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Members of the Harford, Bender, Mortimer and O'Connor families gathered at the Red Bank Middle School yesterday for their annual touch football game, which only on occasion looks more like a tackle game. Email this photo
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"It," of course, is the holiday season, which starts hereabouts on Friday evening, not long after the leftovers from Thanksgiving have begun to chill in the fridge. This is one of Red Bank's big events, drawing thousands of townspeople and...
The Wesleyan Arms senior citizens housing complex on Wall Street is battling an infestation of bedbugs that took hold in late October, this week's issue of the Bayshore Independent reports. A resident of the six-story, 60-unit building told the newspaper...
What's the difference between racquetball and squash? For starters, says Francis Odeh, "Racquetball chases you all over the place, but in squash, you chase the ball." In racquetball, the ball is bouncier and moves faster, and you can play the...
Resident Sean Murphy, at left, makes a point at last night's Parks & Rec Committee meeting. Chastened last month by elected officials for faulty communication about the state of the borough's playgrounds, Red Bank's Parks & Rec Committee assembled last...
Graffiti that Red Bank police say refers to the Sureno 13 gang is visible in several locations, including this railroad gate on Drs. James Parker Boulevard. By TIM HATHAWAY Is gang activity a problem in the Red Bank area? "Right...
Yo, yo, check it out. A hastily made rap video by bunch of students at Red Bank Middle School has advanced to the final five in a nationwide contest that will land the winning school $15,000 worth of classroom technology....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fairways that doglegged around cubicles. Water hazards jammed up against the copier. Sand traps among the tax court analyses. The Curchin Open, a miniature golf tourney put on by he accounting firm Curchin Group, had its second edition in the...
The somewhat-shuttered playground at Marine Park, as seen last week. Parks & Rec Director Bob Evans showed up at last night's borough council session prepared to talk about swing sets, slides and triple-shredded, debarked-woodchip play areas. Instead, he found himself...
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Red Bank Regional High School made progress last year toward its goal of exiting the New Jersey Department of Education's list of districts "in need of improvement", data released by the state agency yesterday showed. The district was one of...
James Gleason By LINDA G. RASTELLI A former computer teacher at the High Technology High School in Lincroft has won a $25,000 Milken National Educator award from the Milken Family Foundation, established by former junk bond trader Michael Milken and...
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...
Children's activist David Prown prepares to distribute copies of the committee's findings to the Red Bank Borough Council last night. An ad-hoc committee that wants to see an empty borough-owned building on the West Side used as a community center...
Showdown at 9a sharp Tuesday, right here. Incumbent 12th-district Assemblyman Mike Panter and his running mate, Amy Mallet, may have been aiming primarily at one of their Republican opponents last week with their suggestion of cronyism in the Fair Haven...
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KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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)