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MURPHY: BRING THE CONTRACT — AND A PEN
Murphy stewing at the August 24 council session. Red Bank’s council is expected to introduce a proposed labor contract with the Police Benevolent Association at tonight’s meeting. It had better,Continue reading "MURPHY: BRING THE CONTRACT — AND A PEN"
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September 8th, 2009 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of August 28 to September 4, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Theft, Criminal Mischief, occurring on 8-29-09Continue reading "BLOTTER FODDER: INMATE FLOODS JAIL CELL"
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September 8th, 2009 @ 7am
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The ugly spectacle of hecklers shouting down a woman in a wheelchair in Red Bank last week isContinue reading "RED BANK’S DISGRACE GOES NATIONAL"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 9am
Today’s Asbury Park Press has coverage of the newly expanded pre-K program for 3- and 4-year-olds in Red Bank The newspaper also put together the above video about the theContinue reading "SOME TEARS AS 3-YEAR-OLDS START SCHOOL"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 8am
IN oRBit: HORTON HEAT’S A HOOT
The Labor Day contractions are getting closer together, and today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has laboriously selected a handful of diversions for your pleasure, from the Long Branch Jazz &Continue reading "IN oRBit: HORTON HEAT’S A HOOT"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 7am
HOV POSTS 12TH CONSECUTIVE NET LOSS
Hovnanian’s HQ, at the foot of Maple Avenue in Red Bank. Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises has notched its third straight year in red ink, according to data released Wednesday. The glimmerContinue reading "HOV POSTS 12TH CONSECUTIVE NET LOSS"
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September 3rd, 2009 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
(Click to enlarge and animate) Correctly identifying last week’s image as a mural at Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright were the Colmorgen Kids, Craig Widmaier, Trish DePonti, Sandra Talarico, MarkContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: DOWN AT THE REVIVAL
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has the details on an event that ought to be of interest to you few (but fervent) fans of country music here on the JerseyContinue reading "IN oRBit: DOWN AT THE REVIVAL"
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September 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
YARD SALE: SNIFF OUT GREAT DEALS SEPT. 12
Hey folks, check out the animated promo for the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale coming up on September 12.
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September 2nd, 2009 @ 1pm
READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
Above and below, action from a Bucs scrimmage against Middletown last month. (Click to enlarge) It’s homecoming time for the Red Bank Buccaneers Pop Warner teams.
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September 2nd, 2009 @ 11am
Two meetings per month at 6:30p would replace one at 5:30 and another at 7:30. Once again, it’s time for the time issue. Red Bank’s governing body is set toContinue reading "SPLITTING THE TIME DIFFERENCE"
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September 2nd, 2009 @ 9am
IN oRBit: A LOOK INTO THE ORB
Book signing appearances by baseball badboy  Darryl Strawberry (right) and niceguy DJ Pete Fornatale. Benefit bike races around Fair Haven and Sandy Hook. Celeb photo exhibit openings and doggie fashion shows; mini-golfContinue reading "IN oRBit: A LOOK INTO THE ORB"
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September 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
FOOD PANTRY LENDS A CARING HAND
A client signs in at the Project Loaves and Fishes food pantry at St. Anthony’s on a recent Tuesday night. When Jeannette O’Bryant’s son and daughter-in-law lost their jobs recently,Continue reading "FOOD PANTRY LENDS A CARING HAND"
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September 1st, 2009 @ 11am
A day later than usual, we return to our weekly Comment of the Week and again spotlight two points of view from the Big Debate on national health insurance.
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September 1st, 2009 @ 11am
IN oRBit: SNEAKS, PEEKS AND SURPRISES
There are hotly anticipated new features starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Matt Damon, Hillary Swank and Daniel Day-Lewis. Festival circuit darlings and foreign-made standouts. There’s even the directorial debut ofContinue reading "IN oRBit: SNEAKS, PEEKS AND SURPRISES"
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September 1st, 2009 @ 6am
WHEN YOU GOTTA GO, YOU GOTTA GO
redbankgreen‘s accidental photographer encountered these boxed sets recently in Red Bank (left) and Sea Bright. (Click to enlarge) Your choice: stand, sit or lie down…
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September 1st, 2009 @ 6am
4 SALE: HOUSE WHERE ‘BORN’ WAS BORN
The West End cottage where Bruce Springsteen — seen above outside the Count Basie Theatre in 2008 —  wrote ‘Born to Run’ is for sale. It’s tiny little shotgun-style cottageContinue reading "4 SALE: HOUSE WHERE ‘BORN’ WAS BORN"
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August 31st, 2009 @ 1pm
IN oRBit: SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT
Perhaps only your cynical pals at Red Bank oRBit can look at something as festive as the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair and call it “summer’s sweetly sadistic endgame,” but there you haveContinue reading "IN oRBit: SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT"
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August 31st, 2009 @ 12pm
SUMMER MAY END ON SUNNY NOTE
Sunrise over Sea Bright this morning, as seen from Chapel Beach Club. The cheeky message on the lifeguard stand is premature, at best. (Click to enlarge) Let’s hope the weatherContinue reading "SUMMER MAY END ON SUNNY NOTE"
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August 31st, 2009 @ 7am
RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of August 21 to August 28, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Theft occurring at White Street onContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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August 31st, 2009 @ 5am
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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 ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.