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We flummoxed one mayor and deked another last week. How often do you get to say that? Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre wrote in to say that both he and his otherwise Where-savvy son, Matthew, were stumped by the image....
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March 26th, 2009 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
"We did it! We introduced a second consecutive budget lowering taxes. Folks at mtg only wanted to complain about leaf collection. Sigh." That's from a Twitter post late last night by Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre. And this is from...
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March 24th, 2009 @ 12pm
Under Little Silver's proposal, a dispatcher in Little Silver would direct patrol responses to calls from Fair Haven. Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre has published on his blog a head-to-head analysis of the competing offers from Monmouth County and Little...
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March 5th, 2009 @ 8am
By SUE MORGAN They're a little large, and tend to crowd the sidewalk. Mayor Mike Halfacre says he lost a "$1.79 cup of coffee" when he accidentally collided with one. The six vivid yellow pedestrian-crossing signs recently installed on Fair...
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February 18th, 2009 @ 6am
Councilman Jon Peters was elected president of the Fair Haven Council yesterday after Mayor Mike Halfacre tossed a coin to break a 2-2 tie, today's Asbury Park Press reports: The vote was split between veteran Councilman Jerome Koch, who was...
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January 2nd, 2009 @ 7am
By SUE MORGAN Fair Haven Borough Council President Tom Gilmour is stepping down after nine years, he announced Monday night. Gilmour submitted his resignation effective Dec. 31 in a letter to Mayor Mike Halfacre and his council colleagues. He cited...
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November 12th, 2008 @ 7am
Mike Halfacre thought last week's shot was taken at the Barefoot Bride accessories shop in Fair Haven, where he's the mayor. Mark Molzon guessed Mustillo's, the landmark bridal gown boutique on Broad Street in Red Bank. They were last week's...
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October 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
The Fair haven dock as seen on Friday. (Thanks to Joe Spagnuola for giving us access.) The rebuilding of the Fair Haven dock moved ahead last week with work on a new gazebo. Mayor Mike Halfacre tells redbankgreen that the...
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August 11th, 2008 @ 10am
Mayor Mike Halfacre will really loosen his tie Tuesday night. Fair Haven will participate in the anti-crime, anti-drug National Night Out on Tuesday, and events include a chance to put the mayor in the drink. From Mayor Mike Halfacre's blog:...
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August 4th, 2008 @ 10am
A proposal to consolidate the police operations of Fair Haven, Little Silver and Rumson will be up for public discussion July 9, Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre reports on his blog today. The governing bodies of the three towns will...
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 12pm
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
Today's Asbury Park Press has details about that motorist Mayor Mike Halfacre wrote about on his blog yesterday, the guy who is alleged to have nearly struck emergency workers at the scene of downed wires. Charles Hermansen II, 46, was...
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June 13th, 2008 @ 6am
Firefighters and other rescue personnel on the scene of a fire at Rumson Road and Buena Vista Place in Rumson last night. Wow, who needs reporters when there's blogging Mayor Mike Halfacre? In a post on his site today, Halfacre...
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June 12th, 2008 @ 9am
Mayor Mike Halfacre The power's back on in Fair Haven today after two consecutive days of sporadic outages in the midst of record temperatures. And while Mayor Mike Halfacre and some residents say they can understand the effect of unusually...
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June 11th, 2008 @ 12pm
Ethel E. Armstrong, a Little Silver native who moved to Fair Haven in 1953 and never left, died Sunday at 101 years old, the Asbury Park Press reports. On his blog, Mayor Mike Halfacre, says she was Fair Haven's oldest...
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January 24th, 2008 @ 11am
The lines are a little wobbly, but temporary, says Borough Administrator Mary Howell. By LINDA G. RASTELLI In a cost-cutting move that Mayor Mike Halfacre says he's been suggesting for a year, Richard Gardella will become the borough’s engineer and...
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November 29th, 2007 @ 2pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI In the last month, Fair Haven’s council, led by Mayor Mike Halfacre, has cut the town's anticipated debt by $3 million by selling the former Masonic Temple and slicing its borrowing for 2007 by $2 million....
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November 29th, 2007 @ 7am
Last week's 'Where' was "too easy" for Mayor Mike Halfacre of Fair Haven. Isn't that what convenience stores are all about? Gary and Joseph Morris mistook it for Juanito's Restaurant on Monmouth Street, and Jenn Woods thought it showed the...
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November 8th, 2007 @ 7am
Mike Halfacre was first-in with the ID of last week's 'Where:' the Mulvihill Building at 569 River Road in the town where he's mayor, Fair Haven. Perhaps his River Road beautification plan calls for the restoration of the missing letters...
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October 18th, 2007 @ 8am
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Mayor Mike Halfacre and the Fair Haven borough council got tough Monday night with its engineering firm for presenting a contract change order that would cost the borough an additional $67,000 for work on its $480,000...
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September 26th, 2007 @ 7am
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THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...

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