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Category Archives: Rivers & streams

The eastern flank of the Oceanic Bridge. Looking down the road at a $75 million bill, Monmouth County officials have begun angling for federal funds to defray some of the costs of replacing the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson,...
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June 1st, 2009 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Contractors working on improvements to a nearby intersection are using the borough-owned lot as a staging area. A wooden form for making concrete slabs was built at center, and a load of stone was dropped closer to the river. A...
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May 27th, 2009 @ 8am
The Oceanic Bridge as seen from the Navesink last summer. Nighttime users of the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson are in for a doozie of detour this week. Monmouth County last night began closing the bridge for repairs between...
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May 19th, 2009 @ 6am
High school rowers from the Navesink River Rowing return a scull to the clubhouse at the foot of Maple Avenue, Red Bank, on Monday following a weekend meet in Massachusetts. (Click to enlarge) Looks to be smooth sailing weatherwise for...
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May 19th, 2009 @ 6am
Rowers take to the water at the 2008 edition of the club's open house. What: Navesink River Rowing's annual open house. Where: Foot of Maple Avenue, Red Bank. When: Saturday, 9a to 1p. Need to know: A chance to get...
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May 15th, 2009 @ 8am
Gary Watson, in blue shirt at center, met with residents at the River Street Commons. About a dozen Red Bankers turned out Thursday night to hear borough public works director Gary Watson discuss the whys and wherefores of rules governing...
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May 14th, 2009 @ 7am
Here's hoping for less-ominous weather than we've had recently when residents gather for the official opening of the borough dock Monday evening. Fair Haven officials have scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to mark the reopening of the borough dock on...
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May 8th, 2009 @ 6am
This watery vignette took shape yesterday just below the Hubbard Avenue bridge in Middletown, opposite the Shadow Lake dam, at the headwaters of the Navesink River. Anybody know what the white foam is?Email this story
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May 6th, 2009 @ 9am
Craig Widmaier of Red Bank and son Gregory tackle the job of digging out the invasive plant Japanese knotweed at Saturday's cleanup of the Maple Avenue lot. For the second year in a row, a crew of volunteers descended on...
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May 4th, 2009 @ 10am
The Oceanic Bridge, as seen from the Rumson side. The Army Corps of Engineers will spend $2.55 million on dredging to improve boat traffic and safety on the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers, the agency announced yesterday. The funding will come...
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April 30th, 2009 @ 6am
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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.