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A view along Hudson Avenue one morning in late March. It's Mailman 1, Borough 0 in the first test of a new Red Bank ordinance that restricts parking on Hudson Avenue to residents. Municipal Judge William Himelman appeared to let...
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May 7th, 2008 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Ten-year-old Nick Piescor of Middletown trades licks with the Marshall Tucker Band on stage at the Count Basie in March. By TOM CHESEK As hard-touring, highway-tested veterans of the album-rock era, The Marshall Tucker Band has logged enough mileage in...
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May 7th, 2008 @ 9am
Running the Basie more like a commercial promoter than an 'arts' organization has boosted the venue's fortunes, CEO Numa Saisselin says. With a whale of concert scheduled for tonight — at mega-whale prices — the Count Basie Theatre today is...
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May 7th, 2008 @ 9am
Students and parents gathered yesterday evening at the Markham Place School in Little Silver to leave tributes to Don Merce, the school's 58-year-old principal, who was killed in a car accident earlier in the day on Oceanport Avenue in Oceanport....
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May 7th, 2008 @ 5am
Today's Star-Ledger has a feature on Little Silver resident Barbara Sager, a yoga instructor who specializes in clients with Multiple Sclerosis and other conditions that limit their mobility. redbankgreen readers may recognize the name or the face: in March, we...
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May 6th, 2008 @ 8am
Terence Wilkins The Red Bank school board last night announced, and accepted, the resignation of the Terence Wilkins as middle school principal, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The action came a week after Wilkins was indicted on arson and insurance...
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May 6th, 2008 @ 5am
Some pix from Saturday's Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Red Bank Charter School. (Click to enlarge.) Email this story
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May 5th, 2008 @ 5am
Terence Wilkins, the Red Bank Middle School principal indicted earlier this week in an alleged arson and insurance fraud scheme, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in an Essex County courtroom today, the Asbury Park Press reports. Wilkins was indicted...
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May 2nd, 2008 @ 4pm
Gettin' the band back together... Gone are the days when Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would do two shows a night at what was then known as the Carlton Theatre and the Monmouth Arts Center. But word that...
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May 2nd, 2008 @ 10am
John E. Johnson tackles a spring project in front of his home on Branch Avenue yesterday. Email this story
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May 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
Harriers from Red Bank Catholic hoof it through downtown Red Bank yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's cool temperatures and brilliant skies are expected to give way to on-and-off showers today through Monday, according to the National Weather Service, which serves up this...
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
A month after fellow Democrats showed him the door in Matawan, some residents of are wondering why Pasquale Menna lost his gig as borough attorney there, according to a report in this week's Independent weekly. Menna, who is of course...
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Springsteen with his wife, Patti Scialfa, and the E Street Band, including Danny Federici, far left, who died last month. Bruce Springsteen fans who paid $1,000 or more per seat for his May 7 fundraiser at the Count Basie Theatre...
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May 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Grace Dilger in what remains of her bedroom. Red Bank Regional freshman Grace Dilger awoke early this morning to find her bed on fire. She'd gone to sleep with a heating pad to ease a sore back from playing lacrosse....
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April 30th, 2008 @ 12pm
Jim Frechette in his Shrewsbury Avenue workshop. (Photos by Jim Willis) Longtime readers of redbankgreen — or those who've discovered the pleasure of exploring our archive — may recognize the name Jim Frechette. When we first encountered him, Frechette was...
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April 30th, 2008 @ 9am
E Rick Rinaldi By TOM CHESEK Who is E Rick Rinaldi? Regular followers of events at the Count Basie Theatre might be forgiven for asking precisely that question, given the fact that the Monmouth Street landmark generally showcases entertainers who've...
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April 30th, 2008 @ 6am
Or maybe we should call it 'rutball?' The ball would be familiar to rugby enthusiasts, while the format was touch football during a game at Riverside Gardens Park yesterday afternoon. Here, Ryan de Brigard of Fair Haven returns a kickoff...
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April 30th, 2008 @ 6am
Keith Glass NBA agent Keith Glass of Rumson has settled liigation dating back five years to his time as the coach of the Rumson-Fair Haven regional boy's basketball team, according to an Associated Press report in the Philadelphia Inquirer. According...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 3pm
Principal Terence Wilkins Red Bank Middle School Principal Terence Wilkins has been indicted by an Essex County grand jury in connection with a scheme to have his leased car stolen and torched, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. From the...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 11am
Colin Mochrie, left, and Brad Sherwood accessorized in mousetraps. By TOM CHESEK There's Standing, Sitting, Bending. Scenes from a Hat, always a favorite. There's Helping Hands — although you'll need at least three participants for that one — and, of...
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April 29th, 2008 @ 9am
Partyline
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films 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)
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 ...