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POLES DOWN, WOMAN INJURED
High winds knocked down six utility poles on New Street in Sea Bright, forcing the closure of Ocean Avenue. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI AContinue reading "POLES DOWN, WOMAN INJURED"
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POLICE IDENTIFY MISSING KAYAKER
State Police will continue its search for a missing kayaker, “for the foreseeable future,” a spokesman says. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI State Police haveContinue reading "POLICE IDENTIFY MISSING KAYAKER"
SEARCH FOR KAYAKER HALTED OVERNIGHT
Rumson firefighters shine floodlights on the Shrewsbury River from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge in search of a missing kayaker Wednesday night. (Click to enlarge) Helicopters and emergency personnel from LittleContinue reading "SEARCH FOR KAYAKER HALTED OVERNIGHT"
The future of beachfront development in Sea Bright will stay in the hands of those who started making plans for it. Incumbent Republicans Brian Kelly and Peggy Bills thwarted aContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: GOP SURFS TO VICTORY"
FISHER: BEACHFRONT FIRST CONCERN
NAME Margaret C Fisher – I prefer Meg (Democrat) AGE 61 OCCUPATION Pediatrician LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN 8 years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the topContinue reading "FISHER: BEACHFRONT FIRST CONCERN"
KELLY: PUT EMPHASIS ON BEACH REVENUE
NAME: Brian Kelly (Republican, incumbent) AGE: 42 OCCUPATION: CEO of a Solar Design and Installation Company LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN: 10 years General Questions: 1. What do you seeContinue reading "KELLY: PUT EMPHASIS ON BEACH REVENUE"
NAME: Marc A. Leckstein (Democrat) AGE: 37 OCCUPATION: Attorney LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN: 10 1/2 years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the top three issues inContinue reading "LECKSTEIN: IMPLEMENT PAST STUDIES"
DESPITE CHATTER, BILLS STILL ON THE TICKET
Rumor in Sea Bright says Peggy Bills is not running for re-election this year, but the council denies that. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI SeaContinue reading "DESPITE CHATTER, BILLS STILL ON THE TICKET"
CAT ORDINANCE BEGINS THIRD LIFE
A trap-spay/neuter-release program could finally get underway in Sea Bright by the end of the year. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been introduced, amended,Continue reading "CAT ORDINANCE BEGINS THIRD LIFE"
TIME TO GET WET
Sea Bright Fire Department’s newest addition. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Since buying a new fire truck this summer, Sea Bright’s fire department has putContinue reading "TIME TO GET WET"
TIKI TAKE-OFF
Beach bar season is officially over, as Donovan’s Reef had its tiki bar craned off the beach in Sea Bright Thursday morning. It’ll go into winter storage. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "TIKI TAKE-OFF"
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR SUFFERS MILD STROKE
Council President William Keeler is filling the role of mayor while Maria Fernandes recovers from a mild stroke. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR SUFFERS MILD STROKE"
COMING SOON: SEA BRIGHT POOL CLUB PLANS
Plans are moving forward to develop the site that once was the Peninsula House. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There’s a reason Read Murphy wentContinue reading "COMING SOON: SEA BRIGHT POOL CLUB PLANS"
SEA BRIGHT TWEAKS CAT HERDING LAW
A cat hanging out in Sea Bright. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright is moving forward on its cat control ordinance, despite warnings fromContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TWEAKS CAT HERDING LAW"
SO LONG, SUMMER OF 2010
The scene at Sea Bright public beach earlier this summer. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI With the astronomical phenomenon known as the autumn equinox occurringContinue reading "SO LONG, SUMMER OF 2010"
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR LASHES OUT AT COUNCIL
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright Mayor Maria Fernandes has had it with the borough council, and she’s not mincing words about it. The mayor, a Democrat, frustrated by years ofContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR LASHES OUT AT COUNCIL"
Sunday’s Star-Ledger had an eye-opening article on police salaries in New Jersey. Analyzing 2009 pay data from police departments throughout the state, the Sledger concluded that the average municipal copContinue reading "POLICE PAY IN SLEDGER SPOTLIGHT"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Thought those out-of-state plates were gone from our shores for at least another nine months? Not quite yet. Sea Bright’s annual Skim Bash returns this weekend forContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SKIMS INTO SPOTLIGHT"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Where Have I Seen This turns its all-seeing eye this week to grave matters.
A beach club cabana fire resulted in a brief closure of Route 36 in Sea Bright Wednesday night, according to a report by the political blog MoreMonmouthMusings. The blaze, atContinue reading "POSSIBLE ARSON SEEN IN SEA BRIGHT FIRE"
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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.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...