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Red Bank officials earlier this week approved a plan to stick with a municipality-based health insurance plan for 2010 after other insurers said they could not compete on the rates.Continue reading "BOROUGH TOUTS HEALTH PLAN SAVINGS"
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November 25th, 2009 @ 6am
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RIVERVIEW: PLEASE KEEP THE KIDS HOME
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The temporary guidelines are aimed at curbing the spread of swine flu, Riverview officials say. Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center has begun restricting patient visits to visitors 18 years andContinue reading "RIVERVIEW: PLEASE KEEP THE KIDS HOME"
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November 13th, 2009 @ 11am
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The ugly spectacle of hecklers shouting down a woman in a wheelchair in Red Bank last week isContinue reading "RED BANK’S DISGRACE GOES NATIONAL"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 9am
Congressman Rush Holt‘s town hall meeting on federal health coverage in Middletown Wednesday was a less raucous affair than the one held the night before in Red Bank by hisContinue reading "PRESS: HOLT HAS TIGHT REIN ON TOWN HALL"
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August 27th, 2009 @ 8am
Brian Donohue of Ledger Live weighs in on what went down at the Red Bank Middle School Tuesday at Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.’s town hall on federal health insurance.
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August 27th, 2009 @ 7am
Here’s Star-Ledger video reporter Andre Malok’s takeaway from Tuesday night’s town hall meeting of federal healthcare reform, held at the Red Bank Middle School. An Asbury Park Press video isContinue reading "SLEDGER TOWN HALL VIDEO"
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August 26th, 2009 @ 9am
HOSTILE CROWD SHOUTS DOWN PALLONE
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With the auditorium inside already packed, a crowd of more than 1,000 people snaked around the front yard of the Red Bank Middle School awaiting its turn inside. Three consecutiveContinue reading "HOSTILE CROWD SHOUTS DOWN PALLONE"
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August 26th, 2009 @ 7am
Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. has scheduled a town-hall style Q&A about health insurance reform for Tuesday, August 25 in Red Bank. But Pallone, a Long Branch Democrat who chairs aContinue reading "PALLONE PLANS TOWN HALL ON HEALTHCARE"
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August 17th, 2009 @ 10am
Coming soon, maybe, to the still-vacant Union Street Village: plastic surgeons. Unable to get even a nibble for its retail space, the owner of Union Street Village last night sought,Continue reading "CAN DOCTORS SAVE THIS BUILDING?"
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July 21st, 2009 @ 6am
Thanksgiving at Lunch Break was on Branches Catering in 2008. On Monday night, the West Long Branch facility hosts some three dozen restaurants to raise funds for the Red Bank soup kitchen. This long-overdue edition of Done Good — a...
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April 24th, 2009 @ 6am
The borough-based Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey may feel the pinch. For the second time in recent months, the Red Bank Council has contracted services to Monmouth County in an effort to cut costs. The governing body last night...
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March 10th, 2009 @ 9am
A registered nurse was arrested while on the job at Riverview Medical Center Saturday, charged with scheming with a Bayshore pizza delivery man to distribute a painkiller, according to Gannett News Service. The arrest of 48-year-old Vivian Seaman of Union...
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January 20th, 2009 @ 8am
The site of the former Worden-Hoidal Funeral Home on East Front Street, owned by Riverview Medical Center, is not covered by the deal. After a year trying to knit together a consensus, Councilman Mike DuPont finally got a watered-down version...
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December 23rd, 2008 @ 2pm
A string of mutiple births kept hospital staffers busy recently. Today's Asbury Park Press reports that Riverview Medical Center had a streak going this autumn: a spate of twin births. From the article: In an eight-week period from September to...
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December 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
Red Bank's Riverview Medical Center is one of three hospitals in New Jersey eligible to join a controversial nationwide study of artery-clearing angioplasty despite their lack of dedicated cardiac surgery facilities, today's Star-Ledger reports. State Health Commissioner Heather Howard cleared...
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November 11th, 2008 @ 6am
Riverview Medical Center bought the former Worden-Hoidal Funeral Home facility in July for $2.3 million. Coming soon to East Front Street: another empty lot. Riverview Medical Center has asked Red Bank for a permit to demolish a longtime funeral home...
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October 7th, 2008 @ 5am
Today's Press reports that controversial pain-management physician Dr. Philip Eatough has pleaded guilty to federal money laundering and the illegal distribution of oxycodone. The 61-year-old Rumson resident faces 36 to 42 months in prison when he is sentenced by U.S....
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July 30th, 2008 @ 7am
The former home of the Visiting Nurse Association on Bodman Place falls to the wrecking claw this morning. The longtime home of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey on Bodman Place is being torn down today. The building hasn't...
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March 27th, 2008 @ 11am
A Monmouth County jury earlier this week ordered an obstetrician to pay $23 million to a Freehold boy who was severely disabled at his birth at Riverview Medical Center, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The hospital is not identified...
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March 19th, 2008 @ 6am
A Monmouth County grand jury has indicted a 52-year-old Fair Haven woman in connection with what authorities say were her efforts to fraudulently obtain prescription painkillers. Janice Rogers (no street address given) was charged iwith two counts of third-degree attempting...
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February 25th, 2008 @ 4pm
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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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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 ...
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