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Monthly Archives: October 2007

A series of fistfights outside Chubby's Waterside Cafe on West Front Street early Saturday morning escalated into a near riot, with Red Bank police calling in backups from seven nearby departments and one officer ending up injured, Capt. Steve McCarthy...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 4pm
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Red Bank police say a man was slashed across the chest by an assailant while fishing from a bulkhead in Marine Park early Saturday morning. The victim, a 28-year-old Cliffwood Beach man, told police the attack occurred during an apparent...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 3pm
Is it the end of the line for the last beachfront bar in New Jersey? By LINDA G. RASTELLI The owners of Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright have signed a contract to sell the oceanfront nightclub for $5 million, redbankgreen...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 2pm
Chris Covert is fond of the 'goofball' approach to art, bringing a loosey-goosey attitude to choosing his subjects and often settling on celebrities who tickle his funny button. He likes stand-up comics, and will knock off a portrait of one...
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October 15th, 2007 @ 10am
It's not like we spend our days looking for cars driving into oncoming traffic. It just keeps happening in front of us. Six weeks ago, we caught a car going the wrong way in the new traffic 'roundabout' in Lincroft,...
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October 12th, 2007 @ 4pm
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October 12th, 2007 @ 4pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI When Monmouth County's first 'roundabout' — a miniature version of the old, widely dreaded traffic circle — opened at the entrance to Brookdale Community College in late August, a clutch of local and county officials turned...
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October 12th, 2007 @ 8am
A Rumson doctor was headed to federal court this afternoon after being arrested this morning on charges of presecribing excessive amounts of presecription drugs that he knew would be illegally resold or abused, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. An...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 2pm
Republicans John Tyler, upper left, and Grace Cangemi draw lots from forum moderator Amy Goldsmith to see who will speak first as Democrats Ed Zipprich, Kathy Horgan and Sharon Lee, all in foreground, look on. They came, they saw, they...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 2pm
Questions over evidence prompted a postponement of the municipal court trial of Red Bank Red Hot publisher Claudia Ansorge this morning. Ansorge, of Broad Street, faces a charge of driving while intoxicated arising from an April, 2006 accident that killed...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 11am
This year's Red Bank International Film Festival, which unspooled at Clearview Cinemas last weekend, was another successful one, says president Marc Leckstein. "We did really well, with a couple of sold-out screenings," he said. Those included the emerging filmmakers' session,...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 7am
Last week's 'Where' showed a scale model of an Eastern Airlines plane. It's at 20 West Street, home of Venezia Emporium, or what proprietor Mike Venezia calls a junk shop. "Most people call it antiques and collectibles," he says. Venezia...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 7am
In one of the odder entries in the annals of local governance, the Fair Haven Borough Council met yesterday with the stated purpose of blowing off steam. And vent its members did, giving voice to everything from disappointment to indignation...
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October 10th, 2007 @ 8am
A 25-year-old Red Bank woman walking home on Branch Avenue early Sunday morning was assaulted by an unknown man traveling by bicycle, borough police reported yesterday. It was the second such report in less than a week. The woman told...
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October 10th, 2007 @ 7am
They started lining up more than two hours before the box office opened at noon yesterday, and there were still people waiting in line at 5:30p. The occasion? The annual Columbus Day ticket sale at the Count Basie Theatre, where...
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October 9th, 2007 @ 12pm
Children's activist David Prown prepares to distribute copies of the committee's findings to the Red Bank Borough Council last night. An ad-hoc committee that wants to see an empty borough-owned building on the West Side used as a community center...
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October 9th, 2007 @ 8am
Virginia S. Bauer, a widow of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center who became a champion for families of the victims and later headed New Jersey's state lottery and commerce departments, has remarried, the New York...
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October 9th, 2007 @ 7am
Showdown at 9a sharp Tuesday, right here. Incumbent 12th-district Assemblyman Mike Panter and his running mate, Amy Mallet, may have been aiming primarily at one of their Republican opponents last week with their suggestion of cronyism in the Fair Haven...
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October 8th, 2007 @ 1pm
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October 8th, 2007 @ 11am
Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger makes the case for environmental conservation last Thursday night. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Some political opponents have characterized him as an "environmental wacko," says Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger. He's initiated a free "Dock & Roll" shuttle...
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October 8th, 2007 @ 10am
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I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
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.