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CAMPING FOR KIDS, MINUS BUG JUICE
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Into acting out? Try the Two River Summer Theater Camp. (Click to enlarge) By STACIE FANELLI Family time sure is valuable when the warm weather hits, but so is kids’Continue reading "CAMPING FOR KIDS, MINUS BUG JUICE"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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No yacht, victims or signs of a sinking have been found at the purported site of a yacht explosion 17 miles off Sandy Hook, according to unconfirmed reports at oneContinue reading "NO YACHT OR VICTIMS FOUND IN POSSIBLE HOAX"
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June 11th, 2012 @ 7pm
Dozens of emergency medical technicians and five medevac helicopters were standing by at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook awaiting the arrival of victims of a yacht explosion 17 miles offshoreContinue reading "UP TO NINE BURNED IN YACHT BLAST OFFSHORE"
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June 11th, 2012 @ 6pm
More than a dozen environmentalists, the majority of them children and teens, turned out for Red Bank Riverkeepers’ fourth annual Navesink River cleanup near the Red Bank Marina Saturday. ThoughContinue reading "KIDS GET MUCKY FOR A CLEANER NAVESINK"
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June 11th, 2012 @ 11am
By JOHN T. WARD The owner of a Fair Haven antiques shop was held up at gunpoint by a robber who fled with the contents of a safe, police reportedContinue reading "ARMED ROBBER HITS FAIR HAVEN SHOP"
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June 2nd, 2012 @ 5pm
SO MUCH FOR GRAFFITI-PROOFING
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The installation of Red Bank RiverCenter’s first new ‘grafitti-proof’ information kiosk on English Plaza isn’t even finished and it’s already had an unauthorized poster pasted over it. RiverCenter executive directorContinue reading "SO MUCH FOR GRAFFITI-PROOFING"
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May 15th, 2012 @ 1pm
RED BANK RESTAURANTS FIRE UP FLAVOUR
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The sun is out, the bands are cranking and the enticing aromas of a cornucopia of cuisines are filling the air at the Red Bank International Flavour Fest in theContinue reading "RED BANK RESTAURANTS FIRE UP FLAVOUR"
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May 6th, 2012 @ 1pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Joseph Bernhard, age 18, from Leedsville Drive in Lincroft, NJ, arrested on April 9, 2012 by Patrolman AlbertContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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April 13th, 2012 @ 9am
The recent opening of Lucki Clover, above, in a Broad Street space vacated last September, is seen as one of many indicators of a strengthening comeback.  (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "DOWNTOWN RED BANK COMES OFF THE ROPES"
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April 10th, 2012 @ 10am
Employees gathered for training Thursday at Russ Crosson’s Coffee Corral, the take-out java shop he built in the onetime home of his now-closed construction company. The shop, at the cornerContinue reading "COFFEE ON THE BREW"
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April 6th, 2012 @ 10am
ON THE HUNT FOR PRETTY EGGS
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You have to love an event advertised as “something that will start on time and be over in a flash,” even if the weather drives it indoors, as happened withContinue reading "ON THE HUNT FOR PRETTY EGGS"
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April 2nd, 2012 @ 8am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Joseph Stevenson, age 22, from Woodland Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on January 15, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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January 17th, 2012 @ 11am
MIDDLETOWN ROAD REMAINS CLOSED
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West Front Street between Bernard Drive and Shady Oaks Way in Middletown remained closed Friday morning following a reported water main break late Thursday afternoon. A repair crew was onContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN ROAD REMAINS CLOSED"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 10am
WATER MAIN BREAK SHUTS WEST FRONT
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A motorist navigates a muddy cascade toward a bridge over Jumping Brook following a major water main break on West Front Street in Middletown late Wednesday afternoon. Police were inContinue reading "WATER MAIN BREAK SHUTS WEST FRONT"
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December 1st, 2011 @ 6pm
NO LADDER NEEDED
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Stuck in traffic on eastbound West Front Street into Red Bank? Blame the driver of this truck, which got wedged in the railroad trestle at about 4:30 p.m.
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November 2nd, 2011 @ 4pm
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK CROSSING BROAD ST.
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A 52-year-old Matawan woman was struck by a Jeep as she crossed Broad Street at Mechanic Street in downtown Red Bank around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the 25-year-old driver,Continue reading "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK CROSSING BROAD ST."
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November 2nd, 2011 @ 3pm
Hundreds of car lovers turned out for the 11th annual edition of an fall favorite: the Fair Haven Fire Department’s Autumn Car Show. They found the firehouse yard bumper-to-bumper inContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN CAR SHOW DRAWS HUNDREDS"
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October 17th, 2011 @ 8am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 6, 2011 at approximately 1:15 am Patrolman Richard Fulham and Sgt. John Werner were onContinue reading "PAIRED CHARGED IN GUN & JEWELRY THEFT"
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October 10th, 2011 @ 6am
WORK ON TURNING LANE BEGINS
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Construction of a new left-turn lane from westbound West Front Street onto Pearl Street in Red Bank got underway Thursday, slowing traffic. The project will take several weeks to complete,Continue reading "WORK ON TURNING LANE BEGINS"
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October 6th, 2011 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY CRASH SLOWS TRAFFIC
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A collision with a swimming-pool service truck at Sycamore Avenue and Broad Street briefly trapped two women in a car at around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday. The driver of the carContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CRASH SLOWS TRAFFIC"
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October 5th, 2011 @ 11am
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
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.