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RED BANK: GHOSTLY, AND PARTLY TRUE, TALES
RED BANK: New book, "13 Ghostly Tales and Yarns of the Navesink River," mines newspaper archives and local lore for stories of hubris and eerie comeuppance.
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MIDDLETOWN: KYRILLOS WON’T RUN AGAIN
MIDDLETOWN: After 28 years in Trenton, Republican Joe Kyrillos won't seek 10th state senate term in 2017, citing "frustrations of serving in the minority."
ON THE GREEN: STYLISHLY COOL AND BREEZY
ON THE GREEN: Somebody on River Road in Fair Haven is ready for Monday's cool and gusty weather. In fact, that outfit might work Saturday at Trucktoberfest.
FAIR HAVEN: TRUCKTOBERFEST TRIES AGAIN
FAIR HAVEN: Strollo's Lighthouse is among the food trucks slated to anchor the previously rescheduled Trucktoberfest at Fair Haven Fields Saturday.
ON THE GREEN: A GRAY START TO THE WEEKEND
ON THE GREEN: Friday's forecast includes lots of rain, heavy at times. The outlook for Saturday, and the rescheduled Trucktoberfest in Fair Haven, is drier.
RED BANK: 80 DEGREES? BUTT IT’S AUTUMN!
RED BANK: A cheeky effigy says "autumn." The temperature doesn't.
FAIR HAVEN KIDS EMBRACE ‘THE OTHER R’
FAIR HAVEN: The Sickles School hosts a Week of Respect that reinforces the theme "It's OK to Be Different."
RFH DEPOSES ‘KING & QUEEN’ OVER BULLYING
RUMSON: RFH ends its homecoming king and queen tradition after administrators determine voting is used as a form of "mass bullying."
RUMSON: SAVOURY FARE BIDS GOODBYE
RUMSON: After 31 years of serving prepared meals, Savoury Fare is closing.
RED BANK: A BOATLOAD OF WOOD & HISTORY
RED BANK: A gleaming wooden yacht that has hosted American presidents, and that a borough man bought cheap at auction, will be on display Saturday.
FAIR HAVEN: Latest police blotter includes DWIs, pot busts and bike thefts.
FAIR HAVEN KIDS GET A LEGO UP ON LEARNING
FAIR HAVEN: Not just another brick in the wall, as Sickles School students sharpen STEM skills by working with LEGOs.
FAIR HAVEN MARINE MAKES WALL OF HONOR
FAIR HAVEN: Borough native and US Marine Joe McGovern Jr. is the newest active military member named to the Wall of Honor at Knollwood School.
ON THE GREEN: Free public talks in Rumson and Fair Haven will update residents on ways to help keep the Navesink River clean and healthy, October 18 and 20.
FAIR HAVEN: FOOD + FALL = TRUCKTOBERFEST
FAIR HAVEN: Oktoberfest meets field day as Fair Haven hosts its first-ever Trucktoberfest, featuring seven food trucks, three bands and more.
RED BANK: PETE’S BANJO PLIES THE NAVESINK
RED BANK: That odd-looking two-master with red sails you've seen on the Navesink? Here's what it is.
RUMSON: STADIUM SECURITY BOOSTED
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: New restrictions on what can be brought into Borden Stadium go into effect following last weekend's metro-area bomb spree.
FAIR HAVEN: "Starve a Vampire, Feed Your Neighbor," when the KofC and FH Business Association host a Blood Drive on October 22.
RUMSON: BATCHLER RESIGNS AS RFH TEACHER
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: Former football coach Bryan Batchler, who lost his job under cloudy circumstances, resigns as RFH teacher.
RED BANK: JUST A COUPLE OF WORKING SNIFFS
RED BANK: Bacteria-sniffing dogs used to track contamination in the Navesink give a demo of their methods in a hospital conference room.
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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 ...