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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Empty box: there will be no 2008 edition of the festival — not in 2008, at least. The Freedom Film Society (its logo is below) says the RBIFF will return to Red Bank's Clearview Cinemas in January. Usually at this...
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October 3rd, 2008 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit heralds the return to the Shore of loud popsters Dramarama, of 'Last Cigarette' fame, and scans the entertainment horizon to also find • dramatic torment on a local stage (not exactly date night material,...
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October 3rd, 2008 @ 6am
A sailor took advantage of the brilliant sunshine and light breezes for an outing on the Navesink yesterday, as seen from the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank. Here's the weekend weather outlook from the National Weather Service: Today: Mostly...
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October 3rd, 2008 @ 6am
About 20 kids on a school bus making its way through the Society Hill development in Tinton Falls got a scare yesterday when the driver of the slow-moving vehicle passed out. The bus jumped a curb and struck a fire...
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October 2nd, 2008 @ 1pm
Ahh, that first, hot cup of coffee. Not just the first of the day; the first of one's life. Bob Henry recalls losing his coffee virginity, and how that experience led, decades later, to his manning the bean counter at...
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October 2nd, 2008 @ 7am
Mike Halfacre thought last week's shot was taken at the Barefoot Bride accessories shop in Fair Haven, where he's the mayor. Mark Molzon guessed Mustillo's, the landmark bridal gown boutique on Broad Street in Red Bank. They were last week's...
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October 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
Little Silver firefighters at the scene of last night's propane leak on Branch Avenue. Behind the Winnebago and supply tank are the tracks of the North Jersey Coast Line. The propane leak that shut down NJ Transit rail service south...
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October 2nd, 2008 @ 5am
OK, we plead guilty to a clunker of a headline. But we suspect a lot of Fair Havenites may be using that catchphrase in coming days, now that the long-debated cell tower is up and running. The fact that the...
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October 2nd, 2008 @ 5am
Bridge Avenue in Red Bank at 5:35p. Trains were moving through the station and traffic was clearing after a brief downpour. We'll post further updates on the Little Silver propane situation and the resulting rail and traffic tie-ups here. 5:12p:...
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October 1st, 2008 @ 6pm
A leaking propane tank in the vicinity of the Little Silver train station is causing road and rail backups in Red Bank, according police radio transmissions. A train that's been reported to have been sitting in the Red Bank station...
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October 1st, 2008 @ 4pm
"It's something that affects all of us. It's not just a Wall Street bailout," says Jan Gardiner, of Locust. Today's Washington Post reports the results of a poll that finds voters deeply divided over the terms of the government's $700...
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October 1st, 2008 @ 10am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit trains its eye-in-the-sky on the grounds of Brookdale Community College, which this weekend plays host to the Monmounth County SPCA's 15th annual Dog Walk and Pet Fair. It's a kind of canine circus that...
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October 1st, 2008 @ 6am
A lone rower glides his scull over the glass-smooth Navesink River at dusk Tuesday, as seen from the foot of Hance Road, Fair Haven. (Click to enlarge) Email this story
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October 1st, 2008 @ 6am
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SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...