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The weather was largely spectacular and the excitement level high for Saturday's first-ever Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale. Sellers at some West Side locations had hoped for a bit more traffic, and the two families who set up tables in...
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September 22nd, 2008 @ 8am
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A day in the sunshine preceded an evening of awards at the I Build, U-Build We Build a Better Community Family Day at Red Bank's Count Basie Park on Saturday. Honorees included Larry Hamm, a human rights activist in Newark;...
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September 22nd, 2008 @ 6am
James Richter, long-distance bargain hunter. redbankgreen covered a fair amount of ground Saturday, but we kept hearing about a guy who'd really clocked some miles for the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale. Word was he'd traveled 140 miles from Kingston,...
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September 21st, 2008 @ 10pm
Believe the balloons: No fewer than 147 homes, plus the public library, are participating in Saturday's Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale. One "seller" is giving everything away, free. Somebody else has a toilet and sink for sale. There are Christmas...
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September 19th, 2008 @ 8am
'Halfway to St. Paddy's Day?' That's a holiday? In the immortal word of Frank McCourt, 'Tis. Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit stumbles upon a brewing local phenomenon: beer-serving establishments, and the bands that play them, celebrating the midpoint between...
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September 18th, 2008 @ 7am
In the view of Red Bank police, there's no question a crime was committed. An unidentified, shirtless man loaded goods that didn't belong to him into a car and vanished into the dead of a sultry summer night. But was...
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September 15th, 2008 @ 10am
Sunday's Danskin Women's Triathlon at Sandy Hook drew dozens of competitors — they were the ones with the indelible numbers on their biceps — to the streets of downtown Red Bank this weekend. Among them were these women from Bergen...
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September 15th, 2008 @ 7am
Some scenes from the annual Street Fair held in downtown Red Bank Sunday. Email this story
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September 8th, 2008 @ 9am
OK, early birds. The first-ever Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale, scheduled for September 20, is coming together. And for those who plan ahead, here's some helpful starter info. There are some rules. The borough of Red Bank is asking that...
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August 22nd, 2008 @ 6am
Some redbankgreen readers gave the sign a chilly welcome when it was installed in the spring. Last time we wrote about Red Bank's new inclusive community sign, in June, it set off quite a barrage of adverse commentary. Critics called...
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August 18th, 2008 @ 10am
Shorter days, cooler temperatures, campus-bound cars loaded down like Okie jalopies: the summer, it seems, is hurtling toward the finish line. Further proof: the Navesink Garden Club is preparing for its 14th annual swan song to summer. Scheduled for Tuesday,...
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August 18th, 2008 @ 8am
Mayor Mike Halfacre will really loosen his tie Tuesday night. Fair Haven will participate in the anti-crime, anti-drug National Night Out on Tuesday, and events include a chance to put the mayor in the drink. From Mayor Mike Halfacre's blog:...
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August 4th, 2008 @ 10am
Every once in a while, these posts just write themselves... From redbankgreen's email in-basket this week: Hello! Last weekend, my friend posted her garage sale on your website and she said she had an awesome response because of it! I'm...
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August 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Eight to 10 social services organizations are expected to be present at a four-hour health fair scheduled for Saturday, August 9 on Red Bank's West Side. The Red Bank Family Support Center is organizing the open-air event in the parking...
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July 30th, 2008 @ 7am
The scene on Broad Street at the 2006 edition of the event. By TOM CHESEK There was that friend of ours who found a shrink-wrapped, never-played, original 1963 pressing ( released the day JFK was shot) of the Phil Spector...
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 7am
Spanish mudslinger extraordinaire Juan Pablo 'Tito' Martinez will bring a load of Andalucian clay and a borrowed potter's wheel to downtown Red Bank this weekend. Martinez, like his father and grandfather — both also called 'Tito' — before him, is...
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July 16th, 2008 @ 2pm
Jet-skiers Scott Wolf and Manny Carabel, on rocks, are joined at Oyster Point by IMPACT members Grace Pedretti (in blue top); Laurie Medoro; Emily Lennon and her mom, Virginia; Marilyn Price; Danny Kalinoski and his mom, Stephanie; and Paul Panicali...
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July 14th, 2008 @ 9am
Maybe you call it a 'rummage sale,' or prefer 'garage sale.' Whatever. If you're planning one and would like some help getting the word out to local folks, just let redbankgreen know. We'll soon be introducing a periodic listing of...
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July 13th, 2008 @ 1pm
Scenes from last night's debut of the weekly Comcast Jazz in the Park series in Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Park, which featured the Red Bank Middle School Band and Soul Project, above. For info about upcoming shows and movies in...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 6am
Joyce Diamond, in red, leads a visitor during an unstructured social dance in the park last week. About a year and a half ago, Joyce Diamond discovered the joys of Argentine tango. "It captured my heart," she says. "I couldn't...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 8am
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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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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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