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RED BANK TO GET MORE FOUR-WAY STOPS
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The intersection of River Street and Bridge Avenue is one of three leading to the Red Bank Primary School that will become four-way stops. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank MayorContinue reading "RED BANK TO GET MORE FOUR-WAY STOPS"
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February 16th, 2011 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The decision concerns a 50-year-old apartment building on Bodman Place that the owner wanted to convert to condos. (Click to enlarge) The state appeals court has upheld the Red BankContinue reading "APPEALS COURT OKS COLONY HOUSE DENIAL"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 4pm
DuPONT: CAN WE DO THIS SOME OTHER TIME?
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Councilman Mike DuPont at Red Bank’s government reorganization meeting on January 1. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s borough council is mulling a change in its bimonthly meeting schedule to accommodateContinue reading "DuPONT: CAN WE DO THIS SOME OTHER TIME?"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 2pm
ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST
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The Planned Parenthood clinic on Newman Springs Road is the purported terminus of a protest walk planned for March 12. Below, Councilman Ed Zipprich. (Click to enlarge) The Red BankContinue reading "ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 9am
MENNA: RED BANK NEEDS MORE NIGHT ACTION
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The mayor says entertainment ventures could help fill empty storefronts. Above, two long-time vacant spaces on West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) Citing a surplus of vacant storefronts and notContinue reading "MENNA: RED BANK NEEDS MORE NIGHT ACTION"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 7am
Republican state Senator Jennifer Beck, left, got a fair amount of media attention over the weekend for her campaign to purge laws of outdated and sexist treatment of women. TheContinue reading "BECK TAKES AIM AT SEXIST STATUTES"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 8am
FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY
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Below, a lone ice floe sporting a stalk of phragmites appears headed to its doom in the upper Navesink as temperature rise today. But how long will it take toContinue reading "FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 6am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of February 4 to February 11, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Theft occurring atContinue reading "YOUR WEEKLY RED BANK CRIME REPORT"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 5am
KABOOMERS PROMISE FRESH START
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A promotional video for the KaBOOM fireworks show. Below, Tim Hogan, new chairman of KaBoom’s executive committee. (Click to enlarge photo) Coming off two years of financial challenges and crowd-controlContinue reading "KABOOMERS PROMISE FRESH START"
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February 11th, 2011 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Only one of the many readers who wrote in on last week’s image, which showed a roadside “Deer Xing” sign, got it wrong. Turns out to be a well-noticed spot.
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February 10th, 2011 @ 9am
A report on Fox5 Wednesday tees up local rock stars Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Max Weinberg for “the huge tax breaks” they get for claiming parts of their estatesContinue reading "FOX: SPRINGTEEN & BON JOVI ARE FARMERS?"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 7am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 21 to February 04, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT"
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February 8th, 2011 @ 10am
JERSEYS FOR JESUS
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Sunday was ‘Jerseys for Jesus’ day at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank, where congregants were encouraged to sport their team colors. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)
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February 7th, 2011 @ 9am
BROAD STREET CLOCK RESTARTED
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The Reussille’s clock was back to telling the correct time late Friday afternoon. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s landmark downtown clock is back to telling time, even if its ownerContinue reading "BROAD STREET CLOCK RESTARTED"
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February 4th, 2011 @ 5pm
Sweetest Sin Boutique hosted a Valentine’s lingerie show at Taste in Red Bank Thursday night, and photographer Peter Lindner got the hot pix for redbankgreen. To enlarge the photo display,Continue reading "REVEALING TASTES, AND MORE"
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February 4th, 2011 @ 9am
In a video posted on YouTube in support of an outreach effort for gay teenagers who may be considering suicide, Red Bank Councilman Ed Zipprich talks about his own sexualityContinue reading "ZIPPRICH ADDS TO ‘IT GETS BETTER’ EFFORT"
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February 3rd, 2011 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Be a deer dear and send us an email if you think you can identify this week’s Where location, please.
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February 3rd, 2011 @ 8am
M’TOWN TRAFFIC STOP ENDS IN DRUG BUST
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A 19-year-old Red Bank man was held on drug charges Sunday after Middletown police found pot, cocaine and Ecstacy in his car, authorities said Wednesday. Jeremy Browne of Spring StreetContinue reading "M’TOWN TRAFFIC STOP ENDS IN DRUG BUST"
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February 2nd, 2011 @ 4pm
Tom Fishkin of Readie’s Fine Foods and activist Cindy Burham took it on themselves to clear off some ice-encrusted benches in downtown Red Bank Tuesday. “Nobody will sit on them,Continue reading "NOW WAS THAT SO HARD?"
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February 2nd, 2011 @ 7am
Punxsutawney Phil’s yearly debut, as reimagined at a spot along the Middletown side of the Navesink River at McClee’s Creek. It’s a pretty good bet that Punxsutawney Phil won’t seeContinue reading "SICK OF WINTER? TAKE A PHIL PILL"
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February 2nd, 2011 @ 6am
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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'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
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 ...