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The ghost of famed WBOO reporter Scoop Haunter showed up at the Red Bank Halloween Parade with his video camera Sunday looking for the real story. Here are his chillingContinue reading "HALLOWEEN PARADE II: THE INSIDE SCOOP"
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October 26th, 2009 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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A RUNNING START FOR BIKE/PED PROPONENTS
Jenny Rossano of Worthley Street and her map, below, with half-mile radii drawn around each of Red Bank’s five schools and suggested bike routes in red. (Click to enlarge) [SeeContinue reading "A RUNNING START FOR BIKE/PED PROPONENTS"
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October 22nd, 2009 @ 9am
Responding to chatter about last Friday’s incident at Red Bank Regional High, in which four young men entered the school in an alleged attempt to settle a score with aContinue reading "RBR TARGETS TRESPASSING ‘SPECULATION’"
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October 21st, 2009 @ 10am
IN SEARCH OF SAFETY FOR BIKERS & WALKERS
Rolling out of the East Side: the ‘Mori Place Marauders’ want to make biking and walking to school in Red Bank safer. On a typical morning during the school year,Continue reading "IN SEARCH OF SAFETY FOR BIKERS & WALKERS"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 10am
A little more than a month after his estranged wife and co-worker Jonelle Melton was found murdered in her Neptune City apartment, Red Bank Middle School teacher Michael Melton hasContinue reading "SLAIN TEACHER’S EX SPEAKS"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 7am
[Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an earlier post, incorporating information supplied at 5:30p by the Little Silver Police Deapartment] Four non-student teenagers were arrested on trespassing chargesContinue reading "FOUR IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR RBR TRESPASS"
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October 16th, 2009 @ 3pm
Panicked reports of ‘men with guns’ running through Red Bank Regional High School late this morning are erroneous, Little Silver police tell redbankgreen. Major media outlets have been calling theContinue reading "POLICE SAY ‘NOTHING BIG’ HAPPENING AT RBR"
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October 16th, 2009 @ 12pm
FIRE PREVENTION FAIR DRAWS A CROWD
A brilliant fall day was the setting for the Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department’s ninth annual Fire Prevention Expo and Free Barbecue held Sunday in the White Street municipal lot.Continue reading "FIRE PREVENTION FAIR DRAWS A CROWD"
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October 12th, 2009 @ 10am
SADNESS AND BITTERNESS MARK CLOSING
The church property, which includes adjoining buildings, will be put up for sale, officials say. (Click pix to enlarge) Among the remains of 45 congregants lying beneath a tree inContinue reading "SADNESS AND BITTERNESS MARK CLOSING"
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October 9th, 2009 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN CHURCH TO END 125-YEAR RUN
The River Road church’s doors will be locked by the end of the month and the property will be put up for sale. (Click photos to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN CHURCH TO END 125-YEAR RUN"
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October 8th, 2009 @ 7am
THE BEAT@RBR
African dance instructor Audrey Davis visited Red Bank Regional’s dance majors for a quick lesson on the history of African drums and dance Tuesday. The dance program’s theme this schoolContinue reading "THE BEAT@RBR"
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October 1st, 2009 @ 4am
RED BANK EARLY-ED PROGRAM IN SPOTLIGHT
The article appears in an education-themed edition of the magazine. The Red Bank school system‘s cutting-edge early childhood education program known as Tools of the Mind is spotlighted in theContinue reading "RED BANK EARLY-ED PROGRAM IN SPOTLIGHT"
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September 26th, 2009 @ 10am
A 33-year-old Red Bank Middle School social studies teacher was found dead in her Neptune City apartment this morning, and investigators are treating the matter as suspicious, the Asbury ParkContinue reading "PRESS: RBMS TEACHER’S DEATH ‘SUSPICIOUS’"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5pm
An after-school and weekend community center for all Red Bank kids is scheduled to open today, with staff from the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County managing the programContinue reading "BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DEBUTS"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5am
Football practice under the big bulbs last night at RBR, getting ready tonight’s big game against Spotswood. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s not often that Red Bank RegionalContinue reading "SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT FOR BUCS FANS"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
Today’s Asbury Park Press has coverage of the newly expanded pre-K program for 3- and 4-year-olds in Red Bank The newspaper also put together the above video about the theContinue reading "SOME TEARS AS 3-YEAR-OLDS START SCHOOL"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 8am
READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
Above and below, action from a Bucs scrimmage against Middletown last month. (Click to enlarge) It’s homecoming time for the Red Bank Buccaneers Pop Warner teams.
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September 2nd, 2009 @ 11am
FOOD PANTRY LENDS A CARING HAND
A client signs in at the Project Loaves and Fishes food pantry at St. Anthony’s on a recent Tuesday night. When Jeannette O’Bryant’s son and daughter-in-law lost their jobs recently,Continue reading "FOOD PANTRY LENDS A CARING HAND"
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September 1st, 2009 @ 11am
FUN HAVEN, IF DANNY STAYS AWAY
Views of the setup at the Fair Haven Fire Department for the fair that runs through Saturday, September 5. (Click to enlarge) Swirling rides and music to match. Chowder. Conviviality.Continue reading "FUN HAVEN, IF DANNY STAYS AWAY"
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August 28th, 2009 @ 5am
RED BANK SUMMER CAMP GAINS MOMENTUM
Children chasing a ball during summer camp at the Red Bank Middle School last month. (Click to enlarge) After two years of tweaking, an initiative to keep Red Bank kidsContinue reading "RED BANK SUMMER CAMP GAINS MOMENTUM"
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August 27th, 2009 @ 8am
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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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...