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Arlene Placer of Hobbymasters gets playful with packing peanuts. The roof of Hobbymasters on White Street is big, flat and unobscured by any surrounding structure. Store owner Arlene Placer and her son, Alan, hope to cover it with solar panels....
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 7am
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One of three doughnut shop employees convicted in a 1991 murder in a Red Bank medical office has had his latest appeal denied, today's Asbury Park Press reports. In one of the borough's more sensational crimes, 22-year-old Wanda Pandure was...
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 6am
[PLEASE SEE THE EDITOR'S NOTE, POSTED JAN. 22, 2008, AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE] One of two Red Bank men sworn in last week as probationary police officers has already been dropped from the training program, a department official...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 5pm
Very Reverend Archpriest Serge Lukianov of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Red Bank coaxes a reluctant pigeon to take wing during a blessing of the waters ceremony on the Navesink River Saturday. More pix below; click on 'em to...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 7am
Several dozen Red Bank residents gathered at the Mount Zion House of Prayer Saturday afternoon for discussion about ways to head off violence by young people. The event was prompted by the November shooting of two brothers at Montgomery Terrace,...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Eve Thompson, the globe-trotting daughter of former Red Bank Councilwoman Florence 'Betti' Thompson and Stafford Thompson, was the bride in the featured 'Vows' column in yesterday's New York Times. South Africa, Jordan, Guinea-Bissau — the Princeton and Georgetown graduate "thrived...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Yesterday's Asbury Park Press reported that longtime Re Bank volunteer fireman and council member John T. 'Jack' Illmensee died at age 72 Friday. His obituary reports that he was a member of Liberty Hose Co., the Red Bank Rescue team,...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 5am
Tuition and fees are about to climb at Brookdale Community College, the Asbury Park Press reports, adding to student costs that are already the state's highest among community colleges. From the story: Students will see a 4.9 percent tuition increase...
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January 18th, 2008 @ 12pm
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church on Pearl Street. By TOM CHESEK At 1p tomorrow, one of Red Bank's best-kept cultural secrets is scheduled to step into public view, bringing with it a millenium of tradition. A procession of worshippers and...
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January 18th, 2008 @ 8am
What's going on with SeaStreak, the ferry that runs between Manhattan and piers in Atlantic Highlands and Highlands? Yesterday, a handful of runs were canceled. The ferry company attributed the moves to delays in obtaining "certification of documentation for the...
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January 17th, 2008 @ 5pm
Last week's 'Where' was taken from the choir loft of the Calvary Baptist Church, and shows a detail of the magnificent tin ceiling that runs the length of the church's basilica. Alas, not a soul wrote in to identify it,...
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January 17th, 2008 @ 7am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Sea Bright taxpayers paid $75,000 for each of the 24 students who attended Shore Regional High School last year. The school's cost to educate them was only $13,000. In running for mayor last year, Maria Fernandes...
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January 17th, 2008 @ 7am
Ailing national homebuilding giant Hovnanian Enterprises saw its stock and debt downgraded by a major ratings agency yesterday, but investors bid the company's stock up neatly anyway. The price of a share rose 70 cents, or almost 12 percent, to...
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January 17th, 2008 @ 6am
Red Bank Municipal Judge William Himelman has set a special court date to try the driving-while-intoxicated charge against local publisher and advertising agency owner Claudia Ansorge. The case will be tried beginning at 8:30a on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Municipal court...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 10am
State Senator Jennifer Beck will set up a 12th-district legislative office at 32 Monmouth Street, the former Red Bank Borough Hall building (or, one of them, that is) that now houses surfwear retailer Stokaboka at street level, today's Asbury Park...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 10am
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of Middletown Township yesterday in a tangled dispute over a plot of land on Shadow Lake. Upshot: the town will have undisputed ownership of a 1.08-acre lakefront property, and the guy who's...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 7am
With plans to demolish the old municipal incinerator stalled by concerns over soil contamination, Red Bank officials last night diverted $117,000 in Monmouth County grant money from the project to the reconstruction of tiny Bassett Place. According to Borough Administrator...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 12pm
The shuttered playground at Marine Park. The Marine Park playground will get all new equipment and fencing under a plan greenlighted last night by the Red Bank Borough Council. Installation of the new gear will start in March, Parks &...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 10am
Nicholas D. Maletto, at left with his mom, and Milton A. Gray IV, with his girlfriend and daughter, below, give their oaths as new new police officers. Borough Clerk Carol Vivona administered the oaths. Click on photos to enlarge. The...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 7am
A refurbished room on the second floor of the library. The room was once a bedroom in the Eisner family home. Months overdue but not over budget, the renovated Red Bank Public Library will reopen at 1p next Tuesday, Borough...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 6am
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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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