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Red Bank Police arrested a 46-year-old borough man in the early hours of Tuesday morning following a reported sexual assault of a woman on Monmouth Street, police Capt. Steve McCarthy reports today. The victim, a 24-year-old resident of Little Silver,...
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October 5th, 2007 @ 2pm
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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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September 19th, 2007 @ 6am
Red Bank Police are investigating four suspected shootings over little more than three weeks that were not previously disclosed to the public, Capt. Steven McCarthy confirmed to redbankgreen this afternoon. No one was injured in any of the four incidents...
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August 31st, 2007 @ 4pm
A 25-year-old employee of a Red Bank pool cleaning service was found dead in a Rumson pool this morning when co-workers returned to pick him up after dropping him off earlier, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. The victim, not...
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August 29th, 2007 @ 3pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Just two weeks after a controversial go-ahead for Sea Bright officials to try to buy Donovan's Reef, negotiations have come to a halt. Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams tells redbankgreen today that the sellers have rejected the borough's...
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August 23rd, 2007 @ 3pm
Even amid a summer-long crackdown on underage drinking at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, two concertgoers in their twenties died last night from a combination of booze and drugs, authorities say. The deaths came amid "mayhem" at the all-day,...
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August 17th, 2007 @ 1pm
Red Bank police say a South Street homeowner interrupted an attempted break-in of his house early yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred at about 1:05p when the homeowner, who had been away from his home a short period, discovered an unknown...
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August 10th, 2007 @ 11am
Just hours after a municipal court hearing on the latest allegations of an alleged sale of alcohol to a minor, Red Bank police are dropping the charges, redbankgreen has learned. Borough attorney Tom Hall tells us that Javier Lopez-Ruiz, the...
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July 19th, 2007 @ 2pm
You'd think, as one wag at Borough Hall puts it, that anybody who works at Best Liquors "would be carding his own grandmother" these days, with the store's license revocation up on appeal before the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division....
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July 13th, 2007 @ 5pm
The Associated Press is reporting that an oil tanker has run aground off Sandy Hook, but so far no sign of leakage has been seen. The Star-Ledger has an item on this. The vessel is said to be carrying more...
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July 12th, 2007 @ 12pm
Joe Piscopo OK, let's acknowledge right up front that the dye job's a little creepy, while the whole "I'm from Joisey" schtick we associate him with could use some Botox, or cyanide, even. But a quarter-century after his moment in...
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July 9th, 2007 @ 5pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI In a sweeping show of bipartisanship, the Red Bank Borough Council this evening voted not to renew the alcohol distribution license of Best Liquors, the packaged goods store on Leighton Avenue that last year became a...
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June 21st, 2007 @ 7pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Red Bank's legal offensive against the controversial Best Liquors store on Leighton Avenue is the economic equivalent of a 'death penalty' case, its lawyer argued Thursday night at the conclusion of a three-hour hearing. The session...
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June 14th, 2007 @ 11pm
The scene outside the Blaisdell Pavilion early this morning. Emergency personnel and equipment swarmed Riverview Medical Center early this morning in response to a midnight fire in the hospital's basement. The fire was was extinguished within an hour without any...
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May 21st, 2007 @ 2am
Red Bank volunteer firefighters quickly brought a house fire at 31 West Westside Avenue under control shortly after noon today. There were no injuries. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, says Fire Chief Patrick McSorley. The house is...
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May 9th, 2007 @ 1pm
According to a news release from RiverCenter, 75 Marines from 6th Motor Transport Battalion, based in Lincroft at Half Mile and Newman Springs Road are shipping out to Iraq on May 28 — Memorial Day. American Recreational Military Services (A.R.M.S),...
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May 3rd, 2007 @ 3pm
The Asbury Park Press and the Star-Ledger are reporting that a Middletown North High School graduate was among the 32 people shot and killed by a gunman in yesterday's carnage at Virginia Tech. The student was identified by Mayor Gerard...
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April 17th, 2007 @ 3pm
The National Weather Service has a wind advisory calling for gusts of 45 to 50 mph until 6p. From the posting: THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY WET GROUND...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY WILL MAKE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES SUSCEPTIBLE TO...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 1pm
Virginia S. 'Ginny' Bauer, New Jersey's Secretary of Commerce and the widow of a man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, is Gov. Jon Corzine's choice to fill a seat on the board of...
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March 29th, 2007 @ 5pm
After months of rumors, it's official: Tiffany and Company, the 170-year-old icon of what was once known as the carriage trade, is ready to sprinkle some of its glitter on Broad Street. The retailer announced today that it has leased...
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March 22nd, 2007 @ 1pm
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KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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