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DOLPHINS RETURN TO SHREWSBURY RIVER
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A pair of dolphins cross in the Shrewsbury River at sunset Sunday, as seen from McLoone’s Rum Runner in Sea Bright. The dolphins are back. A year after 16 dolphinsContinue reading "DOLPHINS RETURN TO SHREWSBURY RIVER"
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June 7th, 2009 @ 9pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The eastern flank of the Oceanic Bridge. Looking down the road at a $75 million bill, Monmouth County officials have begun angling for federal funds to defray some of the costs of replacing the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson,...
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June 1st, 2009 @ 6am
Contractors working on improvements to a nearby intersection are using the borough-owned lot as a staging area. A wooden form for making concrete slabs was built at center, and a load of stone was dropped closer to the river. A...
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May 27th, 2009 @ 8am
High school rowers from the Navesink River Rowing return a scull to the clubhouse at the foot of Maple Avenue, Red Bank, on Monday following a weekend meet in Massachusetts. (Click to enlarge) Looks to be smooth sailing weatherwise for...
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May 19th, 2009 @ 6am
Rowers take to the water at the 2008 edition of the club's open house. What: Navesink River Rowing's annual open house. Where: Foot of Maple Avenue, Red Bank. When: Saturday, 9a to 1p. Need to know: A chance to get...
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May 15th, 2009 @ 8am
Here's hoping for less-ominous weather than we've had recently when residents gather for the official opening of the borough dock Monday evening. Fair Haven officials have scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to mark the reopening of the borough dock on...
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May 8th, 2009 @ 6am
Craig Widmaier of Red Bank and son Gregory tackle the job of digging out the invasive plant Japanese knotweed at Saturday's cleanup of the Maple Avenue lot. For the second year in a row, a crew of volunteers descended on...
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May 4th, 2009 @ 10am
A 2008 view of Bon Jovi's Middletown manse. For the third time in little more than two weeks, a dead dolphin has been found locally, the Associated Press reports. The discovery of a dolphin corpse outside the riverfront home of...
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April 20th, 2009 @ 6am
The backyard boat: sink it, or let it ride? After a couple of months in dry dock, the issue of when Fair Haven residents should be allowed to keep boats in their yards bobbed back to the surface Monday night....
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April 14th, 2009 @ 6am
A boater stands for a better look at dolphins near the Oceanic Bridge last October. (Click to enlarge) For the second time in a week, the discovery of a dead dolphin has raised concern that not all of last year's...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 6am
A dolphin in the Shrewsbury River in November. The whitened body of an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was found near the Route 36 bridge between Highlands and Sea Bright Tuesday and will be examined by federal scientists today to determine if...
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April 8th, 2009 @ 7am
Cindy Burnham and Jack Privetera were onsite yesterday talking about where to plant a tree. Plans are moving ahead for the opening of Whatchamacallit Park in Red Bank. That's the borough-owned lot at the foot of Maple Avenue that last...
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April 1st, 2009 @ 10am
Sovereign Bancorp's Broad Street branch got a reduction in its tax bill. Assorted items and actions from Monday night's Red Bank Council meeting: • The council approved a tax appeal settlement that reduced the assessment on the Sovereign Bank property...
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February 12th, 2009 @ 7am
A dolphin in the Shrewsbury River in November. The federal agency in charge of protecting the dolphins that took up residence in the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers last June says it has no evidence that any are left in the...
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February 10th, 2009 @ 4pm
An iceboat zips along the Navesink on Saturday. Thinking an iceboater involved in a crash had gone underwater, a Red Bank man jumped into Navesink River to find him Sunday, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The iceboat driver, though, had...
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February 2nd, 2009 @ 5am
Cindy Burnham on the between-names property last year. Having safeguarded a borough-owned riverfront property from sale and possible development last year, Cindy Burnham went to the Red Bank Council earlier this week hoping to get quick approval for a name...
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January 29th, 2009 @ 11am
Fog piled in Wednesday afternoon after muck piled up earlier in the day on Broad Street, Red Bank. The sun returns today after yesterday's nasty snow-sleet-gunkpuddle precipitation and fog, says the National Weather Service, though the agency doesn't actually use...
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January 29th, 2009 @ 6am
The Marine Park bulkhead as seen Sunday from the frozen Navesink. Skaters (and sledders) used a makeshift ladder to access the ice. We've heard this before, but the state of New Jersey is moving forward with plans to rebuild the...
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January 27th, 2009 @ 11am
By JoANN PILEGGI A proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) transfer facility that backers see as a fix to energy woes and opponents call "Insanity Island" gets its first public airing tonight. The showdown pits dozens of environmental groups against Atlantic...
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January 27th, 2009 @ 8am
Priced to sell, but you must buy now. By JoANN PILEGGI It's not only stores and restaurants using markdowns to attract scarce consumer dollars. Trying to get a jump on the competition from private beach clubs and other municipalities while...
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January 27th, 2009 @ 6am
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.