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With sunshine and summery, mid-80s temperatures forecast for Friday and Saturday, redbankgreen brings you this enticement to hit the sand by photographer Stacie Fanelli.
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August 12th, 2011 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI [Editor’s note: This story contains updated information from Gateway National Park at 11:30 a.m.] A man who was struck by lightning in a brief, violent storm onContinue reading "MAN REVIVED AFTER LIGHTNING HIT"
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August 2nd, 2011 @ 8am
The sand, and ponytails, went flying at the 27th annual All-Women Lifeguard Tournament at Sandy Hook on Wednesday. Hosted by Gateway National Recreation Area, the tourney – billed as theContinue reading "FOR LIFEGUARDS, A DAY AT THE BEACH"
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July 28th, 2011 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
A tip of the hat – which is all that Where is wearing this week – goes to the three readers who recognized the tableau of cutesified animal statues shown inContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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July 14th, 2011 @ 8am
On a steamy July 4 with a clear view of New York City’s skyline in the background, Sea Bright put on a dazzling display for thousands on the beach MondayContinue reading "STEAMY AND SPECTACULAR IN SEA BRIGHT"
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July 5th, 2011 @ 11am
FIREWORKS PREVIEW: SEA BRIGHT
Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright becomes a virtual parking lot during the town’s fireworks show. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Not to be forgotten amidContinue reading "FIREWORKS PREVIEW: SEA BRIGHT"
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July 1st, 2011 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT BASH GOES NATIONAL
A contestant hits the water in last year’s Skimbash event in Sea Bright. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In its eight years of wave-hopping, SkimbashContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BASH GOES NATIONAL"
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June 24th, 2011 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a 10-hour search that started early Tuesday morning for four missing boaters who reported their boat sinking off Sandy Hook Bay,Continue reading "COAST GUARD: MISSING BOAT CALL A HOAX"
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June 14th, 2011 @ 5pm
BOAT RUNS AGROUND AT SANDY HOOK
The National Park Service reports no injuries as a boat ran aground on the ocean beach at Sandy Hook after losing power late Wednesday afternoon. Details about the incident wereContinue reading "BOAT RUNS AGROUND AT SANDY HOOK"
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June 9th, 2011 @ 9am
LICENSE MOVE RILES BEACH CLUB NEIGHBORS
James and Paul LoBiondo, owners of Surfrider Beach Club, flank attorney Thomas Hirsch Tuesday night as the council deliberates approving a liquor license transfer to the club. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "LICENSE MOVE RILES BEACH CLUB NEIGHBORS"
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June 8th, 2011 @ 8am
DONE GOOD: WALK, RUN, PUTT, CUT ‘N STRUT
It’s Friday night lights as Relay for Life returns to RBR this weekend. (File photo. Click to enlarge) Cancer, as they say, never sleeps — and if you’re among theContinue reading "DONE GOOD: WALK, RUN, PUTT, CUT ‘N STRUT"
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May 18th, 2011 @ 9am
SLEDGER: SHORE TOWN POPULATIONS SHRANK
The Census Bureau reports that Sea Bright lost 22 percent of its population from 2000 to 2010. No way, says the mayor. (Click to enlarge) Municipalities along the length ofContinue reading "SLEDGER: SHORE TOWN POPULATIONS SHRANK"
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May 13th, 2011 @ 7am
BAIT SHOP LANDS OK; HOTEL PLAN TABLED
The former Harper’s Copy Center on East Front Street won approval for conversion to a bait and tackle shop. (Click to enlarge) Neighbors raised a stink about the prospect ofContinue reading "BAIT SHOP LANDS OK; HOTEL PLAN TABLED"
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May 6th, 2011 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: BOUNCER NOW OWNS THE JOINT
With a partner, Chris Wood has taken over Ichabod’s and is revamping the space as Woody’s Ocean Grille. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It wasContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BOUNCER NOW OWNS THE JOINT"
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April 7th, 2011 @ 1pm
AN EYE, AND A NOSE, FOR THE BEACH
After a romp on the Sea Bright beach and lunch, Harley, a year-old red-nosed pit bull, seemed eager to get back out on the sand Wednesday afternoon. But Harley’s owner,Continue reading "AN EYE, AND A NOSE, FOR THE BEACH"
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April 6th, 2011 @ 1pm
SEA BRIGHT: X MARKS THE WRONG SPOT
Councilman Read Murphy goes over revised beachfront development plans, assuring residents that the library is not going to be razed. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: X MARKS THE WRONG SPOT"
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April 6th, 2011 @ 7am
THE PAWS BEFORE THE ROUNDUP
A cat takes a stretch on an old Buick ragtop at the Chapel Beach Club in Sea Bright Tuesday morning. An ordinance approved late last month created a trap, neuterContinue reading "THE PAWS BEFORE THE ROUNDUP"
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January 12th, 2011 @ 9am
AUTHOR DIPS INTO HISTORY OF THE NAVESINK
Rik vanHemmen, author of the newly published “A Chronology of Boating On the Navesink.” (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Rik van Hemmen has been allContinue reading "AUTHOR DIPS INTO HISTORY OF THE NAVESINK"
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January 11th, 2011 @ 8am
2011 PLEDGE: BEACHFRONT DEVELOPMENT
Brian Kelly was sworn in for another three-year term to the Sea Bright council Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When Brian Kelly was runningContinue reading "2011 PLEDGE: BEACHFRONT DEVELOPMENT"
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January 10th, 2011 @ 6am
Dozens of celebrants ran into the Atlantic surf  for the annual polar bear plunge at the Mad Hatter in Sea Bright on New Year’s Day. Among them: redbankgreen‘s Trish Russoniello, whoContinue reading "GOING IN FOR THE SHOT"
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January 2nd, 2011 @ 1pm
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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 ...
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 ...
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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.