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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The ugly spectacle of hecklers shouting down a woman in a wheelchair in Red Bank last week isContinue reading "RED BANK’S DISGRACE GOES NATIONAL"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The longtime Williams family estate, seen looking north on DeNormandie Avenue toward the river. As expected, the borough of Fair Haven took a big step toward the water last night,Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN OKS RIVERFRONT LAND BUY"
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August 25th, 2009 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN MAY FORGO GRANTS FOR PARK
The property, seen here from the river beach, is at the foot of narrow DeNormandie Avenue, right. (Click to enlarge) Amid concerns from some residents that Fair Haven is aboutContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAY FORGO GRANTS FOR PARK"
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August 11th, 2009 @ 8am
COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS SEPTEMBER DEBUT
Sisters Violet, 14, and Yanna Preston, 17, are the first members of the planned community center and will be trained as recruiters. That’s center director Robert Taylor in the background.Continue reading "COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS SEPTEMBER DEBUT"
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July 30th, 2009 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN TO SEEK GREEN ACRES FUNDS
Residents of DeNormandie Avenue have raised traffic and parking concerns about the proposed conversion of the riverfront residence to a park. In response to concerns raised by neighbors, Fair HavenContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO SEEK GREEN ACRES FUNDS"
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July 14th, 2009 @ 6am
CONTRACT UPS WAGES, IMPOSES FURLOUGHS
Council members Michael DuPont, Ed Zipprich and Juanita Lewis heard details of the contract in a closed-door session Monday night before approving it in open session. Red Bank officials lastContinue reading "CONTRACT UPS WAGES, IMPOSES FURLOUGHS"
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June 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
FURLOUGHS UP FOR APPROVAL
Mayor Pasquale Menna at a council meeting in May. Red Bank borough employees would be forced to take three unpaid days off by the end of the year under aContinue reading "FURLOUGHS UP FOR APPROVAL"
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June 18th, 2009 @ 10am
BOROUGH PUSHING UNPAID DAYS OFF
Red Bank officials are mulling the possibility of making government employees take three unpaid days off by the end of the year, today’s Asbury Park Press reports. The furloughs areContinue reading "BOROUGH PUSHING UNPAID DAYS OFF"
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June 10th, 2009 @ 5am
The library as seen from the foot of Maple Avenue. Ending tradition, the Red Bank Public Library will be open on Saturdays this summer, its board of trustees announced Thursday night. The added hours, from 9a to 1p, will be...
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May 15th, 2009 @ 5am
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
The City Centre strip mall at Maple Avenue and West Front Street is one of five properties under common ownership that will see lower tax bills. The Red Bank Council last night greenlighted settlements of five tax appeal lawsuits, but...
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May 12th, 2009 @ 11am
Today's Asbury Park Press takes a look at how some New Jersey school districts, including those of Red Bank and Fair Haven, are responding to the high cost of sending children with special needs out-of-district. The approach in Red Bank,...
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May 12th, 2009 @ 5am
Red Bank's municipal budget for the coming fiscal year sailed to approval Monday night despite the misgivings of several residents. Kim Senkeleski of John Street questioned increases in salary and health insurance costs. Harrison Avenue's Jim Willis bemoaned the "increasing...
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April 29th, 2009 @ 9am
Poll worker Elizabeth Herbert waits as a Red Bank voter casts his ballots at the new third- and seventh-district polling place at the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Area school district budgets easily passed Tuesday, according to election results available...
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April 22nd, 2009 @ 6am
Red Bank employees who work in borough hall at 90 Monmouth Street will have to start packing their workweeks into four days starting in June as part of an effort to cut utility costs. The move, approved by the borough...
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April 15th, 2009 @ 7am
The four candidates for seats on the Red Bank Board of Education have been invited to a Q&A sponsored by the the Greater Red Bank branch of the NAACP scheduled for Tuesday night. Incumbents Ann Roseman, Carrie Ludwikowski and Toni...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 8am
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that taxes in Rumson-Fair Haven high school district will drop overall next year as a result of a successful effort to shrink the budget. Fair Haven homeowners, however, will see an increase in their contribution...
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April 1st, 2009 @ 6am
The 2009-2010 budget that Red Bank officials unwrapped last week calls for possible four-day, 40-hour workweeks at borough hall and staffing reductions in construction-related inspections, according to a report in today's Asbury Park Press. It also reflects a previously-negotiated increase...
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April 1st, 2009 @ 5am
"We did it! We introduced a second consecutive budget lowering taxes. Folks at mtg only wanted to complain about leaf collection. Sigh." That's from a Twitter post late last night by Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre. And this is from...
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March 24th, 2009 @ 12pm
Councilman Mike DuPont says the finance committee that he heads is still looking for places to cut. Higher pension costs and an expected increase in tax delinquencies are the main drivers behind a potential increase in Red Bank's local tax...
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March 24th, 2009 @ 7am
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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.
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 ...