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Category Archives: Nature

PADDLIN’ WITH PASQUALE
Cindy Burnham and her newest water mate, Mayor Pasquale Menna, who spent Saturday morning kayaking on the Navesink. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red BankContinue reading "PADDLIN’ WITH PASQUALE"
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June 28th, 2010 @ 6am
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A BIT LATE, FAIR HAVEN GIRL TESTS TREE LAW
Zoe Gallagher, 12, in front of the Poplar Avenue property where trees are being cut down to make room for two houses. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "A BIT LATE, FAIR HAVEN GIRL TESTS TREE LAW"
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June 22nd, 2010 @ 8am
IT’S ‘MAPLE COVE,’ OFFICIALLY
The Navesink Maritime Heritage Association donated the above sign to be installed at Maple Cove next weekend. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Nature enthusiasts receivedContinue reading "IT’S ‘MAPLE COVE,’ OFFICIALLY"
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May 14th, 2010 @ 7am
GREEN TEAMERS CLEAN UP
Volunteers from the United Methodist Church participated in the annual event along East Bergen Place, above, and in the East Side parking lots, below. (Click to enlarge) Those folks youContinue reading "GREEN TEAMERS CLEAN UP"
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April 26th, 2010 @ 1pm
SIZING UP THE BEACH
A pair of divers from Richard Stockton College’s Coastal Research Center on the beach in Sea Bright earlier today after taking survey readings in the nearshore waters of the AtlanticContinue reading "SIZING UP THE BEACH"
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April 23rd, 2010 @ 1pm
A HANDS-ON EARTH DAY
Among the commemorations of the fortieth Earth Day Thursday was a day of cleanup, planting and distributing flowers to neighbors by students at the Red Bank Charter School, above. AnContinue reading "A HANDS-ON EARTH DAY"
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April 23rd, 2010 @ 6am
GROUPS PREPARE EARTH DAY EVENTS
A close-up view of planet Earth. (Click to enlarge) Here are some announcements of Earth Day activities scheduled for the next few days: Earth Day Celebration at Red Bank PrimaryContinue reading "GROUPS PREPARE EARTH DAY EVENTS"
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April 21st, 2010 @ 10am
McCARTER TREES GETTING AXED FOR SAFETY
Workers at McCarter Park Wednesday load a truck with one of the many trees being removed this week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The scene at Fair Haven’sContinue reading "McCARTER TREES GETTING AXED FOR SAFETY"
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March 11th, 2010 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN RENAMING POND FOR BENNETT
Barbara Bennett at the pond at Fair Haven Fields natural area to be named in memory of her late husband, Dery Bennett. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI ItContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN RENAMING POND FOR BENNETT"
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March 5th, 2010 @ 10am
SEAL OF APPROVAL FOR SEA BRIGHT BEACH
A seal lazes on the beach in Sea Bright Saturday morning. (Photos courtesy of Paul Kinsella; click to enlarge) To a seal, apparently, a New Jersey beach in February isContinue reading "SEAL OF APPROVAL FOR SEA BRIGHT BEACH"
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February 16th, 2010 @ 8am
To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. To get back to redbankgreen, hit your escape key. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI FollowingContinue reading "SNOW DAY: CAN YOU DIG IT?"
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February 12th, 2010 @ 7am
BEACH ACCESS PLANS MAY IRK RESIDENTS
This bus stop may be moved and improved if the borough gets the OK to widen the entrance/exit to the municipal parking lot. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "BEACH ACCESS PLANS MAY IRK RESIDENTS"
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February 4th, 2010 @ 9am
A small leaf fallen from the massive federal stimulus package passed by Congress last year will result in tender loving care for some Red Bank trees. Borough officials say they’veContinue reading "BOROUGH GETS STIMULUS GRANT FOR TREES"
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January 21st, 2010 @ 2pm
BEACHGOERS PLEASED WITH SEA BRIGHT DEAL
More beaches in Sea Bright will be open to the public thanks to a lawsuit settlement reached last week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI More than three yearsContinue reading "BEACHGOERS PLEASED WITH SEA BRIGHT DEAL"
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January 20th, 2010 @ 9am
A NICE AFTERNOON ON ICE
Avid ice men Rick Pier, left, and Peter Wright prep Wright’s ice boat Tuesday afternoon for a little  frolicking on the frozen Navesink River in Red Bank. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "A NICE AFTERNOON ON ICE"
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January 13th, 2010 @ 6am
BURNHAM: MAPLE COVE MAKEOVER COMING
Cindy Burnham at Maple Cove in April, 2008. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Is the wrangling over borough-owned land at the river end of Maple Avenue in Red Bank finally over? CindyContinue reading "BURNHAM: MAPLE COVE MAKEOVER COMING"
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December 24th, 2009 @ 7am
FOLIAGE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
OK, this season’s leaves aren’t as pale as this one, found yesterday on  newly painted pavement lines at Seven Bridge and Point Roads in Little Silver. But if it seemsContinue reading "FOLIAGE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR"
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November 6th, 2009 @ 8am
SIGNS POINT AGAIN TO ‘CONTROVERSY COVE’
Kathleen Gasienica, left, and Cindy Burham, third from left, speaking with Administrator Stanley Sickels after last night’s council meeting. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Less than a week after Mayor Pasquale MennaContinue reading "SIGNS POINT AGAIN TO ‘CONTROVERSY COVE’"
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October 13th, 2009 @ 7am
MENNA PLEDGES END TO COVE CONTROVERSY
Kayakers putting into the Navesink River at the Maple Cove Sunday evening. (Click to enlarge) An ongoing battle over a couple of benches and sign proposed for installation on publicContinue reading "MENNA PLEDGES END TO COVE CONTROVERSY"
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October 7th, 2009 @ 6am
ON THE AGENDA IN FAIR HAVEN: RATS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven’s newest residents aren’t the kind you want to offer a welcoming fruit basket. In fact, the borough government is hoping to run them out ofContinue reading "ON THE AGENDA IN FAIR HAVEN: RATS"
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September 16th, 2009 @ 6am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...