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Did the remaining five Atlantic bottlenose dolphins make it out to Sandy Hook Bay before their temporary home in the Shrewsbury River froze over? Two weekly newspapers have accounts in their current issues from witnesses who say they saw the...
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January 23rd, 2009 @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Don Abrams of Little Silver breaks down his 'icebird' after the first sail of the season on the Navesink Wednesday afternoon. A couple of ice boaters took to the Navesink River yesterday afternoon after the ice reached the requisite four...
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January 22nd, 2009 @ 6am
The head of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine tells the Associated Press that the five remaining Navesink and Shrewsbury river dolphins haven't been seen since Thursday and may be dead Bob Schoelkopf, the center's co-director, tells the AP...
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January 19th, 2009 @ 3pm
NOAA's Trevor Spradlin addresses the audience at an open seminar on the dolphins Tuesday night. It was science versus passion as marine mammal experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sought to explain last night why they don't intend...
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January 14th, 2009 @ 7am
According to the stranding center, three dolphins passed under the bridge twice yesterday – once to enter Sandy Hook Bay, at right, and then to return to the river. Three of the five Atlantic bottlenose dolphins said to remain in...
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January 12th, 2009 @ 6am
A dolphin in the Shrewsbury River in November. Federal marine life authorities say only five of the original 16 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins that set up house in inland waters here last June remain, and that more are likely to die....
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January 8th, 2009 @ 5am
Dolphins near the Oceanic Bridge in mid-July. (Photo courtesy of Mary Fenton) The dolphin found dead on a bank of the Shrewsbury River in Sea Bright on Christmas was a pregnant female whose stomach was empty of food, according to...
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December 29th, 2008 @ 5am
Thursday's sunset, as seen from River Road, Fair Haven. Speaking of Fair Haven, today's Asbury Park Press has an article taking a look at the efforts of the Fair Haven Business Association to spark interest in the town's commercial district....
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December 26th, 2008 @ 5am
A dolphin found dead on the eastern bank of the Shrewsbury River at the foot of the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Thursday morning was a member of the original pod of 16. (Photo courtesy of Robin Dowd) One of the original...
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December 26th, 2008 @ 5am
A dolphin exhibited a feeding behavior dubbed "mouth open" in the Shrewsbury on Tuesday. (NOAA photo) Marine scientists remain convinced that the 12 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins still in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers six months after their arrival are neither...
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December 18th, 2008 @ 7am
A view of the Navesink from Bank Street. Thanks largely to a YouTube video recorded by a Bank Street resident, a condo plan approved recently by the Red Bank zoning board will have to provide clearly marked public access to...
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December 12th, 2008 @ 6am
Dolphins in the Shrewsbury River on Saturday, as seen from the Highlands side. (Photo courtesy of Robin Dowd) The Associated Press reports that federal wildlife experts will confer this week about what to do if the remaining dolphins plying the...
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December 9th, 2008 @ 10am
Employees of Siciliano Landscape prepare the Maple Avenue lot for grass seed Wednesday. Just nine months ago, a quarter-acre parcel of Red Bank-owned land on the Navesink River appeared headed toward the auction block to provide cash for tax relief....
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December 5th, 2008 @ 7am
Bank Street's Brian Donohue videotaped a recent encounter with a Chapin Avenue condo owner over public access to the Navesink River and posted it on YouTube. On the agenda for tonight's Red Bank zoning board meeting are the terms and...
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December 4th, 2008 @ 6am
Members of the DeFazio family — Luba, Val and their daughter, Lara — watch as a crane lifts the 28-year-old Colorado blue spruce from their front yard on Tower Hill Avenue in Red Bank yesterday. (Click pix to enlarge) The...
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November 24th, 2008 @ 7am
Volunteers cleared the lot of debris in June. (Click to enlarge) The last remaining point of direct public access to the Navesink River in Red Bank has been preserved, capping an effort launched earlier this year by a Fair Haven...
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November 24th, 2008 @ 6am
Monday was for the birds, including a young herring gull perched atop at bulkhead on the Shrewsbury River in Sea Bright and the mute swan swimming in the Navesink off the Rumson municipal boat landing. Email this story
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November 18th, 2008 @ 9am
The water was slate gray, but nature provided a moving swath of autumn gold along the shore of the Navesink River in front of the Salt Creek Grille in Rumson yesterday. (Click to enlarge) We may be seeing a slight...
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November 17th, 2008 @ 6am
The Asbury Park Press, quoting a marine mammal expert, says the dolphin found floating in the Shrewsbury River this morning was not from the pod that's been in the river and the nearby Navesink since early summer. And a separate...
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November 14th, 2008 @ 12pm
A dead dolphin has been found in the Shrewsbury River near the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has confirmed. From a media alert sent out by NOAA spokeswoman Teri Frady this morning: A dead dolphin was...
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November 14th, 2008 @ 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.