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Mike Halfacre was first-in with the ID of last week's 'Where:' the Mulvihill Building at 569 River Road in the town where he's mayor, Fair Haven. Perhaps his River Road beautification plan calls for the restoration of the missing letters...
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October 18th, 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 If Middletown police have their way, underage drinkers won't even think about buying beer in the township. "We have a zero-tolerance policy," says Sgt. Darren Schwedes, coordinator of an $8,000 state grant for the "Cops in...
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October 18th, 2007 @ 7am
Fair Haven's dock is about to get a makeover. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Fair Haven residents brought their ideas on how to spend $200,000 budgeted for municipal dock improvements to a public hearing this week. The dock, located at the...
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October 17th, 2007 @ 8am
The numbers of rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries and larcenies reported in Red Bank soared from 2005 to 2006, according to new crime data released today by the State Police. The 2006 Uniform Crime Report shows that the violent crime...
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October 16th, 2007 @ 3pm
A Red Bank police patrolman has been indicted for aggravated assault and other alleged crimes arising from the arrest of a Middletown man following the borough's 2006 Kaboom Fireworks show, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press. An...
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October 16th, 2007 @ 12am
A series of fistfights outside Chubby's Waterside Cafe on West Front Street early Saturday morning escalated into a near riot, with Red Bank police calling in backups from seven nearby departments and one officer ending up injured, Capt. Steve McCarthy...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 4pm
Red Bank police say a man was slashed across the chest by an assailant while fishing from a bulkhead in Marine Park early Saturday morning. The victim, a 28-year-old Cliffwood Beach man, told police the attack occurred during an apparent...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 3pm
Is it the end of the line for the last beachfront bar in New Jersey? By LINDA G. RASTELLI The owners of Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright have signed a contract to sell the oceanfront nightclub for $5 million, redbankgreen...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 2pm
Chris Covert is fond of the 'goofball' approach to art, bringing a loosey-goosey attitude to choosing his subjects and often settling on celebrities who tickle his funny button. He likes stand-up comics, and will knock off a portrait of one...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 10am
It's not like we spend our days looking for cars driving into oncoming traffic. It just keeps happening in front of us. Six weeks ago, we caught a car going the wrong way in the new traffic 'roundabout' in Lincroft,...
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October 12th, 2007 @ 4pm
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October 12th, 2007 @ 4pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI When Monmouth County's first 'roundabout' — a miniature version of the old, widely dreaded traffic circle — opened at the entrance to Brookdale Community College in late August, a clutch of local and county officials turned...
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October 12th, 2007 @ 8am
A Rumson doctor was headed to federal court this afternoon after being arrested this morning on charges of presecribing excessive amounts of presecription drugs that he knew would be illegally resold or abused, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. An...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 2pm
Republicans John Tyler, upper left, and Grace Cangemi draw lots from forum moderator Amy Goldsmith to see who will speak first as Democrats Ed Zipprich, Kathy Horgan and Sharon Lee, all in foreground, look on. They came, they saw, they...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 2pm
Questions over evidence prompted a postponement of the municipal court trial of Red Bank Red Hot publisher Claudia Ansorge this morning. Ansorge, of Broad Street, faces a charge of driving while intoxicated arising from an April, 2006 accident that killed...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 11am
This year's Red Bank International Film Festival, which unspooled at Clearview Cinemas last weekend, was another successful one, says president Marc Leckstein. "We did really well, with a couple of sold-out screenings," he said. Those included the emerging filmmakers' session,...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 7am
Last week's 'Where' showed a scale model of an Eastern Airlines plane. It's at 20 West Street, home of Venezia Emporium, or what proprietor Mike Venezia calls a junk shop. "Most people call it antiques and collectibles," he says. Venezia...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 7am
In one of the odder entries in the annals of local governance, the Fair Haven Borough Council met yesterday with the stated purpose of blowing off steam. And vent its members did, giving voice to everything from disappointment to indignation...
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October 10th, 2007 @ 8am
A 25-year-old Red Bank woman walking home on Branch Avenue early Sunday morning was assaulted by an unknown man traveling by bicycle, borough police reported yesterday. It was the second such report in less than a week. The woman told...
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October 10th, 2007 @ 7am
They started lining up more than two hours before the box office opened at noon yesterday, and there were still people waiting in line at 5:30p. The occasion? The annual Columbus Day ticket sale at the Count Basie Theatre, where...
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October 9th, 2007 @ 12pm
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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.