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SEA BRIGHT: BOUTIQUE IN A BOAT SHOP
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A straw clutch by Mud Pie is among the fashion items available in what had long been just a boating supply store. (Photo by Alexis Orlacchio. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BOUTIQUE IN A BOAT SHOP"
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May 17th, 2013 @ 3pm
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WEEKEND: CARNIVAL, NATURE WALK, TRI…
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The Sea Bright Firemen’s Fair brings cheer to the oceanside town this weekend s it works to recover from Hurricane Sandy. Folk musicians the Blind Tellers, below, are at theContinue reading "WEEKEND: CARNIVAL, NATURE WALK, TRI…"
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May 17th, 2013 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN EDGES TOWARD SMOKING BAN
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Smoking could be banned, or segregated, in borough parks and at parades. (Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Fair Haven’s borough council engaged in a lively discussion about the prosContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN EDGES TOWARD SMOKING BAN"
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May 14th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: FARMERS RETURN TO MARKET
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Among the myriad culinary and craft-shopping options available throughout the Green on Mother’s Day is one that bristles with green freshness: the Red Bank Farmer’s Market, above, which reopens SundayContinue reading "RED BANK: FARMERS RETURN TO MARKET"
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May 10th, 2013 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: STORM-TOSSED TREASURES
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Frank Torock scanning the beach in Sea Bright for hidden metal last month. (Photos by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE The beaches of Sea Bright have beenContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: STORM-TOSSED TREASURES"
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May 7th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: SPRING, 2013
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It’s that flowery time of the year for trees, like this one on Oakland Street in Red Bank. Weatherwise, the weekend ahead is looking like a lovely one for plantsContinue reading "RED BANK: SPRING, 2013"
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May 3rd, 2013 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY: SOLAR RECHARGES CHURCH
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Reverend Antonio Parenti, right, and congregant Ken Walsh with the church’s new money-saving solar power system. (Photo above by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON First Assembly ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: SOLAR RECHARGES CHURCH"
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April 30th, 2013 @ 1pm
Boris Kofman, above, and Michael Paul Raspanti, below, during Saturday’s riverfront cleanup on Red Bank’s West Side. (Photos by Wil Fulton, above, and Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNERContinue reading "RED BANK: REMOVING ‘CRAP’ LEFT BY OTHERS"
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April 30th, 2013 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: SPRING, 2013
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Fair Haven Road alongside Fair Haven Fields offers a flowery feast of pink this time of year, as seen looking south toward Ridge Road on Monday. Expect Tuesday’s weather toContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SPRING, 2013"
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April 30th, 2013 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: SPRING, 2013
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A mute swan makes a striking display as it stretches its wings on a creek next to Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver on Saturday. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. ClickContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: SPRING, 2013"
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April 29th, 2013 @ 12pm
Six months after it was all but obliterated by Hurricane Sandy, Sea Bright is gradually getting back on its feet, as evident in the extensive repair and rebuilding underway. redbankgreenContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SHAKING OFF SANDY"
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April 29th, 2013 @ 7am
A recently enacted state law aimed at culling ‘fake farmer‘ landowners “will eventually give local tax officials the power to force out fakers,” but doesn’t go far enough, the Star-LedgerContinue reading "SLEDGER: FAKE-FARMER LAW NEEDS TEETH"
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April 26th, 2013 @ 7am
All facilities are expected to be open after Memorial Day, the park service said in an announcement. (Click to enlarge) Closed to the public since Hurricane Sandy hit on OctoberContinue reading "SANDY HOOK TO REOPEN MAY 1"
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April 25th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RIVER VIEWS
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Enjoying our beautiful Navesink River on a warm spring afternoon Wednesday were an osprey, above; a fisherman on a paddleboard, right; and crossing squads of girls’s and boys’ rowers, below,Continue reading "RED BANK: RIVER VIEWS"
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April 25th, 2013 @ 6am
Ample signs of spring bloomed in Rumson Sunday along Bingham Avenue, above, and at the Linden Hill estate, right, where a yellow magnolia tree was on display as part ofContinue reading "RUMSON: SPRING, 2013"
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April 22nd, 2013 @ 8am
FLYING SAUCERS IN SHREWSBURY
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It’s spring, 2013, on Broad Street (Route 35), just north of Silverbrook Road in Shrewsbury, and the Saucer Magnolias (Magnolia x soulangeana) are in bloom. (Click to enlarge)
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April 17th, 2013 @ 12pm
Sudden pop star Ryan Beatty, seen here in a video shot recently on Broad Street, returns to Red Bank with a show at the Basie tonight. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "POP, CLASSICAL AND JUKEBOX CRIMINALS"
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April 12th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN
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Members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1556 working the soil on the first day of planting Saturday. Below, Linda Mulhausen stakes a plot. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN"
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April 8th, 2013 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: BEACH RESTORATION SLATED
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A remnant of the old Route 36 Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge found on the Sea Bright municipal beach, where erosion from recent storms is evident, below. (Photo by Wil Fulton. ClickContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BEACH RESTORATION SLATED"
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April 5th, 2013 @ 10am
A new video on the FEMA website features a two-family townhouse on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright that emerged from Hurricane Sandy will almost no damage. (Click to enlarge) WhatContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FEMA TOUTS UPLIFTING STORY"
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March 27th, 2013 @ 7am
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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 ...