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Last week's 'Where' had barely been up an hour when, just before 1a Thursday, Dylan Barlett emerged from the velvety darkness to claim his latest win. "Lunch Break," he wrote. "Also, your email links are broken." We've been known to...
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September 6th, 2006 @ 11pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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September 6th, 2006 @ 10am
One buyer sent a deposit check from Ohio before he'd even laid eyes on Corinthian Cove, the six-unit deluxe condo spread on West Front Street, between the Bluffs and the Red Bank Public Library. Now, construction is wrapping up and...
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September 6th, 2006 @ 9am
They'll be everywhere in coming days, as the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 approaches: images depicting the horror of the attacks, the unspeakable collapses, and the resulting devastation. There will be no shortage of them. They'll be all but...
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September 5th, 2006 @ 5pm
Oliver, a year-and-a-half-old Great Dane, out for a walk on Sunday. Oliver belongs to Jim Todd of Little Silver. E-mail this story
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September 5th, 2006 @ 1pm
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September 5th, 2006 @ 11am
It was an inescapably soggy scene as tropical depression Ernesto inundated the region Saturday afternoon. Please click on the image to enlarge. E-mail this story
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September 2nd, 2006 @ 6pm
Ready for your closeup? An NYU Film School student is making a short comedy beginning Wednesday at a beach club in the Rumson vicinity—the exact location is being withheld for now—and seeking extras. The film, by director Arzhang Kamarei, a...
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September 2nd, 2006 @ 8am
Take the name Bruce Springsteen, mix it up with some hot gossip, and you've got a volatile fuel, ready to propel a story around the globe in a flash. Judy Barnaby's been getting a ride on such a rocket. Her...
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September 1st, 2006 @ 3pm
News that the state had slashed a fine on the Red Bank Charter School from $1 million to $55,000 arrived just in time for the school's annual picnic, which made the event at Eastside Park rather more jubilant than it...
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September 1st, 2006 @ 9am
Here's a belated welcome to Scott Betesh and his two-month-old Broad Street emporium called Maison Blanche. Betesh, of Long Branch, comes from a family of antiques wholesalers, and he's the first to venture into the dicey game of retail. He...
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September 1st, 2006 @ 9am
A 40-year-old Monmouth Beach man who once robbed a bank and then turned himself in is under arrest again, this time for robbing the Broad Street branch of Sovereign Bank on Tuesday. The Asbury Park Press has the story. The...
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September 1st, 2006 @ 9am
Ten quick questions for Eric Auerbach of Clearview Window Cleaners, Long Branch. He's shown here at Bain's Hardware, Sea Bright. How long have you been a window-washer? About 13 years. I started off working for another company and then I...
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August 31st, 2006 @ 11pm
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August 30th, 2006 @ 11pm
Jenn Woods of Red Bank, who was narrowly edged out by David Prown in the e-mail race of correct answers to 'Where' no. 13, is the clear winner of contest no. 14. Having grown up in Little Silver and lived...
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August 30th, 2006 @ 11pm
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August 30th, 2006 @ 10am
Councilman and mayoral wannabe John P. Curley was booted from his post overseeing the borough's finance department last night, according to Larry Higgs in today's Asbury Park Press. Mayor Ed McKenna initiated the ouster, repeating his claim that lax oversight...
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August 29th, 2006 @ 10am
Well, Judy Barnaby and the folks at the Antique Center of Red Bank are looking like pretty good judges of character right now, contrary to the cynical intepretations by some regarding events at the store last Friday. Judy and her...
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August 28th, 2006 @ 9pm
A Trenton lawmaker is proposing a ban on foie gras, the cracker-meat that comes from, well, read for yourself, from the story in the Atlantic City Press: "To produce the delicacy, poultry farmers force-feed ducks or geese through metal tubes...
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August 28th, 2006 @ 4pm
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August 28th, 2006 @ 11am
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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.