Monthly Archives: February 2010

SIMS ADMITS SHOOTING

The attempted murder trial of Anthony Sims took a turn yesterday when the defendant admitted firing shots that hit two brothers and missed a third man, according to today’s Asbury Park Press. The November, 2008 shooting at Montgomery Terrace apartments in Red Bank occurred after an argument over drug money between Sims’ mother and one [...]

‘RETIRED’ PARKER CLINIC DOC WINS HONOR

Dr. Zaven Ayanian is scheduled to receive a prestigious award for his volunteerism at the Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Dr. Zaven Ayanian has been around a long time. He started practicing as a physician in 1959, the same year Buddy Holly died and Alaska was [...]

FEW SIGNS OF LIFE ON BROAD

A man tackled the heavy snow at the corner of Harding Road… Red Bank’s main business thoroughfare was all but shut down by midafternoon Thursday by the third major storm to hit the region this month. But as always, there were signs of life. Click ahead for some more pix of what redbankgreen saw on [...]

CHARGES FILED IN ACCIDENT

Red Bank and Riverview Medical Center emergency workers transfer Alla Tsiring to a helicopter for transport to Neptune Monday. (Click to enlarge) The driver in the accident that left a pedestrian pinned beneath an SUV on Broad Street on Monday has been charged with motor vehicle violations, Red Bank police say. Meanwhile, the victim remains [...]

SPACE HOGS FACE EXTINCTION

Back in June 2006, on the very first day of redbankgreen‘s humble existence, we couldn’t resist taking a dig at the prevalence of Hummers on the streets of the borough that gives this hyperlocal news site its name. Everywhere, it seemed, were ginormous H2s sticking out of parking spots like blivits. Well, that was before [...]

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

Need a little break from all the white stuff these days? This week’s Where Have I Seen This? asks you to identify this warm and cozy vignette. Send us an email if it looks familiar, please. Then go put your shovel near the door. Winter’s not over yet.

O’SCANLON: PAY HIKE ‘SIMPLY ISN’T PRUDENT’

Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon. A war of words between state legislators and Red Bank officials over recent pay raises for borough employees continued yesterday. Twelfth-district Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon, a Little Silver Republican, fired back at the all-Democrat Red Bank Council with a letter that challenged the fiscal sense of granting annualized 3-percent salary and wage increases [...]

IN oRBit: WHAT BROWN CAN DO

We deal with a lot of hyphens in this business, and in today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, we’ll introduce you to an actor-playwright-director-impresario who’s made it a mission to “navigate the hyphen” in ‘African-American’ — as in, how much of me is African, and how much American? In his play The Fula from America [...]

HELP WANTED: CFO FOR MIDDLETOWN

Middletown officials hope there’ll be a new addition at Town Hall soon: a chief financial officer. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger says he has a to-do list with three items on it. First, hire a chief financial officer. Second, hire a chief financial officer. And the third? Yes, hire [...]

MORE SNOW FORECAST

Snow blankets the Red Bank station during the February 10 blizzard, the second in four days. (Click to enlarge) Guess we’re in for another round of supermarket frenzy. The National Weather Service says the Red Bank area may get four or more inches of snow from a storm that’s expected to begin late tonight and [...]

IN oRBit: JUST CAN’T STOP IT

To two or even three generations of bands and their fans in and around the Jersey Shore, the partystarting sonic bounce of reggae’s hypercaffeinated little cousin SKA continues to score new fans each year. But ask the ska-punk band next door and you might hear how they were inspired to step up the beat by [...]

RED BANK PASSES PARKING-FEE HIKES

Come April, on-street parking will cost twice as much downtown. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank officials formally put a higher premium on downtown parking Monday night, passing an ordinance that will double on-street parking fees and raise the cost of parking permits by 33 percent. The changes, boosting street meter rates [...]

WAR OF WORDS: RED BANK DEMS v. BECK & CO.

State Senator Jennifer Beck’s refusal to back Red Bank’s request for special treatment in Trenton has drawn fire from local Democrats led by Councilman Mike Dupont. Red Bank’s all-Democrat council wanted local legislators in their corner recently when they appealed to new Governor Chris Christie for special consideration as he sharpened his budget-cutting knives. But [...]

ACCIDENT VICTIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION

A medical emergency helicopter lifts off from the parking lot at Count Basie Fields late Monday afternoon en route to Neptune. (Click to enlarge) A 44-year-old office worker is reported by Red Bank police to be in critical condition after being run over by an SUV on Broad Street Monday afternoon. Alla Tsiring, a borough [...]

LONGEVITY PAY STAYS… FOR NOW

Borough employees turned out Monday night to voice their concerns over the council’s proposal to freeze longevity pay. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Just when it appeared that the Red Bank Council was set to pass an ordinance freezing an incentive program for borough employees, those same employees banded together Monday night to [...]


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