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Ten families have signed up for this weekend's event on Madison Avenue, says organizer Sandy Riddle. Yes, folks, the redbankgreen Yard Sale Watch is back, bringing you word about interesting outdoor bargain-hunting opportunities as we beat the drum for the...
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April 16th, 2009 @ 6am
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Claudette Herring and Lauren Phillips-Daly in the doorway of their soon-to-be restaurant, Via 45. The closing of Thyme Square restaurant in Red Bank a few months back was so abrupt that, until about a week ago, one could still peer...
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April 15th, 2009 @ 10am
Theater Week tramps on over at Red Bank oRBit, with a look at THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, the latest musical extravaganza staged by Red Bank's own Phoenix Productions at the Count Basie Theatre. It's a thoroughly modern move for the Phoenix,...
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April 15th, 2009 @ 8am
The squad's house on Spring Street. Below, a voting district map. (Click to enlarge) Voters from two Red Bank districts will be directed to a new polling station starting with next week's school board elections following a decision by the...
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April 15th, 2009 @ 7am
Red Bank employees who work in borough hall at 90 Monmouth Street will have to start packing their workweeks into four days starting in June as part of an effort to cut utility costs. The move, approved by the borough...
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April 15th, 2009 @ 7am
Fair Haven Borough Administrator Mary Howell in early 2008. The Fair Haven Council earlier this week OK'd a three-year contract with Mary Howell to stay on as borough administrator, throwing in raises of nearly six percent a year, today's Asbury...
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April 15th, 2009 @ 7am
Mike Halfacre at No Joe's Café in Red Bank in 2007. Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre today declared his intention to run for Congress. Or did he? In an email sent today to family, friends and supporters, Halfacre says "I...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 5pm
Power failures affected at least three area towns earlier today, officials say. An apparent transformer fire on Ridge Road near Hance Road in Fair Haven knocked out juice in Fair Haven and Rumson late this morning, police in both towns...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 2pm
Superintendent Laura Morana, left, records results as school board members Janet Jones and Peter Noble draw lots. Red Bank School officials today drew lots to fill next school year's expanded pre-K program for three-year olds. The lottery was needed because...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 2pm
These four tables on the Maple Avenue side of the Buona Sera were expressly rejected by the borough council last September, says resident Carl Colmorgen, who took this photo yesterday. When Buona Sera Ristorante asked the Red Bank Council last...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 11am
Jamian LaViola's solution to indoor-outdoor dining on Monmouth Street: garage doors. A long-awaited transformation of a Monmouth Street watering hole moved into its final stages yesterday when Jamian's Food & Drink (formerly Echo), blew out its old facade. In it's...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 10am
Theater Week of Sorts continues in today's Red Bank oRBit with a look at The Housewives of Mannheim, the new show at New Jersey Rep in Long Branch, and its "real housewives" of 1944 Brooklyn. We talk to playwright (and...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 6am
The backyard boat: sink it, or let it ride? After a couple of months in dry dock, the issue of when Fair Haven residents should be allowed to keep boats in their yards bobbed back to the surface Monday night....
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April 14th, 2009 @ 6am
It was all blue skies Monday for technician working on a tower 160 Newman Springs Road in Red Bank, home to Colorest Art Supplies and Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Not today, though. Expect a day of rain Tuesday and possibly Wednesday, says...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 6am
The four candidates for seats on the Red Bank Board of Education have been invited to a Q&A sponsored by the the Greater Red Bank branch of the NAACP scheduled for Tuesday night. Incumbents Ann Roseman, Carrie Ludwikowski and Toni...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 8am
A boater stands for a better look at dolphins near the Oceanic Bridge last October. (Click to enlarge) For the second time in a week, the discovery of a dead dolphin has raised concern that not all of last year's...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 6am
It’s Theater Week of sorts in Red Bank oRBit! It just sort of works out that way, as the coming days see the openings of no fewer than five new productions in the area — all of them worth checking...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 6am
Unedited entries from the Red Bank Police Department activity log for the week of March 27 to April 09, 2009. Theft occurring on W Front St on 3/27/2009. Victim reported that stolen from a display case were a number of...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 5am
Halfacre, a triathlete, takes a breather in Red Bank after a bike ride last summer. Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre appears to be tuning up for a run against 12th-district Congressman Rush Holt. He's created a political action committee known...
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April 10th, 2009 @ 10am
Dan Burzon with his message of hope. redbankgreen's first instinct when we saw Dan Burzon pull a rectangular piece of paper off his car windshield yesterday was to offer condolences for his $38 parking ticket. But it turns out the...
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April 10th, 2009 @ 9am
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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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