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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Football practice under the big bulbs last night at RBR, getting ready tonight’s big game against Spotswood. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s not often that Red Bank RegionalContinue reading "SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT FOR BUCS FANS"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
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IN oRBit: RUSTED, AND NEVER SLEEPING
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Here at satellite site Red Bank oRBit, we can vouch that what used to be considered the iron curtain of Labor Day has become as threadbare a concept as the fallContinue reading "IN oRBit: RUSTED, AND NEVER SLEEPING"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
A BUNCH OF GALS WHO TRI, TRI, TRI
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Members of the Jersey Shore Tri Gals take to the ocean on a training swim Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) Twenty years ago, in the early days of the Danskin Triathlon,Continue reading "A BUNCH OF GALS WHO TRI, TRI, TRI"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
A former broker at the Red Bank office of Merrill Lynch was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury yesterday on charges that he swindled $500,000 from more than twoContinue reading "MERRILL BROKER INDICTED FOR FRAUD"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
PHS: WE PAY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PAY
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An architect’s rendering of the already approved six-story addition hangs on a fence next to the existing 12-story Atrium at Navesink Harbor, on Riverview Avenue. Apparent confusion over the theContinue reading "PHS: WE PAY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PAY"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT CHARGES INTO SKIM BOARD FEST
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A competitor goes airborne in last year’s edition of the event, now in its sixth year. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Forget those end-of-summer blues this weekend. Sea Bright’s got some hotContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT CHARGES INTO SKIM BOARD FEST"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Thanks to Mark Molzon, Lindsey Hintelmann and J.C. Kelly for writing in about last week’s image, which zeroed in on an iron gate festooned with a bunch of grapes. EachContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: FORNATALE’S ON FIRST
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For the past four decades, Pete Fornatale has offered one of the most distinctive voices on New York radio as a disc jockey, interviewer and well-nigh legendary collector of oralContinue reading "IN oRBit: FORNATALE’S ON FIRST"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 5am
TOWN: LOT IS TOO SOON, IF NOT TOO MUCH
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The lot at the corner of Maple Avenue and Monmouth Street was paved without a permit, say borough officials. Red Bank borough employees returned to work after the Labor DayContinue reading "TOWN: LOT IS TOO SOON, IF NOT TOO MUCH"
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September 9th, 2009 @ 11am
A tentative contract with the collective bargaining unit representing Red Bank police calls for three-percent pay raises this year and next, borough officials said Tuesday night. The terms of theContinue reading "POLICE PACT: SIX PERCENT OVER TWO YEARS"
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September 9th, 2009 @ 6am
WALK THIS WAY… PLEASE
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Spotted by redbankgreen‘s accidental photographer one evening last week: a busy spider building a web near the corner of Hubbard Avenue and Navesink River Road in Middletown.
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September 8th, 2009 @ 8am
MURPHY: BRING THE CONTRACT — AND A PEN
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Murphy stewing at the August 24 council session. Red Bank’s council is expected to introduce a proposed labor contract with the Police Benevolent Association at tonight’s meeting. It had better,Continue reading "MURPHY: BRING THE CONTRACT — AND A PEN"
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September 8th, 2009 @ 8am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of August 28 to September 4, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Theft, Criminal Mischief, occurring on 8-29-09Continue reading "BLOTTER FODDER: INMATE FLOODS JAIL CELL"
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September 8th, 2009 @ 7am
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The ugly spectacle of hecklers shouting down a woman in a wheelchair in Red Bank last week isContinue reading "RED BANK’S DISGRACE GOES NATIONAL"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 9am
Today’s Asbury Park Press has coverage of the newly expanded pre-K program for 3- and 4-year-olds in Red Bank The newspaper also put together the above video about the theContinue reading "SOME TEARS AS 3-YEAR-OLDS START SCHOOL"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 8am
IN oRBit: HORTON HEAT’S A HOOT
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The Labor Day contractions are getting closer together, and today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has laboriously selected a handful of diversions for your pleasure, from the Long Branch Jazz &Continue reading "IN oRBit: HORTON HEAT’S A HOOT"
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September 4th, 2009 @ 7am
HOV POSTS 12TH CONSECUTIVE NET LOSS
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Hovnanian’s HQ, at the foot of Maple Avenue in Red Bank. Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises has notched its third straight year in red ink, according to data released Wednesday. The glimmerContinue reading "HOV POSTS 12TH CONSECUTIVE NET LOSS"
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September 3rd, 2009 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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(Click to enlarge and animate) Correctly identifying last week’s image as a mural at Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright were the Colmorgen Kids, Craig Widmaier, Trish DePonti, Sandra Talarico, MarkContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: DOWN AT THE REVIVAL
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Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has the details on an event that ought to be of interest to you few (but fervent) fans of country music here on the JerseyContinue reading "IN oRBit: DOWN AT THE REVIVAL"
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September 3rd, 2009 @ 6am
YARD SALE: SNIFF OUT GREAT DEALS SEPT. 12
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Hey folks, check out the animated promo for the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale coming up on September 12.
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September 2nd, 2009 @ 1pm
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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