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Red Bank Councilman R.J. Bifani, a Democrat, won't seek re-election in November, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. So Council President Sharon Lee will be joined on the party's ticket by Kathleen Horgan of Branch Avenue, the Press reports. Bifani...
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April 10th, 2007 @ 6am
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At the request of Gov. Jon Corzine, former Red Bank Mayor and state Supreme Court Justice Daniel O'Hern Sr. is looking into labor-contract negotiations between Corzine and his former girlfriend, labor leader Carla Katz, according to today's Star-Ledger. A resident...
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April 6th, 2007 @ 10am
Whenever he got the chance, former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna would jet off to Ireland to play golf and maybe have a pint among village locals. McKenna's successor, Pasquale Menna, though, takes the idea of global schmoozing to literally...
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April 6th, 2007 @ 7am
— By LINDA G. RASTELLI Hitting the freebie bins downtown — and mailboxes in select neighborhooods — starting today is the premier issue of a quarterly magazine dubbed, simply, d. But make no mistake, says first-time publisher Danny Sanchez, the...
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April 5th, 2007 @ 7am
Here's a development that boggles the mind, given recent trends in Red Bank's retail scene. There's a new store on the bustlingest stretch of Monmouth Street that you can go into with $20, buy a couple of items, and still...
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April 3rd, 2007 @ 2pm
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April 2nd, 2007 @ 10am
Virginia S. 'Ginny' Bauer, New Jersey's Secretary of Commerce and the widow of a man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, is Gov. Jon Corzine's choice to fill a seat on the board of...
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March 29th, 2007 @ 5pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Veteran illustrator and author Elise Primavera, creator of the best-selling “Auntie Claus” picture book series, was giving readings in local schools when she hit upon some startling information about her market. “I’d be doing a charcoal...
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March 29th, 2007 @ 6am
Andrew Malecki is kind of a hard case for high school guidance counselors and anathema to parents struggling to convince their kids of the value of a college education. Smart enough to do well in most of the subjects thrown...
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March 22nd, 2007 @ 7am
How many of Red Bank's 3,326 homeowners does it take to cover the cost of healthcare insurance for the 23 elected and appointed officials who use it? + Thirteen, in the riverside enclave of Hubbard Park, where the average property...
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March 19th, 2007 @ 3pm
“Why do they put clay over the eyes at a Jewish funeral?” someone at the big oak table asks. A reliable answer goes begging, so part-time employee (and 'Where Have I Seen This?' maven) Jenn Woods heads to the back...
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March 15th, 2007 @ 7am
The line of succession, it seems, does run pretty much straight to Grace Cangemi. After losing a close race for the governing body in November, Cangemi will be nominated tomorrow to complete the council term of Kaye Ernst, who quit...
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March 14th, 2007 @ 12pm
The Hub has breaking news today on the settlement by Red Bank of its role in a sexual harrasment lawsuit brought by a female employee who claimed to have been stalked and inappropriately touched by former Parking Director Neil Burnip....
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March 14th, 2007 @ 11am
The Rumson-Fair Haven girls baskeball team advanced to the semifinal round of the state championship tourney last night, putting away Red Bank Catholic, 47-41. Today's coverage in the Star-Ledger keys in on the foul shooting of Gabbie DePalo, who hit...
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March 14th, 2007 @ 7am
Eighteen-year-old Daniel Handlin of Lincroft finished eighth in the Intel Science Talent Search competition completed yesterday in Washington. For his work developing a cheap-yet-accurate way of tracking satellites, Handlin — a senior at the High Technology High School, also in...
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March 14th, 2007 @ 7am
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March 13th, 2007 @ 10am
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March 8th, 2007 @ 10am
Barbara Masterpalo and Rita Jurakovich were out for dinner with their respective significant others not too long ago when Jurakovich noticed Masterpalo's rather striking handbag — a deep leather satchel with a chainlike shoulder strap. "I said, 'That's a beautiful...
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March 8th, 2007 @ 10am
Keith Glass is a 56-year-old Red Bank-based pro basketball agent who's got some withering views about the state of the NBA, its players, and even the role played by people who do what he does for a living. He lays...
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March 2nd, 2007 @ 7am
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February 28th, 2007 @ 11pm
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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.