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Local Republicans Monday night disclosed the names of three possible replacements for Kaye Ernst, who quit her council seat earlier this month after little more than a year in office. But by the time Councilman John Curley identified the three...
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Remember last September's mini tax rebellion, the one led by residents of South Street ticked off about their property tax bills? Well, the Southies and anyone else with gimlet eye for government fat and waste will get a chance to...
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Sad news: the Asbury Park Press is reporting that Debra Yuhasz, the Sea Bright woman badly injured in a fire that destroyed much of the Fountains condo complex on Feb. 5, has died. She was 47 years old and had...
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Whether they were its customers or not, book lovers of a certain bent had to have been disheartened to learn recently about the planned closing of Princeton’s Micawber Books, a 26-year-old store situated on historic Nassau Street opposite the immensely...
As expected, New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice James Zazzali's black robe came off at Brookdale Community College Thursday. And what was on display, in part, was the Rumson jurist's wit. “My wife said have a good day,” Zazzali told...
A 49-year-old Fair Haven woman was pulled from the Navesink last night after she fell through the river's ice in an effort to retrieve a wayward dog, the Asbury Park Press reports. Officer John Waltz responded to a report at...
To those familiar only with the crib notes of her biography, Nadine Goldsmith may be easy to misinterpret. A well-off Rumsonite, she was a fixture in charity-ball circles, and after she died of breast cancer in March, 2004 at age...
Today's Asbury Park Press has a breathtaking recap of how Sea Bright firefighters rescued Debra Yuhasz from the Fountains Condominiums fire early Monday morning. The 47-year-old woman was lying unconscious on the balcony of her second-floor unit when Capt. Joseph...
The badly burned victim of yesterday's spectacular Sea Bright fire was identified as 47-year-old Debra Yuhasz. Today's Press reports that she's in critical but stable condition at the St. Barnabas Burn Center in Livingston. At least 15 units at the...
Fair Haven's new borough administrator, hired last night by the Borough Council, is a 28-year-old woman with three years experience in municipal administration, today's Asbury Park Press reports. Mary Howell replaces Julie Horner-Kiezer, who left last month to become borough...
Tinton Falls officials are considering an ordinance that would require hotels and motels to make photo IDs mandatory for guest check-in — something, presumably, that most such establishments already require of at least one guest per room. But it would...
Some art requires solitude and study and the quiet wait for inspiration. But when a visitor asks Medy Quiroz about how she works, she drags a clattering easel into the middle of her kitchen floor, puts up a large half-finished...
The top two people at the Red Bank Parks & Recreation Department, whose names were curiously absent from the borough council reappointments list on Jan. 1, have gotten the seal of approval to remain in their positions. Director Bob Evans...
After just a year in Trenton, Red Bank's Jennifer Beck has announced she'll try to leap from the Assembly to the state Senate in November. According to a story in the Asbury Park Press, Beck said she'll run for the...
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An explosion and fire in a hunting trailer in Upper Freehold injured a Red Bank man over the weekend, according to a report in today's Asbury Park Press. Raymond Mass was in critical condition Sunday at Helene Fuld Medical Center...
Red Bank resident Jack Westlake, former president of the Monmouth County Board of Taxation, was sentenced to three months in federal prison and seven months home confinement Thursday for tax evasion. Westlake, 76, of Ambassador Drive in the Elk Ridge...
One's an ultra-urbane purveyor of high-fashion eyewear displayed in a store so spacious that a visitor cannot help but marvel at the empty acreage between the walls. It goes by the delicate name of Chic Optique. The proprietor has a...
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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.