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For the second time in three months, a woman has given birth in her car near Exit 109 of the Parkway. Timothy Van Orden Jr. was delivered by emergency medical personnel shortly after 1p on Dec. 12 on Newman Springs...
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December 19th, 2007 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Revelers beware: Red Bank Police are stepping up their enforcement of drinking-and-driving laws this month. It starts tonight, with a DWI checkpoint on Newman Springs Road. Cops will be out there from 11p to 3a. There will also be more...
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December 8th, 2007 @ 12pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Three Red Bank residents have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a rash of burglaries of cars in Fair Haven, Rumson, Red Bank and Little Silver, according to Fair Haven Police Chief Darryl...
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December 5th, 2007 @ 6am
A trial in the DWI fatality case against Red Bank Red Hot publisher Claudia Ansorge may be scheduled for January or February, her attorney said this morning, following a procedural hearing in Red Bank Municipal Court. Attorney Peter O'Mara of...
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November 29th, 2007 @ 10am
Borough residents want the speed limit north of the downtown lowered to 35 mph. Here, at the south end, it's 30 mph as you head north into the business district. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Sea Bright residents want to take...
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November 20th, 2007 @ 2pm
Another day, another mailboxful of slime. Today's delivery includes the same attack-and-counterattack voters (and, presumably, ex-voters) have gotten accustomed to in recent weeks. But one item in particular stands out not only from today's load, but from much of what's...
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October 31st, 2007 @ 2pm
Today's Asbury Park Press has a story on Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck's three license suspensions, which have been publicized by her opponent for the 12th-district state Senate seat, incumbent Ellen Karcher. The most recent suspension was in 1995, and Beck hasn't...
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October 30th, 2007 @ 6am
Local authorities are expecting heavy traffic with this weekend's Breeders' Cup events at Monmouth Park, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the article: On Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and on Saturday between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.,...
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October 24th, 2007 @ 9am
It's not like we spend our days looking for cars driving into oncoming traffic. It just keeps happening in front of us. Six weeks ago, we caught a car going the wrong way in the new traffic 'roundabout' in Lincroft,...
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October 12th, 2007 @ 4pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI When Monmouth County's first 'roundabout' — a miniature version of the old, widely dreaded traffic circle — opened at the entrance to Brookdale Community College in late August, a clutch of local and county officials turned...
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October 12th, 2007 @ 8am
It's official: westbound vehicles on Harding Road are now barred from making left turns onto Tower Hill Avenue. Here's a press release issued Tuesday by Red Bank Police Lt. Darren McConnell of the traffic safety bureau: Traffic Pattern Change Motorists...
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October 3rd, 2007 @ 11am
Is Red Bank about to start buzzing with funny-looking little electric cars? Could be, if early adapters follow the leads of two trendsetters. One is a furniture store known for impeccable taste in modern design. The other, as unlikely as...
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September 24th, 2007 @ 10am
Christela Diaz, the Aberdeen woman who gave birth to a boy in her car near exit 109 of the Parkway Tuesday, tells the Asbury Park Press that she and her husband were shocked by little Zachary's sudden arrival. For one...
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September 20th, 2007 @ 8am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI The building's roof is somewhat swaybacked, and the slatted wood walls are fringed near the ground by the ravages of water. But it serves its purpose. Likewise for the elderly pair who own this place. Essie...
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September 18th, 2007 @ 11am
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September 14th, 2007 @ 7am
The Wall Township police captain found not guilty of drunken driving by Red Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman in May plans to sue his employer for $5 million, according to news reports today. The arresting officer in the case,...
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September 12th, 2007 @ 9am
The Route 36 bridge as seen from the entrance to Sandy Hook. In official terms, a proposed new bridge to replace the one that links Sea Bright with Highlands is a 'go.' The New Jersey Department of Transportation says it...
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September 7th, 2007 @ 7am
A westbound car, at left, heads into oncoming traffic in the new roundabout outside Brookdale Community College this morning. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Just moments after Monmouth County and Middletown officials packed up their press conference to tout a "safer"...
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August 30th, 2007 @ 3pm
Red Bank Police will man a DWI spot-check on Newman Springs Road beginning at 11p tonight, the department says in a press release. The sobriety checkpoint will stay up until 3a. Extra patrols will also be on the lookout for...
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August 24th, 2007 @ 8am
Most weekdays during the school year, parking gets pretty tight along East Bergen Place between Broad and South streets. The return of autumn means that Broad Street Post Office employees who find refuge for their cars at the Red Bank...
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August 22nd, 2007 @ 12pm
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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.