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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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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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