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Yearly Archives: 2011

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2011 TO BLOW OUT ON CLOUDS

Canada geese flying over the white-capped Navesink between Fair Haven and Middletown Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) The wind that whipped the Green over the past two days has blown through, leaving mostly cloudy skies as 2011 winds down. Here’s the forecast from the National Weather Service: Today: A slight chance of snow showers after 4pm. [...]

A ‘NATIVITY’ REBORN AS A LOCAL TRADITION

The Dunbar Repertory production of BLACK NATIVITY returns to the Count Basie Theatre on Friday. In an interview that appeared here a little over a year ago, Brookdale Community College faculty member Darrell Lawrence Willis Sr. told the redbankgreen Drama Desk that “no matter what I’ve been working on, whether it was the works of [...]

RED BANK: DINER BREAK-IN REPORTED

The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 16 to December 22, 2011. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 12-16-11 at Drummond Place. Victim reported that unknown person(s) broke out rear window of parked vehicle. Ptl. David Smith. Burglary occurring on 12-16-11 at Broad [...]

MIDDLETOWN MAN BUSTED FOR PHONY CASH

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Detective Daniel Sullivan arrested Brian Miller, age 21, from Walnut Avenue in Red Bank, NJ [EDITOR'S NOTE: This address, while in the 07701 Red Bank zip code, is actually in Middletown], for numerous counts of Theft by Deception as a result of [...]

RUMSON: THIEF ROBS CHRISTMAS MANGER

They’re calling it a “lambnapping.” The pastor at Holy Cross Church in Rumson says a young thief stole several of the figures from the parish Christmas manger on Ward Avenue at 4 a.m. Thursday. The crime was captured on videotape. Here’s the background, as published on Reverend Michael Manning’s blog Saturday:

MAN INJURED UNDER TRUCK IN LITTLE SILVER

A Shrewsbury man was taken to a hospital early Friday afternoon after a mason’s dumptruck fell on him while he was working underneath it, Little Silver police Chief Dan Shaffery tells redbankgreen. Glenn Weisman, was apparently working on the truck in the yard of his landscaping business at 62 Birch Avenue in Little Silver when [...]

TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOYSTICKS

Here’s a video that tracks a couple of Red Bank kids as they explore Yestercades, the retro gaming emporium that’s been the buzz of Broad Street since even before it opened in October. Niko Porter, a fourth-grader at the Red Bank Middle School, and Patricio Vera, a senior at Red Bank Regional, took a whirlwind [...]

PREFAB MANSION SNAKES ITS WAY HOME

Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna, above, checks that his property isn’t being damaged as a section of the house enters Caro Court from River Road on Thursday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It was the kind of Christmas delivery you won’t see coming via UPS or FedEx.

BUT WILL THE SIGN BE HAND-SCRAWLED?

By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank officials are mulling a ceremonial renaming of a portion of Shrewsbury Avenue in honor of grocer Ralph ‘Johnny Jazz’ Gatta, who died last Saturday at age 74. Gatta, a lifelong Red Banker, died at Barnabas Health Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. He was buried Wednesday at [...]

TWO CITED FOR HEROISM IN FATAL FIRE

Kristopher Parker and Robert Womble at borough hall Wednesday night. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Kristopher Parker was dropping off his grandmother at the Evergreen Terrace apartments in Red Bank when he saw the smoke from the tiny house set way back off the street and ran toward it. Robert Womble had just [...]

RED BANK PICKS NEW PAY-TO-PARK SYSTEM

A video explaining the multi-space pay technology that will replace single-head meters, like the one below, in the English Plaza lot.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s “time expired” for racing to beat a $38 parking ticket in downtown Red Bank, officials said Wednesday night. Say hello to “multi-space, revenue controlled” parking technology, [...]

RED BANK’S BEST-DRESSED HOUSES NAMED

Winners of the fourth annual Red Bank Holiday Home Decoration contest were named at the borough council’s bimonthly meeting Wednesday. They are: above, first prize, 80 West Westside Avenue, the home of Imogene Malloy; below, second prize, 60 Leighton Avenue, home of Chris and Jane Hussey; and, at right, third prize, 70 Peters Place, home [...]

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MIDDLETOWN BLOTTER: CONTEMPTIBLE

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Michael Dahlquist, age 38, from David Terrace in Red Bank, NJ, arrested on December 13, 2011 by Patrolman Charles Higgins for Criminal Mischief. He was released pending a court date. • Kimberly Rieger, age 20, from Prospect Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested [...]


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