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MENNA TAKES ON STICKER SHOCK
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Signs downtown have been plastered with stickers, particularly those touting Red Bank businesses, Mayor Pasquale Menna says. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mayor Pasquale MennaContinue reading "MENNA TAKES ON STICKER SHOCK"
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May 19th, 2010 @ 10am
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SPARKS FLY OVER SEA BRIGHT BUDGET
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Councilman Read Murphy, in the foreground, got into a heated debate with Mayor Maria Fernandes, in the background, over the borough’s budget. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SPARKS FLY OVER SEA BRIGHT BUDGET"
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May 19th, 2010 @ 6am
M’TOWN SEEKS $400K MORE IN CUTS
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After agreeing with the board of education to cut $1.6 million from the district’s failed school budget, Middletown’s township committee Monday night unanimously approved an additional $400,000Continue reading "M’TOWN SEEKS $400K MORE IN CUTS"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 2pm
RESTROOM? FOUR-YEAR WAIT, IF EVER
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A NJ Transit rendering shows the station in what officials say were its original colors. (Click to enlarge) Where’s the restroom? Lou and Chris Mustillo, owners of the Red Bank’sContinue reading "RESTROOM? FOUR-YEAR WAIT, IF EVER"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 8am
SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET
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Here’s lookin’ at you, Red Bank; Shrewsbury Mayor Terel Cooperhouse. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank Regional‘s fiscal fate is now in the handsContinue reading "SHREWSBURY, LITTLE SILVER OK RBR BUDGET"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 5am
M’TOWN GOES ONLINE FOR BOE BUDGET INPUT
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Middletown’s website offers a link to submit comments and suggestions on cuts to the schools budget. (click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI So you’ve got an idea how to trimContinue reading "M’TOWN GOES ONLINE FOR BOE BUDGET INPUT"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 6am
Two major newspapers take a peek today into the world of technology-driven stock trading— and its connection to a whipsaw drop and rebound in prices earlier this month — byContinue reading "ABOVE BROAD STREET, A WALL STREET SHAKER"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 5am
IT’S ‘MAPLE COVE,’ OFFICIALLY
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The Navesink Maritime Heritage Association donated the above sign to be installed at Maple Cove next weekend. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Nature enthusiasts receivedContinue reading "IT’S ‘MAPLE COVE,’ OFFICIALLY"
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May 14th, 2010 @ 7am
UNVEILING OF TRAIN STATION FIXES SLATED
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New Jersey Transit will make a presentation tonight on planned renovations to Red Bank’s train station. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been six monthsContinue reading "UNVEILING OF TRAIN STATION FIXES SLATED"
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May 14th, 2010 @ 6am
A SANDWICH BOARD SUMMER, MAYBE
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This Monmouth Street business has a half a sandwich board outside; the borough is considering allowing full-sized versions on sidewalks this summer. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "A SANDWICH BOARD SUMMER, MAYBE"
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May 12th, 2010 @ 5am
RED BANK SCRAPS FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK
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After a year of shortened weeks that yielded only about $5,000 in energy savings, borough hall will revert to a Monday-through-Friday schedule next month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "RED BANK SCRAPS FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK"
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May 11th, 2010 @ 8am
COUNCIL WANTS MORE INFO ON RBR CUTS
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RBR will likely have more layoffs and program cuts since its budget failed last month, officials warn. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Red BankContinue reading "COUNCIL WANTS MORE INFO ON RBR CUTS"
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May 11th, 2010 @ 6am
MIXED REACTIONS FOR NEW METER RATES
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Matthew Shubitz thumbs through a handful of change Friday to round up enough to satisfy Red Bank’s new meter rates. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been aContinue reading "MIXED REACTIONS FOR NEW METER RATES"
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May 10th, 2010 @ 7am
PLAN TO TRANSFORM WEST SIDE BLOCK OK’D
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Roger Mumford discusses his plan at Thursday’s zoning board hearing. Below, a view of the homes to be built along the east side of Bridge Avenue; the current site ofContinue reading "PLAN TO TRANSFORM WEST SIDE BLOCK OK’D"
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May 7th, 2010 @ 8am
SAFE ROUTES MOVES AHEAD IN RED BANK
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Marc Dostie, Jim Willis and Jenny Rossano of the Safe Routes initiative. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A grassroots group focused on making it safer to walk or ride a bike inContinue reading "SAFE ROUTES MOVES AHEAD IN RED BANK"
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May 6th, 2010 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT’S CRACKIN’ DOWN ON CATS
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Felines like the one shown here, near the popular cat club of the Shrewsbury River, are to be rounded up, fixed and tagged in an effort to control the catContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT’S CRACKIN’ DOWN ON CATS"
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May 5th, 2010 @ 6am
M’TOWN TEACHERS REJECT FREEZE REQUEST
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Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger discusses the “jousting” between the town and district teachers’ union at Monday night’s committee workshop. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI At the eleventh hour,Continue reading "M’TOWN TEACHERS REJECT FREEZE REQUEST ...
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May 4th, 2010 @ 4am
PARKS & REC HEAD READY TO FILL BIG SHOES
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Red Bank Little Leaguers pose with their new parks and rec director Memone Paden Crystian. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Memone Paden Crystian era has begun inContinue reading "PARKS & REC HEAD READY TO FILL BIG SHOES"
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April 30th, 2010 @ 9am
BANK SAYS STORES WOULD DOOM PROJECT
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Robert Cogan, architect for the Courtyards At Monmouth proposal, gives his segment of the three-hour testimony to the zoning board Thursday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI RepresentativesContinue reading "BANK SAYS STORES WOULD DOOM PROJECT"
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April 30th, 2010 @ 7am
RESIDENTS SWEAT BUDGET DETAILS
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Participants in last night’s Q&A on the Red Bank budget pick up info packets. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank officials held a marathon budget walk-through before a standing-room crowd atContinue reading "RESIDENTS SWEAT BUDGET DETAILS"
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April 29th, 2010 @ 10am
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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.
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.