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FAIR HAVEN: STUDENT TACKLES STORM SURGES
Caroline Peters on the Fair Haven Dock with her informational plaque describing storm surges. Below, an enlargeable view of her project. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: STUDENT TACKLES STORM SURGES"
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RED BANK: REFLOATING A LOBSTER SHACK
Kelly Ryan at her storm-damaged Red Bank restaurant on Tuesday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON “When people think of Sandy’s impact on Red Bank, mostContinue reading "RED BANK: REFLOATING A LOBSTER SHACK"
RED BANK: A SURGE IN SEARCH OF POWER
With power on along the west side of Broad Street, Starbucks was packed with laptoppers at noon Thursday. Below, an unidentified man tapped into the grid courtesy of a vacantContinue reading "RED BANK: A SURGE IN SEARCH OF POWER"
SEA BRIGHT SMASHED BY HURRICANE SANDY
Ship Ahoy Beach Club appears heavily damaged, as seen from the bridge. Below, Ocean Avenue looking north during the storm Monday. (Photo below by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SMASHED BY HURRICANE SANDY"
RED BANK: SANDY SINKS ANTI-OBAMA FLOAT
Just two days ago, it was riding high, towed around on the Navesink by a boater whose identity redbankgreen doesn’t know. By Monday, though, a custom-built anti-Obama floating ad wasContinue reading "RED BANK: SANDY SINKS ANTI-OBAMA FLOAT"
RED BANK: WIND RIPS ROOF OFF HIGH-RISE
Strong winds peeled back the roofing atop the Grandville Tower high rise on Morford Place in Red Bank Monday afternoon, leaving it flapping over the edge of the 10-story building.Continue reading "RED BANK: WIND RIPS ROOF OFF HIGH-RISE"
Fido gets one of his most pressing needs tended to on East Front Street in Red Bank during a Hurricane Sandy downpour Monday afternoon. (Click to enlarge)
SHREWSBURY: WIRES DOWN ON SYCAMORE
Emergency workers closed a stretch of Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury around 2 p.m. Monday after a tree limb took down some wires. An auto accident apparently occurred nearby, with aContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: WIRES DOWN ON SYCAMORE"
RED BANK? TRY GRAY BANK
Yestercades owner Ken Kalada shared this shot of Marine Park, Red Bank. (Photo by Ken Kalada. Click to enlarge) redbankgreen readers Ken Kalada and Deb Smith sent us these stormContinue reading "RED BANK? TRY GRAY BANK"
DOWNTOWN SEA BRIGHT UNDERWATER
redbankgreen photographer Peter Lindner snapped this shot on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright at about 10:30 a.m. Water was at mid-thigh, Lindner reports. Wind is howling there, too. Still, aContinue reading "DOWNTOWN SEA BRIGHT UNDERWATER"
Wish you were there? Sea Bright beach, around 10:30 Monday morning. (Video by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)
A view of the fast incoming tide on the Shrewsbury River between Rumson and Sea Bright, as seen from Lincoln Avenue in Rumson at about 9 a.m. Monday. Photographer PeterContinue reading "RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: FAST-MOVING RIVER"
RED BANK: RIVER SWAMPS BOAT CLUB
The Navesink River washes into the parking lot of the Monmouth Boat Club and North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club in Red Bank at about 8:30 a.m. Monday. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVER SWAMPS BOAT CLUB"
There was barely an unused square foot of ground at the Oceanic Marina Sunday afternoon, as all vessels were pulled from the water in advance of the storm. (Click toContinue reading "RUMSON ORDERS EVACUATION"
A motorist stopped at a sign reading “Turn Around Now” at the foot of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge around 8:30 p.m. Sunday (Click to enlarge) With a mandatory evacuation orderContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SHUTS DOWN"
RED BANK BEFORE THE STORM
The folks at Sugarush figured a little sweet talk couldn’t hurt. (Click to enlarge) The looming arrival of Hurricane Sandy lent an eerie vibe to an otherwise ordinary Sunday inContinue reading "RED BANK BEFORE THE STORM"
Illuminated by the headlights of their car, a couple snaps pictures of the Navesink River just as it breaches the deck of the Fair Haven dock around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN GETS ITS TOES WET"
Sandbags outside Gianni’s Pizza, at Church Street and Prospect Avenue in Little Silver Sunday afternoon as the region braced for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.  With flooding “expected to beContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER EXPECTS ‘SEVERE’ FLOODING"
The above map indicates that the probability of storm surges of six feet or more accompanying Hurricane Sandy are greater along the Navesink River, upper Shrewsbury River, Sandy Hook BayContinue reading "GOOGLE FORECASTS HIGHEST SURGES HERE"
Residents crowded the downtown bus stop and shopkeepers boarded up windows Sunday afternoon in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By: REBECCA DESFOSSE Most orContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BATTENS DOWN FOR WALLOPING"
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MR. D BRINGS THE BOOGIE
Mr. D (Dennis Daniels) keeps the music coming at the ribbon cutting for the newly expanded Parker Family Health Center Tuesday afternoon. Al ...
