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Chuck Prophet Chuck Prophet, a member of the seminal '80s psychedelic country band Green on Red, brings his solo act to the floor of Jack's Music Shoppe tomorrow. Critic Robert Palmer of the New York Times proclaimed Green on Red...
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June 9th, 2008 @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Mayor Pasquale Menna tells redbankgreen that the Red Bank First Aid Squad on Spring Street has opened its air conditioned facilities to the public while crews from JCP&L attempt to get the power back on as a result of the...
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June 9th, 2008 @ 4pm
A power outage -- or outages, perhaps -- have has hit the east side of Red Bank as well as Little Silver, Fair Haven, Rumson and Sea Bright. There are no details on the specific cause or extent of the...
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June 9th, 2008 @ 2pm
Judas Priest! It's that guy from Idol as Iscariot, with the singer from Almost Queen as Jesus (we kid you not)! By TOM CHESEK House is in reruns; the Basie's about to go dark til autumn; you've got no gas...
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June 9th, 2008 @ 11am
Steep elevations and heat proved to be major challenges in the first week of Elmer and Jeff Jackson's cross-country bike ride. At left, Jeff copes with fatigue. Elmer and Jeff Jackson's 'No Regrets' fundraising bike ride across America was slowed...
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June 9th, 2008 @ 8am
File photo of the Verizon building at 183 Broad Street, Red Bank. A proposed settlement of a tax appeal on Verizon New Jersey's Broad Street switching station — a deal that got derailed last December amid questions about an apparent...
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June 9th, 2008 @ 7am
The new sign, visible from Route 35/Riverside Avenue heading south across West Front Street. A welcome sign that the Red Bank Human Relations Committee bought got for free earlier this year to promote community togetherness has been posted at Veteran's...
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June 9th, 2008 @ 6am
These four young promoters were out on the streets of downtown Red Bank today encouraging passersby to stop in at the Two Rivers Art/Antiques Show & Garden Tour now underway at the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex and various gardens...
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June 7th, 2008 @ 1pm
Back in March, redbankgreen was the first to tell you about a nascent project called the Tri-City Arts Tour, a big-tent sort of event under which the artizens of Red Bank, Asbury Park and Long Branch would join forces for...
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June 6th, 2008 @ 7am
Joe Simonelli By TOM CHESEK Chicago has the profanely profound David Mamet; Pittsburgh the late great August Wilson. New York? Well, at least as the rest of the country sees it, there's no playwright more attuned to Manhattan than the...
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June 6th, 2008 @ 7am
Dishad Husain directs and stars in Viva Liberty, one of four shorts in the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cinefest at Middletown Township Public Library. By TOM CHESEK A couple of evenings a week at Neelam Exotic Indian Cuisine —...
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June 6th, 2008 @ 6am
By SUE MORGAN Never mind that 'farewell forever' send-off held last year at Donovan’s Reef. The legendary Sea Bright landmark is sticking around and kicking up sand a bit longer. Today's lackluster real estate market has benefited regulars of the...
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June 6th, 2008 @ 6am
Yeah, we did a double-take, too. But the Associated Press, citing the National Weather Service, is reporting that a heat wave is about to roll in for the weekend and then stick around. Forecasters say temperatures could reach near 100...
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June 5th, 2008 @ 12pm
You can live in a place for years and years and still occasionally experience a moment of discovery that's small but feels big at the time. That's what happened to redbankgreen in stumbling on the site of last week's photo....
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June 5th, 2008 @ 7am
A man reported to have been an owner or co-owner of Teak restaurant on Monmouth Street and other upscale eateries was convicted Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan of conspiracy to distribute more than 2,200 pounds of marijuana. Marc Munson,...
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June 5th, 2008 @ 12am
Ponceno Records, scene of the December robbery and stabbing. Two young Bronx men have been sentenced to prison terms for their roles in last December's robbery of Ponceno Records on Shrewsbury Avenue, which left the store's owner bound and bleeding...
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June 4th, 2008 @ 11pm
Investigators now have doubts that a one-armed man taken into custody as a suspect in a Middletown bank robbery late this morning is the guy they're looking for. "We had a car pulled over, but we're not sure if the...
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June 4th, 2008 @ 3pm
Elmer and Jeff Jackson at the fog-wrapped Golden Gate Bridge as they prepared to start their ride yesterday. (Photos by Tim Hathaway.) The father-and-son pair Elmer and Jeff Jackson completed the first 20 miles yesterday of what we're now told...
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June 4th, 2008 @ 1pm
The suspect vehicle on Route 36 in Eatontown at about noon. Red Bank police apparently had a hand in the arrest of man suspected of robbing a Bank of America branch on Route 35 in Middletown late this morning. No...
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June 4th, 2008 @ 1pm
When Long John Hunter wants to go canoeing, his owner, Susan Fick, takes him canoeing. redbankgreen spotted Fick and Hunter — a Great Dane and therapy dog at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune — during what Hunter surely must...
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June 4th, 2008 @ 7am
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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.