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SANDY HOOK: A BLITZ IN TIME
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Amateur naturalists, students and other volunteers are invited to assist a team of scientists in a “BioBlitz” census of species on Sandy Hook, beginning September 18. Press release from NationalContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: A BLITZ IN TIME"
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September 11th, 2015 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: SWITCH ADDS COLLECTION DAYS
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With the switch to private cartage last week, all homes in Red Bank have now had at least one pickup by DeLisa Demolition of Tinton Falls, which won a three-year,Continue reading "RED BANK: SWITCH ADDS COLLECTION DAYS"
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September 8th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TAKE IT TO THE RIVER
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Rowers, kayakers, canoers, standup paddlers and the just-plain-interested are invited to Maple Cove this Saturday, when Paddle the Navesink Day offers area residents a new perspective on Red Bank’s mostContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKE IT TO THE RIVER"
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September 7th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRASH PICKUP TO GO PRIVATE
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Two of the borough’s four garbage trucks will be sold, and the other two kept for leaf and snow removal, officials said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: TRASH PICKUP TO GO PRIVATE"
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August 18th, 2015 @ 7am
No borough employees will lose jobs or benefits in the switch, Mayor Pasquale Menna said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The end ofContinue reading "RED BANK: PRIVATE TRASH PICKUP NEARS"
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August 13th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: CLOUDED JUDGMENT
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The thunderstorms that were in the forecast didn’t materialize, but the clouds put on a painterly show over Red Bank Tuesday evening, and redbankgreen photographer Trish Russoniello took to theContinue reading "RED BANK: CLOUDED JUDGMENT"
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August 12th, 2015 @ 12am
ON THE GREEN: DROP AND GIVE ME 90
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With temperatures pushing 90 degrees, a man sought out the shade of the overhead lights at Count Basie Fields to do pushups Monday afternoon. Expect plenty of shade, but moreContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: DROP AND GIVE ME 90"
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August 4th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: CHURCH CONVERSION COMPLETED
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Space beneath the steeple, complete with spiral staircase, is now an office. The new First Church of Christ, Scientist worship space, below, is a fraction of the original size.  (Photos by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK: CHURCH CONVERSION COMPLETED"
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July 31st, 2015 @ 1pm
ON THE GREEN: SLOW ROAST AT TOAST
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With temperatures headed toward the high 80s, John Cushing of Bayonne rolled on with his work Tuesday, painting curbs outside the Toast restaurant under construction in the former Broadway DinerContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: SLOW ROAST AT TOAST"
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July 28th, 2015 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: BARN RESTORATION STALLS
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No work has been done on the barns at Little Silver’s Parker Homestead in months. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD One year afterContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BARN RESTORATION STALLS"
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July 22nd, 2015 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: WILTING TEMPS CONTINUE
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With peak temperatures in the low-to-mid 90s and high humidity levels, heat index levels were expected to hit 100 Monday afternoon for the second consecutive day, the National Weather ServiceContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: WILTING TEMPS CONTINUE"
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July 20th, 2015 @ 7am
SANDY HOOK: CALLING ALL BIO-BLITZERS
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Part public science project, part beat-the-clock fun competition, the second annual Bio-Blitz invites all members of the community to help take a snapshot of the diversity of plant and animalContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: CALLING ALL BIO-BLITZERS"
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July 20th, 2015 @ 4am
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TIKI BAR REOPENS
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With new access ramps over the sea wall, the restored tiki bar at Donovan’s was back in business Friday afternoon, as co-owner Chris Bowler announced via the signboard, below. (Photos byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TIKI BAR REOPENS"
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July 10th, 2015 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT: WHALE OF A DAY AT THE BEACH
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Reader Betsy Lunney photographed a whale feeding in the Atlantic off the Sands Beach Club in Sea Bright Sunday afternoon. Nearby, a reported shark sighting off Driftwood Beach Club promptedContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: WHALE OF A DAY AT THE BEACH"
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July 6th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: ROCKET HITS THE ROAD
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It may have been damp and sweltering out, but a vessel built for gliding on ice went for a ride over the weekend. Over asphalt, that is, not frozen water.Continue reading "RED BANK: ROCKET HITS THE ROAD"
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July 1st, 2015 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: COOKIE TIN YIELDS GEMS
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A collection of baseball cards from 1909, including two feauring Ty Cobb, found among the possessions of a former Parker family member will be on display Sunday. (Photo above byContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: COOKIE TIN YIELDS GEMS"
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June 12th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP-UP
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Seventh-graders from the Red Bank Charter School presented a report on “serving a healthy town,” and Mayor Pasquale Menna, below, returned to the dais after heart surgery. (Photo by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP-UP"
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June 11th, 2015 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY RIVER: BELUGA WHALES SIGHTED
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Recreational boats and a New York Water Taxi sharing the Shrewsbury River off Bahrs Landing in 2012. Below, the whales as seen in a photo posted on the Bahrs MarinaContinue reading "SHREWSBURY RIVER: BELUGA WHALES SIGHTED"
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June 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
Critics contend the Bellhaven sprayground has little popular support.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It wasn’t on the agenda, but a proposed water playground on Red Bank’s WestContinue reading "RED BANK: BELLHAVEN GETS HOSED AGAIN"
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May 28th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: WATER METERS TO GO WIRELESS
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The borough-owned water utility would replace every meter in town – more than 3,800 of them – under the proposal.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: WATER METERS TO GO WIRELESS"
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May 21st, 2015 @ 12pm
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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 ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...