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MAILBOXES HEAD TO HISTORY’S SCRAP HEAP
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Sign of the digital age: mailboxes hauled away from Red Bank post office to storage.
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April 24th, 2025 @ 11am
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FAIR HAVEN: CRASH CLOSES POST OFFICE
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough woman uninjured after her car smashes through the post office facade, ending up fully inside the facility.
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January 21st, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: RALLY SLAMS POSTAL CHANGES
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RED BANK: Thirty protestors rallied outside the Shrewsbury Avenue post office to voice support for the postal service and its role in voting by mail.
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August 21st, 2020 @ 4pm
FAIR HAVEN: SIGN OF RENEWAL?
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FAIR HAVEN: After months of complaints by its lone clerk, the borough post office finally has an identifying sign out front.
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January 2nd, 2020 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: STILL NO SIGN OF POSTAL SIGN
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FAIR HAVEN: For almost three years, the borough post office hasn't had a sign out front. Its lone clerk is baffled and annoyed.
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December 19th, 2019 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: POSTAL SIGN LOST IN THE MAIL?
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FAIR HAVEN: For two years, the borough post office hasn't had a sign outside, leading some people to conclude it's closed, says the frustrated clerk.
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July 10th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: POSTMASTER’S POSTS DRAW FIRE
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RED BANK: Human rights activists have filed complaints about the borough postmaster's Facebook posts, which they say are filled with racism and misogyny.
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August 21st, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: Pedestrian suffers minor injuries when she's hit by falling debris as a truck takes down a pole on Brad Street.
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August 3rd, 2017 @ 5pm
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER MAKEOVER OK’D
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FAIR HAVEN: Acme shopping center makeover approved, minus a large sign that board members said raised pedestrian safety concerns.
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April 19th, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER CHANGES DETAILED
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FAIR HAVEN: Acme center owner details plan to keep it as a "neighborhood shopping center" but with more accessible parking.
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March 24th, 2017 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER TO GET MAKEOVER
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FAIR HAVEN: As another tenant departs, the new owners of the Acme shopping center file renovation plans amid buzz about store turnover.
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December 22nd, 2016 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: BIKE SHOP CALLING IT QUITS
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FAIR HAVEN: Like Laird's Stationery, Bike Haven is also getting squeezed out, though rising rent isn't the only reason.
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August 31st, 2016 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: AT LAIRD’S, A SIGN OF CHANGE
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FAIR HAVEN: The sign comes down at Laird's Stationery, marking the end of an era.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 4pm
FAIR HAVEN: LAIRD’S GETTING SQUEEZED OUT
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FAIR HAVEN: After almost 40 years, a stationery store where the register "never stops ringing" is being squeezed out by a new landlord.
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July 13th, 2016 @ 1pm
SEA BRIGHT: TOMMY’S DOUBLES DOWN
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Tommy and Yvette Bonfiglio, below, expect to open Tommy’s Tavern + Tap on Ocean Avenue within the next month. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: TOMMY’S DOUBLES DOWN"
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June 24th, 2015 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: POST OFFICE LOT ON THE BLOCK
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Sixteen months after it was battered by Hurricane Sandy, the still-vacant building at 1030 Ocean Avenue is for sale. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: POST OFFICE LOT ON THE BLOCK"
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February 19th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: TREE WORK TO REQUIRE DETOURS
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Traffic into an out of downtown Red Bank via lower Broad Street will be impacted Tuesday by a blocklong closure, so if that’s part of your route, find another oneContinue reading "RED BANK: TREE WORK TO REQUIRE DETOURS"
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November 18th, 2013 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Last week’s Where, a somewhat prosaic silhouette of a building structure and utility pole, didn’t get much attention, with two readers writing in. Both mistakenly identified it as showing partContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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October 18th, 2012 @ 7am
JUST LET ‘EM BEE
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A colony of honey bees took over the limb of a tree outside the Rumson Post Office Tuesday. Building landlord Sandy Mulheren, who raises bees, said the occupation was probablyContinue reading "JUST LET ‘EM BEE"
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April 18th, 2012 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Half empty or half full? You decide and let us know via email where you’ve seen it, please.
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January 27th, 2011 @ 10am
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.