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Monthly Archives: March 2008

RiverCenter's office is at 20 Broad Street. Last week, Red Bank RiverCenter executive director Nancy Adams presented the business-promotion organization's budget to the borough council. The spending plan, totalling $624,052, is 3.3 percent larger than the 2007 version. (Alas, RiverCenter...
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March 31st, 2008 @ 10am
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Among the 16 eateries participating in April's 'Dine Downtown' promo is Sogno Ristorante on Broad Street. By TOM CHESEK Those who cherish a favorite Red Bank restaurant or two probably don't know the half of it. A walk around the...
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March 31st, 2008 @ 7am
Another in redbankgreen's occasional series called "Done Good," featuring upcoming volunteer and fundraising efforts. Scroll down for info on submitting notices. TONIGHT: Jazz at the Red Bank Woman's Club Mike Barris, Jerry Topinka, Tom Bender and Jennifer Wright salute pre-war...
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March 28th, 2008 @ 11am
Appearing on the Basie stage this weekend are (clockwise from top left): MCC conductor Mark Shapiro; sopranos Sungji Kim and Christine Reber; MSO assistant conductor Lucian Rinando; bass Nathan Baer; tenor Daniel Molkentin; clarinetist/conductor Roy Gussman; and violist Dorothy Sobieski....
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March 28th, 2008 @ 7am
Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon. Six months ago, Declan O'Scanlon was a contender for state Assembly fighting political accusations of cronyism for his work on the Fair Haven cell tower deal. You might think that the last thing O'Scanlon would want to...
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March 28th, 2008 @ 6am
The former home of the Visiting Nurse Association on Bodman Place falls to the wrecking claw this morning. The longtime home of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey on Bodman Place is being torn down today. The building hasn't...
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March 27th, 2008 @ 11am
Edition number 95 of "Where Have I Seen This?" was no challenge for at least the half-dozen readers who wrote in over the last week. All correctly identified it as a sign outside Marion Security Agency on Bridge Avenue. Marion,...
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March 27th, 2008 @ 9am
Red Bank Councilman John Curley has captured the second and final spot on the Monmouth County Republican ticket in this year's freeholder election, GOP committeeman Art Gallagher reports on his More Monmouth Musings blog. Curley topped Holmdel Mayor Serena DiMaso,...
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March 27th, 2008 @ 6am
A private contractor took down rotting swamp maples on Maple Avenue earlier this month. The Shade Tree Commission hopes to replace the trees this year. These are lean budgetary times, but the rejuvenated Red Bank Shade Tree Committee is pushing...
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March 26th, 2008 @ 11am
One way or another, John Curley's campaign shoes will get a workout this year. Today's the day Red Bank Councilman John Curley finds out if he'll be running on the GOP ticket for Monmouth County Freeholder. The Republicans will hold...
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March 26th, 2008 @ 7am
A man said by authorities to be a Red Bank resident was indicted today for swindling $161,000 from an investor in an iced tea company that turned out to be bogus, according to an announcement by the New Jersey Attorney...
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March 25th, 2008 @ 4pm
Looking north on Hudson Avenue this morning at 7:55a. After a brief war of the curb, Hudson Avenue homeowners and tenants last night became the latest on the East Side to win resident permits to park their cars. The victory...
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March 25th, 2008 @ 9am
Kathi Cronin, Fair Haven schools superintendent and Mets fan. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Kathi Cronin, a Middletown native and Mater Dei grad, has two passions: public education and the New York Mets. "Hope springs eternal," she says, referring to the...
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March 25th, 2008 @ 6am
Hold onto your lederhosen, Little Kraut: Lewis Black darkens the stage for two nights this week in the latest of a string of sold-out shows at the Count Basie Theatre. By TOM CHESEK You would think this was a sweet...
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March 24th, 2008 @ 11am
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March 24th, 2008 @ 10am
Much as it was for other retailers, the late-2007 holiday shopping season was tough one for Tiffany & Co., which opened a store in Red Bank just as the season was kicking off. But even as its fourth-quarter profit shrank,...
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March 24th, 2008 @ 8am
The following are entries in the Red Bank police logs from March 14 through March 20. The information is supplied by the police department and is both unverified and unedited. Theft occurring on East Newman Springs Rd. on 3-14-08. Victim...
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March 24th, 2008 @ 7am
Himself. In response to questions posted by a redbankrgreen reader earlier this week, management at Count Basie Theatre Foundation, which is organizing Bruce Springsteen's solo acoustic show May 7, sent us the following this morning. About 1,000 seats are being...
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March 21st, 2008 @ 10am
By TOM CHESEK "I first saw this play when I was 16 years old. It's what ruined my life!" The speaker? Robert Rechnitz, retired educator, author and founder of Red Bank's Two River Theater Company. The show in question? The...
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March 21st, 2008 @ 7am
The joint was jumping before sunset last night as the Downtown (née the Downtown Café) reopened following major renovations to the Red Bank nightspot. Click pix to enlarge. Email this story
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March 21st, 2008 @ 6am
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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 ...
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