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Contractor Lee Babitt found he wanted to make a mark when he turned 50 — and the Basie fit the bill. Lee Babitt tells the story of a woman walking past the Count Basie Theatre three Sundays ago trying to...
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October 29th, 2008 @ 6am
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The aisle stanchion on row U, left; a view of the hall from the balcony, right. (Photos by Jim Willis) After four months in dry dock, it's back to the high seas of entertainment for the Count Basie Theatre Thursday...
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October 29th, 2008 @ 6am
In a reprise of one of his nastiest fights as a member of the Red Bank Council, John Curley says that "scumbags" and "vermin" associated with former Mayor Ed McKenna are trying to undermine his candidacy for Monmouth County Freeholder...
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October 28th, 2008 @ 3pm
The Springsteens go goo-goo over an infant outside the Count Basie Theatre in May. The wonder of it is that they kept it up as long as they did. The Star-Ledger reports this afternoon that Bruce Springsteen and his wife,...
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October 28th, 2008 @ 3pm
Here's a recap of Monday night's Red Bank Borough Council meeting. (Follow along with the agenda, if you like.) • Mayor Pasquale Menna accepted a $162,975 dividend payment to the borough from the Central Jersey Health Insurance Fund, the shared-services...
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October 28th, 2008 @ 9am
Eighth-graders Michelle Reyes, in white, and Anisa Abella watch the RBMS video at Monday night's council meeting. This time last year, the kids at the Red Bank Middle School were jamming on a video entry for a contest that might...
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October 28th, 2008 @ 6am
Red Bank's annual Halloween Parade, pulled together as usual by the Parks & Rec department, filled Broad Street with a whole lotta cute and scary under a brilliant autumn sky Sunday afternoon. As is the custom, the event wrapped up...
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October 27th, 2008 @ 8am
Entries from the Red Bank Police Department logbook for the week of October 17 to 24. Burglary reported on 10-17-08 at W. Bergen Place vacant residence within the last two weeks. Owner reported that unknown person(s) gained entry into the...
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October 27th, 2008 @ 6am
Dolphins on the west side of the Oceanic Bridge in mid-July. (Photo courtesy of Mary Fenton) A team of experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has decided that the dolphins in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers are just...
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October 24th, 2008 @ 2pm
Some of the dolphins off Rumson in July, shortly after they moved upriver from the Shrewsbury to the Navesink. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has jurisdiction over the pod of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins that has been in local...
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October 24th, 2008 @ 11am
Aficionados of gore, this is your season. And up in Keyport, brothers Mike and Tom Borelli — the unspattered brains behind the long-running Weeping Willow Cemetery installation in Jackson Township — have teamed with an expert in splatterific horror FX...
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October 24th, 2008 @ 8am
Sheep grazing recently on a farm at the corner of Nut Swamp and Middletown-Lincroft roads in Middletown. Today's weather forecast is lamby-mild, but showers are expected tomorrow. Here's the outlook as the National Weather Service sees it: Today: Areas of...
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October 24th, 2008 @ 8am
In the driver's seat: John Curley and his running mate, as seen at Red Bank's Centennial Parade in May. The Asbury Park Press editorial page has thrown its weight behind former Red Bank Councilman John Curley in his race for...
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October 24th, 2008 @ 7am
Sunny Sharma has lost his appeal of Red Bank's revocation of his license to sell booze through his problem-plagued Best Liquors store on Leighton Avenue, the Asbury Park Press reports this evening. From the Press: A decision released today [by...
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October 23rd, 2008 @ 7pm
A new chandelier will hang from a skyscape-painted dome that was crumbling before the latest renovations at the Count Basie Theatre. (Photo courtesy of Jim Willis) In less than a week, the Count Basie Theatre gets back to the business...
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October 23rd, 2008 @ 10am
Grace Cangemi at home on Rector Place. On Nov. 4, Red Bank voters will have four ballot choices for two seats on the borough council, now composed of four Democrats and two Republicans. Both open seats, by happenstance, are held...
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October 23rd, 2008 @ 9am
Last week's image, which showed two pairs of sneakers dangling from overhead utility lines, offered little in the way of reference points. Still, one keen-eyed reader was able to correctly identify it. But first, another reader expressed concern that there's...
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October 23rd, 2008 @ 6am
Dolphins in the upper Shrewsbury in late June. Federal marine experts say they have an answer to slippery question: How may dolphins are there in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers? Answer: Twelve, at least 10 of which have spent most...
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October 22nd, 2008 @ 1pm
Juanita Lewis at home on Shrewsbury Avenue. On Nov. 4, Red Bank voters will have four ballot choices for two seats on the borough council, now composed of four Democrats and two Republicans. Both open seats, by happenstance, are held...
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October 22nd, 2008 @ 11am
Jamian LaViola has seen the future, and it does not only happen at night. He's overhauling the look, name and business strategy of Echo, the nightspot he owns on Monmouth Street that he now thinks may have veered a little...
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October 22nd, 2008 @ 8am
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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 ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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