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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Recognize this? If so, please shoot us an email telling us where the photo was taken.
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May 20th, 2010 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The crime reports appearing here were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the two weeks of April 30 to May 14, 2010. This information appears here unedited. AutoContinue reading "TWO WEEKS OF POLICE BLOTTER ENTRIES"
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May 19th, 2010 @ 6am
CABLE SATIRIST FINDS A HOME IN RED BANK
House of Stewart: TV funnyman Jon Stewart, below, paid $3.8 million for this house on the Navesink, records indicate. (Click to enlarge) Take that, Rumson! Eat our shorts, Navesink sectionContinue reading "CABLE SATIRIST FINDS A HOME IN RED BANK"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 10am
RESTROOM? FOUR-YEAR WAIT, IF EVER
A NJ Transit rendering shows the station in what officials say were its original colors. (Click to enlarge) Where’s the restroom? Lou and Chris Mustillo, owners of the Red Bank’sContinue reading "RESTROOM? FOUR-YEAR WAIT, IF EVER"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 8am
Two major newspapers take a peek today into the world of technology-driven stock trading— and its connection to a whipsaw drop and rebound in prices earlier this month — byContinue reading "ABOVE BROAD STREET, A WALL STREET SHAKER"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 5am
Adding to what’s shaping up as a yard-sale shopper’s nirvana this weekend, a Red Bank family will hold its own yard sale on Sunday. This one’s slated for noon toContinue reading "YARD SALE ON BRANCH AVENUE"
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May 14th, 2010 @ 7am
Facing a second trial after a Monmouth County jury deadlocked on attempted murder charges, Anthony Sims has pleaded guilty to shooting two brothers in Red Bank in November, 2008, theContinue reading "SIMS PLEADS GUILTY IN ’07 DOUBLE SHOOTING"
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May 13th, 2010 @ 2pm
View Larger Map Red Bank’s South Street aims to give Fair Havenites a bit of concerted competition when they band together for a blocklong yard sale this Saturday.
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May 13th, 2010 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Ready for this week’s challenge? Flex your  knowledge of local landmarks by emailing us the location of this week’s image. Please put “Where Have I Seen This?” in the subjectContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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May 13th, 2010 @ 5am
Red Bank police arrested a pair of teenagers who were alleged to have stolen a car in Eatontown on Monday. Here’s the full announcement from the borough police department thisContinue reading "ALLEGED CAR THIEVES NABBED"
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May 12th, 2010 @ 3pm
ACCIDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER: WEED WHACKER
Just north of Point Road Elementary School on Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver, the weeds needed a trim. Enter Wayne Elsbree (aka Mohawk Wayne), who struck a pose forContinue reading "ACCIDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER: WEED WHACKER"
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May 10th, 2010 @ 6am
A 25-year-old Red Bank man is in custody after firing at least three shots at a vehicle on the West Side early Saturday morning, borough police say. Though the carContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR FIRING ON CAR"
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May 8th, 2010 @ 9pm
DEATH RUMORS: WAY-OUTSVILLE, MAN
Ralph ‘Johnny Jazz’ Gatta at Riverview Medical Center on April 27. (Click to enlarge) Johnny Jazz is not dead. Repeat: JOHNNY JAZZ IS NOT DEAD. In fact, for a guyContinue reading "DEATH RUMORS: WAY-OUTSVILLE, MAN"
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May 8th, 2010 @ 11am
PLAN TO TRANSFORM WEST SIDE BLOCK OK’D
Roger Mumford discusses his plan at Thursday’s zoning board hearing. Below, a view of the homes to be built along the east side of Bridge Avenue; the current site ofContinue reading "PLAN TO TRANSFORM WEST SIDE BLOCK OK’D"
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May 7th, 2010 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
After a week of complete silence, redbankgreen fans were lining up to tell us about the location of last week’s picture, which showed the famed face of creepy amusement parkContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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May 6th, 2010 @ 8am
Urban Outfitters opened a store in Red Bank last November. The parent company of the Urban Outfitters store in downtown Red Bank says first fiscal quarter sales at the chainContinue reading "RETAILER REPORTS STRONG QUARTER"
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May 6th, 2010 @ 6am
Several hundred women indulged in a gals-only cocktail party at Red Bank’s Downtown club Wednesday night, part of the annual breast cancer awareness effort known as Pink Bank. Need weContinue reading "SPLASHES OF PINK ALL OVER THE DOWNTOWN"
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May 6th, 2010 @ 5am
HALFACRE: NOBODY TOLD US
Detours will be in effect for most of this month at Hance and River roads in Fair Haven, borough officials say. (Click to enlarge) Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre isContinue reading "HALFACRE: NOBODY TOLD US"
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May 5th, 2010 @ 10am
ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS
One of two shells manned by teen rowers arrives at a residential dock on Fisher Place after flipping in the Navesink. Below, a distraught woman, said to be a coach,Continue reading "ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS"
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May 4th, 2010 @ 6pm
TWO BROAD STREET BUSINESSES CLOSE
Passersby peer through the window of the newly-closed East Side Café Diner Monday afternoon. Below, a sign taped to the door of the Häagen-Dazs. (Click to enlarge) A pair ofContinue reading "TWO BROAD STREET BUSINESSES CLOSE"
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May 4th, 2010 @ 5am
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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 ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...