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MAJOR REGATTA EYES MOVE TO RUMSON
The waters off Rumson’s Victory Park may be filled with the sleek sculls of about 120 college rowing teams next May. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI America’s largest intercollegiate rowing competition, theContinue reading "MAJOR REGATTA EYES MOVE TO RUMSON"
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November 16th, 2009 @ 9am
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RBMS HAS EYES ON NO.1 PRIZE
Red Bank Middle School students Sandra Paz, Teddy Mitchell and Josh Bruce talk to the media Thursday about their involvement in “eInstruction Is The Key,” a video they made forContinue reading "RBMS HAS EYES ON NO.1 PRIZE"
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November 16th, 2009 @ 7am
RIVERVIEW: PLEASE KEEP THE KIDS HOME
The temporary guidelines are aimed at curbing the spread of swine flu, Riverview officials say. Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center has begun restricting patient visits to visitors 18 years andContinue reading "RIVERVIEW: PLEASE KEEP THE KIDS HOME"
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November 13th, 2009 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN REC HEAD THRIVES, FULL-TIME
Charlie Hoffman just finished his first year as Fair Haven’s first full-time recreation director. Borough officials think the investment has paid off in spades. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTINContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN REC HEAD THRIVES, FULL-TIME"
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November 13th, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE
From the Knickerbockers to the Smithereens and a thousand tribute bands in between, there’s always been something in the water here in Jersey when it comes to The Beatles; a proprietary feelingContinue reading "IN oRBit: HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE"
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November 11th, 2009 @ 8am
HEAD START PLANS MOVE TO FORMER SCHOOL
The upper floor of the former P.S. 5 has been the home of S.O.M.E. Architects for the past two years, but the ground floor has largely remained vacant. (Photo byContinue reading "HEAD START PLANS MOVE TO FORMER SCHOOL"
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November 10th, 2009 @ 9am
redbankgreen was there Saturday for the annual haul-in day at the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank. That’s the day club members pull in the floating docks for the seasonContinue reading "DOCKS UNDOCKED: BRING ON THE ICE!"
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November 3rd, 2009 @ 7am
MASKED MAN AT MONMOUTH & MAPLE
For the Red Bank Charter School’s annual Halloween jaunt through town last Friday, phys ed and health teacher John Chestman wore a mask depicting the face of fourth-grade teacher MattContinue reading "MASKED MAN AT MONMOUTH & MAPLE"
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November 2nd, 2009 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN GOP: FOCUSED ON FINANCE
Bob Marchese and Ben Lucarelli in Lucarelli’s Red Bank office. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI This year’s Republican candidates for Fair Haven borough council haven’t gotten caught upContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN GOP: FOCUSED ON FINANCE"
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October 29th, 2009 @ 10am
POLICE: TEEN CURFEW WORKS
This year, for the first time since 1998, the Mischief Night/Halloween combo falls on a Friday and Saturday. Does that portend trouble in the form of tissued utility lines, eggedContinue reading "POLICE: TEEN CURFEW WORKS"
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October 28th, 2009 @ 8am
A svelte elephant, a dog-eating shark, a human Chia pet and a number of fairy princesses took place in the annual Red Bank Halloween Parade Sunday. redbankgreen has the pix.Continue reading "HALLOWEEN PARADE I: THE PIX"
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October 26th, 2009 @ 6am
The ghost of famed WBOO reporter Scoop Haunter showed up at the Red Bank Halloween Parade with his video camera Sunday looking for the real story. Here are his chillingContinue reading "HALLOWEEN PARADE II: THE INSIDE SCOOP"
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October 26th, 2009 @ 6am
OFFICE GOLF: AN ANNUAL HOLE-IN-ONE
This is one of our favorite events of the year: the Curchin Open. We’re talking nine holes of miniature golf played on elaborately crafted greens that have been laid outContinue reading "OFFICE GOLF: AN ANNUAL HOLE-IN-ONE"
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October 23rd, 2009 @ 12pm
A RUNNING START FOR BIKE/PED PROPONENTS
Jenny Rossano of Worthley Street and her map, below, with half-mile radii drawn around each of Red Bank’s five schools and suggested bike routes in red. (Click to enlarge) [SeeContinue reading "A RUNNING START FOR BIKE/PED PROPONENTS"
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October 22nd, 2009 @ 9am
Responding to chatter about last Friday’s incident at Red Bank Regional High, in which four young men entered the school in an alleged attempt to settle a score with aContinue reading "RBR TARGETS TRESPASSING ‘SPECULATION’"
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October 21st, 2009 @ 10am
IN oRBit: GONNA RAISE SOME FUNDS
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has the first-out-of-the-box word on an upcoming appearance by Alec Baldwin, star of stage, screen and, well, message machine. Baldwin will be visiting he Two River Theater this NovemberContinue reading "IN oRBit: GONNA RAISE SOME FUNDS"
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October 21st, 2009 @ 6am
IN SEARCH OF SAFETY FOR BIKERS & WALKERS
Rolling out of the East Side: the ‘Mori Place Marauders’ want to make biking and walking to school in Red Bank safer. On a typical morning during the school year,Continue reading "IN SEARCH OF SAFETY FOR BIKERS & WALKERS"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 10am
A little more than a month after his estranged wife and co-worker Jonelle Melton was found murdered in her Neptune City apartment, Red Bank Middle School teacher Michael Melton hasContinue reading "SLAIN TEACHER’S EX SPEAKS"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 7am
ELIZABETH CLARE PROPHET, BORN HERE, DIES
Then known as Betty Clare Wulf, the future sect leader Elizabeth Clare Prophet played clarinet in the marching band at Red Bank High School. She’s seen below in an undatedContinue reading "ELIZABETH CLARE PROPHET, BORN HERE, DIES"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 6am
[Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an earlier post, incorporating information supplied at 5:30p by the Little Silver Police Deapartment] Four non-student teenagers were arrested on trespassing chargesContinue reading "FOUR IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR RBR TRESPASS"
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October 16th, 2009 @ 3pm
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A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...