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Bruce Springsteen signs autographs outside the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank in May. Report outta Denver today says Shore-based popstars Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi will play at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, bookending Sen. Barack Obama's nomination acceptance...
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August 25th, 2008 @ 2pm
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Hudson Avenue residents won't have to plead a parking hardship to get permits under an ordinance up for adoption tonight — not that the requirement has ever kept anyone from getting one. At least one aspect of a pending lawsuit...
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August 25th, 2008 @ 11am
From the Red Bank Police Department, covering the week of August 15 to August 22. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief reported on 8-15-08 in parking lot at Bodman Place. Victim reported that parked vehicle had been scratched by unknown subject(s)...
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August 25th, 2008 @ 10am
Sen. Barack Obama Prepare for a traffic jam in the vicinity of Navesink River Road next week. Democratic presidential nominee-apparent Barack Obama will visit Middletown on Friday, September 5 for a two-stop lovefest that wraps up at the riverfront chateau...
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August 25th, 2008 @ 10am
Fishing in the Navesink River just east of the Oceanic Bridge Friday morning. Yes, the dolphins are still feeding on the other side of the bridge. Productivity schmoductivity. Have you opened a window today? It's gorgeous out there, and the...
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August 22nd, 2008 @ 12pm
Sea Bright's ready to talk with the seller of 3 Church Street. By SUE MORGAN It's spacious, filled with big windows, move-in ready and now, officially, on Sea Bright's wish list. The borough council this week authorized Borough Attorney Scott...
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August 22nd, 2008 @ 7am
OK, early birds. The first-ever Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale, scheduled for September 20, is coming together. And for those who plan ahead, here's some helpful starter info. There are some rules. The borough of Red Bank is asking that...
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August 22nd, 2008 @ 6am
Two hours of weekday counter service were eliminated. Here's a development that seems to be about as popular as junk mail. Earlier this month, the main Red Bank post office on Broad Street shaved two hours from its weekday-morning window...
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August 22nd, 2008 @ 6am
Better for the environment, and maybe for you, too. Ever wonder that yourself — what constitutes organic, and who says so? Well, tonight at the Whole Foods Market on Route 35 in Middletown tonight, environmental attorney and mother Kristin McPolin...
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August 21st, 2008 @ 12pm
The three sections of the tower are ready for assembly on the site leased by the borough from Christ Church United Methodist on Ridge Road. The author of the church's signs, though, has a higher level of communication in mind....
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August 21st, 2008 @ 10am
First thing last Thursday, we got an email from one of the Colmorgens guessing that the location of the 'Where' posted that morning was above Mr. Pizza Slice on Monmouth Street. A short while later, though, sibling Carl Colmorgen was...
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August 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Vivid striping marks the newly repaved Harding Road in Red Bank Wednesday. Email this story
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August 21st, 2008 @ 6am
The former home of African-American journalist T. Thomas Fortune is safe — for now, that is. There's demolition work underway at the historic Fortune house property on Drs. James Parker Boulevard, but no reason to be alarmed, says unofficial Red...
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August 20th, 2008 @ 12pm
A mural in the window of the former Itri's eatery signals Guy Johnson's hope that the grill will soon sizzle again. Last we heard, the former home of Itri's luncheonette on West Front Street was being scoped out by a...
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August 20th, 2008 @ 9am
When the Chinese men’s basketball team, led by cross-cultural phenom Yao Ming, took to the Beijing court this morning (4:45a EST) for its Olympics game against Lithuania, it did so to the galloping strains of a tune co-written by a...
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August 20th, 2008 @ 8am
The week in crime, as reflected in the Red Bank Police Department log, for the week of August 8 through 15. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 8-9-08 at Pearl St. Victim reported that unknown subject(s) scratched a parked...
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August 20th, 2008 @ 7am
Citing "deteriorating business conditions," Gannett Co, the owner of the Asbury Park Press, eliminated 120 positions at six New Jersey newspapers yesterday. Among the affected publications are the Press, the Home News-Tribune in East Brunswick and the Daily Record in...
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August 20th, 2008 @ 6am
About 100 people turned out for Monday night's meeting on consolidating police work on the peninsula. According to a show of hands, most were officers or their relatives. You're not showing us any real savings. You're creating a new bureaucracy,...
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August 19th, 2008 @ 7am
A two-month investigation led to the arrest of five people on drug possession and distribution charges last week, Red Bank police say. Five adults ranging in age from 21 to 43 were arrested last Thursday after a search of the...
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August 18th, 2008 @ 12pm
Red Bank oRBit — the redbankgreen sibling site that debuted August 1 as your thrice-weekly tickler on what's happening in the world of arts, entertainment, shopping and dining — is going daily. Six days a week, to be specific. Taking...
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August 18th, 2008 @ 11am
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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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