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This week’s selection as Comment of the Week comes from a well-known Red Bank figure, former Councilmember Grace Cangemi. Here’s what she had to say under our story on LouContinue reading "IN PRAISE OF TWO LOCALS"
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June 22nd, 2009 @ 2pm
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MORANA SEEDS PRESERVATION EFFORT
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Superintendent Laura Morana will give up half her pay raise this year to fund the effort at the Red Bank Primary School. A push to transform the 17-acre Red BankContinue reading "MORANA SEEDS PRESERVATION EFFORT"
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June 19th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: PEOPLE FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
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Don’t look now, but some of your neighbors are up to some pretty extraordinary things — and in today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, we call on a couple ofContinue reading "IN oRBit: PEOPLE FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD"
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June 18th, 2009 @ 10am
The late Daniel J. O’Hern in 2006. Red Bank’s governing body is expected to vote Monday night on a proposal to add the late Daniel J. O’Hern‘s name to signsContinue reading "‘O’HERN AVENUE’ COMING TO WEST SIDE"
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June 18th, 2009 @ 10am
GOLDMAN BOY: ‘I WANT TO STAY IN BRAZIL’
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A statement by nine-year-old Sean Goldman to a psychologist has become fodder in the ongoing quest by his biological father to repatriate the boy to his former home in TintonContinue reading "GOLDMAN BOY: ‘I WANT TO STAY IN BRAZIL’"
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June 18th, 2009 @ 6am
WEST SIDE CLEANUP, TOYS FOR SEAN & MORE
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An effort to spruce up the streets of Red Bank’s West Side in April 2008, above, will be reprised this Saturday. A West Side cleanup effort, a toy drive forContinue reading "WEST SIDE CLEANUP, TOYS FOR SEAN & MORE"
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June 17th, 2009 @ 10am
IN RED BANK, A VIGIL FOR A BOY IN BRAZIL
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One of the youngest participants in the event angles for a better view. A throng of area residents gathered in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday night for a candlelightContinue reading "IN RED BANK, A VIGIL FOR A BOY IN BRAZIL"
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June 17th, 2009 @ 5am
RBR players try to catch a Jackson Liberty player in a rundown in the NJSIAA Group III Central quarterfinal on May 22. The Bucs won and later advanced to theContinue reading "DAL PRA: A FIVE-STAR SEASON"
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June 16th, 2009 @ 1pm
IN oRBit: FROM BCC TO SALTY SEA
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As promised, today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has a full interview with Siobhan Fallon Hogan, the familiar film/ TV actress (and Rumson mom) who’s soon to start filming a newContinue reading "IN oRBit: FROM BCC TO SALTY SEA"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 8am
VIGIL FOR BOY’S RETURN PLANNED
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Supporters of David Goldman‘s quest to repatriate his 9-year-old son from Brazil are planning a vigil in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday evening. The one-hour event is one ofContinue reading "VIGIL FOR BOY’S RETURN PLANNED"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 5am
In oRBit: JEN…GERARD…JERSEY SHORE!
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Stop the presses, already! Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has a bona fide scoop regarding Bounty Hunter, the film project that pairs Jennifer Aniston with Gerard ‘300’ Butler. ItContinue reading "In oRBit: JEN…GERARD…JERSEY SHORE!"
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June 11th, 2009 @ 5am
Former Red Bank Borough Clerk Ruth Eschelbach died at her John Street home Saturday afternoon, according to Mayor Pasquale Menna. A borough native, she was 89 years old and diedContinue reading "FORMER TOWN CLERK RUTH ESCHELBACH DIES"
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June 9th, 2009 @ 5am
NAACP Red Bank chapter president Rev. Henry P. Davis quotes Jefferson to Mayor Pasquale Menna. Red Bank's governing body recently honored what Mayor Pasquale Menna called "one of our anchor institutions," the local chapter of the National Association for the...
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June 4th, 2009 @ 7am
Christine McKenna with her daughter, Kayla, and Mayor-elect Pasquale Menna on election night 2006, at left; at right, with Kayla at a sendoff for her husband the following month. Christine McKenna, the wife of former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna,...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 3pm
Ever wondered what would happen if the soil under your home or yard suddenly became contaminated with heating oil? And how much worse it would be if it wasn't even your oil? Today's Asbury Park Press has a story about...
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May 27th, 2009 @ 11am
Looks like downtown Red Bank is about to get a little bit more green — New York Jets green. Wayne Chrebet, a former receiver famous for making third-and-long catches in heavy traffic, has joined the Linden Place office of Morgan...
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May 27th, 2009 @ 11am
Looks like downtown Red Bank is about to get a little bit more green — New York Jets green. Wayne Chrebet, a former receiver famous for making third-and-long catches in heavy traffic, has joined the Linden Place office of Morgan...
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May 27th, 2009 @ 11am
Photographer Bobbie Kingsley spotted this foursome clustered together opposite her Monmouth Street studio last week and "couldn't resist" taking their picture, she tells redbankgreen. The women asked that they be identified by the headline above. (Photo courtesy of Bobbie Kingsley)Email...
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May 26th, 2009 @ 6am
Navy vet Rich Ardolino of West Long Branch cuts new names into the war veteran's monument at RBR. (Click to enlarge) An engraver was busy Friday adding names to a war monument on the grounds of Red Bank Regional High...
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May 23rd, 2009 @ 9am
Lenny, er, Stew Goldstein of Monmouth Meats. There are only so many old-style, independent butchers left in Red Bank. There's Ralph 'Johnny Jazz' Gatta on Shrewsbury Avenue, of course, working the chopping block for some 60 years. The guys at...
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May 13th, 2009 @ 10am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
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.
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