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ATTENTION YARD-SALE LOVERS
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Are you a yard sale junkie? Do you know someone who is? Are you planning a yard sale, or to go out on a garage-sale shopping spree? redbankgreen would loveContinue reading "ATTENTION YARD-SALE LOVERS"
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July 24th, 2009 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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OUT ON OUR BEAUTIFUL RIVER
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Scenes from an outting earlier this week as part of the Navesink Marine Heritage Association’s River Rangers program offered  through Red Bank’s parks & rec department. (Click to enlarge) TheContinue reading "OUT ON OUR BEAUTIFUL RIVER"
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July 24th, 2009 @ 9am
OUT ON THE STREETS OF BARGAIN BOROUGH
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Scenes from the 2008 Red Bank Sidewalk Sale. This year’s runs today through Sunday. (Click to enlarge) The 55th annual edition of the Red Bank Sidewalk Sale opens today. TheContinue reading "OUT ON THE STREETS OF BARGAIN BOROUGH"
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July 24th, 2009 @ 7am
PRIMARY SCHOOL ‘WALK ZONE’ EXPANDED
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Students arriving by foot, bike and bus at the primary school last September. It seems borderline cruel to talk about this now, kids, but ‘back-to-school’ will have a different feelContinue reading "PRIMARY SCHOOL ‘WALK ZONE’ EXPANDED"
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July 24th, 2009 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Who knew the answer to last week’s puzzler?
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July 23rd, 2009 @ 9am
INTERSECTION FIX BEHIND SCHEDULE
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Workers getting ready to install a light stanchion at Maple Avenue and West Front Street earlier this week. The long-awaited reconfiguration of traffic lights at two problematic intersections in RedContinue reading "INTERSECTION FIX BEHIND SCHEDULE"
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July 23rd, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: SURFING SHAKESPEARE
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Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit advances a bit of midsummer mayhem coming up at Two River Theater — an adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that’s so (literally) outside the boxContinue reading "IN oRBit: SURFING SHAKESPEARE"
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July 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
FRANK TALK ON GANGS PLANNED
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Borough and state officials are planning a public discussion on the presence of gangs in Red Bank for this Saturday morning. The event is being organized by 12th-district state Sen.Continue reading "FRANK TALK ON GANGS PLANNED"
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July 22nd, 2009 @ 10am
IN oRBit: COLBERT, KIRK & YOU CAN TOO
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Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit drops the details on the upcoming appearance of  Stephen Colbert here in the borough — not the TV pundit character “Stephen Colbert,” but the real StephenContinue reading "IN oRBit: COLBERT, KIRK & YOU CAN TOO"
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July 22nd, 2009 @ 10am
MAN BITES TUBE STEAK
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In honor of National Hot Dog Month, redbankgreen tips its trucker’s cap today to the men and women of the The Green who work the roller grills and ‘dirty water’Continue reading "MAN BITES TUBE STEAK"
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July 22nd, 2009 @ 9am
ON TAP: MASTER PLAN CHANGES
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The Fixx, on West Front Street, is the only licensed nightclub in Red Bank. Officials plan to address the fuzzy distinctions between ‘lounge’ and ‘nightclub’ in borough ordinances. A raftContinue reading "ON TAP: MASTER PLAN CHANGES"
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July 22nd, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: HITCHIN’ A RIDE WITH POKEY
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So who is Pokey LaFarge? Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit endeavors to explain, to the degree that the country-blues-ragtime-roots-Americana performer can be explained. Described as “a twentysomething acoustic warrior” and “a hoboContinue reading "IN oRBit: HITCHIN’ ...
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July 21st, 2009 @ 3pm
WHERE’D THAT BRIDGE COME FROM?
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Yes, again. Westbound this time. (Photo courtesy of Gregg Helfman) This one’s definitely in the dog-bites-man category. But hey, it’s a slow news day, and as long as we’re onContinue reading "WHERE’D THAT BRIDGE COME FROM?"
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July 21st, 2009 @ 10am
Coming soon, maybe, to the still-vacant Union Street Village: plastic surgeons. Unable to get even a nibble for its retail space, the owner of Union Street Village last night sought,Continue reading "CAN DOCTORS SAVE THIS BUILDING?"
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July 21st, 2009 @ 6am
RETHINKING THE FENG SHUI
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A furniture delivery truck nearly got stuck beneath the railroad trestle over West Front Street near Hubbards Bridge in Red Bank this morning. The driver backed the vehicle out, turnedContinue reading "RETHINKING THE FENG SHUI"
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July 20th, 2009 @ 10am
IN oRBit: THOMAS LOOKS BEYOND THE BOX
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Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit welcomes the Newark Black Film Festival back to Monmouth County — while bidding a bittersweet buh-bye to the person who’s been most instrumental in making itContinue reading "IN oRBit: THOMAS LOOKS BEYOND THE BOX"
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July 20th, 2009 @ 7am
AND DON’T FORGET THE MILK
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Our accidental photographer came upon this scene Saturday morning on Madison Avenue in Red Bank: a car with a cryptic message we couldn’t decipher on the hood of a parkedContinue reading "AND DON’T FORGET THE MILK"
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July 20th, 2009 @ 7am
Nothing. Nada. Dullsville.
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July 20th, 2009 @ 7am
THIRD TIME’S A CHARM ON MONMOUTH STREET
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Street-level stores with 12 apartments above and parking underground will replace a longtime service station at Monmouth and Pearl streets. After repeated tries, a scaled-back plan to replace a formerContinue reading "THIRD TIME’S A CHARM ON MONMOUTH STREET"
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July 17th, 2009 @ 9am
WORKER FALLS FROM RBC STEEL
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Emergency personnel tend to the injured man. A man fell about 13 feet onto a concrete pad at a construction site at Red Bank Catholic High School this morning. TheContinue reading "WORKER FALLS FROM RBC STEEL"
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July 17th, 2009 @ 9am
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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)