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Today's edition gives the rundown on these events happening locally tonight and tomorrow: • A funeral, of sorts, for Gram Parsons, a guy who's been dead 35 years but whose music is very much alive in a tribute show in...
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September 19th, 2008 @ 8am
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We're getting a lot of inquiries today at redbankgreen asking when the list of participating sellers in the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale will be available. Answer: Late Friday morning. Registrations are still coming in at the Red Bank DPW,...
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September 18th, 2008 @ 1pm
'Halfway to St. Paddy's Day?' That's a holiday? In the immortal word of Frank McCourt, 'Tis. Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit stumbles upon a brewing local phenomenon: beer-serving establishments, and the bands that play them, celebrating the midpoint between...
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September 18th, 2008 @ 7am
Step right up if you think you can identify the location of this week's Where, folks. The email in-basket is now accepting entries. In fact, it's overdue for some. Last week's image drew no responses at all. The location of...
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September 18th, 2008 @ 7am
A side-view mirror from the bus lies on the ground and the crumbled pickup truck is visible in the intersection, above. Below, damage to the bus shows the impact was in the area of the driver's seat. A pickup truck...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 3pm
A Middletown woman has a date in muncipal court next month on disorderly persons charges that she abandoned three gerbils and a hamster in the woods, the Asbury Park Press reports. If found guilty, she faces up to $8,000 in...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 11am
A stray bag flutters along Monmouth Street recently. A proposed ban on plastic bags may be tabled yet again while its sponsor, Red Bank Councilman Mike DuPont, meets with objectors and other interested parties, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 10am
Bushels of clams await transport from a dock in Sea Bright earlier this summer. A lawsuit filed in federal court last month by local clammers names Red Bank as one of several "culprits" responsible for pollution that has cut their...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 10am
In today's edition of Red Bank oRBit, editor Tom Chesek tries to pin down just what it was about Zuleyka's Kitchen in Red Bank that first captivated him: It could have been the surprising and innovative sides that garnished a...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 6am
Entries from Red Bank's police logs for the week of September 5 to 12. The information is unedited. Theft reported on 9-8-08 at Catherine St. Victim reported that unknown subject entered garage at residence and removed a bicycle and grass...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 6am
One man is dead and another injured after the in a car in which they were traveling struck a utility pole and flipped onto its roof in Middletown last night, according to two reports. The Star-Ledger says the unidentified dead...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 5am
Red Bank's Waverly Place, one of the borough's more badly pitted streets, gets a fresh coat of asphalt yesterday. Ditch Waverly, have at it... Email this story
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September 16th, 2008 @ 6am
Driving Mrs. Burry: John Curley and his running mate, as seen at Red Bank's Centennial Parade in May. For years, former Red Bank Councilman John Curley has railed against what he's called a "good old boys" way in which the...
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September 16th, 2008 @ 6am
In the view of Red Bank police, there's no question a crime was committed. An unidentified, shirtless man loaded goods that didn't belong to him into a car and vanished into the dead of a sultry summer night. But was...
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September 15th, 2008 @ 10am
Sunday's Danskin Women's Triathlon at Sandy Hook drew dozens of competitors — they were the ones with the indelible numbers on their biceps — to the streets of downtown Red Bank this weekend. Among them were these women from Bergen...
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September 15th, 2008 @ 7am
After feeding near the Oceanic Bridge since July 7, it's time for the pod to go, says a marine biologist. Wildlife experts should execute a plan to remove a visiting dolphin pod from the Navesink River or risk the animals...
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September 15th, 2008 @ 7am
A West Long Branch woman claims in an interview with CBS News that she was wrongly charged with drunken driving and "mishandled by police in Red Bank just hours after she had surgery" and rear-ended another car on Broad Street...
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September 15th, 2008 @ 7am
Bargains, lightly used, in Atlantic Highlands Saturday. In today's edition of Red Bank oRBit, your comprehensive guide to what's going on around The Green, you'll find: • a item on the nearly nude, airborne dancers in "Garden of Earthly Delights"...
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September 12th, 2008 @ 9am
Just one month ago, Frank Edgerly gave up the head football coaching job at Red Bank Catholic to become an assistant coach for Rutgers University's Scarlet Knights. Last night, he was back on the sidelines of an RBC practice, having...
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September 11th, 2008 @ 6am
It seems that greater Red Bank suddenly has a thing for hemp, and it has less to do with behavior that might land you in the police blotter than eco-fashion. Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit, redbankgreen's sibling site, pays...
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September 11th, 2008 @ 6am
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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)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
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