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A Rumson man has been charged with trying to lure a person he'd been told was a 6-year-old girl for a sexual encounter in a Bergen County hotel, according to the Star-Ledger. Lee Devinsky, a 35-year-old advertising executive, was arrested...
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September 19th, 2006 @ 11pm
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Here's an event the kids won't be able to stop talking about for hours afterward: the Middletown Reformed Church is holding a cow pie bingo fundraiser this weekend. That's right, cow pies. Whichever numbered square in a 500-square-foot grid Elsie...
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September 19th, 2006 @ 11am
Here's a feud that must make for some chilly encounters on the SeaStreak Ferry gangplank. The Asbury Park Press has a story today on an escalating four-year battle between a couple of Wall Street bigs with adjoining estates on West...
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September 18th, 2006 @ 5pm
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September 18th, 2006 @ 1pm
Million-dollar homes are a growing factor in the glut of properties for sale in Monmouth County, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The Press reports that the number of Monmouth County homes for sale priced at or above the $1...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 11am
Pity the poor Certified Public Accountant. Wonkishly dull, they say. Obsessed with arcana. Underdeveloped sense of humor. And whatever you do, don't mess with a CPA's workspace, because everything is exactly where it belongs. Yeah, well, the folks at the...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 8am
Elizabeth Harper, left, leads a "gentle yoga" class for women at the historic Woman's Club of Red Bank on Broad Street every Thursday from 9 to 10:15a. The fee is $12 for those who buy a month in advance and...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 8am
Former state Senate President and Democratic powerbroker John E. Lynch Jr. will plead guilty to federal charges in Newark today, according to stories moved late yesterday by the Asbury Park Press, the Star-Ledger and the New York Times. In addition,...
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September 15th, 2006 @ 12am
If a $50 bag of groceries gives you sticker shock, wait until you hear what Bonnie Lane Webber says about the actual cost of raising and transporting the food that ends up in your refrigerator every few days. The way...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 11pm
'Sue from Fair Haven' lassoed last week's 'Where,' which turned out to be a bucking bronc that threw a number of readers. The idyllic image of cows and other livestock in a pasture is from a mural painted on the...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 11pm
Remember when non-profits used to hold spaghetti-supper fundraisers? Now, of course, they're called pasta dinners, pasta being what results when you mix flour, egg, and a touch of urbanity. Lunch Break, Monmouth County's oldest soup kitchen, is rolling with the...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 12pm
The body of Susan Wakelin of Rumson was found early Tuesday morning off Deer Isle, Maine, seven hours after she'd been reported missing from a nighttime kayak outing, according to reports. The Asbury Park Press, which ran a wire story,...
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September 13th, 2006 @ 10am
Advance word from the folks at Art Forms Gallery is that artist Stephen Hall creates personal canvases that engage the viewer through tension, mystery, and glimpses of personal demons. "Images of abstracted shapes, still-life forms, or surreal figurative motifs are...
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September 12th, 2006 @ 3pm
Two men originally from Lincroft and Tinton Falls were among three killed in a fiery crash in Arizona over the Labor Day weekend, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Dead are Gene Charles Bailey, 26, originally of Tinton Falls; Ryan John...
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September 12th, 2006 @ 10am
A 78-year-old Navesink woman was found dead yesterday morning in her Osborne Avenue house following a fire. Dorothea F. Brooks was already dead as a result of burns when firefighters arrived at the scene of the 11a blaze, Monmouth County...
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September 12th, 2006 @ 10am
What's the right balance between security and aesthetics when designing airports, government buildings and skyscrapers in the post-Sept. 11, 2001 era? The Chicago Tribune's architecture writer, Blair Kamin—a son of Fair Haven—takes on this and related questions in a new...
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September 11th, 2006 @ 10am
Crews from Red Bank-based Navesink River Rowing are among the more than 3,000 rowers from 36 countries competing in this weekend's FISA World Masters Rowing Regatta at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. In 33 years of the Masters competition,...
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September 9th, 2006 @ 10am
Marcia Blackwell, owner of Red Bank-based Blackwell’s Organic Gelato and Sorbetto, has been named Emerging Business Woman of the Year by the Central Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Blackwell's Organic, which has its production...
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September 8th, 2006 @ 11am
The folks making the short film "Layla is Bad" in Sea Bright have put out a late call for extra, um, extras. Thing is, they especially need them this afternoon, starting around 3p. And they're looking particularly for families: Moms...
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September 8th, 2006 @ 11am
Thirty-eight graffiti incidents have been reported in Red Bank so far this year, compared to 43 for all of 2005, according to a story by Larry Higgs in today's Asbury Park Press. Click on the image to enlarge it. The...
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September 7th, 2006 @ 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.