, 2012 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
OK, we’re a day late and making it just under the wire, but here’s this week’s Where Have I Seen This. We just couldn’t bear leaving our Wheregulars brokenhearted, especiallyContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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November 2nd, 2012 @ 5pm
STORM SURGE LAYS WASTE TO LITTLE SILVER
Mountains of sopping wet insulation sat discarded on either side of Lippincott Road in Little Silver Friday. (Click to enlarge) In Little Silver, numerous homes were badly damaged or leftContinue reading "STORM SURGE LAYS WASTE TO LITTLE SILVER"
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November 2nd, 2012 @ 5pm
A compilation of photos assembled into a video by someone identified on YouTube as ‘Chris M” documents a walk north into Sea Bright on Tuesday, the day after Hurricane SandyContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: A WALK THROUGH THE WRECKAGE"
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November 2nd, 2012 @ 3pm
RUMSON: HALL OPENS AS COMFORT STATION
Rumson’s Bingham Hall has been transformed into a comfort station, offering residents a warm, lighted place to stay during the day until electricity is restored. The borough Office of EmergencyContinue reading "RUMSON: HALL OPENS AS COMFORT STATION"
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November 2nd, 2012 @ 2pm
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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 ...