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MAPLE AVENUE LIGHTS STILL DARK
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Installation work is done. Just waiting for the cable guy, er, the utility company. (Click to enlarge) What’s with the new traffic lights that are supposed to smooth the flowContinue reading "MAPLE AVENUE LIGHTS STILL DARK"
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September 15th, 2009 @ 5am
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STREET FAIR WITH FLAIR
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Some scenes from the Street Fair held in downtown Red Bank on Sunday, where shoppers had their pick of wares, services and amusments such as dog adoptions, marinara sauce, landscapers,Continue reading "STREET FAIR WITH FLAIR"
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September 15th, 2009 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN DISCONNECTS DISPATCH PLAN
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Police and fire dispatch duties will be shifted to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s office, borough officials said. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Abandoning a plan hatched in controversy, Fair Haven won’t beContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DISCONNECTS DISPATCH PLAN"
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September 15th, 2009 @ 12am
A 33-year-old Red Bank Middle School social studies teacher was found dead in her Neptune City apartment this morning, and investigators are treating the matter as suspicious, the Asbury ParkContinue reading "PRESS: RBMS TEACHER’S DEATH ‘SUSPICIOUS’"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5pm
NEARLY EMPTY COMPLEX MAY GET RESTAURANT
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Except for limited office use, Red Bank Corporate Plaza has been empty since completion two years ago. By Dustin Racioppi Red Bank’s comeback from the depths of the economic downturnContinue reading "NEARLY EMPTY COMPLEX MAY GET RESTAURANT"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5am
Mother Nature could have been a touch more sympathetic. But many of the more than 100 residents who signed up to participate as sellers in the second annual Red BankContinue reading "UNDAUNTED BY A SOGGY DAY"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5am
An after-school and weekend community center for all Red Bank kids is scheduled to open today, with staff from the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County managing the programContinue reading "BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DEBUTS"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 4 to September 11, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 9-4-09 atContinue reading "BLOTTER: GOLD CADILLAC SUV STOLEN"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5am
SOMEBODY CALL A CAB?
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A taxicab somehow wound up on top of the fence outside a home at Branch Avenue and Tower Hill Avenue in Red Bank at about 5:30p Sunday. No official explanationContinue reading "SOMEBODY CALL A CAB?"
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September 13th, 2009 @ 6pm
THEY’RE OUT THERE
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Shoppers perusing the wares under plastic at a home on River Road this morning. (Click to enlarge) It may be moist-to-soggy weather, but today’s Red Bank Townwide Yard is inContinue reading "THEY’RE OUT THERE"
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September 12th, 2009 @ 11am
YARD SALE MAPS & ADDRESSES AVAILABLE
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The info pack for Saturday’s rain-or-shine 2009 Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale is now available on the site’s webpage. It contains the addresses of all participating sellers, a locator map,Continue reading "YARD SALE MAPS & ADDRESSES AVAILABLE"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 1pm
IN ONE TOWN, A HUNDRED YARD SALES
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OK, so the weather forecast isn’t great. But a 30-percent chance of rain Saturday morning could be worse. Like, 70 percent worse. Perhaps the optimism of the more than 100Continue reading "IN ONE TOWN, A HUNDRED YARD SALES"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
Football practice under the big bulbs last night at RBR, getting ready tonight’s big game against Spotswood. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s not often that Red Bank RegionalContinue reading "SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT FOR BUCS FANS"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
IN oRBit: RUSTED, AND NEVER SLEEPING
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Here at satellite site Red Bank oRBit, we can vouch that what used to be considered the iron curtain of Labor Day has become as threadbare a concept as the fallContinue reading "IN oRBit: RUSTED, AND NEVER SLEEPING"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
A BUNCH OF GALS WHO TRI, TRI, TRI
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Members of the Jersey Shore Tri Gals take to the ocean on a training swim Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) Twenty years ago, in the early days of the Danskin Triathlon,Continue reading "A BUNCH OF GALS WHO TRI, TRI, TRI"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
A former broker at the Red Bank office of Merrill Lynch was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury yesterday on charges that he swindled $500,000 from more than twoContinue reading "MERRILL BROKER INDICTED FOR FRAUD"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
PHS: WE PAY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PAY
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An architect’s rendering of the already approved six-story addition hangs on a fence next to the existing 12-story Atrium at Navesink Harbor, on Riverview Avenue. Apparent confusion over the theContinue reading "PHS: WE PAY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PAY"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT CHARGES INTO SKIM BOARD FEST
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A competitor goes airborne in last year’s edition of the event, now in its sixth year. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Forget those end-of-summer blues this weekend. Sea Bright’s got some hotContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT CHARGES INTO SKIM BOARD FEST"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Thanks to Mark Molzon, Lindsey Hintelmann and J.C. Kelly for writing in about last week’s image, which zeroed in on an iron gate festooned with a bunch of grapes. EachContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: FORNATALE’S ON FIRST
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For the past four decades, Pete Fornatale has offered one of the most distinctive voices on New York radio as a disc jockey, interviewer and well-nigh legendary collector of oralContinue reading "IN oRBit: FORNATALE’S ON FIRST"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 5am
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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)