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BLAZING TRAILS IN LITTLE SILVER
A view of the Little Silver trail, above. Rosemary Brewer points out the location of the newest section on an aerial map, below. (Photo below by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "BLAZING TRAILS IN LITTLE SILVER"
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August 3rd, 2012 @ 12pm
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COUNCIL RAISES HEIGHT LIMIT AT HOTEL SITE
Attorney Ron Gasiorowski, with a rendering of the proposed Hampton Inn hotel he opposes, awaits the start of Wednesday’s Red Bank council meeting. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "COUNCIL RAISES HEIGHT LIMIT AT HOTEL SITE"
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July 26th, 2012 @ 8am
Upcoming: Thursday, August 16 Red Bank Flavour, a culinary campaign driven by the borough’s restaurants and food stores, presents “A Night on the Navesink: A Flavour Summer Soiree” at theContinue reading "FOOD FOR… SPORTS GEAR AND FIELD LIGHTS"
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July 20th, 2012 @ 8am
SHREWSBURY CAT COLONY HEADING TO COURT
The feral cat colony is tucked away in the woods behind a day care center and businesses on Avenue of the Commons. (Photo by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CAT COLONY HEADING TO COURT"
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July 13th, 2012 @ 11am
The foot of Prospect Avenue, where Red Bank plans to rebuild a deteriorated bulkhead, as seen last December. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank officials consider theContinue reading "‘LIVING SHORELINE’ SWAMPED BY LEGAL ISSUE"
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July 12th, 2012 @ 11am
BULKHEAD PROJECT MAY HINGE ON DEED
Environmentalists want to replace this old wooden bulkhead with a graded, natural one to help preserve wildlife. Below, Tim Dillingham of the American Littoral Society addresses Red Bank’s Environmental CommissionContinue reading "BULKHEAD PROJECT MAY HINGE ON DEED"
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July 11th, 2012 @ 10am
CENTURY-OLD FAIR HAVEN SETS SAIL
The regatta will feature races with Optimist Prams, which are small one-person sailboats (below), for all junior sailers. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Sandwiched between theContinue reading "CENTURY-OLD FAIR HAVEN SETS SAIL"
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July 6th, 2012 @ 7am
SHOWDOWN UPON THE SWAN-Y RIVER
After five days of veterinary care for what was believed to be food poisoning, a mute swan was released back into the Navesink River at Maple Cove in Red BankContinue reading "SHOWDOWN UPON THE SWAN-Y RIVER"
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July 2nd, 2012 @ 6am
RED BANK MOVES TO LIMIT BUILDING HEIGHTS
Under the proposal, structures as tall as the Atrium, left and Riverside Towers on Riverside Avenue, seen above last September, would no longer be permitted. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK MOVES TO LIMIT BUILDING HEIGHTS"
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June 28th, 2012 @ 7am
SUMMER 2012: FALLING RAIN, RISING STEAM
A day of on-and-off summer storms Monday wound down with steam rising from the asphalt of North Ward Avenue in Rumson, below, and a colorful sunset over the Navesink RiverContinue reading "SUMMER 2012: FALLING RAIN, RISING STEAM"
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June 26th, 2012 @ 6am
A SOLSTICE SUNSET
8:24 p.m.: Closing out the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun descended over the Navesink River, as seen from Red Bank Marina. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. ClickContinue reading "A SOLSTICE SUNSET"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 10pm
NO SAND, NO PROBLEM
3:49 p.m. Dave Dries doesn’t like air conditioning, and a day of record heat doesn’t faze him. With temperatures in the mid-90s, Dries, of Lincroft had Red Bank’s Marine Park nearlyContinue reading "NO SAND, NO PROBLEM"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 5pm
WATCHING THEM GROW
8:46 a.m.: Dian Woodroffe, of Shrewsbury, tends to the potted plants and flowers outside Ten Thousand Villages on Broad Street in Red Bank. A member of the Navesink Garden Club,Continue reading "WATCHING THEM GROW"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 9am
BUILD A BOAT, MAKE IT FLOAT
Scenes from the 2009 edition of the Wooden Boat Festival. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Since 1999, the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association has been hosting an annual Wooden BoatContinue reading "BUILD A BOAT, MAKE IT FLOAT"
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June 8th, 2012 @ 9am
RED BANK TO GET ALL JURASSIC-ED UP
Field Station: Dinosaur’s Tyrannosaurus Rex, seen here in its native habitat in Secaucus, is coming to Red Bank Saturday.  (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER The Red Bank Public LibraryContinue reading "RED BANK TO GET ALL JURASSIC-ED UP"
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June 7th, 2012 @ 5pm
VOLUNTEERING: TWO RIVER CLEANUPS SLATED
Our beautiful Navesink, as seen from Marine Park in Red Bank Wednesday evening. (Photo by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER This weekend, area residents will take toContinue reading "VOLUNTEERING: TWO RIVER CLEANUPS SLATED"
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June 7th, 2012 @ 1pm
The board found the proposed hotel exceeds the height limits of the waterfront development zone along the Navesink River.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Adding yet another twistContinue reading "ZONING BOARD RULES HOTEL TOO TALL"
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May 17th, 2012 @ 11pm
TESTING THE WATERS
Navesink River Rowing member Katya Hanson, above, gives some guidance on oar handling to Susan Skeans at the Red Bank club’s annual open house on the Navesink Saturday. At right, AnnContinue reading "TESTING THE WATERS"
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May 14th, 2012 @ 10am
REPORT OF WASTE OFF FAIR HAVEN DISPUTED
A sewerage authority representative said a line on the Fair Haven beach near the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club, in background, is slated for replacement but is not leaking. (Click toContinue reading "REPORT OF WASTE OFF FAIR HAVEN DISPUTED"
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May 12th, 2012 @ 10pm
FOUNDATION ENVISIONS LINK TO RBPS POND
A satellite view of the pond at the Red Bank Primary School, courtesy of Google Maps. Below, Andrew Winning, 10, demonstrates a human sun clock on the school grounds. (ClickContinue reading "FOUNDATION ENVISIONS LINK TO RBPS POND"
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May 1st, 2012 @ 1pm
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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 ...