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Monthly Archives: July 2009

BOONDOCKS REVIVES WATERFRONT DINING
Scenes from a recent Tuesday night at Boondocks. That’s owner Kelly Ryan at upper left with Mike Harper and Megan Prenderville. At upper right is chef Chris Kelber; lower right,Continue reading "BOONDOCKS REVIVES WATERFRONT DINING"
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July 31st, 2009 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The new Red Bank government website hit the Internet this morning. Officials caution that this is a soft launch, and that they’re still working out a number bugs and tweakingContinue reading "BOROUGH WEBSITE MAKES QUIET DEBUT"
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July 31st, 2009 @ 11am
TWOS AND THREES ON THE COURT & BEYOND
The new Future Buccaneers Basketball League wrapped up its first summer season at Red Bank Regional High Thursday night. The league, for incoming seventh- and eighth-graders, consists of boys’ andContinue reading "TWOS AND THREES ON THE COURT & BEYOND"
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July 31st, 2009 @ 9am
HERE COME DA FUZZ
Brace yourselves for ecstasy, peach lovers. August in New Jersey means great, lightly fuzzed spheres of sweet, juicy peaches. And we’ve got word on a couple of events meant toContinue reading "HERE COME DA FUZZ"
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July 31st, 2009 @ 7am
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has rejected a request that 9-year-old Sean Goldman be asked to choose whether he wants to stay in that country or return to Tinton FallsContinue reading "JUDGE: DON’T MAKE THE BOY CHOOSE"
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July 30th, 2009 @ 5pm
COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS SEPTEMBER DEBUT
Sisters Violet, 14, and Yanna Preston, 17, are the first members of the planned community center and will be trained as recruiters. That’s center director Robert Taylor in the background.Continue reading "COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS SEPTEMBER DEBUT"
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July 30th, 2009 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This week’s Where Have I Seen This commingles our weekly appetite for the visual details of our community with a fascination over the endless recycling of the English language. ‘Comingle,’Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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July 30th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: ONE ITALIAN TRIO (FOR HERE)
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit presents the view from the Idiot Spot — the name that standup comedians apparently have for when they’re booked into performing the middle set onContinue reading "IN oRBit: ONE ITALIAN TRIO (FOR HERE)"
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July 30th, 2009 @ 6am
L.S. COPS NAB SNAKE IN THE GRASS
Officer Pete Gibson, left, and Sgt. Martin Scherzinger with the yellow rat snake they caught in a yard in Little Silver earlier today. (Photo courtesy of Little Silver P.D.) PoliceContinue reading "L.S. COPS NAB SNAKE IN THE GRASS"
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July 29th, 2009 @ 2pm
SIP ONE, PURL TWO
Red Bank’s knitters sure know how to have a good time. Longtime redbankgreen readers may recall our March 2007 feature story about Wooly Monmouth, the Monmouth Street knitting-supply store thatContinue reading "SIP ONE, PURL TWO"
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July 29th, 2009 @ 10am
MORE 4-WAY STOPS PLANNED
Four-way stops would be created at the intersections of Pearl and Chestnut streets and one block north, at Pearl and Oakland streets. Encouraged by the four-way stop created earlier thisContinue reading "MORE 4-WAY STOPS PLANNED"
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July 29th, 2009 @ 8am
IN oRBit: WALKING WITH MR. LEE
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit spotlights an exclusive interview with Will Lee, a familiar face to millions as the lanky bass player of The Late Show with David Letterman lo these many years.Continue reading "IN oRBit: WALKING WITH MR. LEE"
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July 29th, 2009 @ 8am
‘CONTROVERSY COVE’ DEBATE CONTINUES
Volunteers digging out invasive plants during a cleanup of the riverfront property in May. Today’s Asbury Park Press takes another look at the tug-of-war over Red Bank’s tentatively-named Maple CoveContinue reading "‘CONTROVERSY COVE’ DEBATE CONTINUES"
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July 29th, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: RACHEL, HANY…AND BRUUUUCE!
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit confirms what you’ve heard — Bruce is back at the Basie, tonight only! We’re talking Bruce Hornsby, of course — who did you think, Bruce Cockburn? — andContinue reading "IN oRBit: RACHEL, HANY…AND BRUUUUCE!"
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July 28th, 2009 @ 11am
CAUSE OF LINE FIRE SOUGHT
Wires above the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex show the effects of a fire that melted their insulation this morning. A crew from Jersey Central Power & Light is outContinue reading "CAUSE OF LINE FIRE SOUGHT"
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July 28th, 2009 @ 10am
Can you manage it? The clothing and household-goods merchant is looking someone to run its Red Bank store when the wraps come off at 2 Broad. Retailer Urban Outfitters, whichContinue reading "URBAN OUTFITTERS SHOPPING FOR MANAGER"
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July 28th, 2009 @ 9am
PBA: DON’T BE FOOLED
Red Bank’s Police Benevolent Association, trying to raise money for its charitable efforts, is warning residents of a lookalike, or soundalike, effort. In a sternly worded notice (at right; clickContinue reading "PBA: DON’T BE FOOLED"
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July 28th, 2009 @ 7am
DEAD WHALE IN MONMOUTH BEACH
The corpse of a whale lies in the surf at Monmouth Beach earlier today. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Trufolo) A dead humpback whale washed up in Monmouth Beach Monday. JayContinue reading "DEAD WHALE IN MONMOUTH BEACH"
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July 27th, 2009 @ 5pm
Red Bank police are investigating a Friday-night accident on Drs. James Parker Boulevard that resulted in the death of a 14-month-old boy. According to police, Dsar Cook, of Montgomery Terrace,Continue reading "INFANT DIES IN DRIVEWAY ACCIDENT"
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July 27th, 2009 @ 2pm
IN oRBit: JASON’S NEW CLAYMATE
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit spotlights a guy who’s got the ear of “titans of industry, Hollywood celebrities and leaders from around the world” — America’s Fourth Leading Motivational Speaker,Continue reading "IN oRBit: JASON’S NEW CLAYMATE"
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July 27th, 2009 @ 12pm
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PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
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.