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A 16-year-old Little Silver boy was seriously injured late Friday morning when he was struck by a car while crossing Seven Bridges Road on a bike, police say. The unidentifiedContinue reading "TEEN BICYCLIST HIT BY CAR IN LITTLE SILVER"
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July 29th, 2011 @ 5pm
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EXTRA EYES, PATROLS SET FOR RED BANK
A bench at Riverside Gardens Park, where vandalism and littering have been growing problems. Debris in the pole-vault box at Count Basie Fields, below. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "EXTRA EYES, PATROLS SET FOR RED BANK"
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July 29th, 2011 @ 7am
To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. To get back to redbankgreen, hit your escape key. By EVAN SOLTAS WhileContinue reading "UNEASY PEACE LIVES ON IN OLD GRAVEYARD"
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July 22nd, 2011 @ 11am
SCAT SIGNING
A Red Bank employee updates the borough message board at Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard on Monday to tout the free Comcast Jazz in the Park series atContinue reading "SCAT SIGNING"
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July 19th, 2011 @ 2pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven firefighters rescued a young crabber after he fell into the Navesink River Monday night, said fire Chief Wade Davis. Within minutes of receiving the callContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN BOY RESCUED FROM RIVER"
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July 19th, 2011 @ 11am
SWEATING IT OUT AT RIVERSIDE
Outdoor Fit, a free, all-ages workout program, returned to Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park for its second year earlier this month. redbankgreen photo intern Stacie Fanelli was there Wednesday nightContinue reading "SWEATING IT OUT AT RIVERSIDE"
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July 14th, 2011 @ 9am
BIKERS GET SAFETY MARKERS IN RED BANK
Borough workers painted the first of a series of “sharrows” on the new pavement on Chestnut Street Tuesday morning. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) A push to makeContinue reading "BIKERS GET SAFETY MARKERS IN RED BANK"
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July 13th, 2011 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN SEEKS KABOOM COMPENSATION
A view of the Navesink River from Cooper’s Bridge, where Middletown officials are concerned more people will gather this year to see the fireworks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN SEEKS KABOOM COMPENSATION"
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July 1st, 2011 @ 10am
A GUIDE TO KABOOM, COMING & GOING
Downtown will be closed to traffic beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The train is the easiest way in and out of town the night of the fireworks, coordinators say.Continue reading "A GUIDE TO KABOOM, COMING & GOING"
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July 1st, 2011 @ 8am
FIREWORKS PREVIEW: RUMSON
Rumson’s fireworks will take place same time as Red Bank’s on July 3. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI While hundreds of thousands rub elbows toContinue reading "FIREWORKS PREVIEW: RUMSON"
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July 1st, 2011 @ 7am
VANDALS HIT MULTIPLE MIDDLETOWN PARKS
Concrete steps at Tindall Park in Middletown were among targets of vandalism the last week, police said. (Photo courtesy of Middletown police; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Joy ridesContinue reading "VANDALS HIT MULTIPLE MIDDLETOWN PARKS"
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June 30th, 2011 @ 9am
HALL RESTORATION GETS A BIG BOOST
A cash infusion means Bicentennial Hall should be ready for a 2012 opening. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Restoration work on Fair Haven’s Bicentennial Hall,Continue reading "HALL RESTORATION GETS A BIG BOOST"
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June 28th, 2011 @ 7am
B-BALL TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL
A couple of Rumson teenagers inspect the newly installed plexiglass backboard and basketball hoop at Victory Park. The borough also repainted the court, from black to green and purple, toContinue reading "B-BALL TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 5am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown has wrapped up a months-long town-wide study pinpointing locations ideal for solar panels, and may soon bring on a contractor to start the process of gettingContinue reading "M’TOWN SOLAR PROJECTED TO SAVE MILLIONS"
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June 22nd, 2011 @ 7am
BURNHAM TICKETED FOR COVE TEAR-OUT
Cindy Burnham at Maple Cove in 2008. (Click to enlarge) Controversial Maple Cove activist Cindy Burnham is headed to Red Bank municipal court after being issued a summons for allegedlyContinue reading "BURNHAM TICKETED FOR COVE TEAR-OUT"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 3pm
POND GETS OVERDUE WORK, AND A NAME
Dozens of neighbors turned out for the dedication ceremony at Pomphrey’s Pond in Rumson, which recently got a long-awaited dredging. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "POND GETS OVERDUE WORK, AND A NAME"
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June 14th, 2011 @ 6am
Hundreds of visitors packed a waiting area at the Red Bank station for a northbound train after the 2010 fireworks. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Following increases in disorderlyContinue reading "COPS ADDED FOR KABOOM ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’"
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June 13th, 2011 @ 3pm
THE COUNT NEEDS A CUT
Attention jazz and history lovers who hate weeds: volunteers are wanted to help clean up the area of the Red Bank train station that’s home to a bust of boroughContinue reading "THE COUNT NEEDS A CUT"
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June 10th, 2011 @ 10am
OFFICIALS COUNTER MAPLE COVE CHATTER
Stanley Sickels gave a brief history of the parking lot at Maple Cove Wednesday night in response to comments posted on redbankgreen. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "OFFICIALS COUNTER MAPLE COVE CHATTER"
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June 9th, 2011 @ 1pm
PARKING PERMITS MAY BE NEEDED AT COVE
Workers had installed curbs at the Maple Cove parking area by midday Friday, and plan to repave it. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Free parkingContinue reading "PARKING PERMITS MAY BE NEEDED AT COVE"
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June 3rd, 2011 @ 2pm
Partyline
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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.