Yearly Archives: 2009

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

December 31, 2009 – 5:12 pm

Can you identify the locations where these numbers were snapped?

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EMPLOYEES SCORCHED BY PIZZERIA CLOSING

December 31, 2009 – 9:14 am

After more than 30 years in business, Danny’s is ending its run and owners from Long Branch will take over. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Danny’s Pizza & Subs, a Little Silver landmark for nearly 40 years, is shutting its doors after selling to buyers from Long Branch, employees told redbankgreen. The eatery, [...]

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MENNA: McCARTHY TO REMAIN ACTING CHIEF

December 30, 2009 – 8:58 pm

Mayor Pasquale Menna tells redbankgreen that acting Police Chief Steve McCarthy won’t be given the chief’s job on Sunday, as we reported here earlier today. Without explanation, Menna says McCarthy will remain as acting chief, and will be sworn in as such at the Red Bank government reorganization meeting on Sunday. “No action will be [...]

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McCARTHY TO BECOME POLICE CHIEF

December 30, 2009 – 12:50 pm

Acting Chief Steve McCarthy is expected to be sworn in Sunday to formally take command of Red Bank’s 41-officer police department, redbankgreen has learned. McCarthy, right, follows retired Chief Mark Fitzgerald, who stepped down in November after seven years at the helm. Fitzgerald has been burning off accumulated vacation time since then, and officially ends [...]

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DWI, DRUG CHARGES IN EAST BERGEN CRASH

December 30, 2009 – 11:39 am

A 26-year-old Long Branch man was charged with drunk driving and possession of cocaine after a dramatic crash on East Bergen Place Tuesday night, Red Bank police say. Soukchind Thavone, who fled the wreckage on foot with neighbors chasing after him, remains hospitalized at Riverview Medical Center with non-life-threatening lacerations and internal injuries suffered in [...]

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RUMSON DIRECTOR FILLING IN AT RED BANK

December 30, 2009 – 7:51 am

John Hird at last night’s meeting of the parks & rec committee. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If you were around Red Bank in 2003, seeing John Hird’s face at Borough Hall these days may seem like deja vu. Hird is back, and in the same role he was the first time the [...]

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CRASH SENDS SUV FLYING & DRIVER RUNNING

December 29, 2009 – 11:27 pm

The aftermath included two toppled vehicles on the lawn at 71 East Bergen Place. (Click to enlarge) A high-speed crash sent a parked SUV flying  from its spot in a driveway up onto a home’s porch Tuesday night, leaving both vehicles upside-down on an East Bergen Place lawn. Witnesses said the bloodied motorist who caused [...]

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PIE-EYED YET? ANOTHER PIZZERIA OPENS

December 29, 2009 – 9:42 am

Alex Melani with one of the first pies out of the oven yesterday. Alex Melani is a man of few words — and, thus, a blessing for a reporter who wants to slack off between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Why’d he choose Red Bank for Pacini’s, the pizzeria he opened yesterday on at 177 [...]

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IN PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY

December 29, 2009 – 5:46 am

Alan Placer, left, and Andres Simonson are two of the faces behind Red Bank’s effort to reduce adverse impacts on the natural environment. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Before it even meets for the first time, Red Bank’s newest subcommittee has already chipped away at its goal. Made up of volunteer residents, business owners and local officials, [...]

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IN oRBit: A TOAST TO MR. NEW YEAR’S

December 29, 2009 – 5:05 am

You remember New Year’s, don’t you? Once an occasion that combined the classy sophistication of beer-pong with the naughty thrill of sleep deprivation, it’s the one stop on the calendar that can cost even more than it promises. But if the thought of spending one more post-midnight moment watching Dick Clark give his wife a [...]

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BARAKA HOLDS COURT IN RED BANK

December 28, 2009 – 6:39 am

Poet and author Amiri Baraka  just before he spoke to a captive crowd at Frank Talk. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI He slipped slowly out of the back seat of a shiny black Mercedes-Benz with a slight hunch, shuffled into the storefront at 163 Shrewsbury Avenue, immediately took a seat and started thumbing [...]

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IN oRBit: STRING THEORY IN MOTION

December 28, 2009 – 6:15 am

DO pay attention to that man behind the curtain, as Red Bank oRBit returns from holiday break with a look at a long-running local attraction that’s as brilliantly conceived and executed as it is unique to our fair Shore — although, if you’re older than six years old, you may not have been clued in [...]

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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

December 24, 2009 – 10:26 am

Recognize this Christmas vignette? If you do, or would like to take a guess about its location, please send us an email, with the words Where Have I Seen This? in the subject line.

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BURNHAM: MAPLE COVE MAKEOVER COMING

December 24, 2009 – 7:45 am

Cindy Burnham at Maple Cove in April, 2008. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Is the wrangling over borough-owned land at the river end of Maple Avenue in Red Bank finally over? Cindy Burnham, who’s been a thorn in the side of local officials with her campaign to spruce up popular gateway to the Navesink River, says so. [...]

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REPORT: FATHER & SON REUNITED IN BRAZIL

December 24, 2009 – 7:14 am

The BBC reports this morning that David Goldman of Tinton Falls has been reunited with his 9-year-old son after a half-decade-long international custody battle. The event occurred at the U.S. consultate in Rio de Janiero following court rulings in the American man’s favor and the decision by the boy’s Brazilian relatives to end their legal [...]

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    • 06.19 - Noble Writers at MTPL Middletown Main Library hosts a free weekly Wednesday morning meeting of the writing group for women, with all welcome to join and no registration required.
    • 06.19 - Jersey Inchkins Red Bank Library hosts a club made up of adults who do 'very little work.' Every third Wednesday of each month, club members build houses, rooms, scenes, and vignettes in miniature, usually on a scale of one inch to one foot.
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    • 06.19 - Time Out with Timber, at Red Bank Library Certified therapy dog Timber visits the Avice Noblett Children's Room at Red Bank Library, to 'sit and listen as hesitant and reluctant readers, and dog lovers too, ages 5 and over, read to him.' Call or visit the Children's Room to sign up for a 15 minute 'Time Out with Timber' reading session, on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
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    • 06.19 - Reggae Night with Random Test A Wednesday night tradition in Red Bank continues, as the Shore based partystarters bring the warm and the cool to Jamian's Food & Drink.
    • 06.19 - Guns for Hire Trio Appearing every Wednesday night in June, at Walt Street Pub.
    • 06.19 - Paul Heaney Trio Appearing Wednesday nights in June, downstairs at The Downtown.
    • 06.20 - Neighbors Helping Neighbors at MTPL Middletown Main Library hosts a free weekly Thursday morning meeting of the support group for people who are re—entering the job market, struggling small business owners and anyone looking for part—time or volunteer work.
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    • 06.20 - Yoga Kids at RBPL The Avice Noblett Children's Room at Red Bank Public Library hosts free yoga sesions for kids ages 5 and up, conducted by Alice Balzarini. Registration required; bring your own mat.
    • 06.20 - Chris Roselle Appearing at Basil T's for several Thursday night sets.
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    • 06.21 - Matt Noffsinger at Walt Street Pub Appearing at station stop Red Bank for some Friday night sets.
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