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Monthly Archives: December 2009

SMOKIN’ HOT AT SMOKE-FREE ASHES
A bustier-clad model gets an appreciative welcome to kick off the show. (Click to enlarge) Aficionados of sexy women’s undergarments packed the second floor of the soon-to-be-renamed (and already smoke-free)Continue reading "SMOKIN’ HOT AT SMOKE-FREE ASHES"
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December 10th, 2009 @ 7am
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
After a couple of weeks of anemic responses, last week‘s image proved just the tonic for getting the blood stirring in this creaky old feature again.
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December 10th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: THE MEENAN OF CHRISTMAS
It had to happen: Ebenezer Scrooge is back, pretty much everywhere on local stages for the next couple of weekends (including one portrayal by ever-boyish classic TV personality John Davidson),Continue reading "IN oRBit: THE MEENAN OF CHRISTMAS"
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December 10th, 2009 @ 6am
LITLLE SILVER PARK OK’D FOR FACELIFT
The Dominick F. Santelle Park and Boat Ramp is slated for what Borough Council members say are much-needed renovations. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There’ll be reason toContinue reading "LITLLE SILVER PARK OK’D FOR FACELIFT"
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December 10th, 2009 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Middletown man was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Little Silver early Wednesday morning, officials said. NJT Spokesman Joe Dee confirmed thatContinue reading "TRAIN KILLS MAN IN LITTLE SILVER"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 4pm
Red Bank police have closed Monmouth Street between Broad Street and Drummond Place to address a sewer issue, according to a notice issued by the town this afternoon. The closingContinue reading "REPAIR FORCES MONMOUTH STREET CLOSING"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 3pm
MEGO’S CONDITION “NOT LIFE THREATENING”
First deputy fire chief John Mego, who is slated to head the department in 2011, was struck by a car this morning. Deputy fire chief John Mego is in criticalContinue reading "MEGO’S CONDITION “NOT LIFE THREATENING”"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 12pm
This just in from the Red Bank Police Department: On December 9, 2009 a Red Bank Police crossing guard sustained serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle while crossingContinue reading "CROSSING GUARD STRUCK BY VEHICLE"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 12pm
NEW TRUCK SUCKS BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE
This pale blue beauty has seen its last days on Little Silver streets. Public Works is getting a brand new one to tend to all the gutter and basin cleaningContinue reading "NEW TRUCK SUCKS BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 11am
FAKE CRASH PHOTO HITS THE STANDS
Hey, remember that faux accident that tied up Broad Street in Red Bank for most of a day back in August? With local government clearance, a photo crew used theContinue reading "FAKE CRASH PHOTO HITS THE STANDS"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 10am
ON THE DOCKET: TINY TOWN’S CASELOAD
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s municipal court will be adding to its caseload, albeit lightly, beginning next month. Under a deal finalized by the Red Bank council last night, theContinue reading "ON THE DOCKET: TINY TOWN’S CASELOAD"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 7am
A plan to extend enforcement of Red Bank’s parking meter laws by two hours on weekdays appears to be dead on arrival. Moving in to take its place, though, isContinue reading "STREET METER RATES COULD DOUBLE"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: SINATRAS SING, THE BASIE SWINGS
It’s December in Red Bank, a time when we gather to celebrate a certain birthday in song and sense of community — we’re talking of course about Frank Sinatra, theContinue reading "IN oRBit: SINATRAS SING, THE BASIE SWINGS"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 6am
RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER
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Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of November 27 to December 4, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring at Broad St.Continue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 9am
RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS
Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro is in his second year heading the congregation, where the membership has doubled. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Yerachmiel Shapiro really triedContinue reading "RED BANK RABBI INJECTS FUN INTO CUSTOMS"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 6am
A scene from a clothing giveaway held at the Red Bank train station last March. The folks at the Red Bank Community Church will be doing a clothing giveaway inContinue reading "COAT GIVEAWAY SLATED FOR SATURDAY"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 6am
IN oRBit: STOP US IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS
Approaching the war in Afghanistan by the numbers can be a tricky thing. But while our nation debates the scope and scale of our latest troop commitment, over in LongContinue reading "IN oRBit: STOP US IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS"
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December 8th, 2009 @ 5am
CUTE GIRLS. LINGERIE. KISSES. HAPPY HOUR.
If the above headline, or any two parts of it, pretty much describes your idea of heaven, you might want to make your way to downtown Red Bank Wednesday evening.Continue reading "CUTE GIRLS. LINGERIE. KISSES. HAPPY HOUR."
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December 7th, 2009 @ 12pm
RUNAWAY CAR SMACKS SUPERMARKET ENTRY
The vehicle plowed through two parking lots and struck the Foodtown entrance without hitting any cars or pedestrians Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Maude) A 19-year-old Middletown man “leftContinue reading "RUNAWAY CAR SMACKS SUPERMARKET ENTRY"
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December 7th, 2009 @ 9am
LADY KNIGHTS TAKE KETTLE AGAIN
Knollwood School’s Lady Knights gather around coach Tara Mattison during a break in Saturday’s play. Below, Julie Anne Krasutsky takes it to the hoop against the Shrewsbury School’s Lady Tigers.Continue reading "LADY KNIGHTS TAKE KETTLE AGAIN"
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December 7th, 2009 @ 8am
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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 ...