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Red Bank Councilman John Curley has captured the second and final spot on the Monmouth County Republican ticket in this year's freeholder election, GOP committeeman Art Gallagher reports on his More Monmouth Musings blog. Curley topped Holmdel Mayor Serena DiMaso,...
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March 27th, 2008 @ 6am
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One way or another, John Curley's campaign shoes will get a workout this year. Today's the day Red Bank Councilman John Curley finds out if he'll be running on the GOP ticket for Monmouth County Freeholder. The Republicans will hold...
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March 26th, 2008 @ 7am
A man said by authorities to be a Red Bank resident was indicted today for swindling $161,000 from an investor in an iced tea company that turned out to be bogus, according to an announcement by the New Jersey Attorney...
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March 25th, 2008 @ 4pm
Looking north on Hudson Avenue this morning at 7:55a. After a brief war of the curb, Hudson Avenue homeowners and tenants last night became the latest on the East Side to win resident permits to park their cars. The victory...
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March 25th, 2008 @ 9am
Kathi Cronin, Fair Haven schools superintendent and Mets fan. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Kathi Cronin, a Middletown native and Mater Dei grad, has two passions: public education and the New York Mets. "Hope springs eternal," she says, referring to the...
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March 25th, 2008 @ 6am
By TOM CHESEK "I first saw this play when I was 16 years old. It's what ruined my life!" The speaker? Robert Rechnitz, retired educator, author and founder of Red Bank's Two River Theater Company. The show in question? The...
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March 21st, 2008 @ 7am
Michael Gilson Jr., 7, gets a kiss from his father after the Chubby's owner won zoning board approval to erect a new restaurant on the West Front Street site. A plan to replace the seen-better-days Chubby's Waterside Café on West...
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March 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Rob Dye outside Red, with the Downtown visible over his left shoulder. By TOM CHESEK If you've spent any time at all navigating the brackish channels of the Jersey Shore bar scene, chances are excellent that you've encountered Rob Dye...
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March 20th, 2008 @ 9am
"Regionalization does not work for small communities. Period." That's how an op-ed piece by Sea Bright Mayor Maria Fernandes, writing in today's Asbury Park Press, begins. Her target: state-mandated formulas for apportioning costs among towns joined in regional school districts....
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March 20th, 2008 @ 7am
Maybe Bear Stearns should have turned to Bruce Springsteen for a bailout. Tickets to Springsteen's May 7 solo fundraiser concert at the Count Basie Theatre to help the facility defray costs of rehab work will be auctioned off with a...
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March 19th, 2008 @ 7am
A Monmouth County jury earlier this week ordered an obstetrician to pay $23 million to a Freehold boy who was severely disabled at his birth at Riverview Medical Center, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The hospital is not identified...
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March 19th, 2008 @ 6am
We call them the 'bunting boys' because 'The History Boys' is taken, and one of them is among the most vigorous 80-year-olds you'll ever encounter (not to mention one of the most colorful wielders of the English language). Ed Zipprich...
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March 14th, 2008 @ 8am
Inspired by the challenges faced by a grandmother she never knew and her own mother, both of whom had Multiple Sclerosis, Barbara Sager has been walking. That is, once a year, she participates in a 10-kilometer walk for the Multiple...
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March 13th, 2008 @ 11am
Cast members rehearse for next week's Cool School Showcase event at the Count Basie Theatre. By TOM CHESEK In some respects, it's not all that different from those good old school talent shows that generations have known and tolerated. Only...
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March 12th, 2008 @ 7am
Melissa Dominach and Bailey Taft with Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna, left, and Councilman John Curley. Last month, redbankgreen featured Bailey Taft and Melissa Dominach, seventh-graders from the Knollwood School in Fair Haven who had launched a non-profit enterprise to...
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March 11th, 2008 @ 11am
By TOM CHESEK With his luxurious mane of silver hair, his Continental bearing, and his years of training in the most formidable academies of the former Soviet Union, Vladislav Kovalsky could be said to embody the very image of the...
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March 10th, 2008 @ 2pm
Two River Theater founder Bob Rechnitz apparently can't believe what he's hearing as zoning board members detail their objections to his proposal. Bob Rechnitz thought he had a can't-miss idea. Buy a single-family house on the West Side of Red...
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March 7th, 2008 @ 9am
Bruce Springsteen has scheduled a May 7 concert at the Count Basie Theatre as a fundraiser for the historic Red Bank venue and some of its programs. The Monmouth Street theatre announced the rare headline appearance by the rocker this...
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March 6th, 2008 @ 10am
Pankaj 'Sunny' Sharma's appeal of Red Bank's revocation of his Leighton Avenue store's liquor license wrapped up near Trenton today without a decision, the Asbury Park Press reports. Moreover, a ruling probably won't be handed down until summer, and whichever...
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March 5th, 2008 @ 4pm
It's crunch time, finally, in the long-delayed effort by Pankaj 'Sunny' Sharma to save his West Side liquor store from a shutdown over a handful of violations involving sales to minors and other offenses. Last June, the Red Bank Borough...
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March 4th, 2008 @ 11am
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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)  
St. James Church praying mantis 102026
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs 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 ...
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