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Category Archives: SEA BRIGHT

Reconstituted as The Driving Service, the company's founders (seen outside Brannigan's in Red Bank in this 2007 photo) are Vince Falcetano, Norm Dannen, Zach McCue and Colin Keany. Readers of redbankgreen may recall our feature article of a year ago...
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July 14th, 2008 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Motorists took advantage of bridge-opening intervals to get out of their cars and look at the dolphins feeding in the Navesink just west of the Oceanic Bridge Sunday evening. Except for the river itself. the bridge is the only publicly...
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July 14th, 2008 @ 10am
The Highlands Bridge as seen earlier this week, looking west from the Sandy Hook overpass. Today's Star-Ledger has a dire forecast for beachgoers heading home from Sandy Hook by car this weekend: "traffic stretching as far as the eye can...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 8am
Dining al fresco on the west side of the Oceanic Bridge, under the admiring watch of nearby boaters, were these two members of the pod. (Click to enlarge) Maybe they got bored just shuttling back and forth in the Shrewsbury...
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July 9th, 2008 @ 6am
If they show up, don't feed 'em. So says this NOAA sign posted on the pier at Marine Park in Red Bank. rebankgreen has been following up — fruitlessly, thus far — reports that the dolphin pod that has transfixed...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 5pm
Clean Ocean Action's Casey Shanley models the latest in environmental beachwear. By SUE MORGAN Piggybacking on the popularity of the dolphin pod that's been in the Shrewsbury River since mid-June, Clean Ocean Action last week took aim at three proposals...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 7am
The view from Victory Park in Rumson last year. Hey, it was bound to get out anyway. For the second year in a row, Rumson will be home to a spectacular July 3 fireworks display to rival that of its...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 4pm
Cranes and other equipment brought in for the demolition of the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge will be idle until Monday, in deference to the dolphins. By SUE MORGAN Thanks to those hungry bottlenose dolphins in the Shrewsbury River, work on the...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 7am
All the dolphin gawking was the subject of a piece on last night's NBC Nightly News, hosted by Middletown-raised Brian Williams. By SUE MORGAN Save the airfare and the money you would have blown on souvenirs — if it's a...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
NOAA's ark, er, motorboat as seen from Sea Bright on Sunday morning. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says today that it is still monitoring the pod of bottlenose dolphins that's been in the Shrewsbury River for more than two...
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June 30th, 2008 @ 2pm
From boats, land, docks and bridges, everybody wants to get a gander at the dolphins, it seems. "We were just saying that mothers are probably telling their kids, 'no dolphins if you don't finish your dinner,'" one woman quipped as...
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11am
With a clear shot at the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge — the gateway to Sandy Hook Bay — the dolphins instead chose to extend their stay in the Shrewsbury River late Sunday afternoon. Two weeks later, they're still here. The pod...
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June 30th, 2008 @ 7am
A sailboat under power gets close to the dolphins between Sea Bright and Highlands late Friday afternoon. Trailed and often surrounded by big boats, small boats and personal watercraft, a pod of dolphins moved back and forth in the upper...
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June 28th, 2008 @ 6am
Dolphins in the Shrewsbury River near the confluence of the Navesink yesterday. The Asbury Park Press reports that the dolphin pod in the Shrewsbury River is heading north. The U.S. Coast Guard and state Marine Police [are] giving them an...
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June 27th, 2008 @ 2pm
Some boats are zooming past the dolphins in the Shrewsbury River; this one idled near the pod this afternoon. Boaters continue to navigate the Shrewsbury River without regard to the presence of a pod of stray dolphins in the waterway,...
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June 26th, 2008 @ 4pm
Moisture-laden clouds roll in over Sea Bright in this view from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Tuesday afternoon. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue into this evening. Wednesday's forecast, according to the National Weather Service: Sunny, with a high...
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June 24th, 2008 @ 4pm
When the dolphins are out, "It's just boats, boats, boats parked out there," says Ruben Nagy of McLoone's Rum Runner. Amid rising concern about their safety, a pod of dolphins will be led out of the Shrewsbury River toward open...
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June 24th, 2008 @ 12pm
The view Saturday as the dolphin pod frolicked near McLoone's. (Photos by Colleen Curry) By COLLEEN CURRY Beachgoers were not the only ones invading the Jersey Shore this weekend, as a pod of bottlenose dolphins was seen swimming and jumping...
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June 23rd, 2008 @ 10am
Former mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams' challenge to the the outcome of Sea Bright's 2007 mayoral election can continue, a Superior Court judge has ruled, according to the Asbury Park Press. The fact that Kalaka-Adams failed to post a $500 bond to...
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June 11th, 2008 @ 6am
By SUE MORGAN Never mind that 'farewell forever' send-off held last year at Donovan’s Reef. The legendary Sea Bright landmark is sticking around and kicking up sand a bit longer. Today's lackluster real estate market has benefited regulars of the...
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June 6th, 2008 @ 6am
Partyline
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.