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Sunday's Star-Ledger has a terrific profile of Fair Haven's Bob Lucky, head of the Fort Monmouth re-use panel and an engineer whose seminal work led to the creation of the Internet. The article, by Wayne Wolley, begins: Bob Lucky earned...
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January 7th, 2007 @ 11am
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Les Gertrude, the grande dame Broad Street apartment building that's long been troubled by balky elevators, is getting a new pair of lifts. At a meeting Tuesday night involving tenants, the landlord and a clutch of local officials, plans to...
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January 5th, 2007 @ 12am
The last time Sharon Lee was quoted in the Asbury Park Press, it was in the context of her work on the Planning Board. She suggested an applicant install an irrigation system to keep the lawn in front of his...
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January 4th, 2007 @ 12am
Having dodged a bullet last August, the Red Bank Charter School has now gotten a green light to continue operating for another five years, the Asbury Park Press reports today. From the story, by Larry Higgs: The best news came...
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January 3rd, 2007 @ 7am
They said all the right things at Monday's Borough Council reorganization. Mayor Pat Menna praised Republican Councilman John Curley for having run a "good race" for mayor, and pledged to 'work together' with him and the other members of the...
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January 2nd, 2007 @ 2pm
So, after 18 years riding the bench as a member of the borough council, what kind of mayor will Pasquale Menna be? At his New Year's Day swearing-in, Menna said his vision "is to continue the progress" of the McKenna...
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January 1st, 2007 @ 11pm
Last week's 'Where,' we figured, was an easy one. And, in fact, several readers wrote in to correctly identify the image: a fire hydrant wrapped in black plastic on River Road in Fair Haven, near the corner of Lincoln Avenue....
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December 28th, 2006 @ 12am
Larry Higgs of the Asbury Park Press has a story today about how new rules aimed at weeding out conflicts-of-interest at zoning and planning board meetings are being applied. Does the fact that a board member works at a marina...
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December 26th, 2006 @ 8am
Red Bank led all 623 school districts statewide in Hispanic student enrollment growth from 2000 to 2006, according to a report in today's Star-Ledger. An analysis by the state's largest newspaper found that 57.9 percent of students in the Red...
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December 24th, 2006 @ 10am
The remodeling of the Red Bank Public Library will take up to three months longer than planned, in part because of the discovery of asbestos in a chimney, the Asbury Park Press reports today. From the story: The West Front...
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December 22nd, 2006 @ 11pm
Today's Asbury Park Press has a story about an effort to explain what appears to be soaring water usage at the Red Bank Middle School, which tripled in the July-October billing period, to 1,500 gallons per day. So far, plumbers,...
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December 20th, 2006 @ 9am
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December 19th, 2006 @ 10am
After a continuous, 18-year slog of borough council meetings, planning board sessions and rubber-chicken dinners from here to Trenton, departing Mayor Ed McKenna is about to find some gaping holes in his schedule. More fundamentally, at age 56, he may...
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December 15th, 2006 @ 12am
Now winding down a 16-year stint as Mayor of Red Bank, Edward J. McKenna is scheduled to be feted by borough employees at a party scheduled for 5p Monday, Dec. 18, at the Two River Theater. The event is open...
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December 15th, 2006 @ 12am
A lame-duck councilman in Matawan took the scorched-earth approach to saying goodbye last week, teeing up Mayor Mary Aufseeser as "repugnant," badmouthing other members of the governing body and likening the town's political atmosphere to "The Wizard of Oz," complete...
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December 13th, 2006 @ 9am
The Borough Council's trial-like hearing on a series of seven allegations against the liquor license of Best Liquors has been postponed for a month, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The reason: store owner Sunny Sharma's hiring of a new...
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December 6th, 2006 @ 7am
You're on your way into a restaurant you've been dying to check out, and just as you near the door, it hits you: the cloud of nicotine exhaust you have to pass through thanks to the cigarette junkies huddled against...
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November 30th, 2006 @ 10pm
Life can be pretty frustrating on Tower Hill Avenue near Harding Road. Cars heading west and downhill on Harding often turn onto Tower Hill virtually on two wheels, and then barrel down the narrow street of tidy homes to the...
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November 30th, 2006 @ 12am
What's with the partial pave jobs on Hudson Avenue and East Bergen Place? Almost two weeks ago, paving contractors laid down a 10-foot wide strip of steamy new asphalt along the north side of East Bergen. At the same time,...
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November 30th, 2006 @ 12am
A year after the shutdown of the Westboro Post Office on Shrewsbury Avenue because of mold contamination, officials have set an estimated reopening date. A postal service spokesman, George Flood, tells redbankgreen that the substation is expected to re-open by...
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November 29th, 2006 @ 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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