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Monthly Archives: June 2009

PAW TRAFFIC UP ON MONMOUTH STREET
Dana Ujobagy’s Paw Palace has completed its move from Red Bank’s West Front Street to 16 Monmouth Street, the home of art galleries for the past 25 years. Above, groomerContinue reading "PAW TRAFFIC UP ON MONMOUTH STREET"
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June 16th, 2009 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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POLICE INVESTIGATING MAN’S DEATH
Red Bank police and Monmouth County authorities are looking into the cause of death of a 32-year-old borough man whose body was found in the White Street municipal parking lotContinue reading "POLICE INVESTIGATING MAN’S DEATH"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 2pm
About 2,500 runners, walkers and wheelchair racers participated in a series of events culminating in with the five-mile George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank Saturday morning. That’s up about 200Continue reading "A QUICK RACE, THEN A QUICK EXIT"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 8am
IN oRBit: FROM BCC TO SALTY SEA
As promised, today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has a full interview with Siobhan Fallon Hogan, the familiar film/ TV actress (and Rumson mom) who’s soon to start filming a newContinue reading "IN oRBit: FROM BCC TO SALTY SEA"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 8am
Fair Havenites gathered at the borough firehouse on Saturday for a ‘wetdown,’ the official welcome of Engine 1375, the volunteer fire department‘s first new fire truck since 1981. It’s beenContinue reading "TRUCKIN’ IN FAIR HAVEN"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 7am
Here’s our second winner in this new feature, which aims to spotlight reader comments posted in redbankgreen that say something well, whether or not we agree with the substance ofContinue reading "WRITER QUESTIONS FUNERAL DETAIL"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 6am
POLICE BLOTTER
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of June 5 to June 12, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Theft occurring at W. Bergen PlaceContinue reading "POLICE BLOTTER"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 6am
OWNER VOWING TO REBUILD BOWLING ALLEY
Firefighters attach a hose to a hydrant near the corner of Newman Springs Road and Broad Street while the bowling alley burns in the distance. Memory Bowling owner Alex MelamuduvContinue reading "OWNER VOWING TO REBUILD BOWLING ALLEY"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 6am
VIGIL FOR BOY’S RETURN PLANNED
Supporters of David Goldman‘s quest to repatriate his 9-year-old son from Brazil are planning a vigil in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday evening. The one-hour event is one ofContinue reading "VIGIL FOR BOY’S RETURN PLANNED"
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June 15th, 2009 @ 5am
FIRE VICTIM CRITICALLY BURNED
Firefighters backlighted by the blaze after they broke through the roof to vent this morning’s fire. A Shrewsbury man is in critical condition at St. Barnabas Medical Center‘s burn treatmentContinue reading "FIRE VICTIM CRITICALLY BURNED"
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June 12th, 2009 @ 10am
FIRE INJURES SHREWSBURY MAN
Firefighters cut through the roof to access the blaze in the attic, as seen from the Allen Street side of the house. A 28-year-old Shrewsbury man was hospitalized after aContinue reading "FIRE INJURES SHREWSBURY MAN"
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June 12th, 2009 @ 2am
WILL THE JAZZ & BLUES FEST RETURN IN 2010?
Large crowds turned out Saturday and Sunday after Friday night’s rainout. But construction of a new Marine Park bulkhead, below, could force the festival to relocate next year. Really, inContinue reading "WILL THE JAZZ & BLUES FEST RETURN IN 2010?"
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June 11th, 2009 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s shot of a knife-edge building split our respondents.
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June 11th, 2009 @ 6am
David Goldman with his son, Sean, who was taken to Brazil on “vacation” by his late wife five years ago and never returned. Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously knocked down oneContinue reading "GOLDMAN WINS A ROUND, FIGHT CONTINUES"
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June 11th, 2009 @ 5am
In oRBit: JEN…GERARD…JERSEY SHORE!
Stop the presses, already! Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has a bona fide scoop regarding Bounty Hunter, the film project that pairs Jennifer Aniston with Gerard ‘300’ Butler. ItContinue reading "In oRBit: JEN…GERARD…JERSEY SHORE!"
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June 11th, 2009 @ 5am
In oRBit: IN THE KING’S FOOTSTEPS
This weekend marks the 16th annual running of the George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank, the top-rated road race that honors the memory of the late “Philosopher King of Running,” RedContinue reading "In oRBit: IN THE KING’S FOOTSTEPS"
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June 10th, 2009 @ 11am
COUNCIL WRAP: NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT OK’D
Historic Preservation Commission chairman George Bowden spoke about the new Washington Street historic district. Elected officials approved Red Bank’s first residential historic district Tuesday night at a fast-paced session. WithContinue reading "COUNCIL WRAP: NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT OK’D ...
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June 10th, 2009 @ 6am
BOROUGH PUSHING UNPAID DAYS OFF
Red Bank officials are mulling the possibility of making government employees take three unpaid days off by the end of the year, today’s Asbury Park Press reports. The furloughs areContinue reading "BOROUGH PUSHING UNPAID DAYS OFF"
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June 10th, 2009 @ 5am
NOAA ON D-POD: TOLD YA THEY’D BE BACK
A dolphin in the Shrewsbury River between Rumson and Sea Bright Sunday evening. The appearance of an estimated six dolphins in the Shrewsbury River on Sunday — first reported byContinue reading "NOAA ON D-POD: TOLD YA THEY’D BE BACK"
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June 9th, 2009 @ 8am
IN oRBit: SOUP’S ON THE BOYLE
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit features an interview with someone who can genuinely be called a Supermom. Better make that SouperMom, as Little Silver’s Farley Boyle has just added toContinue reading "IN oRBit: SOUP’S ON THE BOYLE"
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June 9th, 2009 @ 5am
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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 ...