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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
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THE BRIDGE TO SUMMER SUCCESS?
The state DOT has plans to ease traffic jams at the Sea Bright-Highlands bridge construction site this summer. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In 34Continue reading "THE BRIDGE TO SUMMER SUCCESS?"
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May 28th, 2010 @ 5am
THE WHEELS ON THE WALKING BUS GO ‘HMM’
Transportation planner Mike Dannemiller leads a group through the West Side for the Red Bank Safe Routes initiative. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mike Dannemiller,Continue reading "THE WHEELS ON THE WALKING BUS GO ‘HMM’"
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May 26th, 2010 @ 7am
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
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
BANK EYES FORMER HOVNANIAN HQ
It’s been a few years since anybody’s operated in there, but a bank hopes to make the old Hovnanian home base its new digs. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTINContinue reading "BANK EYES FORMER HOVNANIAN HQ"
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April 8th, 2010 @ 11am
NEW CROSSWALK LAW DRAWS MIXED REAX
A woman crosses Mechanic Street at the interesection of Broad in downtown Red Bank Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A new, statewide vehicle-related law went intoContinue reading "NEW CROSSWALK LAW DRAWS MIXED REAX"
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April 2nd, 2010 @ 5am
ROAD CLOSURE COULD LAST A MONTH
Runoff from Poricy Brook Pond undermined a culvert, causing the road to collapse, officials said. (Click to enlarge) A portion of Navesink River Road in Middletown could remain closed toContinue reading "ROAD CLOSURE COULD LAST A MONTH"
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April 2nd, 2010 @ 4am
COLLAPSE SHUTS PART OF NAVESINK RIV. RD.
A view west along Navesink River Road Thursday morning. (Click to enlarge) Police in Middletown and Red Bank are asking motorists to plan alternate travel routes following a “partial collapse”Continue reading "COLLAPSE SHUTS PART OF NAVESINK RIV. RD."
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April 1st, 2010 @ 5am
SECOND BOARD REJECTS Y EXPANSION PLAN
Mayor Pasquale Menna listens as Marvin Goldin of Temple Beth Shalom asks the planning board to reject the YMCA zoning request. (Click to enlarge) Six weeks after a proposal toContinue reading "SECOND BOARD REJECTS Y EXPANSION PLAN"
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March 16th, 2010 @ 6am
BUILDER FLOATS WEST SIDE STRIP MALL
An architect’s concept for a shopping center at the corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard in Red Bank. The view is to the southwest. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "BUILDER FLOATS WEST SIDE STRIP MALL"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 11am
SEWER RATES STING; PARKING PERMITS A GO
Mayor Maria Fernandes at Tuesday night’s Borough Council meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright and Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority officials met recently to discuss theContinue reading "SEWER RATES STING; PARKING PERMITS A GO"
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March 3rd, 2010 @ 7am
RED BANK PASSES PARKING-FEE HIKES
Come April, on-street parking will cost twice as much downtown. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank officials formally put a higher premium on downtown parking Monday night,Continue reading "RED BANK PASSES PARKING-FEE HIKES"
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February 23rd, 2010 @ 2pm
STAVOLA GETS GREEN LIGHT ON PARKING LOT
The paved patch of land at the corner of Maple Avenue and Monmouth Street will get a fringe of greenery. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s PlanningContinue reading "STAVOLA GETS GREEN LIGHT ON PARKING LOT"
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February 18th, 2010 @ 7am
BOROUGH HAS NO METER-REVENUE FORECASTS
Meter rates in the White Street and other municipal lots won’t be affected by the doubling of fees for curbside parking, but lot-permit fees are scheduled to soar by 33Continue reading "BOROUGH HAS NO METER-REVENUE FORECASTS"
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February 17th, 2010 @ 12pm
YMCA TO COUNCIL: GIVE US A BREAK
An offer to preserve the trees at right wasn’t enough to save the Y’s expansion plans, but a simple request may. (Click to enlarge) Four days after the conclusion ofContinue reading "YMCA TO COUNCIL: GIVE US A BREAK"
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February 9th, 2010 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT NIXES HONKIN’ BIG BRIDGE SIGNS
Highlands and Sea Bright officials don’t favor DOT plans to install signs that hang over the Route 36 bridge, shown here in November. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT NIXES HONKIN’ BIG BRIDGE SIGNS"
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February 4th, 2010 @ 11am
BEACH ACCESS PLANS MAY IRK RESIDENTS
This bus stop may be moved and improved if the borough gets the OK to widen the entrance/exit to the municipal parking lot. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "BEACH ACCESS PLANS MAY IRK RESIDENTS"
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February 4th, 2010 @ 9am
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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.