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BRINGING IN THE BIG GUNS
A recreational vessel speeds past the barge carrying the KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink display as it nears the Oceanic Bridge en route to Red Bank Thursday afternoon. A secondContinue reading "BRINGING IN THE BIG GUNS"
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July 2nd, 2009 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Star-Ledger ‘vodcast’ maven Brian Donohue, leveraging his hometown ties to Red Bank to avoid the ride to Newark this morning, shot today’s edition of Ledger Live on the banks ofContinue reading "MEDIA KaBOOM"
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July 2nd, 2009 @ 4pm
IN oRBit: BEFORE THE FUSE GETS LIT
The pre-show crowd at Riverside Gardens Park last year. With KaBoomsday just a day away, and all concerned bravely trying to view the glass as 70 percent empty — that’sContinue reading "IN oRBit: BEFORE THE FUSE GETS LIT"
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July 2nd, 2009 @ 11am
A ‘MASSIVE DISPLAY,’ WEATHER PERMITTING
Chris Santore of Garden State Fireworks overseeing the loading of the KaBoom barge at a dock in Staten Island earlier this week. The barge is scheduled to come upriver toContinue reading "A ‘MASSIVE DISPLAY,’ WEATHER PERMITTING"
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July 2nd, 2009 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
‘Know’ as in, ‘Do you know where this object is?’ If so, send us an email, please.
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July 2nd, 2009 @ 6am
GRANT WILL BOOST ROAD ENFORCEMENT
The state funds will pay overtime for additional traffic enforcement for one month. Red Bank police expect to roll about 20 additional street patrol shifts this month under a stateContinue reading "GRANT WILL BOOST ROAD ENFORCEMENT"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 12pm
CRIME WATCH
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of June 19 to June 26, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief was reported on 6-19-09.Continue reading "CRIME WATCH"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 10am
IN oRBit: TALES FROM THE SOUTHSIDE
It’s a signifier of summer on the Jersey Shore — the annual Fourth of July concert by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at the Stone Pony, a tradition as crucialContinue reading "IN oRBit: TALES FROM THE SOUTHSIDE"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 7am
CAR FLIPS ON SHREWSBURY
At least two people were taken away in ambulances after an accident left a car overturned in front of the Wilde Rover rugby clubhouse on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red BankContinue reading "CAR FLIPS ON SHREWSBURY"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 7am
ALL PRETTIED UP
Back in late May, redbankgreen told you about an effort to spruce up a weed-choked traffic island at the intersection of Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street in Red Bank inContinue reading "ALL PRETTIED UP"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 6am
CORZINE TAPS LOCAL BACKERS
Yeah, this one has to be among the blurriest photos redbankgreen has ever published. But it’s the best shot we got as Gov. Jon Corzine headed back to his awaitingContinue reading "CORZINE TAPS LOCAL BACKERS"
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July 1st, 2009 @ 6am
The alleged gunman in the November, 2007 double shooting at Red Bank’s Montgomery Terrace has rejected a plea bargain offered by prosecutors and will instead stand trial, the Asbury ParkContinue reading "ALLEGED WEST SIDE SHOOTER REJECTS PLEA"
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June 30th, 2009 @ 1pm
A CLEANUP, AND A RELEASE
About a dozen Red Bank adults and their children turned out for a site cleanup organized by board of education member Carrie Ludwikowski at the Red Bank Primary School lastContinue reading "A CLEANUP, AND A RELEASE"
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June 30th, 2009 @ 10am
‘JUST PAINTING A HOUSE’
Property owner Ray Rapcavage says he’s not interested in creating a parking lot for postal service employees on the site. But he hasn’t ruled out a farm market. What’s upContinue reading "‘JUST PAINTING A HOUSE’"
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June 30th, 2009 @ 9am
IN oRBit: A BLUES LEGEND ON THE BOARDS
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit takes it down to Asbury Park, a music town where several generations of blues musicians could tell you a thing or five about the bluesContinue reading "IN oRBit: A BLUES LEGEND ON THE BOARDS"
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June 30th, 2009 @ 9am
WEATHER ONLY A MUSHROOM COULD LOVE
It’s got to be among the leading candidates for the official symbol of this damp summer: the literally lowly mushroom. redbankgreen‘s Accidental Photographer found this one Sunday on Eastview AvenueContinue reading "WEATHER ONLY A MUSHROOM COULD LOVE"
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June 30th, 2009 @ 6am
This week’s featured comment was posted by “Jack” underneath an an article that included some discussion of a plan by Red Bank officials to rename Locust Avenue in honor ofContinue reading "COMMENT: STREET RENAMING AT ISSUE"
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June 29th, 2009 @ 9am
ANOTHER SETBACK FOR GOLDMAN
David Goldman‘s quest for custody of his nine-year-old son, Sean, was dealt another blow late last week when  Brazilian judge ruled that the boy should remain with his Brazilian stepfatherContinue reading "ANOTHER SETBACK FOR GOLDMAN"
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June 29th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: SHOP AROUND AND SAVE
In today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, we hoof it over to Monmouth Street in Red Bank, where tomorrow night, June 30, the folks at the Count Basie Theatre will present aContinue reading "IN oRBit: SHOP AROUND AND SAVE"
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June 29th, 2009 @ 5am
STORM RIPS THROUGH REGION
Emergency personnel on the scene on Spring Street in Red Bank, where a downed limb damaged a house and left a live power line lying on the ground. A wind-whippingContinue reading "STORM RIPS THROUGH REGION"
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June 26th, 2009 @ 7pm
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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.