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Samantha 'Sam' Lee at Fair Haven borough hall By LINDA G. RASTELLI Samantha 'Sam' Lee knows from customer service. She's tended the fresh farmhouse cheeses at London luxury purveyor Harrods and assembled gift baskets at Sickles Market. But if Fair...
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December 24th, 2007 @ 10am
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It's crunch time, fellow proscrastinators. But if the thought of Christmas shopping this weekend leaves you looking a little like Tootsie and Twinkle here, don't despair. A quick spin through downtown Red Bank is all it takes to start you...
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December 21st, 2007 @ 8am
A Rumson physician who was indicted in October on federal drug charges is facing a possible loss of his medical license, the Asbury Park Press reports today. The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners took up the administrative case of...
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December 21st, 2007 @ 6am
"Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel:" the phrase itself is loaded with the suggestion of graphite. So it's fitting that "Persepolis" the new film version of Satrapi's bestselling story, is also almost entirely in black & white, exploring as it does...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 1pm
Re Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman expressed frustration this morning over delays concerning evidence in the DWI case of local publisher Claudia Ansorge. "It's now too long" since a Monmouth County Grand Jury decided not to indict Ansorge last...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 12pm
It took two weeks to find a winner, and a tentative one at that. Even though he or she framed the answer as a question — "Is it the side of the French Restaurant on the corner of Wharf Avenue...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 7am
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December 20th, 2007 @ 7am
Two local restaurants — Thyme Square, on Broad Street, and Nicholas, on Route 35 in Middletown — are included in the 'ten best' list of those visited this year by Star-Ledger reviewer Art Namendorf, who goes by the nom de...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 6am
Mayor Pasquale Menna may live to regret his pledge to axe borough health benefits for himself and future mayors. Last night, in what appeared to be an off-the-cuff retort, Menna said he would run the George Sheehan Classic, a somewhat...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 6am
Councilman R.J Bifani The best part, hands down, he says, is what was accomplished in the realm of housing on the West Side. At his last meeting as a member of the Red Bank Borough Council last night, R.J. Bifani...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 6am
For the second time in three months, a woman has given birth in her car near Exit 109 of the Parkway. Timothy Van Orden Jr. was delivered by emergency medical personnel shortly after 1p on Dec. 12 on Newman Springs...
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December 19th, 2007 @ 11am
Public Works employees Douglas Howard, left, and Angelo Cleffie Jr. remove leaves on Madison Avenue this morning. Leaf season was short and sweet this year. The little skitterers held fast to the trees until late in the season and then...
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December 19th, 2007 @ 9am
Grants of $25,000 each from an insurance company will put cutting edge technology in the hands of firefighters in Red Bank and Rumson. Red Bank Fire Marshal (and Business Administrator) Stanley Sickels says the borough's volunteer fire department will use...
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December 19th, 2007 @ 9am
File photo of Hovnanian's Red Bank HQ, as seen from the foot of Maple Avenue. Amid a widespread credit shutdown, Hovnanian Enterprises said its fourth-quarter net loss quadrupled over year-ago results. The Red Bank-based homebuilding company yesterday reported a net...
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December 19th, 2007 @ 7am
A state hearing on the fate of Best Liquors' booze license has been pushed back until March. An administrative law judge with the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division granted a request, submitted yesterday by the store's attorney, asking for an...
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December 18th, 2007 @ 9am
Wall Street billionaire and Two River Times columnist Mickey Gooch and other investors are reluctantly moving toward a purchase of the SeaStreak ferry line that runs from northern Monmouth County to Manhattan, today's Asbury Park Press reports. Reluctantly, that is,...
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December 18th, 2007 @ 7am
First came the battle over bricks versus concrete sidewalks. Then there was the paving job that had to be redone because the street was almost as high as the tops of the curbs. Now, storekeepers along River Road in Fair...
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December 18th, 2007 @ 6am
A Red Bank patrolman will lose his job but won't face jail time after pleading guilty to assault and falsifying police records, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. Officer Steven Adams, 28, was indicted in October by a Monmouth County...
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December 17th, 2007 @ 10pm
Jim Willis in East Side Park. Jim Willis rolled into town three months ago eager to do some community building. It's what he does. A self-employed 36-year-old techie, Willis spends his workdays knocking down perceived barriers between people and information....
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December 17th, 2007 @ 3pm
An anonymous donor, acting through the Red Bank Men's Club, has posted a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of Anthony Sims Jr., wanted in connection with last month's shooting at Montgomery Terrace that left two brothers...
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December 15th, 2007 @ 12pm
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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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