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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
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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
AIRLINE BOUNCES SMITH AS TOO FAT TO FLY
Filmmaker and Red Bank toy retailer Kevin Smith was asked to get off a Southwest Airlines plane scheduled to fly from Oakland to Burbank, California Saturday because he was “tooContinue reading "AIRLINE BOUNCES SMITH AS TOO FAT TO FLY"
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February 15th, 2010 @ 8am
GEARING UP FOR THE BIG DUMP
Red Bank is prepping 11 snow plows, plus loaders and back hoes, to handle this impending snow invasion this weekend. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It may notContinue reading "GEARING UP FOR THE BIG DUMP"
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February 5th, 2010 @ 6am
NJTransit’s plan includes removal of gingerbread trimming, which historians say is inauthentic. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It looks as though the Red Bank train station will finally getContinue reading "NJT PLANS REPAIRS, NEW LOOK FOR STATION"
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December 11th, 2009 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Middletown man was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Little Silver early Wednesday morning, officials said. NJT Spokesman Joe Dee confirmed thatContinue reading "TRAIN KILLS MAN IN LITTLE SILVER"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 4pm
COUNTY EXTENDS OCEANIC TRUCK BAN
Monmouth County workers on the Oceanic Bridge this morning. Further inspections on the bridge are expected to start later this week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Monmouth CountyContinue reading "COUNTY EXTENDS OCEANIC TRUCK BAN"
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November 16th, 2009 @ 2pm
[Update: As of 9:23a, NJT reports that the overhead wire problem near Red Bank has been ‘resolved.’] New Jersey Transit is reporting train delays of up to an hour inContinue reading "WIRE PROBLEM SNAFUS TRAIN SCHEDULE"
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August 28th, 2009 @ 7am
All the dolphin gawking was the subject of a piece on last night's NBC Nightly News, hosted by Middletown-raised Brian Williams. By SUE MORGAN Save the airfare and the money you would have blown on souvenirs — if it's a...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
Elmer and Jeff Jackson ride through a tunnel in Red Canyon, Utah last Tuesday. (Photos by Tim Hathaway) Tim Hathaway, the journalist who was serving as driver and documentarian for the 'No Regrets' cross-country bike ride of fellow Red Bankers...
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July 1st, 2008 @ 9am
Elmer and Jeff Jackson at the fog-wrapped Golden Gate Bridge as they prepared to start their ride yesterday. (Photos by Tim Hathaway.) The father-and-son pair Elmer and Jeff Jackson completed the first 20 miles yesterday of what we're now told...
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June 4th, 2008 @ 1pm
Elmer Jackson poses at left with Kevin the UPS guy and the bikes that finally arrived in San Francisco Monday. In photo above, that's Jeff Jackson in foreground with, from left, Ron (no last name available), Elmer, Elmer's sister, Joyce...
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June 3rd, 2008 @ 6pm
Local authorities are expecting heavy traffic with this weekend's Breeders' Cup events at Monmouth Park, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the article: On Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and on Saturday between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.,...
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October 24th, 2007 @ 9am
It's not like we spend our days looking for cars driving into oncoming traffic. It just keeps happening in front of us. Six weeks ago, we caught a car going the wrong way in the new traffic 'roundabout' in Lincroft,...
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October 12th, 2007 @ 4pm
Last week's 'Where' showed a scale model of an Eastern Airlines plane. It's at 20 West Street, home of Venezia Emporium, or what proprietor Mike Venezia calls a junk shop. "Most people call it antiques and collectibles," he says. Venezia...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 7am
Beachgoers head back to the parking lot at Sea Bright yesterday afternoon. Brilliant sunshine, warmth offset by gentle breezes, cool nighttime temperatures — this weekend's weather could hardly have been more enjoyable. Businesswise, the Labor Day weekend was the capper...
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September 4th, 2007 @ 7am
Whenever he got the chance, former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna would jet off to Ireland to play golf and maybe have a pint among village locals. McKenna's successor, Pasquale Menna, though, takes the idea of global schmoozing to literally...
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April 6th, 2007 @ 7am
It's turning into a break-out-the-Champagne kind of week for downtown Red Bank. First came news last week that Tiffany & Co plans to open one of its high-end emporiums on Broad Street. Now there's a poll released Monday by Monmouth...
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March 27th, 2007 @ 10am
For the second time in 15 years, the cupola atop the Molly Pitcher Inn is getting an overhaul. Because of exposure, "the wood has become so soft that you can actually penetrate it with your finger," said James P. Barry,...
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March 19th, 2007 @ 7am
The elusive nature of place, and especially of new destinations, is the subject of a show of 18 photographs by Andi Monick that opens Friday night at the McKay Gallery. What links all the images in the show, called "TRANSITion:...
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October 26th, 2006 @ 12pm
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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.