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Roofers atop a house on Branch Avenue in Red Bank take it down to the wood yesterday under clear, crisp skies. Looks like we'll get just a hint of spring today. Here's the National Weather Service forecast for our area:...
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A seagull takes in the view of the choppy Navesink River (wasn't it just a sheet of ice?) at Marine Park in Red Bank. Across the region, emergency personnel are responding to burglar alarms and reports of downed limbs. At...
A couple of River Street residents used trowels and other tools to assemble a rather imposing snowman yesterday. Will he survive Saturday and Sunday's temperatures? (Photo courtesy of Gary Morris) We're looking at a relatively warm weekend, with temperatures in...
Scenes from Tuesday's snowfall. (Click to enlarge) And now, the cleanup. Yesterday's snowfall left several inches of glistening white stuff to be removed from streets and sidewalks by conscientious citizens and their local governments. Though the mercury may rise to...
Matthew Brown of the Red Bank public utilities lays down some magnesium-treated salt at the corner of Broad and Monmouth at lunchtime today. As forecast, the Coastal Monmouth area is getting hit with a persistent snow this afternoon. The National...
Red Bank's plows could get their second workout in less than a week today. The National Weather Service says snow starting this morning will leave 3 to 5 inches in Monmouth County (and perhaps an inch less in immediate coastal...
An iceboat zips along the Navesink on Saturday. Thinking an iceboater involved in a crash had gone underwater, a Red Bank man jumped into Navesink River to find him Sunday, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The iceboat driver, though, had...
Jim Roberts of Wall tries out his kite wing on the Navesink yesterday. Conditions were iffy on the Navesink River yesterday, with just a few small iceboats and skaters venturing out from Red Bank. The ice was said to be...
Fog piled in Wednesday afternoon after muck piled up earlier in the day on Broad Street, Red Bank. The sun returns today after yesterday's nasty snow-sleet-gunkpuddle precipitation and fog, says the National Weather Service, though the agency doesn't actually use...
Priced to sell, but you must buy now. By JoANN PILEGGI It's not only stores and restaurants using markdowns to attract scarce consumer dollars. Trying to get a jump on the competition from private beach clubs and other municipalities while...
Every few years, Red Bank's summer playground — the Navesink River — comes out of dormancy to play the same role for a few precious winter days or weeks. On Sunday, a day after temperatures climbed into the mid-40s, winter...
Did the remaining five Atlantic bottlenose dolphins make it out to Sandy Hook Bay before their temporary home in the Shrewsbury River froze over? Two weekly newspapers have accounts in their current issues from witnesses who say they saw the...
Don Abrams of Little Silver breaks down his 'icebird' after the first sail of the season on the Navesink Wednesday afternoon. A couple of ice boaters took to the Navesink River yesterday afternoon after the ice reached the requisite four...
The head of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine tells the Associated Press that the five remaining Navesink and Shrewsbury river dolphins haven't been seen since Thursday and may be dead Bob Schoelkopf, the center's co-director, tells the AP...
Cars waiting for a green light at the corner of Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street created a steamy scene last night. A high near 17 degrees. Wind chill values of 15 below zero. That's what's in store today and through...
NOAA's Trevor Spradlin addresses the audience at an open seminar on the dolphins Tuesday night. It was science versus passion as marine mammal experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sought to explain last night why they don't intend...
In case you missed it... The New Jersey section of the New York Times had a feature story yesterday on the Rocket, the monster ice boat (shown at right) that's been restored by members of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat...
A flock of sparrows took shelter beneath a car parked on Broad Street in Red Bank Friday afternoon. What do they know that we don't? The National Weather Service has a winter weather advisory in effect for the Red Bank...
Jet planes etched a pair of vapor trails in the crisp, cold sky beyond St. James RC Church in Red Bank late Thursday afternoon. The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy skies, a chance of snow showers before 3p and a...
A pedestrian on Broad Street in Red Bank contending with a wet wind in November. Mother Nature must be trying to meet year-end quotas today. The National Weather Service forecasts that this morning's mild temperatures in the high 40s will...
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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.