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Rick Jones, who shot this video in August, and his wife, Cindy Zipf, claim flooding in their neighborhood was worsened by clear-cutting that the town should not have allowed. AContinue reading "RUMSON TREE TUSSLE RESUMES"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 2pm
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In Fair Haven, Shrewsbury and Middletown on Sunday, they honored residents and all who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Photographer Peter Lindner visited each for redbankgreen.Continue reading "SEEKING SOLACE A DECADE LATER"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 11am
MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37
Votive candles symbolized the lives of Middletown residents who died in the attack, including Louis Minervino. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE A solemn ceremony SundayContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 11am
Ten years to the day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Red Bankers and others gathered where many were drawn that night: to the esplanade of Riverside Gardens Park,Continue reading "A DECADE LATER, A TOWN GATHERS AGAIN"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 9am
A MOTHER, A SISTER & RED BANK REMEMBER
Carol Bossio, with her mother, Muriel Hemschoot below, displayed the tattoo she had inked as a tribute to her brother, Mark. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The solemnContinue reading "A MOTHER, A SISTER & RED BANK REMEMBER"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 8am
The councilman most opposed to the ordinance says he’s open to compromise, but still itching to repeal it. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD On Monday night’s borough councilContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TREE LAW IN FOR TRIMMING"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 6am
RED BANK RENEWS PUSH FOR LATE CLOSINGS
Bars and restaurants are doing their job keeping doors open late, some say, but more merchants must stay open to attract more visitors. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK RENEWS PUSH FOR LATE CLOSINGS"
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September 9th, 2011 @ 10am
Bob Evans at the Red Bank Centennial picnic in 2008. Former Red Bank Parks & Rec director Bob Evans has died at age 50. Evans was found dead of anContinue reading "FORMER REC HEAD EVANS DEAD AT AGE 50"
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September 8th, 2011 @ 5am
A possible vote on whether to allow the construction of a six-story hotel on the Red Bank anchorage of the Cooper Bridge was postponed Wednesday night after a borough residentContinue reading "LAWSUIT DELAYS HAMPTON INN DECISION"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 8pm
Restaurateur and political neophyte Marilyn Schlossbach has quit the race for one of two state Assembly 11th-district seats in Trenton, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Schlossbach, owner of Pop’s GarageContinue reading "SCHLOSSBACH BAILS OUT OF RACE IN 11TH"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 5pm
Lisa Christian at the Red bank Y in March. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Lisa Christian, a YMCA lifer who steered the Community YMCA to settlements of twoContinue reading "COMMUNITY YMCA EXEC RESIGNS"
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September 6th, 2011 @ 1pm
A frame from a video of the firehouse tussle that landed three Sea Bright volunteers in court on misdemeanor charges. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Sea Bright’s fireContinue reading "TWO SEA BRIGHT FIREFIGHTERS GET BACKUP"
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September 6th, 2011 @ 9am
SENTENCINGS DELAYED IN FIREHOUSE TUSSLE
One of two videos of a firehouse fight involving three Sea Bright firemen last October. The second video is below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The lawyer forContinue reading "SENTENCINGS DELAYED IN FIREHOUSE TUSSLE"
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September 1st, 2011 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Carl Colmorgen is a Red Bank guy to the marrow. Even if you don’t know him, you’ve probably seen him around town. A retiree, he volunteers with the fire policeContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 1st, 2011 @ 5am
PATIENCE & GROANS AS OUTAGES PERSIST
A downed tree and electrical lines had First Street in Rumson blocked off 48 hours after the storm. Below, a sign on the locked doors of Trader Joe’s in Shrewsbury.Continue reading "PATIENCE & GROANS AS OUTAGES PERSIST"
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August 30th, 2011 @ 12pm
Braced for the worst, and recalling the devastation caused by the northeaster of 1992, the borough of Sea Bright evacuated all residents in advance of the arrival of Hurricane IreneContinue reading "A ‘LITTLE KISS,’ THEN GOODNIGHT, IRENE"
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August 29th, 2011 @ 9pm
THREE MIDDLETOWN BRIDGES SWAMPED
Rushing water from Shadow Lake left a gaping hole in Hubbard Avenue, above. Below, a truck fords flooding at the Poricy Pond culvert on Navesink River Road, site of aContinue reading "THREE MIDDLETOWN BRIDGES SWAMPED"
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August 28th, 2011 @ 6pm
Emergency officials have brokered a deal under which the Red Bank Salvation Army facility will provide temporary shelter for most of the 113 elderly patients of a nursing home orderedContinue reading "SALVATION ARMY TAKES IN NURSING HOME"
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August 27th, 2011 @ 4pm
Under an order to evacuate by 4 p.m. Saturday, residents and businesses owners boarded up properties, turning Sea Bright into a ghost town as Hurricane Irene approached. Photos by PeterContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BATTENED DOWN FOR STORM"
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August 27th, 2011 @ 2pm
RIVERSIDE NURSING HOME, APARTMENT COMPLEX ORDERED EVACUATED IN RED BANK
Buses and ambulances on the scene at Chapin Hill at Red Bank nursing home preparing to move 113 patients, many of them wheelchair-bound. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RIVERSIDE NURSING HOME, APARTMENT COMPLEX ORDERED EVACUATED IN RED BANK"
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August 27th, 2011 @ 2pm
Partyline
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 ...
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