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Monthly Archives: July 2006

Say what you will about the New York Times, but its obit writers know how to take the sting out of death. Yesterday's edition carried the delicious obituary of Rupert Pole, 87, "one of the two simultaneous — and simultaneously...
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July 31st, 2006 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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It's customarily the biggest month of the year for real estate sales, but this June was one was one to forget, according to the latest edition of The Otteau Report, which analyzes sales trends. Contract sales of Monmouth County residential...
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July 31st, 2006 @ 10am
We told you a few days back about the letter to the editor that the mother of Johnny Houston, a candidate for city judge in Red Bank, Tenn., wrote to the editor of the local newspaper extolling her boy's many...
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July 30th, 2006 @ 11am
"Jersey really in a jam," says a headline in today's Home News Tribune out of East Brunswick. "Jersey is in a jam as drivers beat retreat from the heat," says another, in today's Newark Star-Ledger. The Home News Tribune article,...
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July 30th, 2006 @ 10am
The 52nd annual Red Bank sidewalk sale, which began yesterday, continues today and runs through tomorrow. Stay hydrated, shoppers. Temperatures will soar into the mid-90s. The National Weather Service has an excessive heat warning in effect from 2p today until...
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July 29th, 2006 @ 7am
Steve Forbert played in Riverside Gardens Park last night as part of the Songwriters in the Park series. Yeah, he did "Goin' Down to Laurel," the breakout tune from his debut 1978 album 'Alive on Arrival,' and it sounded like......
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July 29th, 2006 @ 6am
The National Weather Service has issued a severe weather alert for much of southern and central New Jersey, including southwestern Monmouth County. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for the region until 9p.
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July 28th, 2006 @ 3pm
Roofer Joe Ruffini, who's building an environment-friendly 'green' roof atop his house on Maple Avenue, reports that he now has all the zoning approvals in hand to complete the job. He writes: I should be back to work on the...
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July 28th, 2006 @ 1pm
Rumsonite/Colts Neckian Bruce Springsteen accompanied his 14-year-old daughter, Jessica, to a horse-jumping competition in Saugerties, N.Y., recently. She did well. Even won $780. Dad had dinner three nights in a row at the same restaurant in nearby Kingston, at least...
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July 28th, 2006 @ 11am
Kudos to Michele Sahn of the Asbury Park Press for giving some attention today to the kind of story that often stays below the radar of dailies of that size. In the process, she shines some light on the difficulty...
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July 28th, 2006 @ 9am
Investigators pulled the body of a woman from the Navesink River in Rumson on Wednesday. An autopsy found no sign of trauma, and the cause of death is under investigation. The Asbury Park Press says a State Police forensic anthropologist...
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July 28th, 2006 @ 8am
Fourteen stations along NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line have been targeted for safety improvements to pedestrian track crossings following an accident in Belmar earlier this month, according to the Asbury Park Press. The initial report by the Press did...
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July 27th, 2006 @ 10pm
What's next? Dissolve-on-the-tongue cabernet sauvignon strips? Celebrity chef David Burke, owner of The David Burke Fromagerie in Rumson and part owner of davidburke & donatella in New York, is hawking a line of 'flavor sprays.' The line is known as...
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July 27th, 2006 @ 9am
Pundits are calling it this generation's version of the building of the George Washington Bridge, and it moves closer to reality today. The Port Authority is expected today to authorize the first $1 billion of spending to develop and build...
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July 27th, 2006 @ 9am
There's a common thread of second chances in the story of Woodfish, a Red Bank-based band scheduled to play the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville Saturday night. Steve Kalorin, the bassist and elder statesman of the group at 38, had tasted...
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July 27th, 2006 @ 12am
Maria Ursino of Little Silver was the first to correctly identify the location of last week's conjoined metal shed and brick building as the Anderson Moving and Storage Warehouse at the corner of Bridge and Monmouth Streets. Maria grew up...
