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RED BANK: RESCUED DEER SAVED – AGAIN
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The doe allowed caretakers to swaddle it in blankets for several hours Saturday evening, above. Below, the doe struggling to escape the frigid Navesink that afternoon; the deer at leftContinue reading "RED BANK: RESCUED DEER SAVED – AGAIN"
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March 3rd, 2015 @ 10am
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RED BANK: DEER RESCUED FROM FROZEN RIVER
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Video of the rescue as the boat goes out a second time and brings in a deer. Below, the two deer in the channel they created as they tried toContinue reading "RED BANK: DEER RESCUED FROM FROZEN RIVER"
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February 28th, 2015 @ 6pm
OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS
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A 2012 photo of the Oceanic Bridge surface. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown will undergo repair work starting next weekContinue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 6pm
WEATHER: MILD FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
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Skaters and ice boaters shared the freeze-hardened Navesink River Saturday, as seen from Cooper’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown. Then came Sunday’s daylong deluge of nearly an inch-and-a-half ofContinue reading "WEATHER: MILD FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY"
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January 19th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: INVISIBLE RIVER
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Fog enshrouded the Navesink River at the Red Bank Public Library Wednesday morning. (Photos by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)
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November 12th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: NAVESINK ON NAVESINK
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How calm was our beautiful Navesink River when reader Michael McMahon went out for stripers Monday morning? So calm that when you flip his photo, it’s hard to tell whichContinue reading "RED BANK: NAVESINK ON NAVESINK"
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October 14th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD
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Red Bank Regional sophomore Elijah Nishiura, center, chats with Environmental Commission chairwoman Laura Bagwell, left, and Carl Alderson, a marine resources specialist at NOAA, after the council voted to restoreContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS HYBRID BULKHEAD"
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July 24th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BULKHEAD REBUILD ON AGENDA
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Borough residents are on the hook for replacing the library bulkhead, at right, where environmentalists argue a natural shoreline should be restored.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: BULKHEAD REBUILD ON AGENDA"
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July 23rd, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: SEAL SPOTTED ON HOTEL DOCK
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A young harbor seal rested on a Navesink River dock at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank last Friday. Annual seal counts at Sandy Hook have been rising, accordingContinue reading "RED BANK: SEAL SPOTTED ON HOTEL DOCK"
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May 12th, 2014 @ 7am
WHO FIXED THE NAVESINK OSPREY NEST?
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The osprey nest as see Friday morning, above, and a year ago, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) A precariously leaning home to ospreys in the NavesinkContinue reading "WHO FIXED THE NAVESINK OSPREY NEST?"
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May 2nd, 2014 @ 2pm
NAVESINK RIVER OSPREY NEST NEEDS TLC
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The osprey nest as seen last May. Below, adult ospreys sunning on a Red Bank dock last April. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Wildlife conservationists are lookingContinue reading "NAVESINK RIVER OSPREY NEST NEEDS TLC"
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March 7th, 2014 @ 6am
While most of us are relieved that rain has replaced that other, flaky kind of precipitation, the hardy members of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club have reasonContinue reading "RED BANK: THE DEEPER MEANING OF ICE"
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February 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
WEAR A SNUGGIE, BUT BRING AN UMBRELLA
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After a week of frigid temperatures, a sofa left at the curb on West Street in Red Bank appears all set for the first-ever cold-weather Super Bowl Sunday. But theContinue reading "WEAR A SNUGGIE, BUT BRING AN UMBRELLA"
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January 31st, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: ICE RETURNS TO THE NAVESINK
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[slideshow_deploy id=’88184′]After a three-year absence, four-inch ice retuned to our beautiful Navesink River over the weekend, enabling members of the storied North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club to takeContinue reading "RED BANK: ICE RETURNS TO THE NAVESINK"
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January 27th, 2014 @ 5am
WEATHER: THIS IS WINTER?
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Clouds above and clouds below as fog lay like a blanket on our beautiful Navesink River Monday morning, as seen from the home of a redbankgreen reader from Riverside TowersContinue reading "WEATHER: THIS IS WINTER?"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 8am
NAVESINK RIVER: GRABBING A QUIET BITE
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An unidentified fisherman took a rowboat out onto our beautiful Navesink River between Red Bank and Middletown early Thursday afternoon. Using his lunch hour to catch some supper, perhaps? (ClickContinue reading "NAVESINK RIVER: GRABBING A QUIET BITE"
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October 17th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: FIRST SIP OF SUMMER
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Red Bank unveiled a new, two-day summer event called Sippin’ on the River over the weekend. redbankgreen was there the first night to capture the sights as thousands flocked toContinue reading "RED BANK: FIRST SIP OF SUMMER"
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July 1st, 2013 @ 8am
Borough officials maintain the language of a 1937 deed requires that the existing bulkhead be maintained. (File photo. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Though there’s a dirt-cheap alternative thatContinue reading "RED BANK PLANS $600K BULKHEAD BOND"
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June 26th, 2013 @ 10am
SUMMER 2013: SOAK IT IN
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An egret takes in the first day of summer, 2013, on our beautiful Navesink River in Red Bank Friday morning. The solstice occurred at 1:04 a.m., according to National Geographic.Continue reading "SUMMER 2013: SOAK IT IN"
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June 21st, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: WRECKED BOAT TO GO, FINALLY
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The battered sailboat Layla has been junking up the view from Maple Cove for almost eight months. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A wrecked sailboat that’s been lodgedContinue reading "RED BANK: WRECKED BOAT TO GO, FINALLY"
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June 17th, 2013 @ 12pm
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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.