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Yard-sale proponent Audrey Oldoerp. For a long time, South Street's Audrey Oldoerp wondered aloud why towns such as Belmar and Atlantic Highlands had annual or even semi-annual yard sales that embraced every street and home, but Red Bank didn't. Moreover,...
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January 29th, 2008 @ 7am
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A River Street man is in custody after a fight Friday afternoon in which he stabbed an acquaintance, Red Bank police are reporting this morning. The 21-year-old victim, who was cut across the chest and one arm with what police...
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January 28th, 2008 @ 11am
Check out the new commercial for the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown, produced by Red Banker and self-styled "multimedia darling" Judie Luszcz. In an email to redbankgreen, graphic artist Luszcz gives props (OK, we admit we have still no idea...
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January 28th, 2008 @ 9am
A review in today's Jersey section of the New York Times of the Two River Theater Co.'s 'Macbeth' takes note of the over-the-top spillage of blood. It's a production, writes reviewer Naomi Siegel, that "oozes, drips and squirts forth a...
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January 27th, 2008 @ 11am
Volunteer firemen quickly extinguished the blaze. (Photos courtesy of Steve Fitzpatrick) The cause of a fire in an outdoor trash compactor at Riverview Medical Center yesterday afternoon is under investigation. A closer look shows the orange glow of the fire...
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January 27th, 2008 @ 9am
The hunters say they're keeping alive a tradition that's lawful and safe. The nearby residents say it rattles their nerves and sends their dogs hiding beds. At issue is duck-hunting along the Navesink River in Fair Haven, and the conflict...
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January 27th, 2008 @ 9am
Two months after he's alleged to have shot two brothers in a dispute at the Montgomery Terrace apartments, fugitive Anthony Sims is believed to have been living a "nomadic existence across Monmouth and Ocean counties," today's Asbury Park Press reports....
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January 26th, 2008 @ 12pm
Rev. Elmer Jackson, left , and his son, Jeff, in training at WOW in Middletown. By TIM HATHAWAY Before having open heart surgery in June 2006, Rev. Elmer Jackson met a bicyclist who had already been through the procedure. "He...
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January 25th, 2008 @ 11am
Every so often, sleepy old Fair Haven stirs itself to controversy. It happened this week when resident Art Kamin, longtime editor of the now-vanished Red Bank Register and a past president of the New Jersey Press Association, aimed a broadside...
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January 25th, 2008 @ 7am
Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre As noted above, here's Mayor Mike Halfacre's response, solicited by redbankgreen, to Art Kamin's op-ed piece, which ran this week in the Asbury Park Press. It is unfortunate that Mr. Kamin, despite his background in...
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January 25th, 2008 @ 7am
Kevin Ryan, right, with Gov. Jon Corzine in 2006. Fair Haven resident Kevin Ryan, credited with having turned around one of New Jersey's most trouble-plagued public agencies — the former Division of Youth and Family Services — is leaving the...
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January 24th, 2008 @ 2pm
Ethel E. Armstrong, a Little Silver native who moved to Fair Haven in 1953 and never left, died Sunday at 101 years old, the Asbury Park Press reports. On his blog, Mayor Mike Halfacre, says she was Fair Haven's oldest...
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January 24th, 2008 @ 11am
Each year, the Buccaneer Booster Club at Red Bank Regional High School gives out thousands of dollars in scholarships to graduating seniors and grants to teachers. The organization, which functions as the school's parent-teacher organization, also raises money for academic...
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January 24th, 2008 @ 10am
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January 24th, 2008 @ 10am
Mayor Pasquale Menna, left, and borough attorney Ken Pringle, who's also the mayor of Belmar. Today's Asbury Park Press has a story about a plan by Mayor Pasquale Menna to go on the offensive against residential landlords who allow their...
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January 24th, 2008 @ 8am
Something curious followed the publication of last week's 'Where.' All the readers who got the location wrong thought they'd seen our Superman image downtown on Broad Street. A Time to Kiln, Ricky's Candy, Cones & Chaos, Jay and Silent Bob's...
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January 24th, 2008 @ 7am
Ponceno Records, on Shrewsbury Avenue. By TIM HATHAWAY At about 11a on December 10 — a Monday morning — Charlie Williams opened his music store, Ponceno Records, and then went across Shrewsbury Avenue for a cup of coffee. When he...
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January 23rd, 2008 @ 7am
In a story posted on redbankgreen Monday evening, we reported on a possible explanation for the removal of Milton A. Gray IV as a Red Bank-sponsored member of the current class at the Monmouth County Police Academy. That explanation was...
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 11pm
Back in business. The hours of operation are, for now, limited — 1 to 5p, Monday through Saturday. There are still lots of loose ends for the staff to attend to as they relocate from temporary facility two doors away....
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 3pm
At St. James RC Church this morning, members of the Red Bank Fire Department, including Chief Noel Blackwood, in long coat at right, saluted the casket of longtime volunteer and borough councilman John T. 'Jack' Illmensee, who died Friday at...
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 11am
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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.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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