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July 27th, 2006 @ 12am
We got a late start on last Sunday's New York Times Magazine, so this is a few days old. But hey, it's the doldrums, right? Rob Walker, who writes the 'Consumed' column, has a piece titled 'Silent Green,' which makes...
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July 26th, 2006 @ 10am
Sam Ali of the Star-Ledger business section checks in today on the slowdown in real estate sales at the Shore in recent months. Just a year ago, homes in Jersey Shore communities spanning 45 miles from Sandy Hook Bay in...
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July 26th, 2006 @ 10am
New Jersey drivers above a certain age will no doubt remember that special form of torture known as the traffic circle. These were circular roadway alignments at major intersections meant to allow for continuous flows of traffic without the use...
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July 26th, 2006 @ 10am
Today's Star-Ledger says the reason for last night's rail snarls between New York and Newark was that "the trouble-prone" Portal Bridge got stuck in the open position. The 96-year-old bridge between Secaucus and Kearney swivels to allow boat traffic through....
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July 26th, 2006 @ 9am
Partyline
SUNSET ICE BOATING
Sunset ice boating Saturday. (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)
ICY NAVESINK BLISS
Ice boating is back, baby! (Photo by partyline contributor Boris Kofman)
TEACHERS GET COUNCIL KUDOS
The Mayor and Borough Council honored five teachers from the Red Bank Borough Schools who were selected for the Governor’s Educator of the ...
RED BANK LIBRARY HEAD BIDS ADIEU
EEleni Glykis in her last day on the job in Red Bank Thursday (photo by Brian Donohue) redbankgreen stopped in the Red Bank Public Library t ...
TO TOWER HILL!
Parents and kids flocked to Tower Hill on Monday morning, taking advantage of the federal holiday and perfectly timed Sunday snowfall.
BROAD STREET IN WHITE
Taken during the snowstorm Sunday. (Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)
Stunning Sunrise at Marine Park
Sunday’s sunrise from Marine Park. (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)  
road closed Wall Street
WALL STREET CLOSED FOR LEAK
Wall Street in Red Bank closed for water leak.
INDOOR SOCCER KICKS OFF
Pre-k and kindergarten aged kids were at Red Bank Middle School bright and early Sunday, participating in the indoor soccer program hosted b ...
SUNSET OVER FROZEN NAVESINK RIVER
Sunset colors Saturday evening over the ice shot from  Shrewsbury Ave. (Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)  
ICY VIEW FROM TRAIN WINDOW
View of the partially frozen Navesink River Saturday afternoon from NJCL Train #7244. (Photo by Partyline contributor Karly Swaim)
RBR BEATS RBC IN BOYS HOOPS RIVALRY
 Red Bank Regional's boys basketball came out with the win at home against their crosstown rivals Red Bank Catholic on Tuesday in Little Si ...
FRIGID DINNER FOR WATER LINE WORKERS
Work continued into the late night hours on Bank Street Tuesday night as a crew replaced several water lines to homes under the town wide le ...
SNOWY THREE KINGS DAY
The three kings in the St. Anthony of Padua Nativity scene have a dusting of snow on their crowns as well as the gold, frankincense and myrr ...
River Road Closed for Emergency Repairs
River Road was closed for emergency road work between Harrison Avenue and Lake Avenue Friday, Jan. 3.  An alert sent out by the Borough of ...
NEW YEAR, QUIET STREETS
“All Quiet on Broad” New Year’s Day morning, 9 a.m. Looking south on Broad Street. So quiet and peaceful. Who knows what a ...
Red Bank Welcomes First Sunrise of 2025!
First sunrise of 2025! (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)
STUNNING RED BANK SUNSET TO END 2024
New Year’s Eve sunset shot from Shrewsbury Ave. (Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)    
MENORAH LIGHTING
Red Bank Mayor Billy Portman lighting the menorah Monday night at the annual Hanukkah ceremony at Riverside Gardens Park. (photo by Brian Do ...
TRAINSPOTTING WEATHER
As temperatures soared well into the 50’s again, railroad enthusiast and photographer Eric Kreszel photographs the southbound NJ Trans ...

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