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SALON PLANNED AT FORMER EATERY
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Kim Johnson plans to set up a hair styling business in the former Itri’s Luncheonette space. Looks like the griddle at the long-dormant Itri’s Luncheonette won’t be getting fired upContinue reading "SALON PLANNED AT FORMER EATERY"
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January 25th, 2010 @ 7am
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SEA BRIGHT TAKING CONTROL OVER PARKING
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Sea Bright officials are finally getting started on an ordinance that will give residents permits to park on the street in the summer months. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTINContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TAKING CONTROL OVER PARKING"
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January 22nd, 2010 @ 6am
A small leaf fallen from the massive federal stimulus package passed by Congress last year will result in tender loving care for some Red Bank trees. Borough officials say they’veContinue reading "BOROUGH GETS STIMULUS GRANT FOR TREES"
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January 21st, 2010 @ 2pm
BOOK SALE IS FOR LOVERS
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Shoppers browsing the bargain bins at the Red Bank Public Library’s “yard sale” last September. The Red Bank Public Library is looking for a few new lovers. Be it ofContinue reading "BOOK SALE IS FOR LOVERS"
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January 21st, 2010 @ 7am
IN MIDDLETOWN, MAYOR’S DOOR IS OPEN
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Gerard Scharfenberger returned last month to a familiar place: the Middletown mayor’s office. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Gerard Scharfenberger has what you’d call an open door policyContinue reading "IN MIDDLETOWN, MAYOR’S DOOR IS OPEN"
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January 20th, 2010 @ 1pm
BEACHGOERS PLEASED WITH SEA BRIGHT DEAL
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More beaches in Sea Bright will be open to the public thanks to a lawsuit settlement reached last week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI More than three yearsContinue reading "BEACHGOERS PLEASED WITH SEA BRIGHT DEAL"
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January 20th, 2010 @ 9am
EDUCATION FORUM TACKLES CHRISTIE CUTS
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It’s official: Chris Christie is the governor of New Jersey and, more than likely, education funding changes are afoot. You want an idea of what to expect? The Shrewsbury Parent-TeacherContinue reading "EDUCATION FORUM TACKLES CHRISTIE CUTS"
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January 20th, 2010 @ 8am
RUG MAN: HE’S LEAVING, BUT ALSO STAYING
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Get the message? But while the rug store is closing, its owner is putting down roots: he bought the building. By WID CONROY When a request by Nazmiyal Rug DecorContinue reading "RUG MAN: HE’S LEAVING, BUT ALSO STAYING"
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January 14th, 2010 @ 1pm
COUNCIL NIXES CALL FOR TAXPAYER SUMMIT
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Councilman Mike DuPont, left, addresses his opponent in last year’s election, Kim Senkeleski, as Councilman Ed Zipprich listens. (Click to enlarge) A proposal by 2009 Republican council candidate Kim SenkeleskiContinue reading "COUNCIL NIXES CALL FOR TAXPAYER SUMMIT"
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January 12th, 2010 @ 10am
McCARTHY TAKES COMMAND AT RBPD
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Chief Steve McCarthy shortly before his swearing in Monday night with his immediate predecessor, Mark Fitzgerald, left, and Councilman Art Murphy. (Click to enlarge) An overflow crowd packed Red Bank’sContinue reading "McCARTHY TAKES COMMAND AT RBPD"
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January 12th, 2010 @ 7am
LEGALIZATION ADVOCATES TO HOST POT FILM
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Will the pro-pot lobby finally get to exhale next week? If so, one of their earliest celebrations may be here in Red Bank. As the state Assembly and Senate prepareContinue reading "LEGALIZATION ADVOCATES TO HOST POT FILM"
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January 7th, 2010 @ 3pm
ALL-DEM COUNCIL PLEDGES ‘ACCOUNTABILITY’
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Mayor Pasquale Menna arrives at Sunday’s reorganization meeting, followed by Council President Art Murphy. (Click to enlarge) Entering a year in which the electoral prize will be Red Bank’s mayoralty,Continue reading "ALL-DEM COUNCIL PLEDGES ‘ACCOUNTABILITY’"
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January 4th, 2010 @ 12pm
THE AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING GOES TO…
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The Woods residence on Harding Road took first prize. Below, the homes of Marion Phillips, on Reckless Place (second prize) and the Lauterwassers, on East Westside Avenue (third prize). (ClickContinue reading "THE AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING GOES TO…"
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January 4th, 2010 @ 11am
MEGO EAGER TO STOP FIRES — AND TRAFFIC
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First Deputy Fire Chief John Mego with his wife, Betty, and three grandchildren at yesterday’s borough government reorganization meeting. (Click to enlarge) A little more than three weeks after heContinue reading "MEGO EAGER TO STOP FIRES — AND TRAFFIC"
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January 4th, 2010 @ 8am
Mayor Pasquale Menna tells redbankgreen that acting Police Chief Steve McCarthy won’t be given the chief’s job on Sunday, as we reported here earlier today. Without explanation, Menna says McCarthyContinue reading "MENNA: McCARTHY TO REMAIN ACTING CHIEF"
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December 30th, 2009 @ 8pm
McCARTHY TO BECOME POLICE CHIEF
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Acting Chief Steve McCarthy is expected to be sworn in Sunday to formally take command of Red Bank’s 41-officer police department, redbankgreen has learned. McCarthy, right, follows retired Chief MarkContinue reading "McCARTHY TO BECOME POLICE CHIEF"
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December 30th, 2009 @ 12pm
RUMSON DIRECTOR FILLING IN AT RED BANK
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John Hird at last night’s meeting of the parks & rec committee. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If you were around Red Bank in 2003, seeing John Hird’sContinue reading "RUMSON DIRECTOR FILLING IN AT RED BANK"
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December 30th, 2009 @ 7am
IN PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY
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Alan Placer, left, and Andres Simonson are two of the faces behind Red Bank’s effort to reduce adverse impacts on the natural environment. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Before it even meetsContinue reading "IN PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY"
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December 29th, 2009 @ 5am
The BBC reports this morning that David Goldman of Tinton Falls has been reunited with his 9-year-old son after a half-decade-long international custody battle. The event occurred at the U.S.Continue reading "REPORT: FATHER & SON REUNITED IN BRAZIL"
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December 24th, 2009 @ 7am
With a contingent of town employees looking on and only one, brief objection raised, the Red Bank Borough Council approved an annualized three-percent salary increase for most of its non-unionizedContinue reading "BOROUGH SALARY INCREASES APPROVED"
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December 23rd, 2009 @ 8am
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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.