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Not to give too much away, but there's a moment in "Mark Twain's A Murder, A Mystery and a Marriage," the new play at the Two River Theater, that involves a last-minute rescue of an innocent by a lawman in...
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May 14th, 2008 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Red Bank police have charged a Tinton Falls woman in a string of cases in which she's alleged to have pretended to be either a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency officer. Maria Collins, 41, of Buford Place is in...
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May 13th, 2008 @ 12pm
Councilman John Curley tosses candy from a fire truck during the 2006 Halloween parade. Citing a "major budget crisis," Red Bank Councilman John Curley last night raised, and then backed away from, a suggestion that the borough hold off on...
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May 13th, 2008 @ 8am
The R-FH Euro challengers: from left, Sam Wilson, Robbie Trocchia, Margot Keale, Steven Fuschetti and Jennifer Lapp. If you think understanding the U.S. economy is a brain-buster, try overlaying its complexity with currency exchange rates, European history and social trends...
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May 12th, 2008 @ 2pm
The Red Bank borough council is expected tonight to vote on a proposed lawsuit settlement that would have the town paying the Bluffs Condominium Association $4,500 a year to offset the costs of private snow plowing and trash pickup. According...
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May 12th, 2008 @ 8am
Michael Nitka, an experienced rower from Red Bank, gets ready to enter a scull during Navesink River Rowing's open house on Saturday. Next Sunday, as part of Red Bank's two-day centennial celebration, rowers from the the non-profit club will participate...
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May 12th, 2008 @ 5am
Red Bank officials have posted the purchase of a new fire police truck for just under $90,000 on tonight's council agenda. The all-volunteer fire police provide traffic and scene control at fires and other emergencies. According to a resolution up...
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May 12th, 2008 @ 5am
The kind of parade George Bowden dreams of: scads of bunting throughout town, with perhaps a giant balloon strapped to the roof of a motorcar, as seen in this undated photo from Helen C. Phillips' "Red Bank on the Navesink."...
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May 9th, 2008 @ 9am
A view along Hudson Avenue one morning in late March. It's Mailman 1, Borough 0 in the first test of a new Red Bank ordinance that restricts parking on Hudson Avenue to residents. Municipal Judge William Himelman appeared to let...
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May 7th, 2008 @ 11am
Residents of the proposed Washington Street historic district watched a laptop slide show featuring the 106 homes that would be included. Proponents of a new historic district that would embrace Red Bank's Washington Street neighborhood appeared to overcome the mild...
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May 7th, 2008 @ 7am
Nice old house on Washington Street. Residents of a proposed Washington Street historic district are being encouraged to attend a presentation tonight on what the designation would mean. The district includes Washington, upper Spring Street, Mount Street and parts of...
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May 6th, 2008 @ 6am
Two men identified as Red Bank residents were arraigned in Freehold yesterday on charges arising from an alleged bid-rigging scheme centered on the state prison system, where one of them was employed, today's Star-Ledger reports. Gerald Kennedy and Mark Sterner...
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May 6th, 2008 @ 6am
A proposal to convert the Colony House apartments on Bodman Place into upmarket condos was shot down by the Red Bank zoning board last night, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the Press: It may have been a lack of...
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May 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
A month after fellow Democrats showed him the door in Matawan, some residents of are wondering why Pasquale Menna lost his gig as borough attorney there, according to a report in this week's Independent weekly. Menna, who is of course...
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Agita continued to flow from Red Bank's proposed 21-percent budget increase last night as one resident lashed out at the borough council, another sought details on where purported spending cuts had been made, and elected officials blamed Trenton and Freehold...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 12pm
Surrounded by classmates from the Red Bank Middle School and watched by a standing-room audience, fifth-grader Jorge Banavides introduces a slide show about the threats of global warming at last night's borough council meeting. Eighth-grader Samantha Riordan also made a...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 7am
The parking lot in the foreground and adjacent river access are no longer under consideration for sale, Red Bank officials have confirmed. A combination of public opposition and anemic support have forced Red Bank officials to drop a proposal to...
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April 25th, 2008 @ 2pm
Vacant houses on, Drs. Parker Boulevard (left) and opposite sides of Bank Street (center and right) would be razed and replaced with 11 townhouse condos under the newest plan. Click images to enlarge. A West Side townhouse plan with a...
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April 25th, 2008 @ 11am
In recognition of Arbor Day, redbankgreen today presents eight baby trees installed along borough streets as part of a tree-planting blitz by the Red Bank Shade Tree Commission last fall. Heck, we can even consider this a special edition of...
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April 25th, 2008 @ 8am
Red Bank Court Clerk Fran Pastoriza at last night's budget Q&A at borough hall. A dog-and-pony show last night on the proposed 2008-'09 Red Bank budget included a plea for higher municipal court penalties for violations such as drinking in...
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April 25th, 2008 @ 7am
Partyline
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.
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 ...