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RED BANK: COUNCIL TABLES JCP&L STATEMENT
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RED BANK: Council puts off action on JCP&L plan for a controversial high-voltage line.
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June 23rd, 2016 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: NAVESINK POLLUTION ON AGENDA
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RUMSON: Clean Ocean Action plans a public discussion next week on the Navesink River shellfish ban due to pollution.
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June 22nd, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOTEL PLAN RETURNS, SORT OF
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RED BANK: The developer of a long-stalled Hampton Inn hotel returns to the planning board to say he'll be back soon.
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June 21st, 2016 @ 6am
LINCROFT: DOUBTS ON JCP&L PLAN REMAIN
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Kyle King, an environmental health consultant to JCP&L, was surrounded by questioners at the event.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD Plans for aContinue reading "LINCROFT: DOUBTS ON JCP&L PLAN REMAIN"
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June 8th, 2016 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S REBUILD BEGINS
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SEA BRIGHT: Construction of a permanent home for Donovan's Reef gets underway.
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June 2nd, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIBRARY BULKHEAD WORK BEGINS
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RED BANK: Work gets underway on controversial bulkhead replacement at the public library.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 7am
A view of the North Jersey Coast Line northward from the Red Bank station in 2014. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Jersey Central Power & Light isContinue reading "RED BANK: JCP&L REVIVES POWER LINE PLAN"
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May 20th, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON: GOD + SCIENCE, PERFECT TOGETHER
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Pro-Future Evangelist and best-selling author REV. MICHAEL DOWD visits Rumson's First Presbyterian Church for a talk on the reconciliation of science and religion, in a June 6 presentation of the Monmouth Community Climate Coalition.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: DOWN TO THE RIVER IN SHELLS
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The nonprofit Navesink River Rowing in Red Bank will hold an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, offering site tours, mini-lessons and demonstrations in racing shells and land-based machines.Continue reading "RED BANK: DOWN TO THE RIVER IN SHELLS"
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May 13th, 2016 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: STUDENTS FLOAT FILTER CONCEPT
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R-FH juniors Tyler Lubin, left, and Noah Tucker at the Fair Haven Dock. Below, a map of Navesink River waters showing areas where shellfish harvesting is banned or suspended. (Photo above byContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: STUDENTS FLOAT FILTER CONCEPT"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 5am
Students at two Rumson schools join RFH high schoolers for the annual Environmental Springfest, while Deane Porter kids get hands-on during a Global Day of Design.
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May 12th, 2016 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED
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The bar in a glass-walled room one patron called “the aquarium” offers panoramic views of the Shrewsbury River. Below right, restaurant principal Tim McLoone with an opening-night guest. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: RUM RUNNER RESURRECTED"
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May 4th, 2016 @ 8am
RUMSON SCHOOLS CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY
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Students from two Rumson schools celebrate Arbor Day with a project, a planting and a poem, accompanied by local dignitaries and neighbors.
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May 4th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK NAMED ‘TREE CITY’ FOR 10th YEAR
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For the tenth time, the borough of Red Bank has been recognized for its tree-friendly policies by the Arbor Day Foundation.
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May 4th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: CALLING ALL SPILL SPOTTERS
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The Oceanic Library is the scene, as the American Littoral Society invites concerned citizens to help protect regional wildlife and habitat as a member of the Spill Spotter Network.
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April 20th, 2016 @ 5am
Press release from Monmouth Conservation Foundation It is a melancholy thought to imagine a world without butterflies, hummingbirds, or the flowers and plants that we depend on them to pollinate.Continue reading "M’TOWN: CALLING KID CONSERVATIONISTS"
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April 12th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE PAVING DELAYED
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So, how’s the final paving of Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown going? It’s not, apparently. Contrary to multiple alerts about overnight closings from Monmouth County, which owns the bridge, asContinue reading "RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE PAVING DELAYED"
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April 1st, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK NEARS END
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The paving of Hubbard’s Bridge on West Front Street between Red Bank and Middletown will require an additional night of closure between 8 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday, according to an alert from Red Bank borough.Continue reading "RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK NEARS END"
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March 31st, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK PLANNED
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Hubbard’s Bridge on West Front Street between Red Bank and Middletown will be closed for paving from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an alert from Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE WORK PLANNED"
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March 28th, 2016 @ 8am
LINCROFT: WATER ON THE TABLE, AT BCC
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The future of New Jersey's water resources, and the community's drinking water supply, are the topic of a free panel discussion and public forum at Brookdale Community College, on the evening of April 13.
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March 21st, 2016 @ 5am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
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 ...