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A pregnant woman enroute to Riverview Medical Center from exit 109 of the Parkway gave birth to a son in her car yesterday afternoon. The Star-Ledger says the woman's husband, who was driving, called the Monmouth County 911 Communications Center...
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Authorities still don't know the identity of the man killed by a train on the New Jersey Transit trestle over the Navesink River Monday and are reaching out to the public for hep, the Star-Ledger reports today. The victim apparently...
As a teenaged immigrant from Ecuador, Laura C. Morana learned English the old-fashioned way. No English as Second Language classes, no bilingual ed, just grind-it-out translations of her biology and algebra lessons, watching TV and talking to fellow students at...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Fair Haven's search for a solution to its dropped-calls cellular woes ended earlier this week with deals that brought in more cash than borough officials had expected. Now, Mayor Mike Halfacre hopes to use to the...
A new school year began for Red Bank public schools yesterday. Among the littlest students at the Primary School, there were some adjustment tears. For the most part, though, the kids seemed ready to unzip their tiny backpacks and get...
The Shrewsbury Borough School was one of five public school programs statewide recognized yesterday by the New Jersey School Boards Association for creative and innovative approaches to teaching. According to an NJSBA press release, the school was selected for the...
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By LINDA G. RASTELLI The end of summer, when the season is in its final flush of glory, is like no other time. And the Firemen’s Fair in Fair Haven celebrates it with gusto. On a typical warm night, fairgoers...
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that the cell tower planned for Fair Haven won't be a giant faux tree or, as reporter Larry Higgs puts it, won't resemble a common bathroom cleaning implement. Borough Planning Board members only had two...
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Linda Clark makes the case for a town center. The idea of creating a community center at a Red Bank-owned building on the West Side is one that "needs plenty more discussion," children's activist David Prown told a crowded Borough...
Even from the perspective of non-fans of the game, this weekend's baseball show at the Two River Theater looks genuinely fascinating. The program calls for a full and wide-ranging schedule of baseball-themed readings ('Casey at the Bat,' anyone?), movies, speeches...
OK, so this is not your usual redbankgreen weekend entertainment listing. But the folks at the Central Jersey Blood Center are putting on their third annual 'Rock 'n Roll Up Your Sleeve' blood drive on Saturday. And, as in the...
Looks like the long search for a cellular phone tower in Fair Haven is near its end. The Asbury Park Press reports today that the borough has signed a deal to lease a plot of land from the United Methodist...
She's long been a force on her native island of Jamaica, and had a chart-topping hit there with "Oh Me Oh My" some years back. Cabaret singer Karen Smith doesn't have much of a profile in the States, but she's...
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A Roman Catholic charitable group has resurrected a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard to provide temporary housing and childcare assistance to homeless mothers and mothers-to-be. Madonna House @ Red Bank Inc., a registered 501c3 charity, will hold an open...
After 31 years in Red Bank, entrepreneur, education activist and occasional singer W. David Tarver is leaving town. And he's going out in style. Tarver tells redbankgreen that he and his wife, Kishna, are packing up their house at the...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI One recent morning at the tennis courts in Marine Park, the air was crisp, the clouds distant, and the sun's rays subdued. In short, the kind of morning tennis players dream about, in a setting that's...
More than 50 kids participated in a three-on-three basketball tournament held this morning at Count Basie Courts. Organizers from the Pilgrim Baptist Church and other groups say they plan to make the event an annual one. Click on the pix...
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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 ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.