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Fishing for news: TV trucks in Marine Park Wednesday afternoon. As go the dolphins, so go the TV news crews, apparently. A couple of TV trucks were spotted in Red Bank's Marine Park yesterday, following redbankgreen's reports that the Atlantic...
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July 10th, 2008 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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All the dolphin gawking was the subject of a piece on last night's NBC Nightly News, hosted by Middletown-raised Brian Williams. By SUE MORGAN Save the airfare and the money you would have blown on souvenirs — if it's a...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
Were they cut from a lesser bolt of corduroy, we might expect some snarkasm about this article from the four young men behind the Errant Notice, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High's totally, totally unauthorized student newspaper. For starters, they might wonder...
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June 13th, 2008 @ 9am
Red, at 3 Broad Street. Restaurant reviewer Karla Cook of the New York Times New Jersey section in found a lot to like, as well as some shortcomings, in a review of Red that ran in yesterday's edition. Getting right...
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June 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
The Asbury Park Press is among four Gannett Co. newspapers in New Jersey that laid off a total of 55 employees yesterday, the Press itself reports. The axe fell after half of 166 workers offered early retirement three weeks ago...
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May 30th, 2008 @ 6am
The real 'Dude.' By TOM CHESEK Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude. Sam Elliott as "The Stranger" in The Big Lebowski When the filmmakers...
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April 16th, 2008 @ 8am
The first reviews the Two River Theater Co.'s new production of "The Glass Menagerie" are in, and they're raves. Theater critic Peter Filichia of the Star-Ledger writes that director (and TRTC founder) Bob Rechnitz's take on the Tennessee Williams classic...
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April 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Centennial logo design winner Alexis Holiday is a fourth-generation Red Banker. The winner of a contest for a logo to commemorate Red Bank's first hundred years is a 14-year-old Charter School student who only recently began dabbling in Adobe Photoshop,...
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February 28th, 2008 @ 9am
Today's Sunday Star-Ledger has an extensive piece about the black activist journalist T. (Timothy) Thomas Fortune and the effort to save his longtime Red Bank home from the wrecking ball — or, as the article's author puts it, "from predatory...
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February 17th, 2008 @ 11am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Most days, JoAnn Pileggi's life is like any suburban mom’s as she runs after her 22-month-old twins, Faith and Francis, and five-year-old, Julian. But on Mondays and Fridays, she's chasing down fires, accidents, murders and natural...
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February 7th, 2008 @ 9am
A full-page photo of Giants quarterback Eli Manning and the headline 'CHAMPS' consume the entire front page of today's Star-Ledger (print version, of course). "NOW THAT'S PERFECT!" screams the sports section lead page. And inside: reams of photos and copy...
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February 4th, 2008 @ 10am
Red Bank and a dozen other Monmouth County towns that don't participate in the county library system — and whose residents don't have borrowing priveleges in it — won't get stuck paying some of its costs, today's Asbury Park Press...
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January 29th, 2008 @ 9am
Check out the new commercial for the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown, produced by Red Banker and self-styled "multimedia darling" Judie Luszcz. In an email to redbankgreen, graphic artist Luszcz gives props (OK, we admit we have still no idea...
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January 28th, 2008 @ 9am
Every so often, sleepy old Fair Haven stirs itself to controversy. It happened this week when resident Art Kamin, longtime editor of the now-vanished Red Bank Register and a past president of the New Jersey Press Association, aimed a broadside...
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January 25th, 2008 @ 7am
In a story posted on redbankgreen Monday evening, we reported on a possible explanation for the removal of Milton A. Gray IV as a Red Bank-sponsored member of the current class at the Monmouth County Police Academy. That explanation was...
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 11pm
Back in business. The hours of operation are, for now, limited — 1 to 5p, Monday through Saturday. There are still lots of loose ends for the staff to attend to as they relocate from temporary facility two doors away....
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 3pm
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
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
Charlotte Scherer, left, and Ambra Talarico prepare to load a painting from Art Forms into a car. It was late on a chilly, gray, drizzly Sunday afternoon, a quiet time on the eve of New Year's Eve. But three Monmouth...
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December 31st, 2007 @ 11am
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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 ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.