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Harriers from Red Bank Catholic hoof it through downtown Red Bank yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's cool temperatures and brilliant skies are expected to give way to on-and-off showers today through Monday, according to the National Weather Service, which serves up this...
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
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A month after fellow Democrats showed him the door in Matawan, some residents of are wondering why Pasquale Menna lost his gig as borough attorney there, according to a report in this week's Independent weekly. Menna, who is of course...
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Rowers from Navesink River Rowing encountered some light choppiness on the river yesterday afternoon. The nonprofit plans an open house May 10. Check out the NRR website for details. Email this story
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Springsteen with his wife, Patti Scialfa, and the E Street Band, including Danny Federici, far left, who died last month. Bruce Springsteen fans who paid $1,000 or more per seat for his May 7 fundraiser at the Count Basie Theatre...
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Grace Dilger in what remains of her bedroom. Red Bank Regional freshman Grace Dilger awoke early this morning to find her bed on fire. She'd gone to sleep with a heating pad to ease a sore back from playing lacrosse....
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April 30th, 2008 @ 12pm
A 15-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns in an early-morning fire on Rumson Place in Little Silver, the Asbury Park Press reports. The girl, whose name was not reported, incurred burns on her arms and legs that are not considered life-threatening,...
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April 30th, 2008 @ 11am
Jim Frechette in his Shrewsbury Avenue workshop. (Photos by Jim Willis) Longtime readers of redbankgreen — or those who've discovered the pleasure of exploring our archive — may recognize the name Jim Frechette. When we first encountered him, Frechette was...
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April 30th, 2008 @ 9am
E Rick Rinaldi By TOM CHESEK Who is E Rick Rinaldi? Regular followers of events at the Count Basie Theatre might be forgiven for asking precisely that question, given the fact that the Monmouth Street landmark generally showcases entertainers who've...
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April 30th, 2008 @ 6am
Or maybe we should call it 'rutball?' The ball would be familiar to rugby enthusiasts, while the format was touch football during a game at Riverside Gardens Park yesterday afternoon. Here, Ryan de Brigard of Fair Haven returns a kickoff...
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April 30th, 2008 @ 6am
Keith Glass NBA agent Keith Glass of Rumson has settled liigation dating back five years to his time as the coach of the Rumson-Fair Haven regional boy's basketball team, according to an Associated Press report in the Philadelphia Inquirer. According...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 3pm
Agita continued to flow from Red Bank's proposed 21-percent budget increase last night as one resident lashed out at the borough council, another sought details on where purported spending cuts had been made, and elected officials blamed Trenton and Freehold...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 12pm
Principal Terence Wilkins Red Bank Middle School Principal Terence Wilkins has been indicted by an Essex County grand jury in connection with a scheme to have his leased car stolen and torched, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. From the...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 11am
Colin Mochrie, left, and Brad Sherwood accessorized in mousetraps. By TOM CHESEK There's Standing, Sitting, Bending. Scenes from a Hat, always a favorite. There's Helping Hands — although you'll need at least three participants for that one — and, of...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 9am
Surrounded by classmates from the Red Bank Middle School and watched by a standing-room audience, fifth-grader Jorge Banavides introduces a slide show about the threats of global warming at last night's borough council meeting. Eighth-grader Samantha Riordan also made a...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 7am
A "relentless serial burglar" who authorities say targeted the homes of women and photographed them while they slept has been indicted by a Monmouth County Grand Jury, according to reports in today's Asbury Park Press and Star-Ledger. Mauro Vasquez-Galvan, 27,...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 7am
From the borough police logs for the wek of April 18 through April 25. Entries are unedited. Theft occurring at W. Front St.—Riverside Gardens on 4-19-08. Victim reported that she inadvertently left her purse hanging on the fence and left...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 6am
Today's weather forecast, courtesy of the National Weather Service: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 62. East wind 15 to 18 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New...
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April 28th, 2008 @ 6am
A makeshift memorial in the doorway of Faith's Aura Boutique on Monmouth Street pays tribute to shop owner Stephen Montanino, who died April 20. Email this story
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April 28th, 2008 @ 6am
Jean Mondesir of Red Bank, at right, picks up litter as part of cleanup crew working the length of Leighton Avenue during Saturday's mutifaceted day of volunteerism organized by the Pilgrim Baptist Church. "I just wish that the community would...
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April 28th, 2008 @ 6am
Saturday's Asbury Park Press had a gripping report of the rescue of 27-year-old motorist Jennifer Saavedra after her car became stuck on the North Jersey Coast line rail tracks at Broad Street Friday night. Mary Houghtaling of Brick said she...
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April 28th, 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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