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About 150 parents turned out at Red Bank Regional on Thursday night for the second annual 'Surviving the Teen Years' symposium. Ptl. Peter Gibson, school resource officer, above, was joined by counselors and other law enforcement personnel to talk about...
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March 27th, 2009 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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At Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Thursday night, the student environmental club hosted 'Enviropalooza,' a confab highlighting efforts to reverse the degradation of the planet. Seniors Melanie Daly and Emily O'Connor displayed their research on horseshoe crabs, above, while juniors Brittany Wheaton...
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March 27th, 2009 @ 6am
Contractors working on the midfield at Count Basie Fields earlier this week raked out contaminated soil from the same loads used at East Side Park, borough officials confirmed. Playing fields at Red Bank's East Side Park, where soil containing shards...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 12pm
Some say the root problem is parking, while others say it's an imbalance in the store mix in favor of high-end goods and services. But whatever they identify as the cause of Red Bank's economic woes, downtown merchants agree that...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 9am
The dean of NJ stage critics — the Star-Ledger's Peter Filichia — has seen the future of regional theater, and her name is Isabel Wallace. As reported in today's Red Bank oRBit , the 9-year old fourth-grader from Little Silver...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 9am
We flummoxed one mayor and deked another last week. How often do you get to say that? Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre wrote in to say that both he and his otherwise Where-savvy son, Matthew, were stumped by the image....
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March 26th, 2009 @ 7am
Shane Bruno outside his new shop on West Front Street. Shane Bruno could use a shave. But give the guy a break. He's hunkering down with his girlfriend and partner, Patricia Gilmartin, as they hustle to open their first business...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 7am
Today's Red Bank oRBit brings news of a real treat for fans of Billie Holiday. Holiday Express/The Shirleys/Springsteen vocalist Layonne Holmes (right) takes the spotlight at Rumson's David Burke Fromagerie this Friday night only in a jazz-combo salute to the...
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March 25th, 2009 @ 7am
"We did it! We introduced a second consecutive budget lowering taxes. Folks at mtg only wanted to complain about leaf collection. Sigh." That's from a Twitter post late last night by Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre. And this is from...
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March 24th, 2009 @ 12pm
Neighbors Marc Dostie, left, and Mark Halloran show off some of the debris found in soil laid down recently at East Side Park. Evidence of glass and ceramic shards in fill dirt installed recently in Red Bank's East Side Park...
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March 24th, 2009 @ 8am
Students at the Red Bank Primary School getting into the spirit of the day at the unveiling yesterday of new playground equipment. (Click to enlarge. Photos courtesy of Jim Willis)
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March 24th, 2009 @ 7am
Councilman Mike DuPont says the finance committee that he heads is still looking for places to cut. Higher pension costs and an expected increase in tax delinquencies are the main drivers behind a potential increase in Red Bank's local tax...
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March 24th, 2009 @ 7am
The action commences at 7:30p at borough hall. Red Bank's proposed spending plan for the coming fiscal year is slated for introduction at tonight's bimonthly council meeting. Also on the agenda: approval of a deal to start a community center...
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March 23rd, 2009 @ 9am
The first weekend of spring 2009 turned out to be a good one for drawing pictures on your friend's jeans, getting the first Italian ice of the season at Strollo's Lighthouse or hauling away on foot what appears to have...
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March 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of March 13 to March 20. This information appears here unedited. Theft occurring at Broad St. on 3-14-09. Victim reported that unknown person(s) stole her wallet from purse...
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March 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
Today's Red Bank oRBit has a look at a couple of hard-touring entities who've habitually made the road their home as they hit the local area this week on their latest cross-continent jaunts. Stan Ridgway you probably know as the...
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March 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
RBR Source program director Gilda Rogers and parent Karen Lloyd discuss plans for last year's 'Surviving the Teen Years' event, which will be reprised next week. By LAURA KOSS Teens can deplete medicine cabinets just a pill or two at...
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March 20th, 2009 @ 6am
With a parking deck topped by two floors of offices, Galleria Park would connect to the existing building via a two-level footbridge. Below, a view of the proposed structure from West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) The nation's economy may...
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March 19th, 2009 @ 1pm
As the music director for The Downtown, Chris Masi is responsible for wrangling seven nights and two stages worth of live entertainment every week at the Red Bank hotspot. So it's understandable that the expanded and reimagined club's one-year anniversary...
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March 19th, 2009 @ 9am
Last week's Where was probably a little too easy. It showed the gate-controlled entrance to a garage on Riverview Plaza, opposite the emergency room entrance to Riverview Medical Center. The garage serves tenants of the office building at 21 East...
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March 19th, 2009 @ 7am
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PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...