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SEA BRIGHT: RECOVERY GETS PERSONAL
Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long, seen rallying her constituents in November, admits the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has begun to weigh on her. Social services agencies are beginning to addressContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: RECOVERY GETS PERSONAL"
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March 21st, 2013 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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By JOE FISHER With long lines of motorists and generator owners searching for gasoline in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy still a fresh memory, Red Bank officials are taking stepsContinue reading "RED BANK MAY MANDATE GAS-PUMP BACKUPS"
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February 28th, 2013 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE WINS DEM’S BACKING
Governor Chris Christie poses with Boondocks Fishery owner Kelly Ryan wearing lobster-claw headgear given out at the Red Bank restaurant. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTONContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE WINS DEM’S BACKING"
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February 21st, 2013 @ 1pm
The young son of new fire department Chief TD Doremus makes a beeline for his dad at Tuesday’s swearing-in. Below, Councilman Mike DuPont takes the oath of office, administered byContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW YEAR, FAMILIAR FACES"
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January 2nd, 2013 @ 11am
FORMER RUMSON MAYOR CALLMAN DEAD AT 95
Charles ‘Chillie’ Callman in at Little Silver Borough Hall in 2008, when he opposed a consolidation of local police departments. (Click to enlarge) Charles ‘Chillie’ Callman, who served two longContinue reading "FORMER RUMSON MAYOR CALLMAN DEAD AT 95"
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August 6th, 2012 @ 6am
FERNANDES FUNERAL SLATED FOR SATURDAY
Above, former Mayor Maria Fernandes, seen being interviewed by a TV news crew in 2008. Below, bunting blows in the breeze at Sea Bright’s borough hall Monday in her honor.Continue reading "FERNANDES FUNERAL SLATED FOR SATURDAY"
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February 28th, 2012 @ 6am
FORMER SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIES
Maria Fernandes in 2008. (Click to enlarge) Former Mayor Maria Fernandes of Sea Bright has died, redbankgreen has confirmed. She passed away at about 10 a.m. Sunday at Monmouth MedicalContinue reading "FORMER SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIES"
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February 26th, 2012 @ 3pm
LUCARELLI NAMED FAIR HAVEN MAYOR
With his son Enzo holding the Bible and borough Attorney Sal Alfieri officiating, Ben Lucarelli recites the oath of office as mayor Monday night. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "LUCARELLI NAMED FAIR HAVEN MAYOR"
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February 21st, 2012 @ 7am
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
BIDDING THE MAYOR FAREWELL
It’s official, apparently, if the sign outside Fair Haven Borough Hall has the weight of officialdom. The expected resignation of Mike Halfacre as the borough’s mayor, that is, to takeContinue reading "BIDDING THE MAYOR FAREWELL"
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January 25th, 2012 @ 10am
What happened on election night last week at Sea Bright’s Mad Hatter restaurant, when a former mayor met the incoming one? According to Mayor-elect Dina Long, sparks flew after itContinue reading "MAYORAL SHOUTDOWN IN SEA BRIGHT?"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 9am
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
MAYORAL CANDIDATE OWES BACK TAXES
File photo of former mayor and current mayoral candidate Jo-Ann Kalaka Adams. Below, a notice of tax sale in Tuesday’s Asbury Park Press. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "MAYORAL CANDIDATE OWES BACK TAXES"
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October 26th, 2011 @ 8am
RESIDENT STUMPS FOR SLIGHTED MAYOR
Ambassador Drive, serving the Elkridge condominium complex off Spring Street, is the only public tribute to late Red Bank Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RESIDENT STUMPS FOR SLIGHTED MAYOR"
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September 27th, 2011 @ 11am
NEW MAYOR JUST CLOSING OUT ‘SUZY’S TERM’
Liz Castleman-Halpin, the late mayor’s daughter, with her own daughter, Noelle, looking on, expressed appreciation to Mayor Bob Neff at Felicia’s Kitchen last Saturday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "NEW MAYOR JUST CLOSING OUT ‘SUZY’S TERM’"
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September 14th, 2011 @ 3pm
Donald Burden, the sole candidate to replace Terel Cooperhouse as Shrewsbury Borough’s mayor, fended off 82 write-in votes — nearly eight percent of the total — for other candidates toContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: BURDEN OUTPOLLS WRITE-INS"
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November 2nd, 2010 @ 9pm
MIDDLETOWN: FULLY REPUBLICAN AGAIN
At Democratic headquarters tonight, the mood went from hopeful to somber as the Republicans won the township committee election. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI TheContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: FULLY REPUBLICAN AGAIN"
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November 2nd, 2010 @ 9pm
RED BANK: DEMS SWEEP
Red Bank Democrats celebrating at campaign headquarters on West Front Street Tuesday night. (Click to enlarge) Democratic incumbents Kathy Horgan and Sharon Lee coasted to victory in the Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: DEMS SWEEP"
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November 2nd, 2010 @ 8pm
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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.