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FAIR HAVEN: A LESSON IN GOVERNMENT
The borough council held its bimonthly meeting at the Knollwood School, where student Peter Maris, below, was a particularly engaged citizen. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WILContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A LESSON IN GOVERNMENT"
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November 27th, 2012 @ 9am
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By JOHN T. WARD Incumbent Republicans Jeffrey DeSalvo and Anthony Pellegrino sailed to new three-year terms on the borough council Tuesday, holding off a challenge from Democrat Donald Sena.
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November 7th, 2012 @ 12am
By JOHN T. WARD Continuing longheld tradition, Rumson voters stuck with the Grand Old Party in electing council members Tuesday. Democrat Philip Wagner won less than 16 percent of theContinue reading "AS USUAL, RUMSON STICKS WITH THE GOP"
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November 6th, 2012 @ 11pm
RED BANK DEMS MAINTAIN LOCK ON POWER
Councilman Mike DuPont referred to his wife’s battle with cancer in his victory speech, with running mate Art Murphy at his side.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD &Continue reading "RED BANK DEMS MAINTAIN LOCK ON POWER"
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November 6th, 2012 @ 11pm
RED BANK GOP CANDIDATE NOW RUNS SOLO
Council candidate Suzanne Viscomi, left, joined by state Senator Jen Beck, center, and Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini, answers questions during a presser in her driveway Monday. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK GOP CANDIDATE NOW RUNS SOLO"
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September 10th, 2012 @ 2pm
COUNCIL RAISES HEIGHT LIMIT AT HOTEL SITE
Attorney Ron Gasiorowski, with a rendering of the proposed Hampton Inn hotel he opposes, awaits the start of Wednesday’s Red Bank council meeting. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "COUNCIL RAISES HEIGHT LIMIT AT HOTEL SITE"
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July 26th, 2012 @ 8am
A fee moratorium has helped fill vacant spaces downtown, and should remain in effect through the rest of the year, the mayor says. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "MENNA: GIVE PARKING WAIVER MORE TIME"
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June 29th, 2012 @ 8am
PITCHFORKS OUT OVER COMMUNITY GARDEN
With organizer Cindy Burnham holding up a photo, Annie Jones argues for allowing residents to garden a 900-square-foot strip of borough property at Maple Cove. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "PITCHFORKS OUT OVER COMMUNITY GARDEN"
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March 29th, 2012 @ 5am
ON THE AGENDA: PITCHFORKS, TURF & MORE
Proponents of a Red Bank community garden try for another bite of the apple with their request to farm a portion of the public library property, above. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "ON THE AGENDA: PITCHFORKS, TURF & MORE"
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March 28th, 2012 @ 6am
Two sitting council members and a former member are the nominees to fill the empty seat of former Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre, who resigned last month to take aContinue reading "GOP FLOATS THREE TO SUCCEED HALFACRE"
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February 13th, 2012 @ 5pm
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK
Mayor Dina Long up to her ankles after a rainstorm flooded the street outside her home earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Right off the bat,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK"
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January 27th, 2012 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN ADDS FEMALE VOICE IN YEAR 100
Mayor Mike Halfacre swore in new Councilwoman Susan Sorensen, below, at the freshly refurbished Bicentennial Hall, also known as Fisk Chapel. (Photos by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN ADDS FEMALE VOICE IN YEAR 100"
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January 3rd, 2012 @ 11am
TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS
Seventh-grader Rebecca Unsinn weighs in on stop signs, above, and resident Dorothy Nowack, below, makes a pitch for keeping chickens in her yard. (Click to enlarge) Students at Fair Haven’sContinue reading "TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS"
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November 29th, 2011 @ 8am
By JOHN T. WARD Rumson Democrat Philip Wagner polled just 17 percent in his bid for a seat on the borough council Tuesday as he was swamped by incumbent RepublicansContinue reading "IN FAIR HAVEN & RUMSON, IT’S NO CONTEST"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 11pm
RED BANKS: DEMS HOLD COUNCIL
District 2 voters entering the Independent Engine Company house on Mechanic Street Tuesday morning. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] Red Bank’sContinue reading "RED BANKS: DEMS HOLD COUNCIL"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 11pm
SEA BRIGHT: LONG WINS MAYORALTY
Voting took place in the town’s community center. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Three-term Democratic councilwoman Dina Long won the race to succeed MariaContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: LONG WINS MAYORALTY"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 10pm
LITTLE SILVER CANDIDATES SPEAK
Below are the responses to questionnaires sent to the two mayoral and three council candidates (for two available seats) on the November 8 ballot in Little Silver. Candidates were askedContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER CANDIDATES SPEAK"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 10am
Below is where the responses to questionnaires sent to the four council candidates (for two available seats) on the November 8 ballot in Red Bank would appear, if any ofContinue reading "RED BANK CANDIDATES SILENT"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 10am
By JOHN T. WARD All three Sea Bright firefighters involved in a firehouse scuffle 13 months ago could be suspended from the squad for two months under action initiated byContinue reading "FIREMEN FACE SUSPENSIONS OVER SCUFFLE"
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November 2nd, 2011 @ 8am
Q FOR GOP: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
Westside Community Group president Amy Goldsmith, right, discusses the debate format with candidates Juanita Lewis, Joe Mizzi, Grace Cangemi and Ed Zipprich. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RedContinue reading "Q FOR GOP: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"
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October 20th, 2011 @ 8am
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APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.