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RED BANK: BRIDGE FIX NEARS COMPLETION
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The rebuilding of twin Route 520/Newman Springs Road bridges over the Swimming River between Red Bank and Middletown, which began in April, is on schedule to wrap up next month,Continue reading "RED BANK: BRIDGE FIX NEARS COMPLETION"
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November 13th, 2013 @ 6am
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RED BANK: FIXX LICENSE HEARING POSTPONED
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A pair of melees involving Fixx patrons prompted a borough move to suspend its liquor license. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Troubled Red Bank nightclub Fixx has boughtContinue reading "RED BANK: FIXX LICENSE HEARING POSTPONED"
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November 12th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: QUICK, CALL THE… MMMMMM…
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Taking a chance with the law, John Yarusi from Monmouth Beach rolled his Johnny’s Pork Roll onto Wallace Street in Red Bank Monday morning. If you’re looking for a hotContinue reading "RED BANK: QUICK, CALL THE… MMMMMM…"
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November 11th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: STEEPLE STABLE, WEDDING’S ON
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Quick work by contractors and inspectors led to the reopening of the church Friday morning. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The landmark FirstContinue reading "RED BANK: STEEPLE STABLE, WEDDING’S ON"
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November 8th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: BURNHAM BREAKS DEMS’ ‘HOLD’
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Cindy Burnham,left, and Sean Di Somma, right, awaiting returns in a downtown office Tuesday night. Below, incumbent Democrat Kathy Horgan, who won another three-year term. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM BREAKS DEMS’ ‘HOLD’"
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November 5th, 2013 @ 11pm
By JOHN T. WARD An eleventh-hour write-in campaign for Rumson council ended with a pair of soccer dads missing their goal but feeling they’d scored some points Tuesday. Tim McCooeyContinue reading "RUMSON: LATE WRITE-IN PUSH FALLS SHORT"
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November 5th, 2013 @ 10pm
RED BANK: EARLY TURNOUT MODERATE
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A voter arrives early Tuesday at the Independent Engine Company on Mechanic Street in Red Bank, voting home to districts 2 and 7. At right, an enlargeable district map ofContinue reading "RED BANK: EARLY TURNOUT MODERATE"
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November 5th, 2013 @ 7am
ELECTION DAY 2013: GLITCH IN RUMSON
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A voter arrives at Congregation B’nai Israel, the polling place for Rumson districts 4 and 5, early Tuesday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Election Day 2013 on theContinue reading "ELECTION DAY 2013: GLITCH IN RUMSON"
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November 5th, 2013 @ 7am
RUMSON: WRITE-IN DRIVE HEATS UP ELECTION
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A write-in campaign for two candidates billing themselves as the Rumson Family ticket emerged in the wake of the Oxford House controversy last month. Below, Tim McCooey at the OctoberContinue reading "RUMSON: WRITE-IN DRIVE HEATS UP ELECTION"
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November 4th, 2013 @ 9am
One of four Q&As with the candidates for two, three-year terms on the Red Bank Borough Council in next weeks election. Kathy Horgan and Sharon Lee, both Democrats, are theContinue reading "RED BANK CANDIDATE: CINDY BURNHAM"
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November 1st, 2013 @ 11am
One of four Q&As with the candidates for two, three-year terms on the Red Bank Borough Council in next week’s election. Kathy Horgan and Sharon Lee, both Democrats, are theContinue reading "RED BANK CANDIDATE: SEAN DI SOMMA"
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November 1st, 2013 @ 11am
One of four Q&As with the candidates for two, three-year terms on the Red Bank Borough Council in next weeks election. Kathy Horgan and Sharon Lee, both Democrats, are theContinue reading "RED BANK CANDIDATE: KATHY HORGAN"
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November 1st, 2013 @ 11am
One of four Q&As with the candidates for two, three-year terms on the Red Bank Borough Council in next week’s election. Kathy Horgan and Sharon Lee, both Democrats, are theContinue reading "RED BANK CANDIDATE: SHARON LEE"
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November 1st, 2013 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT CELEBRATES COMMUNITY
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[slideshow_deploy id=’85545′]Dozens of Sea Bright residents gathered for a potluck supper at the firehouse to mark the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy Tuesday night. After sunset, with an onshore breezeContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT CELEBRATES COMMUNITY"
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October 30th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: ASHLEY DUPRÉ WEDS IN PARIS
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Ashley DuPré and TJ Earle at a lingerie show at her Red Bank shop, Femme by Ashley, last December. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank lingerie store owner Ashley Dupré marriedContinue reading "RED BANK: ASHLEY DUPRÉ WEDS IN PARIS"
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October 28th, 2013 @ 8am
A “capias warrant” for the arrest of Sean Di Somma was issued and is still in effect, a spokesman for the city of Dallas told redbankgreen late Friday afternoon, addingContinue reading "DALLAS SAYS DI SOMMA IS WARRANT SUBJECT"
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October 25th, 2013 @ 7pm
RED BANK: DEMS GO TO AUDIO ON DI SOMMA
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Sean Di Somma at the NAACP candidates’ forum Thursday night. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Keeping alive a controversy that ignited Thursday, the head of Monmouth County’s DemocraticContinue reading "RED BANK: DEMS GO TO AUDIO ON DI SOMMA"
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October 25th, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ZIPPRICH OWNS ‘ASTROTURF’ URL
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Councilman Ed Zipprich, seen at the Red Bank NAACP candidates’ forum at Calvary Baptist Church Thursday night, acknowledged he set up a website that now attacks Republican candidates. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: ZIPPRICH OWNS ‘ASTROTURF’ URL"
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October 25th, 2013 @ 1pm
Red Bank council candidate Sean Di Somma tells redbankgreen that no warrant was ever issued for his arrest for running a stop sign in Dallas almost three years ago, contraryContinue reading "DI SOMMA: DEMS LIED. ‘THERE IS NO WARRANT’"
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October 25th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: DEMS FLAG DI SOMMA WARRANT
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A long-dormant Red Bank election season erupted in finger-pointing Thursday as Democrats accused Republican newcomer Sean DiSomma of ducking an arrest warrant over a traffic violation in Texas two yearsContinue reading "RED BANK: DEMS FLAG DI SOMMA WARRANT"
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October 24th, 2013 @ 6pm
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...