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FAKE CRASH PHOTO HITS THE STANDS
Hey, remember that faux accident that tied up Broad Street in Red Bank for most of a day back in August? With local government clearance, a photo crew used theContinue reading "FAKE CRASH PHOTO HITS THE STANDS"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A plan to extend enforcement of Red Bank’s parking meter laws by two hours on weekdays appears to be dead on arrival. Moving in to take its place, though, isContinue reading "STREET METER RATES COULD DOUBLE"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: SINATRAS SING, THE BASIE SWINGS
It’s December in Red Bank, a time when we gather to celebrate a certain birthday in song and sense of community — we’re talking of course about Frank Sinatra, theContinue reading "IN oRBit: SINATRAS SING, THE BASIE SWINGS"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 6am
RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER
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Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of November 27 to December 4, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring at Broad St.Continue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 9am
RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS
Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro is in his second year heading the congregation, where the membership has doubled. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Yerachmiel Shapiro really triedContinue reading "RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 6am
A scene from a clothing giveaway held at the Red Bank train station last March. The folks at the Red Bank Community Church will be doing a clothing giveaway inContinue reading "COAT GIVEAWAY SLATED FOR SATURDAY"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: STOP US IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS
Approaching the war in Afghanistan by the numbers can be a tricky thing. But while our nation debates the scope and scale of our latest troop commitment, over in LongContinue reading "IN oRBit: STOP US IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 5am
CUTE GIRLS. LINGERIE. KISSES. HAPPY HOUR.
If the above headline, or any two parts of it, pretty much describes your idea of heaven, you might want to make your way to downtown Red Bank Wednesday evening.Continue reading "CUTE GIRLS. LINGERIE. KISSES. HAPPY HOUR."
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December 7th, 2009 @ 12pm
RUNAWAY CAR SMACKS SUPERMARKET ENTRY
The vehicle plowed through two parking lots and struck the Foodtown entrance without hitting any cars or pedestrians Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Maude) A 19-year-old Middletown man “leftContinue reading "RUNAWAY CAR SMACKS SUPERMARKET ENTRY"
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December 7th, 2009 @ 9am
LADY KNIGHTS TAKE KETTLE AGAIN
Knollwood School’s Lady Knights gather around coach Tara Mattison during a break in Saturday’s play. Below, Julie Anne Krasutsky takes it to the hoop against the Shrewsbury School’s Lady Tigers.Continue reading "LADY KNIGHTS TAKE KETTLE AGAIN"
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December 7th, 2009 @ 8am
CALENDAR TAPS RED BANK PHOTO ARCHIVE
“Wiggie’s Kiddie Center?” A view north on Broad Street in 1951, from the Dorn’s Classic Images archive, is included in the calendar. (Click to enlarge and see Wiggie’s at left)Continue reading "CALENDAR TAPS RED BANK PHOTO ARCHIVE"
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December 7th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: KEEPING IT LIT, ALL WEEK
As you probably gathered from our pixelated pages, we at Red Bank oRBit have a thing for words, whether doing it by-the-book or via the noble blurt of the spokenContinue reading "IN oRBit: KEEPING IT LIT, ALL WEEK"
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December 7th, 2009 @ 6am
Because of a weather forecast calling for rain, Fair Haven has postponed its Tree Lighting and Open House scheduled for tomorrow until Saturday, December 12.
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December 4th, 2009 @ 4pm
THIS WEEKEND: WESTSIDE TREE LIGHTING
A scene from last year’s edition of the Westside Community Group tree lighting. (Click to enlarge) It doesn’t draw nearly the crowd of its downtown cousin, but what the annualContinue reading "THIS WEEKEND: WESTSIDE TREE LIGHTING"
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December 4th, 2009 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Ever forget what day of the week it is? For the whole day? We here at redbankgreen experienced a bit of a time-shift yesterday, with the result that we forgotContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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December 4th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: COOKIN’ WITH TUCKERBERRYS
Who sez print is dead? Certainly not the pixelated pages of Red Bank oRBit, where you’ll probably find more good and interesting stuff about books (and their bookmakers) than in anyContinue reading "IN oRBit: COOKIN’ WITH TUCKERBERRYS"
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December 3rd, 2009 @ 9am
[EDITOR’S NOTE: See update below] A redbankgreen reporter was threatened with arrest by Fair Haven police today when he tried to photograph the wrecked fire department vehicle of former fireContinue reading "POLICE THREATEN REPORTER WITH ARREST"
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December 2nd, 2009 @ 2pm
FOLEY CRASH WAS SECOND IN 20 MONTHS
The sheared stump of the utility pole struck by Foley’s car on East River Road was still there Monday, more than a week after the accident. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI [EDITOR’SContinue reading "FOLEY CRASH WAS SECOND IN 20 MONTHS"
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December 2nd, 2009 @ 1pm
A high-squeal-factor hoops tourney, a toy drive and a fundraiser for cancer services mark this edition of Done Good, redbankgreen‘s woefully infrequent rundown of good deeds. Red Kettle Classic AContinue reading "TOY DRIVE, RED KETTLE CLASSIC & MORE"
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December 2nd, 2009 @ 11am
REGATTA SEEKS QUICK FORMAL APPROVAL
The organizers of the Dad Vail Regatta last night urged elected Rumson officials to give the formal thumbs-up to a plan to host the collegiate rowing event in May, today’sContinue reading "REGATTA SEEKS QUICK FORMAL APPROVAL"
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December 2nd, 2009 @ 7am
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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 ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...