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A two-man state ethics panel headed by former Red Bank Mayor and Associate Supreme Court Justice Daniel O'Hern has ruled that Gov. Jon Corzine's relationship with ex-girlfriend and labor leader Carla Katz should not have barred him from participating in...
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May 8th, 2007 @ 1pm
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An eleventh-hour move by the owners of a handful of properties in the historic downtown district of Fair Haven to opt out of the sidewalk reconstruction project that begins this week failed last night. Led by attorneys Brooks Van Arx,...
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May 8th, 2007 @ 7am
For the second time in seven years, Fair Haven Councilman Chris Walrath is stepping down, again citing work and family obligations as distractions from his public duty. "This will be my last council meeting," Walrath announced at the end of...
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May 8th, 2007 @ 6am
Now-Second Deputy Fire Chief Joe Forgione had just put the license plates on the Liberty Hose Co.'s new pumper last November 7 when, "next thing we knew, the fire call comes in," he said. The alarm was for a blaze...
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May 6th, 2007 @ 11am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI When you’re redoing a downtown, as rookie Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre is discovering, you can’t please everyone. Exhibit A: the borough’s streetscape plan, which calls for the sidewalks from Memorial Park to Oak Place to...
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May 4th, 2007 @ 7am
According to a news release from RiverCenter, 75 Marines from 6th Motor Transport Battalion, based in Lincroft at Half Mile and Newman Springs Road are shipping out to Iraq on May 28 — Memorial Day. American Recreational Military Services (A.R.M.S),...
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May 3rd, 2007 @ 3pm
What might have been a session with Gov. Jon Corzine turned out, because of his recent accident, to be an event with somewhat lesser star "wattage." But a town hall meeting led in Corzine's absence by state Treasurer Bradley Abelow...
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May 3rd, 2007 @ 6am
Overriding the preference of the borough's finance chief, the Tinton Falls Borough Council last night shot down a budget proposed by Mayor Peter Maclearie in favor of one with no increase in the property tax rate, today's Asbury Park Press...
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May 2nd, 2007 @ 6am
A move to restrict the ability of homeowners and builders to take down trees on their properties is back in Fair Haven, uprooting some tensions that had been buried in recent months. Larry Higgs has a story in today's Asbury...
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May 1st, 2007 @ 11am
The six candidates vying for three council seats in next week's election in Tinton Falls assembled last night for what turned out to be a "congenial" debate, according to today's Asbury Park Press. Among the points of agreement: the new...
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May 1st, 2007 @ 7am
New Jersey Treasurer Bradley Abelow is scheduled to lead a forum at Red Bank Borough Hall Wednesday night in which he'll discuss the impact of the proposed $33.3 billion state budget for fiscal '08 on municipalities. In announcing the event...
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May 1st, 2007 @ 7am
The state of New Jersey has extracted a $1 million settlement from Chevron over a 2006 oil spill in the Arthur Kill, and Navesink River oyster beds are among the expected beneficiaries, according to the Star-Ledger. The $1 million will...
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April 25th, 2007 @ 6pm
... a poem as lovely as a tree. Ten, actually, to replace the nine slaughtered (humanely, it has been persuasively argued) on White Street yesterday. The replacement trees — Harvest Gold crabapples — are on order and should arrive later...
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April 24th, 2007 @ 12pm
The results are finally in from last week's Red Bank Board of Education election, which were delayed by a snafu. In addition to the previously announced victor Ben Forest, an incumbent, winners were write-in winners Ann Goldman of McLaren Street...
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April 23rd, 2007 @ 6pm
SLAUGHTER ON WHITE STREET
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A gorgeous spring morning, the day after Earth Day, with Arbor Day just around the bend... A perfect day to take down a bunch of Bradford pear trees in bloom. Huh? That's what happened this morning on White Street. A...
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April 23rd, 2007 @ 12pm
The signs announcing a two-hour parking limit along Maple Avenue have been there so long that they're faded. But it seems nobody in borough hall can explain why there was no ordinance putting legal teeth behind the signs. Apparently, there...
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April 20th, 2007 @ 12am
Acting Gov. Dick Codey is asking for a statewide pealing of bells at noon today to honor the dead in this week's Virginia Tech massacre, the Star-Ledger reports. And tonight, friends of Julia Pryde will lead a candlelight vigil for...
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April 20th, 2007 @ 12am
Want to read the minutes of a recent Red Bank Council meeting online? You'll have to wait. The latest one posted on the borough's website is from February 12, even though the council has had four meetings since then. There...
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April 19th, 2007 @ 12pm
At 9:30a Wednesday, Mayor Pasquale Menna was in his law office talking on the phone with redbankgreen about some borough business and trying to get off the line posthaste. He had an obligation to meet. Back in March, while reading...
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April 19th, 2007 @ 12am
NJ Transit's board of commissioners today approved a budget that calls for train- and bus-fare increases averaging 9.6 percent, the Asbury Park Press reports this morning from Newark. The move was depicted as a necessary measure to help close a...
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April 18th, 2007 @ 11am
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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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