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ANOTHER COURTYARDS PLAN WINS VARIANCES
As Ray Mass (background) and Deborah Marks listened, zoning board member Vincent Light details his objection to granting variances for the proposed Courtyards at Monmouth housing project, below. (Click toContinue reading "ANOTHER COURTYARDS PLAN WINS VARIANCES"
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July 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
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ROAD REOPENS IN TIME FOR KABOOM SURGE
A man checked out the newly rebuilt roadway over the earthen dam shortly after it reopened Tuesday night. (Click to enlarge) A stretch of Navesink River Road in Middletown wasContinue reading "ROAD REOPENS IN TIME FOR KABOOM SURGE"
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June 30th, 2010 @ 8am
DAM SITE REPAIR OFFICIAL: ‘WE’LL MAKE IT’
David Yegelwel, in brown pants at center, watches preparations for the installation of storm drain Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) The mishap-plagued replacement of an earthen dam on Navesink River RoadContinue reading "DAM SITE REPAIR OFFICIAL: ‘WE’LL MAKE IT’"
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June 25th, 2010 @ 5am
A culvert collapse at Poricy Pond, marked by the blue bubble, has closed Navesink River Road between Hubbard Avenue and Poricy Lane for the past 12 weeks. Monmouth County officialsContinue reading "MORE WOES IN ROAD FIX AS KABOOM LOOMS"
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June 23rd, 2010 @ 6am
NO SATURDAY ENFORCEMENT YET FOR METERS
A parking authority employee applies new yellow stickers to meters on Broad Street earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Two weeks after the end of free SaturdayContinue reading "NO SATURDAY ENFORCEMENT YET FOR METERS"
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June 16th, 2010 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN HOUSING PLAN DRAWS BACKLASH
Developer Kevin Hughes, right, watches Fair Haven’s council meeting as neighbors voiced complaints over his proposal to add age-restricted housing in town. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN HOUSING PLAN DRAWS BACKLASH"
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June 16th, 2010 @ 7am
Today’s Star-Ledger has double coverage of Red Bank’s crackdown on cellphone use by motorists. One piece is the ride-along video, above, in which reporter accompanies police Sgt. Errico Vescio asContinue reading "SLEDGER VID ON CELLPHONING CRACKDOWN"
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June 11th, 2010 @ 5am
A Highlands woman was hit by a car as she crossed Broad Street in Red Bank this afternoon, police said. The 66-year-old woman, who police did not identify pending notificationContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON BROAD STREET"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 3pm
BENT POLE SHUTS BROAD STREET BLOCK
The leaner at about 5p Sunday. (Click to enlarge) A precariously bent utility pole caused Red Bank police to shut down Broad Street between Bergen Place and Pinckney Road beginningContinue reading "BENT POLE SHUTS BROAD STREET BLOCK"
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June 7th, 2010 @ 6am
MINOR INJURIES AS BUS FLIPS ON PARKWAY
The bus was traveling in the local lanes, according to Red Bank photographer Peter Lindner, who took this shot and the one below. (Click to enlarge) A tour bus overturnedContinue reading "MINOR INJURIES AS BUS FLIPS ON PARKWAY"
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June 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
ROAD REOPENING STILL A MONTH AWAY
Repair work underway on the culvert Tuesday morning. The view is toward the south. (Click to enlarge) “Another round of unexpected delays” will push back the reopening of the westernContinue reading "ROAD REOPENING STILL A MONTH AWAY"
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June 1st, 2010 @ 12pm
SITTING DUCKS: RBPD TOUTS CROSSWALK LAW
Red Bank Captain Darren McConnell posed as a decoy Friday afternoon to see if drivers were obeying a new state law. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "SITTING DUCKS: RBPD TOUTS CROSSWALK LAW"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 8am
MIXED REACTIONS FOR NEW METER RATES
Matthew Shubitz thumbs through a handful of change Friday to round up enough to satisfy Red Bank’s new meter rates. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been aContinue reading "MIXED REACTIONS FOR NEW METER RATES"
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May 10th, 2010 @ 7am
PLAN TO TRANSFORM WEST SIDE BLOCK OK’D
Roger Mumford discusses his plan at Thursday’s zoning board hearing. Below, a view of the homes to be built along the east side of Bridge Avenue; the current site ofContinue reading "PLAN TO TRANSFORM WEST SIDE BLOCK OK’D"
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May 7th, 2010 @ 8am
SAFE ROUTES MOVES AHEAD IN RED BANK
Marc Dostie, Jim Willis and Jenny Rossano of the Safe Routes initiative. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A grassroots group focused on making it safer to walk or ride a bike inContinue reading "SAFE ROUTES MOVES AHEAD IN RED BANK"
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May 6th, 2010 @ 9am
HALFACRE: NOBODY TOLD US
Detours will be in effect for most of this month at Hance and River roads in Fair Haven, borough officials say. (Click to enlarge) Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre isContinue reading "HALFACRE: NOBODY TOLD US"
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May 5th, 2010 @ 10am
A traffic stop in which a Tinton Falls policeman in an unmarked car was roughed-up by State Troopers resulted in a $5 million jury award yesterday, New Jersey Newsroom reports.Continue reading "JURY GIVES EX-TINTON FALLS COP $5 MILLION"
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April 30th, 2010 @ 7am
RESIDENTS SWEAT BUDGET DETAILS
Participants in last night’s Q&A on the Red Bank budget pick up info packets. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank officials held a marathon budget walk-through before a standing-room crowd atContinue reading "RESIDENTS SWEAT BUDGET DETAILS"
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April 29th, 2010 @ 10am
GREEN TEAMERS CLEAN UP
Volunteers from the United Methodist Church participated in the annual event along East Bergen Place, above, and in the East Side parking lots, below. (Click to enlarge) Those folks youContinue reading "GREEN TEAMERS CLEAN UP"
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April 26th, 2010 @ 1pm
ATRIUM TRIMS HIGH-RISE PLAN
A proposed addition to the Atrium, at left, would be built between the existing structure and the neighboring Riverview Towers, right. The parking lot in the foreground, bound by RiversideContinue reading "ATRIUM TRIMS HIGH-RISE PLAN"
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April 15th, 2010 @ 5am
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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.