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At St. James RC Church this morning, members of the Red Bank Fire Department, including Chief Noel Blackwood, in long coat at right, saluted the casket of longtime volunteer and borough councilman John T. 'Jack' Illmensee, who died Friday at...
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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[PLEASE SEE THE EDITOR'S NOTE, POSTED JAN. 22, 2008, AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE] One of two Red Bank men sworn in last week as probationary police officers has already been dropped from the training program, a department official...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 5pm
Eve Thompson, the globe-trotting daughter of former Red Bank Councilwoman Florence 'Betti' Thompson and Stafford Thompson, was the bride in the featured 'Vows' column in yesterday's New York Times. South Africa, Jordan, Guinea-Bissau — the Princeton and Georgetown graduate "thrived...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Yesterday's Asbury Park Press reported that longtime Re Bank volunteer fireman and council member John T. 'Jack' Illmensee died at age 72 Friday. His obituary reports that he was a member of Liberty Hose Co., the Red Bank Rescue team,...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 5am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Sea Bright taxpayers paid $75,000 for each of the 24 students who attended Shore Regional High School last year. The school's cost to educate them was only $13,000. In running for mayor last year, Maria Fernandes...
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January 17th, 2008 @ 7am
State Senator Jennifer Beck will set up a 12th-district legislative office at 32 Monmouth Street, the former Red Bank Borough Hall building (or, one of them, that is) that now houses surfwear retailer Stokaboka at street level, today's Asbury Park...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 10am
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of Middletown Township yesterday in a tangled dispute over a plot of land on Shadow Lake. Upshot: the town will have undisputed ownership of a 1.08-acre lakefront property, and the guy who's...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 7am
With plans to demolish the old municipal incinerator stalled by concerns over soil contamination, Red Bank officials last night diverted $117,000 in Monmouth County grant money from the project to the reconstruction of tiny Bassett Place. According to Borough Administrator...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 12pm
The shuttered playground at Marine Park. The Marine Park playground will get all new equipment and fencing under a plan greenlighted last night by the Red Bank Borough Council. Installation of the new gear will start in March, Parks &...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 10am
Nicholas D. Maletto, at left with his mom, and Milton A. Gray IV, with his girlfriend and daughter, below, give their oaths as new new police officers. Borough Clerk Carol Vivona administered the oaths. Click on photos to enlarge. The...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 7am
A refurbished room on the second floor of the library. The room was once a bedroom in the Eisner family home. Months overdue but not over budget, the renovated Red Bank Public Library will reopen at 1p next Tuesday, Borough...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 6am
Colorful chairs for little people await the reopening of the children's room at the renovated Red Bank Public Library last week. Today's Asbury Park Press reports that the elevator at the Red Bank Public Library passed a state inspection Friday,...
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January 14th, 2008 @ 8am
A pump-out hose clears water from a hole where a hydrant stood on Monmouth Street. Water service was shut off and Monmouth Street was closed to vehicle traffic this afternoon after a water line burst during the replacement of a...
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January 10th, 2008 @ 5pm
Sold, for more than the seller ever dreamed: 25 Broad Street. Stuart Paer's request to the Red Bank Planning Board on Monday night went through like lightning. He was asking for a change of use for the second-floor space in...
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January 9th, 2008 @ 11am
State Senator Jennifer Beck and Mayor Pasquale Menna after Red Bank's government reorganization meeting last week. Her last two jobs, as a lobbyist and executive at a health insurance company, were used as cudgels against her by her opponent in...
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January 8th, 2008 @ 9am
New computers stand ready for public use. The problematic elevator is in the center background. [PLEASE SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF STORY] The newly remodeled children's room of Red Bank Public Library is bright and colorful, taking cues from the...
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January 8th, 2008 @ 7am
An architectural rendering of the proposed retail and residential project, with West Street in the foreground and Oakland Street at right. The Monmouth Street side would have four-story buildings. It still hasn't outrun the dark cloud that's haunted it for...
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January 8th, 2008 @ 6am
Calvary Baptist Church on Bridge Avenue last night hosted a music-filled service last night to commemorate the ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose birthdate, Jan. 15, is celebrated next week. Sponsored by the Greater Red Bank Ministers Association,...
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January 7th, 2008 @ 6am
Jo-An Kalaka-Adams was all smiles as she posed today with Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Stepping into the spotlight for the first time since her apparent failure to win a second term as mayor in November,...
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January 5th, 2008 @ 4pm
Dr. Philip Eatough, the Rumson pain-management physician facing a slew of charges related to drug prescribing, should be allowed to continue operating his Middletown practice in the interim, but under strict limits, a state panel has recommended. Today's Star-Ledger reports...
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January 4th, 2008 @ 7am
Partyline
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
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 ...