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MILLING MAPLE
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Months after the project was supposed to be completed, the new traffic lights still aren’t operational at the traffic-bolloxing intersection of Maple Avenue, Water Street and White Street in RedContinue reading "MILLING MAPLE"
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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CAUSE OF LINE FIRE SOUGHT
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Wires above the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex show the effects of a fire that melted their insulation this morning. A crew from Jersey Central Power & Light is outContinue reading "CAUSE OF LINE FIRE SOUGHT"
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July 28th, 2009 @ 10am
Power failures affected at least three area towns earlier today, officials say. An apparent transformer fire on Ridge Road near Hance Road in Fair Haven knocked out juice in Fair Haven and Rumson late this morning, police in both towns...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 2pm
Utility lines on River Street in Red Bank looked like limp strands of neon tubing late Monday as they reflected the late afternoon sun. The view was west from Shrewsbury Avenue. Expect lots of sunshine today, but cold temperatures rising...
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March 4th, 2009 @ 6am
No, I insist — after you: access holes to the Chestnut Street tanks are only about 16 inches wide. Red Bank officials are racing this month for a piece of the federal stimulus dole as a way of reducing the...
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February 12th, 2009 @ 8am
The vessel numbered 1 is one of four tanks at the Chestnut Street water plant that the state says must be replaced. Three others are at the Tower Hill facility. Maintenance work at the Red Bank water utility that was...
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February 9th, 2009 @ 10am
By JoANN PILEGGI A proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) transfer facility that backers see as a fix to energy woes and opponents call "Insanity Island" gets its first public airing tonight. The showdown pits dozens of environmental groups against Atlantic...
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January 27th, 2009 @ 8am
Mayor Pasquale Menna. In the face of an historic economic downturn, Red Bank is trimming pay for its planning and zoning board attorneys, looking at a five-percent, across-all-departments budget cut and trying to hold the line in contract talks with...
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January 2nd, 2009 @ 10am
Today's forecast from the National Weather Service calls for partly sunny skies, temperatures peaking at 29 degrees, and potentially dangerous wind conditions. A wind advisory remains in effect until 1p today. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts...
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December 22nd, 2008 @ 5am
Customers waited out the outage by candlelight at the Broadway Diner. (Click to enlarge) Donna Natale of Sea Bright was in the Shrewsbury Car Wash when the power went out ever so briefly early Tuesday night. It came right back...
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December 9th, 2008 @ 10pm
Volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members stood by at the Liberty Hose firehouse on White Street during the widespread power outage Tuesday evening. (Click to enlarge) Burglar and fire alarms went off all over town, prompting the police chief...
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December 9th, 2008 @ 10pm
Fair Haven is advising residents at the western end of the borough that water pressure to their homes may drop this morning as Red Bank, which supplies water to those users, tests two new hydrants on Cambridge Avenue. The testing,...
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December 9th, 2008 @ 6am
Expect some 'slight discoloration,' the borough says. A program of flushing out the Red Bank water system began last night and will continue through November 7, according to a notice from the borough's water utility. The activity will be limited...
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October 7th, 2008 @ 5am
Alan Placer on what used be called the roof but he now calls the "third floor" of Hobbymasters — the floor that makes money from the sun. The solar panels are all in, and by this time next week, Arlene...
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October 3rd, 2008 @ 2pm
This week, we've got an uncommon even split of correct and incorrect answers for the preceding week's Where. As noted by Tim Lake and Adam O'Brien, last week's image showed the New Jersey-American Water treatment plant on Newman Springs Road...
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September 11th, 2008 @ 6am
The three sections of the tower are ready for assembly on the site leased by the borough from Christ Church United Methodist on Ridge Road. The author of the church's signs, though, has a higher level of communication in mind....
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August 21st, 2008 @ 10am
The view north from Hobbymasters' roof, which gets unimpeded exposure to the sun. In what's being billed as the largest installation of its kind in the Red Bank area, game & toy retailer Hobbymasters plans to cover the roof of...
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July 18th, 2008 @ 10am
Clean Ocean Action's Casey Shanley models the latest in environmental beachwear. By SUE MORGAN Piggybacking on the popularity of the dolphin pod that's been in the Shrewsbury River since mid-June, Clean Ocean Action last week took aim at three proposals...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 7am
By SUE MORGAN An official of Jersey Central Power & Light came to Fair Haven's borough council meeting last night to explain why the power keeps going off when — you guessed it — the power went off. Twice. Then,...
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June 17th, 2008 @ 7am
From Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre's blog, re tonight's borough council meeting: JCP&L will be at our meeting Monday. They are going to attempt a dog and pony show about heat waves and trees hanging over wires. It ought to...
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June 16th, 2008 @ 6am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
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 ...