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OFFICIALS TOUT BAMM HOLLOW OPEN SPACE
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A view of Bamm Hollow from the Garden State Parkway. Middetown officials say the view won’t change. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If and whenContinue reading "OFFICIALS TOUT BAMM HOLLOW OPEN SPACE"
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July 27th, 2011 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. To get back to redbankgreen, hit your escape key. By EVAN SOLTAS WhileContinue reading "UNEASY PEACE LIVES ON IN OLD GRAVEYARD"
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July 22nd, 2011 @ 11am
COUNCIL: RED CARPET TO REPLACE RED TAPE
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New procedures are expected to expedite openings and expansions by restaurants, like Sogu Sushi on Monmouth Street, and other types of business. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Welcome toContinue reading "COUNCIL: RED CARPET TO REPLACE RED TAPE"
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July 20th, 2011 @ 9am
The trailer for ‘Forks Over Knives,’ which will get two screenings in Red Bank Thursday night. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI While Adam Sobel waits to learn if he’ll be permitted toContinue reading "PARK IT HERE FOR VEGAN FOOD & A FILM"
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July 20th, 2011 @ 7am
SCAT SIGNING
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A Red Bank employee updates the borough message board at Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard on Monday to tout the free Comcast Jazz in the Park series atContinue reading "SCAT SIGNING"
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July 19th, 2011 @ 2pm
FIRE INSPECTOR INSPIRES DREAD & RESPECT
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Red Bank Fire Inspector John Drucker and his dreaded cruiser. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There’s no mistaking the seriousness of a situation when theContinue reading "FIRE INSPECTOR INSPIRES DREAD & RESPECT"
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July 18th, 2011 @ 11am
STATE AID BOOST COMES WITH QUESTIONS
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Governor Chris Christie at a Middletown town hall meeting in January. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Governor Chris Christie’s announcement Wednesday of how he’s apportioningContinue reading "STATE AID BOOST COMES WITH QUESTIONS"
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July 15th, 2011 @ 7am
MASON OUT, LOVERSIDGE & VALET IN
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Frank Mason, soon to be Red Bank’s former CFO, at his final council meeting Wednesday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank council membersContinue reading "MASON OUT, LOVERSIDGE & VALET IN"
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July 14th, 2011 @ 9am
CALENDAR CONFLICT SPURS EVENTS REVIEW
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Freddie Boynton and members of the Celestial Lodge had a beef to air about a block party. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It hadn’t happenedContinue reading "CALENDAR CONFLICT SPURS EVENTS REVIEW"
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July 14th, 2011 @ 6am
LOFTS PLAN RETURNS, TRIMMED A SMIDGEN
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The proposed West Side Lofts development, at the corner of West Front Street and Bridge Avenue, is again moving forward. Below, architectural drawings. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "LOFTS PLAN RETURNS, TRIMMED A SMIDGEN"
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July 13th, 2011 @ 10am
BIKERS GET SAFETY MARKERS IN RED BANK
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Borough workers painted the first of a series of “sharrows” on the new pavement on Chestnut Street Tuesday morning. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) A push to makeContinue reading "BIKERS GET SAFETY MARKERS IN RED BANK"
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July 13th, 2011 @ 8am
OH DEER, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE…
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A deer crosses a street in Shrewsbury at dusk last year. Fair Haven officials say they’re watching Shrewsbury’s effort to curtail its deer population. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click toContinue reading "OH DEER, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE…"
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July 13th, 2011 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There soon could be fewer cars circling downtown Red Bank in search of parking spots if the borough council gives the green light to a proposal byContinue reading "VALET UP FOR A VOTE IN RED BANK"
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July 12th, 2011 @ 3pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In Fair Haven’s great tree debate, the borough council has gone back and forth for months, trying to find middle ground on revisions that would satisfy advocatesContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TREE LAW PUT IN THE SHADE"
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July 12th, 2011 @ 6am
NO DECISION ON MEXICAN MARKET PLAN
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Juan Torres, owner of Juanito’s restaurant, testifies about his proposal for a large grocery on Red Bank’s West Side Thursday night. (Click to enlarge) A plan for a supersized bodegaContinue reading "NO DECISION ON MEXICAN MARKET PLAN"
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July 8th, 2011 @ 7am
WEINBERG DRUMS FOR NEW SUBDIVISION
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The entrance to E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg’s estate on McClees Road in Middletown. Below, Weinberg at this week’s planning board hearing. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "WEINBERG DRUMS FOR NEW SUBDIVISION"
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July 8th, 2011 @ 12am
STUDY: AVAYA TRAFFIC WON’T BE THAT BAD
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Four Ponds development opponents were well-represented at Wednesday’s planning board meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Even in a worst-case scenario, traffic in and outContinue reading "STUDY: AVAYA TRAFFIC WON’T BE THAT BAD"
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July 7th, 2011 @ 2pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Middletown Democratic Committee named a replacement for former township committee candidate Alex DeSevo Friday, just hours after he tendered his resignation from the race under aContinue reading "ARREST LEADS DEMS TO REPLACE CANDIDATE"
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July 5th, 2011 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN SEEKS KABOOM COMPENSATION
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A view of the Navesink River from Cooper’s Bridge, where Middletown officials are concerned more people will gather this year to see the fireworks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN SEEKS KABOOM COMPENSATION"
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July 1st, 2011 @ 10am
PAPERWORK PUTS FAIR HAVEN PLANS ON HOLD
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The River Road west streetscape is holding up a line of other projects in the borough. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mike Halfacre, Fair Haven’sContinue reading "PAPERWORK PUTS FAIR HAVEN PLANS ON HOLD"
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June 30th, 2011 @ 2pm
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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 ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.