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RED BANK: WAGGING DOG DAYS GOODBYE
Call it doggie speed dating or just a canine social, but the season-ending edition of Dog Days of Summer on Monmouth Street in Red Bank once again brought out man’sContinue reading "RED BANK: WAGGING DOG DAYS GOODBYE"
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RED BANK: A CANINE CARNIVAL CLOSER
Nathan shakin’: the fur-challenged but fancy-moving internet sensation Dancing Nathan is the special guest attraction at the final Red Bank Dog Days event of the summer, this Tuesday. Capping aContinue reading "RED BANK: A CANINE CARNIVAL CLOSER"
RED BANK: MARKET BEGINS DOG-FREE ERA
A ban on dogs at the Red Bank Farmers’ Market becomes the rule with this Sunday’s edition of the 15-year-old open-air emporium. After ordering the ban a week ago inContinue reading "RED BANK: MARKET BEGINS DOG-FREE ERA"
RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN
Kathleen Gasienica, an environmentalist and next-door neighbor to the nature area, brought a boatload of visuals to bolster her critique of the plan. Borough Engineer Christine Ballard showed a photoContinue reading "RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN"
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING
Bellhaven is located on the Swimming River, at the western terminus of Locust Avenue.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After several months of quiet, a controversial project originallyContinue reading "RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN TO GET AIRING"
RED BANK: DOG BAN IRKS FARM MARKETERS
A ban on dogs at the Red Bank Farmers’ Market appears to have been triggered by a complaint about a dog urinating on a watermelon, the mayor says. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: DOG BAN IRKS FARM MARKETERS"
RED BANK: FOR THE GOOD OF THE GHOSTS
The animal-rights advocacy feature GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE shows in a benefit screening, Thursday evening at Bow Tie Cinemas on White Street. Although The Ghosts In Our Machine makes aContinue reading "RED BANK: FOR THE GOOD OF THE GHOSTS"
Gretchen Rell in a 2011 photo on her Facebook page. She described the bird she’s holding as a survivor of a pigeon shoot. (Click to enlarge) A volunteer animal rescuerContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BIRD HOARDER PLEADS GUILTY"
RUMSON: PIEBALD DEER SPOTTED
A redbankgreen reader spied this unusual piebald white-tailed deer in Rumson earlier this week, declining to be more specific about its location. A genetic mutation that occurs in less thanContinue reading "RUMSON: PIEBALD DEER SPOTTED"
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD
Red Bank Regional sophomore Elijah Nishiura, center, chats with Environmental Commission chairwoman Laura Bagwell, left, and Carl Alderson, a marine resources specialist at NOAA, after the council voted to restoreContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD"
RED BANK: BULKHEAD REBUILD ON AGENDA
Borough residents are on the hook for replacing the library bulkhead, at right, where environmentalists argue a natural shoreline should be restored.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: BULKHEAD REBUILD ON AGENDA"
RED BANK: LANDFILL PARK STILL YEARS OFF
Engineer Christine Ballard, above, discusses sampling for toxic substances at the former landfill site. One result of the tests: new warning signs, below. (Above photo by John T. Ward; photoContinue reading "RED BANK: LANDFILL PARK STILL YEARS OFF"
RED BANK: MOCKINGBIRDS GO BY THE BOOK
A vigilant pair of northern mockingbirds have set up house for their chirping newborns hidden in a bush near the entrance to the Red Bank Public Library. Though library staffersContinue reading "RED BANK: MOCKINGBIRDS GO BY THE BOOK"
Middletown officials have now confirmed eight cases of rabies in wild animals this year. The latest case followed a report by a resident in the area of Walnut Avenue betweenContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: RABIES COUNT STILL RISING"
RED BANK: MEET, GREET, LIE DOWN, PANT
[slideshow_deploy id=’91022′]Tails wagged and pink tongues slobbered as Dog Days of Summer, an effort by Red Bank RiverCenter to boost evening sales downtown, returned to a stretch of Monmouth StreetContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET, GREET, LIE DOWN, PANT"
RED BANK: A NEW BREED OF NETWORKING
The Dog Days of Summer are back, as the monthly promotion for four-legged visitors (and their human handlers) returns to Monmouth Street on Tuesday evening. When the idea was firstContinue reading "RED BANK: A NEW BREED OF NETWORKING"
FAIR HAVEN: GROWING, OLD SCHOOL
Lou Smith in the Fair Haven Community Garden. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON In the colorful, whirligig-friendly, anything-goes Fair Haven Community garden, the seeds haveContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: GROWING, OLD SCHOOL"
MIDDLETOWN: ALLIGATOR CAPTURED
Found safe and sound in suburbia. (Photo courtesy of Middletown PD. Click to enlarge) This just in from the Middletown police department: On this date, May 23, 2014 at approximatelyContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ALLIGATOR CAPTURED"
MIDDLETOWN: WILD TURKEY KILLING PROBED
Wild turkeys in Fair Haven in 2011. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Middletown police are investigating a report that a man killed a wild turkey with a policeContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WILD TURKEY KILLING PROBED"
RED BANK: LANDING, THEN PRINTING, FISH
Max Berry silhouetted by one of his fish prints. Below, another of Berry’s works hangs on a fence outside the shop framed by a wall designed by artist Mike Ciccotello. Continue reading "RED BANK: LANDING, THEN PRINTING, FISH"
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films 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)
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 ...