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LAST STOP FOR TOLLBOOTHS: TINTON FALLS
Decommissioned tollbooths in a yard in Tinton Falls, as photographed by the Star-Ledger’s Robert Sciarrino. (Click to enlarge) Wednesday’s Star-Ledger has a quirky story about what happens to all thoseContinue reading "LAST STOP FOR TOLLBOOTHS: TINTON FALLS"
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March 14th, 2012 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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José Melgar, a 32-year-old Red Bank man, was in Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune with a fractured skull and other injuries after he was run over by a trainContinue reading "TRAIN RUNOVER VICTIM IDENTIFIED"
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February 27th, 2012 @ 10am
WEIGH IN ON POSSIBLE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
Monmouth County officials will hold two public-input sessions on whether to repair or replace the Rumson-Sea Bright bridge.   (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A new bridge toContinue reading "WEIGH IN ON POSSIBLE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT"
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February 20th, 2012 @ 11am
The Oceanic Bridge as seen from Victory Park in Rumson earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fingers crossed, but so far, the repair job on theContinue reading "COUNTY: OCEANIC REPAIRS ON SCHEDULE"
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January 30th, 2012 @ 9am
By JOHN T. WARD After more than 350 years of rather quiet contentment in Little Silver, Sickles Market is taking it to the old country. The market, whose roots onContinue reading "SICKLES PLANS FOODIE JUNKET TO SICILY"
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January 27th, 2012 @ 6am
DRIVER REFUSES CARE AFTER TRAIN HITS CAR
Emergency personnel on the scene Monday night. Below, the driver of the car was briefly trapped. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A North Jersey Coast Line train struckContinue reading "DRIVER REFUSES CARE AFTER TRAIN HITS CAR"
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September 26th, 2011 @ 8pm
BIKERS GET SAFETY MARKERS IN RED BANK
Borough workers painted the first of a series of “sharrows” on the new pavement on Chestnut Street Tuesday morning. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) A push to makeContinue reading "BIKERS GET SAFETY MARKERS IN RED BANK"
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July 13th, 2011 @ 8am
A GUIDE TO KABOOM, COMING & GOING
Downtown will be closed to traffic beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The train is the easiest way in and out of town the night of the fireworks, coordinators say.Continue reading "A GUIDE TO KABOOM, COMING & GOING"
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July 1st, 2011 @ 8am
SPILL PROMPTS LITTLE SILVER DETOURS
Workers on Prospect Avenue in Little Silver spread absorbent material to soak up hydraulic oil spilled earlier this morning. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI AContinue reading "SPILL PROMPTS LITTLE SILVER DETOURS"
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June 28th, 2011 @ 12pm
BIKE AND PED SAFETY PLAN ROLLS ON
Jenny Rossano reviews the soon-to-be-adopted bike and pedestrian plan in Red Bank, while Jim Willis, in the background, views it on an iPad. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "BIKE AND PED SAFETY PLAN ROLLS ON"
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June 7th, 2011 @ 6am
RIVERCENTER PLANS DOWNTOWN KIOSKS
RiverCenter’s first kiosk is slated for installation in English Plaza to let visitors know its new location. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Not that itContinue reading "RIVERCENTER PLANS DOWNTOWN KIOSKS"
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May 27th, 2011 @ 8am
TWEETING ASTRONAUT ORBITS INTO R-FH
U.S. Army Colonel and NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock stopped by R-FH Tuesday morning after spending six months in outer space. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "TWEETING ASTRONAUT ORBITS INTO R-FH"
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April 6th, 2011 @ 6am
‘ROLLERCOASTER’ FLIGHT FOR RUGBY TEAM
A scheduled four-hour flight home from Barbados turned into a 12-hour ordeal for members of a Red Bank club and other passengers Sunday. Here’s a portion of the route theContinue reading "‘ROLLERCOASTER’ FLIGHT FOR RUGBY TEAM"
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March 10th, 2011 @ 8am
SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS
It doesn’t do much good if snow blocks access to a shoveled sidewalk, residents say. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The list of concerns relatedContinue reading "SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 1pm
SUV FLIPS IN TWO-CAR RUMSON ACCIDENT
One car flipped in a late-morning accident on Rumson Road Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A two-car accident on Rumson Road sent an unknownContinue reading "SUV FLIPS IN TWO-CAR RUMSON ACCIDENT"
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February 5th, 2011 @ 11am
RED BANK, OTHERS SECURE STREET AID
Peters Place is one of two borough streets targeted for improvements. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank is among four towns on The Green to pull in aContinue reading "RED BANK, OTHERS SECURE STREET AID"
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February 4th, 2011 @ 10am
AT 55, EVIL CLOWN ENTERS RAG TRADE
Calico, the iconic “evil clown” of Middletown, celebrated its 55th birthday Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI At 22-feet tall and 10-feet wide, it hasContinue reading "AT 55, EVIL CLOWN ENTERS RAG TRADE"
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January 19th, 2011 @ 9am
Red Bank-area commuters awoke to a mix of snow, rain and black ice Tuesday morning. By mid-morning, temperatures were expected to rise above freezing, setting the stage for a dayContinue reading "WEATHER: SLUSH, THEN A RAIN FLUSH"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 6am
A DELIGHTFUL DISAPPOINTMENT
Volunteers clear out a path on a Sea Bright sidewalk. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Frank Bain’s register was humming yesterday, with regulars stocking upContinue reading "A DELIGHTFUL DISAPPOINTMENT"
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January 12th, 2011 @ 12pm
SCHARFENBERGER: CARS HAMPERED PLOWING
Alexander Drive in Middletown before the snowplows arrived. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The snow removal efforts after last week’s snow-pounding could have been better,Continue reading "SCHARFENBERGER: CARS HAMPERED PLOWING"
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January 3rd, 2011 @ 6am
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TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
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.