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Monthly Archives: August 2006

For anyone who's ever craved a few minutes more peace and quiet before the anal leaf-blower next door starts his weekly lawn scour, Middletown is offering a modicum of relief. Under an ordinance approved by the town council last night,...
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August 22nd, 2006 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Turns out one of the two women who jumped off the Oceanic Bridge earlier this month was wanted on drug charges in Broward, County, Florida, and had outstanding warrants in Hazlet and Middletown, the Asbury Park Press reports today. Yvonne...
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August 22nd, 2006 @ 11am
Fatalities on New Jersey's major raodways are up this year by 18 percent, reversing a general trend of increasing roadway safety, today's Bergen Record reports. The article comes less than a week after two accidents on a short stretch of...
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August 22nd, 2006 @ 11am
Disaster planners in New Jersey will have to come up with strategies for saving pets in an emergency under a law signed by Gov. Jon Corzine yesterday. The law was inspired by numerous reports of pet owners forced by circumstance...
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August 22nd, 2006 @ 10am
Upstage magazine reports that the Two River Theater will be the site of a rock 'n roll blood drive this Saturday from 10a to 4p. Chris Morrisy, Maybe Pete and A.R.D. will perform at the event for the Central Jersey...
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August 22nd, 2006 @ 10am
Monmouth University has leapt a dozen spots in the U.S. News & World Report magazine ranking of the best colleges and universities for 2007. The West long Branch school was listed as number 62 among northeatern U.S. institutions offering a...
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August 21st, 2006 @ 1pm
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August 21st, 2006 @ 10am
Sophie Bubis' epic 11-year battle to preserve what she believes is her right to sit on privately owned beach property—and to maintain an unimpeded ocean view from her home—has taken a toll on her finances, the Star-Ledger reports today. Friends...
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August 21st, 2006 @ 10am
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August 21st, 2006 @ 9am
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August 18th, 2006 @ 1pm
An Ocean Township handyman already in custody on child pornography charges has been indicted on 429 counts, according to the Asbury Park Press. From the report: Clement Bilski Jr., 43, of Maple Avenue was charged with 74 counts of aggravated...
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August 18th, 2006 @ 11am
The buck for the latest increase in Red Bank property taxes stops at the far right end of the Borough Council dais, where John P. Curley sits, according to Mayor Ed McKenna. McKenna blamed Curley for the 4-cents-per-$100-assessment increase approved...
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August 18th, 2006 @ 10am
A couple of impressions linger long after meeting West Side seamstress Milly Hoffman. One is that she’s the embodiment of self-sufficiency. The other is that she’s Martha Stewart on steroids. A visit to Milly's home-based tailor shop on Shrewsbury Avenue...
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August 17th, 2006 @ 7am
The Red Bank Historic Inventory would grow to 80 properties with the inclusion of ten new—or actually, old—properties under a proposal to the council by the borough's Historic Preservations Commission. Layli White of The Hub has a story today. From...
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August 17th, 2006 @ 6am
Aaron Posner, a co-founder of Philadelphia's Arden Theatre, has been named artistic director of the Two River Theatre. He replaces Jonathan Fox, who was with the company for 12 years and left last month. The Star-Ledger has a story today....
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August 17th, 2006 @ 6am
The SeaStreak ferry service is raising its fares effective Sept. 1 as part of a fuel-surcharge program it implemented last November to track rises and declines in fuel prices. Under the new prices, which are reviewed for upward or downward...
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August 17th, 2006 @ 12am
Sue Malmi of River Plaza (Middletown) was the first reader to pin down the location of the Doelger's Antiques sign. It's on the south side of the East Side Cafe on Broad Street, next to the Verizon building. So close,...
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August 17th, 2006 @ 12am
First, if you want to eat—and you probably will—it’ll cost you $35. The food promises to be terrific, and the money goes to a worthy organization. But if you can’t swing the $35, or have other gustatory plans, don’t let...
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August 16th, 2006 @ 10am
Esquire magazine investing columnist Ken Kurson has planted a big wet one on GFI Group Inc., a Wall Street firm founded, run and majority-owned by Rumson's Mickey Gooch, who co-owns the Two River Times with his wife, Diane Gooch. The...
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August 16th, 2006 @ 10am
The Fair Haven Borough Council has once again changed the designated site for the town's first cellphone tower, should it ever be built. The Asbury Park Press reports that the council voted 3-1 to locate the tower three doors west...
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August 16th, 2006 @ 8am
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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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...