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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
... 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
New Jersey's 12th legislative district, which includes of much of Monmouth County and a small portion of Mercer County (map), won't be part of a pilot program to test an expermental approach to financing "clean elections" in November. A special...
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April 17th, 2007 @ 7am
Ben Forest has an excellent chance of keeping his seat on the Red Bank Board of Education in tomorrow's election: he's the only candidate on the ballot. Unfortunately for the board, there are three open seats; two other members have...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 8am
A long-anticipated hearing on the future of the Best Liquors alcohol license was postponed yesterday before it began. Two members of the Red Bank Borough Council— John Curley and Michael DuPont— were out sick, and a third, RJ Bifani, recused...
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April 11th, 2007 @ 7am
For any motorist who's ever been stuck at the intersection of Newman Springs Road and Broad Street while not one but two trains halt traffic, a smidgen of relief is on the way. And for any pedestrian who's tried to...
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April 10th, 2007 @ 7am
Public Works Director Gary Watson's $10,000 pay raise was greenlighted by the borough council last night over 'no' votes by the two Republicans on the governing body, John Curley and newcomer Grace Cangemi. The increase was part of a slate...
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April 10th, 2007 @ 7am
Red Bank Councilman R.J. Bifani, a Democrat, won't seek re-election in November, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. So Council President Sharon Lee will be joined on the party's ticket by Kathleen Horgan of Branch Avenue, the Press reports. Bifani...
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April 10th, 2007 @ 6am
Mayor Pasquale Menna has concluded that the public is opposed to the continuation of healthcare coverage for elected and appointed officials, and will waive the benefit for himself if the council doesn't eliminate it. "If the recommendation by the [council...
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April 9th, 2007 @ 7am
At the request of Gov. Jon Corzine, former Red Bank Mayor and state Supreme Court Justice Daniel O'Hern Sr. is looking into labor-contract negotiations between Corzine and his former girlfriend, labor leader Carla Katz, according to today's Star-Ledger. A resident...
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April 6th, 2007 @ 10am
Whenever he got the chance, former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna would jet off to Ireland to play golf and maybe have a pint among village locals. McKenna's successor, Pasquale Menna, though, takes the idea of global schmoozing to literally...
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April 6th, 2007 @ 7am
It's finally on. Four months later than expected, the Borough Council will hold a trial-like hearing Tuesday night to determine the fate of involving Best Liquors, Sunny Sharma's packaged-goods store that last year became a lightning rod for quality-of-life complaints...
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April 4th, 2007 @ 2pm
Red Bank-based K. Hovnanian Homes has pulled the plug on a controversial plan to build up to 4,500 homes in Ocean County's Berkeley Township after an adverse court ruling. "We are not going to pursue this," company spokesman Douglas Fenichel...
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April 3rd, 2007 @ 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 ...