PAINT THE TOWN PURPLE
One of many purple ribbons that appeared on light poles in downtown Red Bank Wednesday with the morning sun shining on St. James church in t ...
RISE OF THE SKELETONS
Watch out, it looks like the skeletons are coming out on River Rd! (photo courtesy of Partyline contributor Nicole Taetsch)
106 YEARS OLD, OFF TO POKENO
Edith Blake rides the lift onto the Red Bank Senior Center bus Thursday Morning, where Pokeno is on the schedule every Thursday. Blake is 10 ...
OOMPAH YIELDS MOOLAH FOR YMCA
  There was more than beer samplings, sausage and oompah music to celebrate Red Bank’s Oktoberfest on Saturday. Event organizer Red B ...
SUNDAY CHAMBER MUSIC
  Trio Zimbalist doing Haydn at the Trinity Church Hall courtesy of the R B Chamber Music Society. (photo by Partyline contributor Chri ...
HIGH (VERY) TIDE IN RED BANK
High tide at the Marine Park horseshoe this morning. A persistent week of onshore winds and a recent full moon are causing unusually high ti ...
LIGHTS. CAMERA. SHAKAS.
Some dude in a classic scruffy looking convertible filled with surfboards, a checkered flag and an odd assemblage of junk/treasures in the b ...
CRABBER’S DELIGHT
Ed Merlino shows off his morning’s catch at the Marine Park fishing pier Monday (photo by Brian Donohue)
DRESSED FOR CELEBRATING
Sunday’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in Riverside Gardens Park (photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)
SUNDAY CHAT WITH A VIEW
A man enjoys the view of the Navesink River while chatting on the phone from the bench near the Red Bank Public Library Sunday morning. We d ...
GARAGE SALE PARTY!
When Henry Tindal has a garage sale, it’s not just a garage sale. It’s a garage sale party. Photo taken Saturday (photo by Brian ...
A PROCLAMATION!
By KENNY KATZGRAU The Borough of Red Bank recognized redbankgreen founder John T. Ward at its September 12th council meeting. Ward accepted ...
IN THE CROW’S NEST
A fish crow waits optimistically for crabbers at Marine Park to drop a bit of bait for lunch. (photo by Brian Donohue)
ANYONE HUNGRY?
A bird feeder awaits customers at Veterans Park. (photo by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)
ALL’S WELL. AND WELLER
  Legend in town. (Photo by Partyline Contributor Jeff Frieri)
DEEP SANDAL THOUGHTS
A pair of sandals left in the doorway on Monmouth Street in this photo by Partyline contributor Ryan Chippendale, who added a choice of capt ...
MARINE PARK REMAKE
New plants for the new Marine Park parking lot appear ready for planing as construction of the new parking lot proceeds. The work is part of ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS
Getting amped up for LION Chicago 2024
JACKPOT!
This squirrel has found a bonanza of seeds to fatten themselves up for winter with on this giant sunflower in a front yard at the corner of ...