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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Last week’s Where could be found atop the handy Mutt Mitt dispenser at Fair Haven Fields Natural Area on Ridge Road.
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March 18th, 2010 @ 9am
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redbankgreen hit the streets and taverns from Red Bank to Sea Bright Wednesday in search of St. Patrick’s Day celebrants, and found no shortage. To enlarge the photo display, startContinue reading "GREEN DAY ON THE GREEN"
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March 18th, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: IN THE SOUND GARDEN
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There’s the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, which we updated you on just a few days ago. The always awesome Monmouth Symphony Orchestra and Monmouth Civic Chorus. The best of aContinue reading "IN oRBit: IN THE SOUND GARDEN"
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March 18th, 2010 @ 4am
COUNCIL PLANS WATER/SEWER RATE BOOST
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It’ll cost more per flush if the proposed increase passes. Seven months after Red Bank officials siphoned off $270,000 from the borough-owned water utility to keep a lid on municipalContinue reading "COUNCIL PLANS WATER/SEWER RATE BOOST"
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March 17th, 2010 @ 9am
IN oRBit: CAUGHT UP WITH COBEN
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He’s NJ’s own Bard of the bloody ‘burbs; a master of mayhem whose mean streets are named for songbirds and flora, and where the skeletons inhabit some pretty roomy walk-inContinue reading "IN oRBit: CAUGHT UP WITH COBEN"
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March 17th, 2010 @ 6am
WARM & SUNNY, WITH MORE TO COME
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A multitasking Rachel Gray of Red Bank checks her phone messages and surfs the web while enjoying a dose of beautiful springlike weather on Monmouth Street earlier today. The weatherbotContinue reading "WARM & SUNNY, WITH MORE TO COME"
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March 16th, 2010 @ 3pm
A DOWNED LINE, AND A LOVING SPOUSE
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“I’d be toast,” says Gary Bernstein of Atlantic Glass, as he looks at the live power line that landed just feet from the building’s gas supply line, below. (Click toContinue reading "A DOWNED LINE, AND A LOVING SPOUSE"
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March 16th, 2010 @ 2pm
A Middletown man who was roughed-up by a former Red Bank policeman following the KaBoom Fireworks show in 2006 has pocketed a $290,000 settlement check from the town’s insurance carrier.Continue reading "REPORT: POLICE ABUSE VICTIM GOT $290,000"
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March 16th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: A MUST-SEE THURSDAY
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Granted, we’re still in the drab foothills of the midweek hump, but over at our satellite site Red Bank oRBit we’re already looking ahead to a Thursday that’s a mustContinue reading "IN oRBit: A MUST-SEE THURSDAY"
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March 16th, 2010 @ 7am
SECOND BOARD REJECTS Y EXPANSION PLAN
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Mayor Pasquale Menna listens as Marvin Goldin of Temple Beth Shalom asks the planning board to reject the YMCA zoning request. (Click to enlarge) Six weeks after a proposal toContinue reading "SECOND BOARD REJECTS Y EXPANSION PLAN"
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March 16th, 2010 @ 6am
Middletown police say they arrested a Bayonne man for cocaine possession Sunday night after responding to a call about a medical emergency. Kjel Franchi, 32, was arrested at about 8pContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR COKE IN HOTEL LOT"
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March 15th, 2010 @ 2pm
BARBER BUSTED FOR TRASHING OWN SHOP
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Shane Bruno outside his shop on West Front Street in March, 2009, prior to its opening. Shane Bruno, who brought back old-style barbering to a tiny Red Bank shop thatContinue reading "BARBER BUSTED FOR TRASHING OWN SHOP"
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March 15th, 2010 @ 1pm
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of March 5 to March 12, 2010. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring at Wikoff PlaceContinue reading "WEST FRONT STREET STORE ‘TRASHED’"
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March 15th, 2010 @ 10am
IN oRBit: THE BOAST, MINUS THE BLARNEY
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From people of accomplishment to places of interest, we’ve long had lots to be proud of here in and around the greater Red Bank oRBit, and in today’s edition ofContinue reading "IN oRBit: THE BOAST, MINUS THE BLARNEY"
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March 15th, 2010 @ 6am
WET WEATHER LINGERS FOLLOWING STORM
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In the aftermath of the storm, a car parked on Branch Avenue in Little Silver was crushed by a falling tree limb Sunday. (Click to enlarge; photo courtesy of AnthonyContinue reading "WET WEATHER LINGERS FOLLOWING STORM"
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March 15th, 2010 @ 6am
WRECKING STORM TAXES EMERGENCY CREWS
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A fallen tree punched a hole in the roof of a house on Garden Road in Little Silver. Firefighters responded to a report of smoke. (Click photos to enlarge) AContinue reading "WRECKING STORM TAXES EMERGENCY CREWS"
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March 13th, 2010 @ 6pm
COCKROACH VIDEO NETS MIDDLE SCHOOL $3K
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In the nationwide rat race — or, to be taxonomically precise, the rodent, termite, mosquito and cockroach race —  Red Bank Middle School students stand alone. OnContinue reading "COCKROACH VIDEO NETS MIDDLE SCHOOL $3K"
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March 12th, 2010 @ 9am
WET WEEKEND EXPECTED
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Fog settles in on Pinckney Road in Red Bank Thursday night. (Click to enlarge) The good news? You won’t be shoveling snow this weekend. But unless you’re a frog, there’sContinue reading "WET WEEKEND EXPECTED"
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March 12th, 2010 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Reader Tom Labetti nailed last week‘s ‘Where:’ “Easy one. Scranton PA, Dunder Mifflin coffee break room.”
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March 11th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM
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Cigarettes and neon nightclub signs illuminating rain-slicked city streets. Desperate characters in suits, ties and fedoras; fatal femmes and alleycat shadows, phone booths and gunshots in the night. We knowContinue reading "IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM"
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March 11th, 2010 @ 7am
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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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