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A Red Bank police officer tells a customer the bank is closed yesterday afternoon. A surveillance camera got a photo of the suspect in the noontime heist. Authorities released this photo of a man they say robbed the Sovereign Bank...
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September 4th, 2008 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, based in Red Bank,posted its eighth consecutive quarter in the red, reporting a net loss of $202.5 million for the fiscal quarter ended July 31. The loss equated to $2.67 per share, compared with a loss $1.27...
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September 4th, 2008 @ 6am
The Asbury Park Press says the Sovereign Bank branch at the corner of Broad Street and East Bergen Place was robbed at about noon today. The suspect, who got away, did not show a gun, but threatened to, the Press...
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September 3rd, 2008 @ 1pm
Elba Vasquez gives her 4-year-old son, Axel, a goodby kiss as he boards the bus for his first day of school as a pre-K student at the Red Bank Primary School this morning. Below, Gene and Dawn Potts of Madison...
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September 3rd, 2008 @ 9am
The following are entries from the Red Bank Police Department log for the week of August 22. The information, supplied by the department, is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring between 8-21-08 and 8-22-08 at Leighton Ave. Victim reported that unknown person(s)...
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September 3rd, 2008 @ 6am
You may have noticed the cryptic, vaguely erotic posters around Red Bank for "Garden of Earthly Delights" starting tonight at the Two River Theater. Well, Red Bank oRBit has not only the details, but an interview with MacArthur Award recipient...
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September 2nd, 2008 @ 10am
Correct signs or not — this photo shows one that was improperly installed last week before being removed a day later — the borough contends its resident-permit parking zones are valid. Answering a lawsuit that challenges its resident-permit parking ordinances,...
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September 2nd, 2008 @ 8am
You never know what you'll find. From the Navesink River to Newman Springs Road, Red Bank will transform itself into a bazaar on Saturday, September 20, with its first-ever Townwide Yard Sale. Today, redbankgreen launches a webpage dedicated to the...
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August 29th, 2008 @ 10am
Red Bank police will be out on Newman Springs Road Saturday night and Sunday morning looking for drunk drivers. A press release from the department says the 11p-to-3a stationary crackdown, funded by a state grant, will be supplemented by mobile...
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August 29th, 2008 @ 8am
Fortunately, we had file art on hand to save us another trip out to Hudson. Remember those two-hour parking signs that replaced the ones put up just a few months ago? Of course you do; it happened just yesterday. Well,...
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August 28th, 2008 @ 3pm
A SKUNKLESS DAY ON THE ANIMAL CENSUS
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Paul Ashton and his pet ferret, Flower, greet animal control guy Henry Perez. By COLLEEN CURRY Henry Perez doesn’t give up easily. After repeatedly knocking on an unassuming front door on Red Bank's West Side, he takes an investigative look...
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August 28th, 2008 @ 8am
The folks at Dunkin' Donuts HQ will eat this one up: redbankgreen readers apparently love their DDs. We received a record 18 responses to last week's 'Where,' and 17 of them were verifiably correct. The image was of the brand-new...
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August 28th, 2008 @ 8am
Authorities say they have arrested a suspect in the robbery of the Two Rivers Community Bank in Red Bank two weeks ago and four other area bank robberies. And he's local. Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin says in a statement...
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August 27th, 2008 @ 5pm
Nick Piscitelli of the Red Bank DPW re-installs a two-hour parking sign on Hudson Avenue this morning. Here's the latest twist in the tug-of-war for parking between Hudson Avenue residents and employees of the nearby Broad Street post office: The...
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August 27th, 2008 @ 2pm
Merchants say the tarry road gunk is being tracked into their stores. By SUE MORGAN Whatever it is that's holding together the pavement on River Road's north side, Gourmet Picnic co-owner Michael O'Brien doesn't like seeing it tracked into his...
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August 27th, 2008 @ 8am
Of 316 public high schools in New Jersey, Rumson-Fair Haven ranks 30th in overall quality and Red Bank Regional is 64th, according to a Monmouth University analysis reported in this month's issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine. R-FH moved up...
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August 27th, 2008 @ 8am
Bruce Springsteen's people are denying the Rumsonian rock star will alight on Denver's Invesco Field before or after Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech Thursday night. The Rocky Mountain News, which cited "multiple sources" in reporting yesterday on Springsteen's purported plan...
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August 26th, 2008 @ 1pm
"A disgrace," Councilman Art Murphy says of the morning-after conditions on the sidewalk alongside Ashes. Led by Councilman Art Murphy, the Red Bank Borough Council last came down with both feet on Ashes Cigar Club on Broad Street, refusing to...
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August 26th, 2008 @ 8am
James Giannell took his place at the council table, and a free-range plastic bag blew around out on Monmouth Street. Notes from last night's bimonthly meeting of the Red Bank Borough Council: • An ordinance to ban plastic bags commonly...
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August 26th, 2008 @ 7am
A serial burglar who authorities say preyed on the homes of young women on the East Side of Red Bank and photographed some as they slept has taken a plea deal that could put him in state prison for eight...
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August 26th, 2008 @ 6am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
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 ...