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LOCALS TRASH RUMSON GARBAGE PLAN
More than 30 people turned out at borough hall Tuesday to speak out against an idea to privatize garbage pickup in Rumson. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "LOCALS TRASH RUMSON GARBAGE PLAN"
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October 20th, 2010 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY MULLS BOW HUNT FOR DEER
Deer on the lawn of an Elm Lane residence earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Most mornings, Brian Hall wakes up to find the motion sensor outsideContinue reading "SHREWSBURY MULLS BOW HUNT FOR DEER"
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October 19th, 2010 @ 11am
BLUE WATER SWIMS TO BROAD STREET OK
Blue Water Seafood won approval from the planning board to move into Red Bank Monday night. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Jimmy Vastardis says he’s always wanted to ownContinue reading "BLUE WATER SWIMS TO BROAD STREET OK"
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October 19th, 2010 @ 7am
RESIDENTS GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS ON SAFETY
Mary Lou Burden, right, shows transportation consultant Dave Cox a problem spot on a map. Below, comments compiled on a street map. (Click to enlarge) Mary Lou Burden knows theContinue reading "RESIDENTS GIVE THEIR TWO CENTS ON SAFETY"
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October 15th, 2010 @ 10am
SEAFOOD RESTAURANT EYES BROAD STREET
Blue Water Seafood hopes to open in the space being vacated by Zakon’s Fine Furniture. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) Three days after the Red Bank borough councilContinue reading "SEAFOOD RESTAURANT EYES BROAD STREET"
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October 14th, 2010 @ 9am
Fair Haven Fire Chief Jim Cerutti is pressing town officials to end an emergency dispatch arrangement with Monmouth County because of what he says are chronic delays in relaying serviceContinue reading "CERUTTI: COUNTY DISPATCH LAGS TOO MUCH"
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October 14th, 2010 @ 9am
ROOM FOR DEBATE, AND A COUPLE OF LAUGHS
The Westside Community Group held its fourteenth annual council candidates’ debate Wednesday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It was a tame affair, one thatContinue reading "ROOM FOR DEBATE, AND A COUPLE OF LAUGHS"
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October 14th, 2010 @ 6am
LOOKING FOR SAVINGS IN GARBAGE
Fair Haven and Rumson are looking into privatizing its garbage pickup. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven and Rumson are looking at ways toContinue reading "LOOKING FOR SAVINGS IN GARBAGE"
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October 13th, 2010 @ 1pm
MORE LICENSES, HIGHER FARES IN TAXI LAW
Red Bank is expected to adopt changes made to its taxi licensing ordinance. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After hashing out concerns with local cabbiesContinue reading "MORE LICENSES, HIGHER FARES IN TAXI LAW"
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October 13th, 2010 @ 6am
Will this year’s sleepy election contest for Red Bank mayor and two council seats finally stir to life? It will get its best chance Wednesday night, when the West SideContinue reading "CANDIDATES’ FORUM RETURNS"
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October 12th, 2010 @ 1pm
DANGEROUS INTERSECTION UNDER REVIEW
A police officer is now stationed at Maple Avenue and Peters Place following crossing guard John Mego’s departure. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI One ofContinue reading "DANGEROUS INTERSECTION UNDER REVIEW"
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October 12th, 2010 @ 11am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In an effort to pull Red Bank’s struggling business districts out of an economic hole, the borough council is making a revenue concession aimed at attracting newContinue reading "PARKING-SHORTAGE RULE TO BE SUSPENDED"
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October 12th, 2010 @ 8am
Is sarcasm funny only if you agree with its point of view?
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October 11th, 2010 @ 3pm
BUDGET STILL MIDDLETOWN’S HOT TOPIC
Sean Byrnes prodded his fellow committee members to reassess its budget planning process Monday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Now that Middletown has aContinue reading "BUDGET STILL MIDDLETOWN’S HOT TOPIC"
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October 8th, 2010 @ 6am
WAITING FOR RETIREMENTS, ROUND TWO
Middletown is anticipating a second wave of retirements, especially among police officers. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI With more retirement pension reform pending in theContinue reading "WAITING FOR RETIREMENTS, ROUND TWO"
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October 6th, 2010 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR SUFFERS MILD STROKE
Council President William Keeler is filling the role of mayor while Maria Fernandes recovers from a mild stroke. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR SUFFERS MILD STROKE"
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October 6th, 2010 @ 8am
LOANS TARGETED TO BUYERS WHO WORK HERE
Tony Marchetta, executive director of the state Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, introduced the Live Where You Work Program in Red Bank Friday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "LOANS TARGETED TO BUYERS WHO WORK HERE"
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October 5th, 2010 @ 10am
A Red Bank dentist and his office-manager wife were acquitted earlier this week of all charges in a Medicaid fraud case, the Asbury Park Press reports. After a four-week trial,Continue reading "DENTIST & WIFE NOT GUILTY IN FRAUD CASE"
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October 1st, 2010 @ 7am
RUMSON CUTS FAIR HAVEN FROM REC SPORTS
The change affects kids in the rowing program at Victory Park, above, and a lacrosse program. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Citing capacity issues, Rumson has dropped Fair HavenContinue reading "RUMSON CUTS FAIR HAVEN FROM REC SPORTS"
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September 30th, 2010 @ 12pm
COUNCIL UNLIKELY TO FILL LEHNERT’S SEAT
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Two weeks before he took his own life, Councilman John Lehnert had informed Mayor Mike Halfacre that he was ending his re-election bid, Halfacre says. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Though FairContinue reading "COUNCIL UNLIKELY TO FILL LEHNERT’S SEAT"
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September 29th, 2010 @ 1pm
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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
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.