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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Borough officials have an ordinance on tonight's agenda to limit so-called 'college nights' like the one that resulted in last week's violence. Three separate incidents of violence involving patrons of Chubby's Waterside Café had Red Bank police scrambling early last...
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February 23rd, 2009 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
The spending plan funds a primary and and a middle school, and kicks in support for the Red Bank Charter School. By JUDY DeHAVEN Though the final funding amounts are not yet in from the state, Red Bank Schools Superintendent...
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February 23rd, 2009 @ 7am
Antonio Godinho, an official with the Residential Carpenters Local 119 in Edison, hands out fliers in front of Clearview Cinemas on White Street Saturday objecting to what he says is the hiring of out-of-state carpenters by Clearview on a project...
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February 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
Where do you go to track the movements of your favorite superstar poets? Why, Red Bank oRBit, natch. Today on our sib site for arts and entertainment info, you'll find a mention of Maya Angelou and her lecture appearance this...
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February 23rd, 2009 @ 6am
Emergency workers take crash victim Michael Maxted to a waiting ambulance. A 22-year-old Red Bank man was injured late Friday afternoon when an SUV crashed through the facade of the Cluck U Chicken fast food business on Water Street. Michael...
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February 20th, 2009 @ 5pm
Today's Asbury Park Press has the obituary for Vincent DiMicelli, 56, who was killed in the Wednesday night crash involving three cars on Newman Springs Road, on the Red Bank-Tinton Falls border. Here's the obit: Vincent Thomas DiMicelli, of Little...
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February 20th, 2009 @ 7am
The planning board advanced the idea of a high-density transit village to be built near the Red Bank rail station. Below, homeowner Neil Spencer reviews a zone map with engineer Catherine Britell while his wife, Wendy, addresses the board. (Click...
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February 19th, 2009 @ 10am
An investigator photographs an overturned car involved in Wednesday night's fatal crash. A Little Silver man died in last night's three-car crash on Newman Springs Road, according to a report by the Asbury Park Press. Fifty-six-year-old Vincent Dimicelli was pronounced...
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February 19th, 2009 @ 9am
How about it, folks? If you think you know where the above photo was taken, zap us an email, please. We had a light turnout for last week's Where Have I Seen This? Was that because the answer was so...
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February 19th, 2009 @ 6am
A sheet covers the body of a victim outside the Salvation Army building. A horrific multi-car accident on Newman Springs Road left one person dead and an unknown number of others injured Wednesday evening. Information about the person killed and...
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February 18th, 2009 @ 11pm
Following up on last week's redbankgreen feature about Pim Van Hemmen and his Do1Thing.org, effort, we thought readers might be interested in this Ledger Live video from yesterday. In addition to a short report on the Do1Thing event at Covenant...
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February 18th, 2009 @ 11am
From top, as Elizabeth Schwartz tries to cross Broad Street, both a northbound black Jeep and a southbound white pickup truck continue through the crosswalk. The silver pickup was waiting to turn when she entered the crosswalk. (Click to enlarge)...
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February 18th, 2009 @ 7am
By SUE MORGAN They're a little large, and tend to crowd the sidewalk. Mayor Mike Halfacre says he lost a "$1.79 cup of coffee" when he accidentally collided with one. The six vivid yellow pedestrian-crossing signs recently installed on Fair...
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February 18th, 2009 @ 6am
William Patterson, who led the Red Bank Police Department as chief, has died, according to an obituary in today's Asbury Park Press. From the Press: William F. Patterson, Jr., age 85, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2009 at Riverview...
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February 18th, 2009 @ 5am
Government watchdog Steve Fitzpatrick says public inattention could lead to more traffic and parking problems in Red Bank. A recommendation to let developers build 40 units where they're now limited to 16 is one of several that Red Bank residents...
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February 17th, 2009 @ 9am
Today in Red Bank oRBit, we've got something special for your post-Valentine's hangover: our own interview with Hollywood legend Robert Wagner, known for everything from the original Titanic to TV's Hart to Hart, and even the Austin Powers franchise. Wagner...
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February 17th, 2009 @ 5am
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that a grand jury in Freehold has indicted a Red Bank man for punching his brother in the face and leaving him with life-threatening injuries during a Super Bowl party in Middletown last year. James...
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February 17th, 2009 @ 5am
A Tinton Falls man whose efforts to reclaim his son from a Brazilian man have garnered growing international attention was back home late last week after a visit with the boy in Brasilia. It was David Goldman's first visit with...
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February 16th, 2009 @ 8am
Entries from the desk log at the Red Bank Police Department for the week of February 6 to 13. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 2-6-09 at W. Bergen Place. Victim reported that unknown subject(s) spray-painted graffiti...
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February 16th, 2009 @ 5am
How about a paper explaining that thing on His head? Download that dictionary app into your iPods, Brucies. The second installment of "Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium" is coming to Monmouth University in September. If it's anything like the...
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February 13th, 2009 @ 11am
Partyline
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...

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