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State wildlife officials hope to cool some of the fears raised by the presence of coyotes in Middletown while employing night-vision technology to try to find the canine predators, the Asbury Park Press reports today. State and local officials were...
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June 6th, 2007 @ 4pm
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Environmentalists voiced concern yesterday that the federal government has abruptly halted long-standing tests that can predict brown tides of the kind seen along the coast over the Memoral Day weekend, the Star-Ledger reports. The tests, which have been conducted along...
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June 5th, 2007 @ 12pm
Visual inspections have led to the discovery of two Red Bank properties believed to have contributed to the high levels of fecal coliform in the Navesink River reported earlier this year, the Asbury Park Press reports today. One of the...
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June 4th, 2007 @ 7am
As was widely expected, Gov. Jon Corzine will nominate state Attorney General Stuart Rabner to succeed retiring Supreme Court Chief Justice James Zazzali on Monday, according to the Star-Ledger The newspaper cites three officials familiar with Corzine's plans as the...
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May 31st, 2007 @ 11am
The Red Bank Borough Council has set June 14 as the resumption date of its hearing in the Best Liquors license matter. The hearing, a special session of the council, will begin at 5p. Borough Attorney Tom Hall, who is...
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May 31st, 2007 @ 8am
Usually, when a chief financial officer is in the news, you're talking crisis. Think Enron. Think WorldCom. Think Borough of Red Bank last August. That's when things kind of blew up at Borough Hall, with the disclosure that freshly-resigned CFO...
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May 30th, 2007 @ 12pm
After a five-day grace period, Sea Bright police have begun ticketing motorists for exceeding new speed limits just north and south of the downtown, the Asbury Park Press reports. From the story: Police today issued 10 speeding tickets during the...
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May 29th, 2007 @ 2pm
At yesterday's Memorial Day send-off for 87 reservists attached to the Red Bank headquarters of the 6th Motor Transport Battallion, there was little talk of recent polls showing that Americans have soured on the Iraq war. Nor was there much...
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May 29th, 2007 @ 9am
Honestly, who among us hasn't embarked on a simple housekeeping task and somehow gotten detoured into a project involving busted sheetrock and mouthfuls of gypsum dust? Maybe that's what happened to Ray Rapcavage. Last week, the president of Ray Rap...
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May 23rd, 2007 @ 4pm
Middletown police, on the hunt for a coyote that attacked a 5-year-old boy Monday night, shot and killed one coyote before dawn today and have spotted four others, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. From the story: Officer Christian Clark...
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May 23rd, 2007 @ 9am
By Linda G. Rastelli In a hearing characterized by polite sparring between lawyers, the Red Bank borough council sat through nearly four hours of testimony in the case against Sunny Sharma and Best Liquors without a decision Tuesday night. No...
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May 22nd, 2007 @ 11pm
By Linda G. Rastelli Residents who live near Fair Haven Fields complained last night to the Fair Haven borough council about the likelihood of increased traffic through a quiet neighborhood resulting from work now underway at the recreation site. Also...
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May 22nd, 2007 @ 12pm
The pissing match between Wall Street millionaires Pete Dawkins and Mickey Gooch gobbled up another three hours of valuable Monmouth County court time yesterday, according to today's Asbury Park Press. And if the judge was amused, it was largely because...
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May 19th, 2007 @ 12pm
After six months of delays, the Borough of Red Bank's administrative law case against Best Liquors will finally happen next Tuesday. That's the plan, at least. At stake for Best Liquors owner Sunny Sharma is his ability to sell beer,...
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May 18th, 2007 @ 10am
A solution to water pressure problems afflicting homes and businesses on the eastern edge of Red Bank and a portion of western Fair Haven is now in the pipeline. The Red Bank borough council introduced a bonding ordinance Wednesday night...
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May 18th, 2007 @ 6am
Last time we checked, the overdue Red Bank Public Library renovations were expected to be completed this month or next, following weather-related delays over the winter. Last night, the borough council approved the opening of a temporary storefront two doors...
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May 17th, 2007 @ 6am
Those two new electric cars we told you about last week, the ones Red Bank planned to buy to replace the three-wheeled Cushmans used by parking enforcement? It turns out they can't meet the state requirement that they be able...
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May 17th, 2007 @ 6am
The old canopy's gone. So is the pump island. The asphalt's been torn up. The building's painted metal skin has been peeled off. And a tall fence now surrounds the property. (We got our photo by holding our camera overhead.)...
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May 15th, 2007 @ 7am
Say goodbye to those Cushmans. Last month, the Red Bank Borough Council authorized the purchase of two Club Car Carryall 2 electric vehicles from golf-cart seller Vic Gerard Golf Cars. They'll replace a pair of gas-powered Cushman three-wheelers used by...
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May 11th, 2007 @ 8am
For Tomora Young, assistant director of the Red Bank Parks & Recreation department, the remarkable run of the Rutgers women's basketball team in the season that wrapped up six weeks ago had a powerful personal dimension to it. Not only...
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May 9th, 2007 @ 8am
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MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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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