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The view Saturday as the dolphin pod frolicked near McLoone's. (Photos by Colleen Curry) By COLLEEN CURRY Beachgoers were not the only ones invading the Jersey Shore this weekend, as a pod of bottlenose dolphins was seen swimming and jumping...
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June 23rd, 2008 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A fleet of Ferraris rolled into downtown Red Bank yesterday as part of a fundraiser sponsored by Hamilton Jewelers, much to the delight of car lovers. Email this story
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June 23rd, 2008 @ 10am
Rik van Hemmen, above, rough-hews a tulip tree log with a chain saw while Boris Kofman, left, begins shaping one end of what will become a canoe. A giant tulip tree log that's been lying on the ground outside the...
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June 23rd, 2008 @ 8am
Joseph Aversano with his prized Ford, which he dubbed the Broad Street Bomber. A 26-year-old Red Bank man died Friday when he lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a truck on the Long Island Expressway. Joseph Aversano worked...
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June 23rd, 2008 @ 7am
The Two River Times reports this week that publisher and advertising executive Claudia Ansorge has won a reversal of her DWI conviction. Superior Court Judge Paul Chaiet, sitting in Freehold, ruled from the bench on Wednesday that the state had...
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June 20th, 2008 @ 2pm
Travis Radcliffe's 'Monmouth Street,' one of 18 of his pieces on display at Echo through the end of the month. One glance at the above painting, and we were transported back to the lonely world of Edward Hopper. There's an...
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June 20th, 2008 @ 10am
The leading candidate for a replacement bridge — seen above in red — could be built with minimal shutdowns of the existing structure, proponents say. Top left, a rendering of the bridge with a pocket park on the Red Bank...
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June 20th, 2008 @ 7am
Here they come, parking guaranteed: some six dozen Ferraris are due to assemble on Broad Street Sunday as part of a private event hosted by Hamilton Jewelers. By TOM CHESEK It's a delicate dance, this business of securing a primo...
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9am
The stone lion with the wagging tongue of last week (you didn't see it wag? Look again) turned out to be a bit of stumper. Taking "a wild guess," Beth Gilmartin wrote in that it was from the Courts of...
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June 19th, 2008 @ 7am
The facade of the small building next door to the theater was the last piece to go; now there's just a hole in the ground. (Facade photo courtesy of Wendy Spencer) A small, ivy-swaddled office building that stood next door...
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June 19th, 2008 @ 6am
A short, simple profile on video by our pal Pim Van Hemmen of Fair Haven. Pim's a staffer at the Star-Ledger, which owns TVJersey, where this piece was posted. Email this story
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June 18th, 2008 @ 1pm
Rumson billionaire Mickey Gooch and his partners are suing a former employee of their Wall Street brokerage for allegedly poaching 22 staffers while still at the firm, the Asbury Park Press reports. In their suit against Donald Fewer of Colts...
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June 18th, 2008 @ 11am
Jimmy Vivino appears in Red Bank Thursday night. By TOM CHESEK Guitarslinger extraordinaire Jimmy Vivino can appear to be everywhere at once. You know him from his standing... er, sitting... gig with The Max Weinberg 7 on Late Night with...
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June 18th, 2008 @ 8am
By TOM CHESEK Picture this: a summer event with your choice of first-come/first-served seating. No parking lot shuttle queues or "parent daycare" zones. No turnstile patdowns. No confiscated cameras, water bottles, umbrellas or Pringles packs. And best of all, no...
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June 17th, 2008 @ 7am
By SUE MORGAN An official of Jersey Central Power & Light came to Fair Haven's borough council meeting last night to explain why the power keeps going off when — you guessed it — the power went off. Twice. Then,...
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June 17th, 2008 @ 7am
Scenes from the 15th running of the George Sheehan Classic in downtown Red Bank Saturday. Click thumbnails to enlarge. Race results are here. Email this story
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June 16th, 2008 @ 3pm
The cast of Mark Twain's A Murder, A Mystery and a Marriage, with Erin Weaver at right. Star-Ledger theater critic Peter Filichia, working up a Jersey version of the Tony awards, considers Erin Weaver of the Two River Theater Company...
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June 16th, 2008 @ 12pm
The name is Italian for 'eleven,' as in 11 West River Road, Rumson. The Jersey section of yesterday's New York Times dropped in at Undici in Rumson and came away favorably impressed by the new Tuscan-themed eatery. Actually, reviewer David...
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June 16th, 2008 @ 10am
The last pieces of the race timing equipment being dismantled at 10:15a; race director Phil Hinck, right. It may not be entirely disruption-free. There was, for example, the matter of the woman in labor attempting to reach Riverview Medical Center...
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June 16th, 2008 @ 9am
The temporary deck of the bridge was erected in 2004. Four years after its deck was replaced with a temporary metal structure, the West Front Street Bridge is again facing shutdown — this time so a permanent replacement can be...
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June 16th, 2008 @ 9am
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.