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Fair Haven took on the air of a European hamlet Sunday with the first edition of the Tour de Fair Haven, a daylong series of bicycle races that attracted moreContinue reading "FIRST TOUR DE FAIR HAVEN ROLLS TO SUCCESS"
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FAIR HAVEN GEARS UP FOR BIKE RACE
Detour de Tour: Signs on River Road alert motorists to Saturday’s planned shutdown. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI As he was driving through Fair Haven last week, Michel BergerContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN GEARS UP FOR BIKE RACE"
ON THE AGENDA IN FAIR HAVEN: RATS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven’s newest residents aren’t the kind you want to offer a welcoming fruit basket. In fact, the borough government is hoping to run them out ofContinue reading "ON THE AGENDA IN FAIR HAVEN: RATS"
FAIR HAVEN DISCONNECTS DISPATCH PLAN
Police and fire dispatch duties will be shifted to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s office, borough officials said. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Abandoning a plan hatched in controversy, Fair Haven won’t beContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DISCONNECTS DISPATCH PLAN"
A former broker at the Red Bank office of Merrill Lynch was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury yesterday on charges that he swindled $500,000 from more than twoContinue reading "MERRILL BROKER INDICTED FOR FRAUD"
FUN HAVEN, IF DANNY STAYS AWAY
Views of the setup at the Fair Haven Fire Department for the fair that runs through Saturday, September 5. (Click to enlarge) Swirling rides and music to match. Chowder. Conviviality.Continue reading "FUN HAVEN, IF DANNY STAYS AWAY"
The longtime Williams family estate, seen looking north on DeNormandie Avenue toward the river. As expected, the borough of Fair Haven took a big step toward the water last night,Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN OKS RIVERFRONT LAND BUY"
HALFACRE HALF-OK WITH STIMULUS MONEY
Mayor Mike Halfacre in 2008. With his town having  just landed a whopping $477,000 in federal stimulus money, one might think that Fair Haven mayor and congressional aspirant Mike HalfacreContinue reading "HALFACRE HALF-OK WITH STIMULUS MONEY"
FAIR HAVEN MAY FORGO GRANTS FOR PARK
The property, seen here from the river beach, is at the foot of narrow DeNormandie Avenue, right. (Click to enlarge) Amid concerns from some residents that Fair Haven is aboutContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAY FORGO GRANTS FOR PARK"
HISTORY ON THE BLOCK, PIECE BY PIECE
The Charles Williams House, dating to the mid-19th century, will be the site of an estate sale on Saturday. Fair Haven officials expect to hold a final debate and voteContinue reading "HISTORY ON THE BLOCK, PIECE BY PIECE"
MAN IN BLUE
Detective John Koetzner takes a plunge into the dunk tank courtesy of a boy’s well-aimed pitch at Tuesday’s National Night Out festivities in Fair Haven. Below, Blue Mood provided aContinue reading "MAN IN BLUE"
Citizens and police in both Red Bank and Fair Haven have scheduled events as part of Tuesday’s National Night Out anti-crime and anti-drug-abuse effort scheduled across the U.S. In RedContinue reading "‘NATIONAL NIGHT OUT’ EVENTS PLANNED"
FAIR HAVEN TO SEEK GREEN ACRES FUNDS
Residents of DeNormandie Avenue have raised traffic and parking concerns about the proposed conversion of the riverfront residence to a park. In response to concerns raised by neighbors, Fair HavenContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO SEEK GREEN ACRES FUNDS"
TOWN TO EAT NEW BRICK, BUT NOT THE OLD
Existing brick sidewalks along Fair Haven Road, above, will be reset after the street and curbs are redone. Concrete sidewalks will be replaced with brick at the town’s expense. FairContinue reading "TOWN TO EAT NEW BRICK, BUT NOT THE OLD"
HALFACRE TO MAKE D.C. RUN OFFICIAL
Now in his third year as mayor, Mike Halfacre has set his sights on a seat in Congress. After months of testing-the-waters fundraising, Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre plans toContinue reading "HALFACRE TO MAKE D.C. RUN OFFICIAL"
CENTURY HOUSE EYED FOR POCKET PARK
With its million-dollar view of the Navesink, the Charles Williams house would be razed sooner or later, locals appear to agree. Below, a weathered medallion on the doorframe marks theContinue reading "CENTURY HOUSE EYED FOR POCKET PARK"
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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 ...