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Actual pinking got underway in downtown Red Bank Saturday with the start of the 2011 Pink Week breast cancer awareness effort. Some photos by Dustin Racioppi. To enlarge the photoContinue reading "NO LONGER JUST THINKING PINK"
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May 2nd, 2011 @ 1pm
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THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
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Pink striping down River Road in Fair Haven in celebration of Pink Week, which continues this week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI You’ll notice theContinue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW"
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May 2nd, 2011 @ 7am
KABOOM GETS A BOOST FROM THE BANK
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Kaboom! Executive Director Charles Moran, right, looks on as Brenda Ross-Dulan of Wells Fargo announces the bank’s donation to the fireworks show. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "KABOOM GETS A BOOST FROM THE BANK"
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April 29th, 2011 @ 4pm
Red Bank’s KaBoomFest kicked off its 2011 fundraising season Thursday night with a tent party on the lawn of Hovnanian Enterprises’ HQ, followed by a sample pyrotechnics show on theContinue reading "POPPING OFF AT MAPLE COVE"
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April 28th, 2011 @ 9pm
PINK WEEK: BACK IN THE BLUSH
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A window decorator handles a faux paint spill in the window of DoubleTake Consignment in Red Bank earlier this week as part of the store’s Pink Bank display. (Click toContinue reading "PINK WEEK: BACK IN THE BLUSH"
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April 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
ON THE WEB, RED BANK SITE IS A PRIZE
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Red Bank’s website won a Monmouth University award for “best interactive website.” (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If you happen to be looking for old ordinances or minutes fromContinue reading "ON THE WEB, RED BANK SITE IS A PRIZE"
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April 28th, 2011 @ 10am
CABINET CLEAN-OUT SLATED FOR SATURDAY
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Let’s see… almost three years old? Yeah, time to go. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI As you break out the feather duster and crack into the clutter in theContinue reading "CABINET CLEAN-OUT SLATED FOR SATURDAY"
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April 28th, 2011 @ 6am
Guests wandered among sale items at Primas Home furniture store on Broad Street in Red Bank Tuesday evening for a cocktail fundraiser for Lunch Break, the feed-everyone-without-questions soup kitchen onContinue reading "MINGLING FOR LUNCH BREAK"
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April 27th, 2011 @ 10am
HOME-GOODS TOUR STARS ‘UNSUNG HEROES’
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John and Rachel Decker of Queen Vacuum are leading the charge to highlight Red Bank’s daytime attractions this Saturday. (Photo courtesy Fran Waldmann) By TOM CHESEK “Red Bank is reallyContinue reading "HOME-GOODS TOUR STARS ‘UNSUNG HEROES’"
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April 25th, 2011 @ 10am
SAY HELLO TO BASIE’S LITTLE FRIEND
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Iconic stage and screen great Al Pacino takes the stage in a June 1 benefit for the Count Basie Theatre, with tickets on sale now. He’s taken the big screenContinue reading "SAY HELLO TO BASIE’S LITTLE FRIEND"
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April 22nd, 2011 @ 1pm
BILLY GETS HIS EVENING, FOR M’TOWN ARTS
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Playwright Billy Van Zandt is in the hot seat for an April 30 fundraiser for the Middletown Cultural and Arts Center. By TOM CHESEK No, Billy Van Zandt — toContinue reading "BILLY GETS HIS EVENING, FOR M’TOWN ARTS"
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April 22nd, 2011 @ 7am
BOOM TOWN BASH IS A BIG-TENT TICKET
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The annual KaBoom!  fundraiser culminated in a fireworks preview outside the Monmouth Boat Club in 2008. This year’s edition will be at Hovnanian HQ. Whether you love it — orContinue reading "BOOM TOWN BASH IS A BIG-TENT TICKET"
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April 21st, 2011 @ 7am
FAKE WRECK FOR TRAINING IN SEA BRIGHT
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Local firefighters trained in Sea Bright yesterday using extrication tools and methods. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI One car t-boned another. A third car wasContinue reading "FAKE WRECK FOR TRAINING IN SEA BRIGHT"
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April 19th, 2011 @ 1pm
A QUICK RUN-THROUGH FOR EASTER
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On a cold, wind-whipped afternoon, it took borough children all of about 90 seconds to charge through Eastside Park and collect all the eggs during Red Bank’s annual Easter EggContinue reading "A QUICK RUN-THROUGH FOR EASTER"
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April 18th, 2011 @ 8am
THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
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A catcher’s mitt at Rumson Little League’s opening day. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Break-ins were the breaking news that dominated locally last week, toppedContinue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW"
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April 18th, 2011 @ 6am
SPRING BLOOMS IN BULK ON WEST SIDE
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Mountains of household waste line Bridge Avenue, above, and Shrewsbury Avenue, below, as seasonal bulk waste pickups resumed in Red Bank Thursday morning. (Click to enlarge) Ah, the smell ofContinue reading "SPRING BLOOMS IN BULK ON WEST SIDE"
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April 14th, 2011 @ 11am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’ll be an environmental double feature in Red Bank at the end of the month. The borough’s environmental commission and its subcommittee, the Green Team, will runContinue reading "A GREEN DOUBLE-DIP"
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April 13th, 2011 @ 12pm
WHO CAN IT BE NOW AT THE RECORD STORE?
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With a new CD to promote, hard-working singer, songwriter and storyteller Colin Hay visits Jack’s Music Shoppe during Record Store Day on Saturday. By TOM CHESEK Do not under anyContinue reading "WHO CAN IT BE NOW AT THE RECORD STORE?"
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April 12th, 2011 @ 6am
CHECK IT OUT: IT’S LIBRARY WEEK AT RBPL
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Maritime historian Rik van Hemmen and singer/ songwriter Jim Crawford are among the visitors to the Red Bank Public Library in coming days, as the borough bibliotecque celebrates National LibraryContinue reading "CHECK IT OUT: IT’S LIBRARY WEEK AT RBPL"
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April 11th, 2011 @ 9am
PLAY BALL!
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Following a rainy night, the skies cleared to pitch-perfect weather at Rumson Little League’s opening day Saturday. Hundreds of children and parents gathered for an opening day ceremony at PipingContinue reading "PLAY BALL!"
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April 11th, 2011 @ 5am
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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 ...
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)