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Plans for $8 million in new facilities at the Community YMCA on Maple Avenue in Red Bank have raised concerns about traffic safety, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The newspaper reports that the Y's expansion project would add a...
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April 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
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Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit pays tribute to the talented men who in turn pay tribute to some of the most iconic figures in showbiz history. First, we introduce you to Frank Ferrante, a non-household name who nonetheless has...
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April 22nd, 2009 @ 4pm
In today's edition of Ledger Live, host Brian Donohue sings the praises of composting and 'freecycling,' using his Red Bank home and yard as the video's setting to make a couple of points about green living. Check it out, folks......
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April 22nd, 2009 @ 4pm
Getting a jump on next month's Paint the Town Pink breast cancer awareness campaign is this strip of curbing between the Broadway Diner and the YMCA's Children's Cultural Center on Monmouth Street. Among the numerous other splashes of pink that...
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April 22nd, 2009 @ 6am
Poll worker Elizabeth Herbert waits as a Red Bank voter casts his ballots at the new third- and seventh-district polling place at the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Area school district budgets easily passed Tuesday, according to election results available...
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April 22nd, 2009 @ 6am
The cheerful looking gent with the facial tattoos and the snake on his shoulder is Jon Davies, who once upon a time led a local combo by the name of The Secret Syde. The editor of Red Bank oRBit calls...
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April 21st, 2009 @ 3pm
An architectural rendering of the proposed garage and office building, as seen from the northwest corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and West Front Street. A proposal to effectively double the size of the Galleria Red Bank shopping, dining and office complex...
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April 21st, 2009 @ 6am
Today's Red Bank oRBit tackles the up-to-the-minute issue that's on everyone's minds, namely: when exactly did Monday go from mundane to action-packed? It's nowhere near summer yet, but a quick gaze at the Orb events calendar reveals a fistful of...
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April 20th, 2009 @ 11am
Members of the Nathan J. Williams Craftsmen Club gathered at the Celestial Lodge earlier this month. A Red Bank-based motorcycle club is planning its second annual rally to raise scholarship money. The event is scheduled for 11a to 6p Saturday,...
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April 20th, 2009 @ 10am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of April 1 to April 17, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring between 4-9-09 and 4-10-09 at West Front Street. Victim reported that unknown subject(s)...
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April 20th, 2009 @ 10am
A 2008 view of Bon Jovi's Middletown manse. For the third time in little more than two weeks, a dead dolphin has been found locally, the Associated Press reports. The discovery of a dolphin corpse outside the riverfront home of...
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April 20th, 2009 @ 6am
A pair of ducks enjoyed a puddle outside Merri-Makers at the Water's Edge in Sea Bright yesterday. We're in for three cloudy and possibly rainy days starting today, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS has also issued a...
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April 20th, 2009 @ 5am
An architect's rendering of the six-story addition, at right above, as seen from Riverside Avenue. The owner of Navesink House, a 41-year-old high-rise senior citizens' residence on Riverside Avenue, is about to blow the dust off five-year-old plans for a...
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April 17th, 2009 @ 9am
Today's Asbury Park Press takes a look at the four-candidate race for three Red Bank Board of Education seats and labels it a 'dogfight.' Huh? Hyperbole aside, the article frames the race among the candidates: board Vice President Ann Roseman;...
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April 17th, 2009 @ 8am
Theater Week of Sorts soldiers on in Red Bank oRBit as we take a look today at a new production of the hard-hitting drama A Soldier’s Play going up this weekend at the Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College,...
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April 17th, 2009 @ 6am
A short fireworks display was lofted from Marine Park next to the Monmouth Boat Club Thursday night. Organizers of KaBoom Fireworks, Red Bank's largest public event, are asking the public to dig deep for contributions this year. The event has...
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April 17th, 2009 @ 6am
It's one chair, no waiting, in the Navesink River off Riverside Gardens Park as the mercury heads into the mid-60s or higher today. Warm weather arrives and puts up its feet for a weekend stay beginning today, according to the...
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April 17th, 2009 @ 6am
The truck that left these tracks in the baseball infield at East Side Park also tore up a portion of the new soccer field sod. Later, the truck got stuck in Marine Park. Among some English words you don't want...
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April 16th, 2009 @ 3pm
There wasn't much email generated by last week's Where, which we admit tilted toward the obscure end of the scale. This week's, though, should ring a few bells of recognition. Bob & Debbie Colmorgen recognized Where number 149 as a...
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April 16th, 2009 @ 6am
It's still Theater Week of Sorts over on our satellite site Red Bank oRBit, and today we drop in on the Monmouth Players, a 56-year-old troupe that's been up to some interesting things way out in the "old, weird" precincts...
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April 16th, 2009 @ 6am
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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 ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
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