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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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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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 ...
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)