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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Christine McKenna with her daughter, Kayla, and Mayor-elect Pasquale Menna on election night 2006, at left; at right, with Kayla at a sendoff for her husband the following month. Christine McKenna, the wife of former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna,...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Last year's show, as seen from Maple Avenue and West Front Street. First, there will be fireworks in Red Bank this year. Though organizers of the July 3 KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink recently expressed concern about the future of...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 7am
Red Bank oRBit's coverage of this weekend's Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival continues today with a big interview with Jersey Shore barband bard (and guitar-guy god) Sonny Kenn, who's scheduled to headline opening night on Friday. Those who've followed...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
Hovnanian's headquarters on West Front Street. Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises sharply cut its net loss in the quarter ended April 30, compared to year-prior levels. But the publicly traded homebuilder continued to slash prices in the face of contract cancellations...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
Nine-year-old Sean Goldman won't be returning to his Tinton Falls home today, following a stay issued by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice yesterday, according to multiple news reports. The judge suspended a lower court order granting custody of the boy...
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June 3rd, 2009 @ 5am
Here's the latest video posting on Red Bank resident Bill Day's YouTube channel, Red Bank TV1. The subject: a fashion show put on last week by students at Red Bank Regional. The show featured both the offerings of local boutiques...
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June 2nd, 2009 @ 11am
The summer reading list continues on our satellite site Red Bank oRBit, where today's edition uncorks an exclusive interview with best-selling nonfiction writer Benjamin Wallace (right). The author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle...
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June 2nd, 2009 @ 7am
Will Dunham, bassist with the Middletown-area band Call Me Geppetto, draws some puzzled looks as he and bandmate Bill Deyback play on Broad Street in Red Bank last Saturday night. Expect to see more instrument-mounting musicians out on the streets...
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June 2nd, 2009 @ 6am
A 22-year-old Red Bank man was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week following his recent conviction on charges of robbing the Little Diamond jewelry store on Shrewsbury Avenue in 2007. That's according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valetin,...
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June 2nd, 2009 @ 6am
David Goldman of Tinton Falls has won court approval to regain custody of his only child, who was taken to Brazil by the boy's mother nearly five years ago, according to published reports. "They've been ordered to deliver Sean to...
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June 2nd, 2009 @ 6am
English teacher Andrew Forrest, left, and guidance counselor Chris Desiere are stabilized after the roof of their vehicle was cut off around them. Red Bank Regional seniors got a graphic demonstration this morning of what can go wrong when people...
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June 1st, 2009 @ 10am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit kicks off our coverage of the 23rd annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival with a preview of what to expect this weekend as the early-season attraction takes over Marine Park with a bill...
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June 1st, 2009 @ 7am
The eastern flank of the Oceanic Bridge. Looking down the road at a $75 million bill, Monmouth County officials have begun angling for federal funds to defray some of the costs of replacing the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson,...
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June 1st, 2009 @ 6am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of May 22 to May 29, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 5-22-09 at Riverside Ave.—Parking Garage. Unknown person(s) scratched side of parked vehicle...
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June 1st, 2009 @ 5am
Seen over the weekend at Ambiance, an antiques and home furnishings shop on West Front Street in Red Bank. Email this story
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June 1st, 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 ...