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NJ Transit's board of commissioners today approved a budget that calls for train- and bus-fare increases averaging 9.6 percent, the Asbury Park Press reports this morning from Newark. The move was depicted as a necessary measure to help close a...
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April 18th, 2007 @ 11am
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This morning's dailies are today mulling over why the storm that caused so much havoc elsewhere in New Jersey went so easy on the Shore. Citing the state Department of Environmental Protection, today's Asbury Park Press reports that the storm...
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April 17th, 2007 @ 6am
The National Weather Service has a wind advisory calling for gusts of 45 to 50 mph until 6p. From the posting: THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY WET GROUND...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY WILL MAKE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES SUSCEPTIBLE TO...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 1pm
Continuing fallout from the storm: SeaStreak has canceled some of its ferry runs between Highlands/Atlantic Highlands and Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Asbury Park Press is reporting that Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright has been reopened to traffic. A 12:22p posting on...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 1pm
Plans for a possible evacuation of Sea Bright have been called off because expected flooding did not occur, the Star-Ledger is reporting. From the report: Asst. Sea Bright Fire Chief Jay Rock said more serious flooding was averted because lower-than-expected...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 11am
From the Asbury Park Press online: In Sea Bright, where high tide was expected to hit between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., the tidal Shrewsbury River was overflowing by 8:25 a.m., and Ocean Avenue was closed, said Ed Friedman, the...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 9am
The storm that dropped five inches of rain on parts of New Jersey yesterday led Acting Gov. Dick Codey to declare a state of emergency and advise residents this morning to stay home today if they can. Dozens of stetches...
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April 16th, 2007 @ 7am
For any motorist who's ever been stuck at the intersection of Newman Springs Road and Broad Street while not one but two trains halt traffic, a smidgen of relief is on the way. And for any pedestrian who's tried to...
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April 10th, 2007 @ 7am
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that a helicopter made an emergency landing in the yard of a riverfront Rumson home yesterday after encountering engine problems. The copter was enroute from Bridgeport, Conn., to Pottsville, Pa. Pilot Charles Priestley put it...
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April 3rd, 2007 @ 6am
Virginia S. 'Ginny' Bauer, New Jersey's Secretary of Commerce and the widow of a man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, is Gov. Jon Corzine's choice to fill a seat on the board of...
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March 29th, 2007 @ 5pm
Yeah, it's a real mess out there. Dangerous, too. Tree branches are falling under the weight of wet ice, often taking wires with them. We saw two downed wires in Rumson that the authorities hadn't yet gotten to in the...
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February 14th, 2007 @ 12pm
Updating the item below... SeaStreak has now cancelled ALL boats to and from Highlands. From the carrier's latest email blast: Due to ice conditions SeaStreak will be making the following changes today's schedule: All service to and from Highlands will...
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February 6th, 2007 @ 1pm
... Seastreak starts c-c-c-cancelling ferry runs because of ice. Which is what they're doing t.-t-t-today. The following departures are cancelled, according to an email sent out at midmorning to subscribers: 11:45a from E. 34th Street & 12:00p from Pier 11...
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February 6th, 2007 @ 12pm
Utility-pole work on East Front Street outside Heritage Liquors and a stalled truck on West Front near the Front Street Trattoria created a one-two punch that brought today's midmorning traffic to a crawl. Email this story
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January 19th, 2007 @ 2pm
The pilot killed in the crash of a single-engine plane in Wayne on Monday night was from Atlantic Highlands. Andrew Coppolo, 55, owned an engineering firm in Orange and flew frequently on business and as a volunteer, ferrying cancer patients...
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January 17th, 2007 @ 9am
A Rumson woman and her son narrowly escaped catastrophe Thursday when the car she was driving became trapped on the North Jersey Coast Line tracks in Little Silver, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press. Both got safely...
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December 8th, 2006 @ 8am
Life can be pretty frustrating on Tower Hill Avenue near Harding Road. Cars heading west and downhill on Harding often turn onto Tower Hill virtually on two wheels, and then barrel down the narrow street of tidy homes to the...
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November 30th, 2006 @ 12am
What's with the partial pave jobs on Hudson Avenue and East Bergen Place? Almost two weeks ago, paving contractors laid down a 10-foot wide strip of steamy new asphalt along the north side of East Bergen. At the same time,...
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November 30th, 2006 @ 12am
NJ Transit is adding a new express train to New York along the North Jersey Coast line next week, according to an agency news release. The new run will leave Long Branch at 6:30a and stop in Little Silver, Red...
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October 25th, 2006 @ 10am
Sea Containers Ltd., the Bermuda-based parent of ferry operator SeaStreak America, has filed for chapter 11 protection from creditors. But the operator of the Highlands and Atlantic Highlands ferries wants it known that it is not a party to the...
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October 16th, 2006 @ 11am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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