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Here's a case that's shaping up as a 21st-century Jarndyce v. Jarndyce. The Asbury Park Press has a story about an appellate court decision issued yesterday in a lawsuit over power outages in July, 1999. At issue is whether lawsuits...
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The state Board of Public Utilities is planning to review electrical utility JCP&L's response to the Feb. 14 ice storm that cut power to about 120,000 homes, in some cases for days. Many of those homes were in the Red...
After four years of waiting, ice boaters, skaters and riverwalkers have been enjoying great conditions on the frozen Navesink River lately. The glory continues today, with forecasted wind-chill temperatures of -5 degrees before a warming trend moves in tomorrow, according...
Today's Star-Ledger has a story on the residual power outages from Wednesday's storm, most of which are concentrated in this corner of Monmouth County. And the Asbury Park Press reported at 7:30a that between 501 and 2,000 customers still had...
Plenty of homes and businesses in our area remain without electrical power this frozen morning. Here's a 9a update from the Asbury Park Press: Thousands of Monmouth County residents are still without power this morning, and some area roads remain...
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Yeah, it's a real mess out there. Dangerous, too. Tree branches are falling under the weight of wet ice, often taking wires with them. We saw two downed wires in Rumson that the authorities hadn't yet gotten to in the...
The Navesink River was bustling with ice-starved skaters, walkers and racers Saturday, raising concern that too many people may be assuming that the entire surface is solid when it isn't. "There's a lot of places that are unsafe," said racer...
Skaters, ice boaters, ice yachters and those, (like us) who've simply yearned to walk on the great Navesink River: here's the latest from the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club ice conditions iceline, as of about 5:50p Thursday. Part...
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that the home of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club is close to winning state designation as an historic structure. The building is in Red Bank on the Navesink River (known as the...
Updating the item below... SeaStreak has now cancelled ALL boats to and from Highlands. From the carrier's latest email blast: Due to ice conditions SeaStreak will be making the following changes today's schedule: All service to and from Highlands will...
... Seastreak starts c-c-c-cancelling ferry runs because of ice. Which is what they're doing t.-t-t-today. The following departures are cancelled, according to an email sent out at midmorning to subscribers: 11:45a from E. 34th Street & 12:00p from Pier 11...
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Gone are the days when a plunge into the ocean at the start of a new year was the province of a few wingnuts bent on proving their iconoclastic chops to a conformist world. No more. Now, it seems, everyone's...
As in the past, the fourth annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge organized by the Sons of Ireland will raise money for a couple of worthy causes. The beneficiaries of this year's Sea Bright dip are Clean Ocean Action...
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It was an inescapably soggy scene as tropical depression Ernesto inundated the region Saturday afternoon. Please click on the image to enlarge. E-mail this story
Disaster planners in New Jersey will have to come up with strategies for saving pets in an emergency under a law signed by Gov. Jon Corzine yesterday. The law was inspired by numerous reports of pet owners forced by circumstance...
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PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
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