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Category Archives: Commuting

BRIDGES HEAD IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
Vehicles arriving onto the Sea Bright peninsula via the partially completed Route 36 bridge from Highlands over the weekend. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Call it a taleContinue reading "BRIDGES HEAD IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS"
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November 2nd, 2009 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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6:35p ARRIVAL LAVIRRA p53:6
No, it’s not quite one of those new double-decker passenger trains. But the glass-smooth Navesink River did a nice job of mirroring everything above it when redbankgreen‘s accidental photographer snappedContinue reading "6:35p ARRIVAL LAVIRRA p53:6"
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October 26th, 2009 @ 10am
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
LITTLE SILVER STATION LOT TO GET UPGRADES
The lot is owned by NJ Transit but operated by the borough. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fifteen years without repairs have taken a toll on the LittleContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER STATION LOT TO GET UPGRADES"
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October 22nd, 2009 @ 5am
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
MILLING MAPLE
Months after the project was supposed to be completed, the new traffic lights still aren’t operational at the traffic-bolloxing intersection of Maple Avenue, Water Street and White Street in RedContinue reading "MILLING MAPLE"
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
ATRIUM GETS A LOT
Atrium resident Doris Crisson, 88, speaks in favor of the valet-parking plan at last night’s hearing. (Click to enlarge) For the second time in four years, one of Red Bank’sContinue reading "ATRIUM GETS A LOT"
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
Two meetings per month at 6:30p would replace one at 5:30 and another at 7:30. Once again, it’s time for the time issue. Red Bank’s governing body is set toContinue reading "SPLITTING THE TIME DIFFERENCE"
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September 2nd, 2009 @ 9am
[Update: As of 9:23a, NJT reports that the overhead wire problem near Red Bank has been ‘resolved.’] New Jersey Transit is reporting train delays of up to an hour inContinue reading "WIRE PROBLEM SNAFUS TRAIN SCHEDULE"
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August 28th, 2009 @ 7am
The proposed line would link Lakehurst with the North Jersey Coast Line at the Red Bank train station, above. Just a day after the announcement of a so-called compromise transit plan that would have directed a new commuter rail line...
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May 29th, 2009 @ 7am
The Red Bank station would be the northern terminus of a new commuter line from Lakehurst, linking central Ocean County to the North Jersey Coast Line. Over the vehement objections of Red Bank officials, proponents of a new commuter rail...
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May 28th, 2009 @ 6am
Northbound Maple Avenue traffic was backed up approaching the intersection of West Front Street Tuesday afternoon. More than two months later than expected, work got underway this week on an effort to smooth the flow of traffic past a key...
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May 20th, 2009 @ 7am
The Oceanic Bridge as seen from the Navesink last summer. Nighttime users of the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson are in for a doozie of detour this week. Monmouth County last night began closing the bridge for repairs between...
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May 19th, 2009 @ 6am
Some say the root problem is parking, while others say it's an imbalance in the store mix in favor of high-end goods and services. But whatever they identify as the cause of Red Bank's economic woes, downtown merchants agree that...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 9am
Passengers arriving at Red Bank in 2006. Service on the North Jersey Coast Line rail line that serves the Red Bank area was second-to-worst among seven New Jersey Transit lines for on-time arrivals, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The coast...
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March 16th, 2009 @ 6am
Work on a $1.54 million state Department of Transportation project to improve traffic flow and safety conditions at a key Red Bank intersection is now scheduled to begin March 16, a week later than previously announced. The job, which is...
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March 4th, 2009 @ 3pm
The planning board advanced the idea of a high-density transit village to be built near the Red Bank rail station. Below, homeowner Neil Spencer reviews a zone map with engineer Catherine Britell while his wife, Wendy, addresses the board. (Click...
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February 19th, 2009 @ 10am
A tow rig operator gets ready to hitch a cable to an AT&T truck that got jammed under the railroad trestle on West Front Street near Hubbards Bridge in Red Bank this morning. Traffic was being detoured to Route 35...
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January 9th, 2009 @ 10am
Today's the last chance for motorists to cash in their Garden State Parkway tokens. Today's Asbury Park Press reports that token holders have brought 180,000 tokens into the New Jersey Turnpike Authority offices in Woodbridge to redeem them, at 33...
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December 31st, 2008 @ 7am
The Route 520 bridge as seen from the Chapel Beach Club on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright. By SUE MORGAN It's not too much holiday sugar that has Sea Bright and Rumson officials and residents hopped up about a proposed...
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December 30th, 2008 @ 5am
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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.