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Kathy Karinja of Rumson takes a photo of the flattened gazebo at Victory Park. The bandstand at the center of the park was spared. A thunderstorm that tore through The Green Saturday afternoon pummeled the Oceanic section of Rumson while...
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Various unconfirmed emergency calls picked up over the police scanner during the storm: • A swimming pool reported in the middle of Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright • Phone line to Barnacle Bill's in Rumson pulled down (initial report said...
Authorities say the man who was killed by a lightning strike on Sandy Hook Sunday was a 38-year-old Elizabeth resident. Two others, women in their 30s whose identities have also not been disclosed, were injured by the strike. They were...
This is from the National Weather Service at 1:56p today: * AT 156 PM EDT.NATL WEATHER SVC DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED...
The Star-Ledger reports that one of three people struck by lighting on Sandy Hook around noontime today has died. The victims have not been identified, but the one who was killed is reported to be a man in his 40s....
Monmouth County and Sea Bright emergency personnel reported at 12:21p that three people were struck by lightning on Sandy Hook's Beach B. Emergency personnel from Highlands were reported at 12:45p to be enroute with two victims to Monmouth Medical Center...
Sea Bright and other coastal areas could expect more scenes like this one, from tropical storm Ernesto in 2006, according to a report that also examines the economic wallop of rising seas. The economic impacts of global warming on New...
Following up on last night's alert, New Jersey Transit has this to say about the the North Jersey Coast Line this morning: NJCL service to operate as normal today. Last evenings storm damage has been repaired and normal service has...
Moisture-laden clouds roll in over Sea Bright in this view from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Tuesday afternoon. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue into this evening. Wednesday's forecast, according to the National Weather Service: Sunny, with a high...
Some homes and businesses served by the Jersey Central Power & Light substation on Ridge Road in Fair Haven are again without power after enduring a more than five hours without juice yesterday. We don't know the number affected, or...
Mayor Pasquale Menna tells redbankgreen that the Red Bank First Aid Squad on Spring Street has opened its air conditioned facilities to the public while crews from JCP&L attempt to get the power back on as a result of the...
A power outage -- or outages, perhaps -- have has hit the east side of Red Bank as well as Little Silver, Fair Haven, Rumson and Sea Bright. There are no details on the specific cause or extent of the...
Yeah, we did a double-take, too. But the Associated Press, citing the National Weather Service, is reporting that a heat wave is about to roll in for the weekend and then stick around. Forecasters say temperatures could reach near 100...
The view from behind the drum kit as Big Bill Morganfield performs at the 2007 festival. By TOM CHESEK There was the year the heavens opened up and harpist Rod Piazza, faced with a potential washout of his headline set,...
Undaunted by sprinkles and a brief downpour, students from the Red Bank Regional High School chapter of STAND held a vigil in Marine Park last night to mourn the rapes, displacements and killings of millions of Darfurians in what the...
Musicians Ron Santee and Brian Schwarz of Atlantic Highlands got together to sing under threatening skies at Riverside Gardens Park yesterday afternoon. By late evening, after a cloudburst or two, the skies had cleared, as seen in the shot of...
A car gets powerwashed by an unseen employee at Nissan World of Red Bank on Newman Springs Road late yesterday afternoon. Some of us may be longing for a little spritz ourselves today. The weatherman says temps will peak near...
Harriers from Red Bank Catholic hoof it through downtown Red Bank yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's cool temperatures and brilliant skies are expected to give way to on-and-off showers today through Monday, according to the National Weather Service, which serves up this...
Framed by forsythia, a car heads north on Prospect Avenue through Friday afternoon's fog... Email this story ...and a jalopy buzzes past a bed of daffodils on River Road near Throckmorton Avenue. Today's forecast, according to the National Weather Service:...
And just like that, it's hot out, with temperatures nearing 70 degrees. These flowering trees on Broad Street don't seem to mind. Click to enlarge. It won't last long. Here's the National Weather Service forecast for the next few days:...
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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.