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Meryl Blinder, a painter from Brookline, Massachussetts, brings a collection of her works to Church Street Garden & Home in Little Silver in a show that opens tonight with a reception from 5 to 8p. An open house is scheduled...
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November 2nd, 2007 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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By LINDA G. RASTELLI Along Rumson Road in the borough of Rumson, at least five campaign signs for Democratic hopefuls for state office can be seen. And the county Democratic Party is gearing up to run two candidates for Rumson...
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November 2nd, 2007 @ 7am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Yes, there's a mention of a bar in the concept plan for what a made-over Fair Haven business district might look like. But that's as racy as it gets. Borough residents are emphatic that they're "very...
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November 1st, 2007 @ 2pm
Last week's image: a brick-and-terracotta-tile wall. Joanne Soper knew it right away. We also heard from Charles Hellings, who understandably recognized it because it , well, as he writes: That's my wall! Unless someone else has an identical one that...
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November 1st, 2007 @ 8am
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November 1st, 2007 @ 7am
Mayor Pasquale Menna has picked an executive at Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises to chair the annual KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink committee. His pick: Peter Reinhart, a borough resident who's senior vice president and general counsel at the publicly traded...
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October 31st, 2007 @ 3pm
William Neumann, the Fair Haven wicker-furniture dealer who was arrested in March for defrauding 83 customers out of $290,000, has been indicted, the Asbury Park Press reports. The indictment, handed up by a Monmouth County grand jury on Monday, reduced...
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October 31st, 2007 @ 2pm
Another day, another mailboxful of slime. Today's delivery includes the same attack-and-counterattack voters (and, presumably, ex-voters) have gotten accustomed to in recent weeks. But one item in particular stands out not only from today's load, but from much of what's...
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October 31st, 2007 @ 2pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI At the top of the fight card in Sea Bright this year, Republican Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams faces a challenge from Democratic Councilwoman Maria Fernandes, a member of the governing body since 1997. Kalaka-Adams was a political...
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October 31st, 2007 @ 11am
Though vastly outspent in her race with incumbent Ellen Karcher for the 12th-district state Senate seat, Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck today landed a major plum: the endorsement of the state's largest newspaper. The Star-Ledger, while noting that the race race "has...
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October 31st, 2007 @ 8am
A Red Bank man was briefly kidnapped, slashed in the face and dumped in Shrewsbury by three unknown assailants who tried to rob him early Saturday morning, borough police are reporting. The 18-year-old victim, a Locust Avenue resident, was treated...
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October 30th, 2007 @ 4pm
A 16-year-old homeless male has been charged in connection with burglaries at an East Bergen Place business and an adjacent house, Red Bank Police say. The suspect, whose identity was not disclosed, was arrested yesterday after a short chase. The...
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October 30th, 2007 @ 4pm
Today's Asbury Park Press has a story on Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck's three license suspensions, which have been publicized by her opponent for the 12th-district state Senate seat, incumbent Ellen Karcher. The most recent suspension was in 1995, and Beck hasn't...
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October 30th, 2007 @ 6am
Tinton Falls is holding an online beauty contest, and the contestants are two new websites. Or more accurately, they're two versions of the the same site. The more popular of the two will become the new municipal site, replacing the...
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October 29th, 2007 @ 7am
Police investigators looking into the four shootings that occurred in July and August are appealing to witnesses to call and tell them what they know, even anonymously. "I truly and strongly believe that there are people in the community who...
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October 29th, 2007 @ 6am
It appears that Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck of Red Bank, in attacking 12th-district Senate opponent Ellen Karcher over Karcher's use of a state farmland assessment program, has put herself at odds with one of her own backers: Judith Stanley Coleman. Today's...
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October 28th, 2007 @ 7am
Volunteers do what they can at St. Anthony of Padua to help keep the needy from going hungry. Twice a week, a food pantry at the church gives out bagfuls of food to dozens of families, many of them Hispanic...
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October 26th, 2007 @ 2pm
The race for 12th-district Senate seat continues to get more attention for the accusations flung back and forth between incumbent Ellen Karcher of Marlboro and Red Bank Republican Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck than for any other aspect. In today's Star-Ledger, political...
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October 26th, 2007 @ 11am
Property near Chapin Avenue is among several segments of the waterfront that could have trails, according to the Waterfront Plan. Putting the recently released Waterfront Plan into effect won't happen without the state ponying up some big open-space bucks, says...
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October 26th, 2007 @ 8am
Or maybe they're brown. Let's just say the headshot at the left is not exactly the most trustworthy. But never mind that. Joe Piscopo, faux lounge lizard turned actual jazz singer, is returning to Red Bank, following a pair of...
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October 26th, 2007 @ 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.