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McCARTHY TO BECOME POLICE CHIEF
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
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RUMSON DIRECTOR FILLING IN AT RED BANK
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
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
Wind whips snow off rooftops downtown on Broad Street during a storm on March 2, 2009. The Red Bank Police Department is asking residents to move their cars to off-streetContinue reading "‘SNOW PARKING, PLEASE, IF IT SNOWS"
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December 18th, 2009 @ 3pm
EVANS OUT AS PARKS & REC HEAD
Bob Evans at the Red Bank Centennial picnic in 2008. Red Bank Parks & Rec director Bob Evans appears to be out of a job come January 1. “It doesn’tContinue reading "EVANS OUT AS PARKS & REC HEAD"
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December 18th, 2009 @ 9am
POST OFFICE CUTTING HOURS AGAIN
A cheesy sign with partly-obliterated information announces the change. (Click to enlarge) The post office on Broad Street in Red Bank is about to get another cutback in its serviceContinue reading "POST OFFICE CUTTING HOURS AGAIN"
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December 17th, 2009 @ 9am
David Goldman with his son, Sean, who was taken to Brazil by his late wife four years ago and never returned. A Brazilian federal appeals court has ruled that DavidContinue reading "BRAZILIAN COURT SIDES WITH GOLDMAN"
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December 16th, 2009 @ 2pm
Both the Philadelphia Inquirer and that city’s Daily News are reporting today that the Dad Vail Regatta‘s move to Rumson next year may not happen. From the Daily News: OfficialsContinue reading "PHILLY PAPERS: DAD VAIL MAY NIX RUMSON"
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December 16th, 2009 @ 7am
LIGHTS UP FOR HOME DECORATING CONTEST
A house on Drs. James Parker Boulevard done up for the holidays. Below, a Hudson Avenue residence. For Red Bank homeowners with a taste for holiday season displays, it’s time.Continue reading "LIGHTS UP FOR HOME DECORATING CONTEST"
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December 11th, 2009 @ 9am
NJTransit’s plan includes removal of gingerbread trimming, which historians say is inauthentic. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It looks as though the Red Bank train station will finally getContinue reading "NJT PLANS REPAIRS, NEW LOOK FOR STATION"
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December 11th, 2009 @ 6am
Red Bank police have closed Monmouth Street between Broad Street and Drummond Place to address a sewer issue, according to a notice issued by the town this afternoon. The closingContinue reading "REPAIR FORCES MONMOUTH STREET CLOSING"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 3pm
FAKE CRASH PHOTO HITS THE STANDS
Hey, remember that faux accident that tied up Broad Street in Red Bank for most of a day back in August? With local government clearance, a photo crew used theContinue reading "FAKE CRASH PHOTO HITS THE STANDS"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 10am
ON THE DOCKET: TINY TOWN’S CASELOAD
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s municipal court will be adding to its caseload, albeit lightly, beginning next month. Under a deal finalized by the Red Bank council last night, theContinue reading "ON THE DOCKET: TINY TOWN’S CASELOAD"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 7am
A plan to extend enforcement of Red Bank’s parking meter laws by two hours on weekdays appears to be dead on arrival. Moving in to take its place, though, isContinue reading "STREET METER RATES COULD DOUBLE"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 6am
REGATTA SEEKS QUICK FORMAL APPROVAL
The organizers of the Dad Vail Regatta last night urged elected Rumson officials to give the formal thumbs-up to a plan to host the collegiate rowing event in May, today’sContinue reading "REGATTA SEEKS QUICK FORMAL APPROVAL"
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December 2nd, 2009 @ 7am
MENNA PUSHES EXTENDED METER HOURS
Meters would have to be fed for two additional hours on weekdays under the plan. With the clock running down on his decree of free Saturday parking downtown, Red BankContinue reading "MENNA PUSHES EXTENDED METER HOURS"
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November 30th, 2009 @ 9am
RED BANK TO BIZ OWNERS: STAY OPEN LATER
Some merchants think too many downtown stores are closed at night. This photo was taken late Tuesday morning. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank Mayor Pasquale MennaContinue reading "RED BANK TO BIZ OWNERS: STAY OPEN LATER"
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November 25th, 2009 @ 7am
Red Bank officials earlier this week approved a plan to stick with a municipality-based health insurance plan for 2010 after other insurers said they could not compete on the rates.Continue reading "BOROUGH TOUTS HEALTH PLAN SAVINGS"
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November 25th, 2009 @ 6am
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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.