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Monthly Archives: March 2010

McCARTER TREES GETTING AXED FOR SAFETY
Workers at McCarter Park Wednesday load a truck with one of the many trees being removed this week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The scene at Fair Haven’sContinue reading "McCARTER TREES GETTING AXED FOR SAFETY"
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March 11th, 2010 @ 9am
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Reader Tom Labetti nailed last week‘s ‘Where:’ “Easy one. Scranton PA, Dunder Mifflin coffee break room.”
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March 11th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM
Cigarettes and neon nightclub signs illuminating rain-slicked city streets. Desperate characters in suits, ties and fedoras; fatal femmes and alleycat shadows, phone booths and gunshots in the night. We knowContinue reading "IN oRBit: INCIDENT IN A DARKENED ROOM"
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March 11th, 2010 @ 7am
BUILDER FLOATS WEST SIDE STRIP MALL
An architect’s concept for a shopping center at the corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard in Red Bank. The view is to the southwest. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "BUILDER FLOATS WEST SIDE STRIP MALL"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 11am
IN oRBit: SEE WHO’S BOOKED ON RIVER ROAD
Although their entire store isn’t much bigger than the amount of space allotted to fancy chocolates at the supersize Barnes & Noble, the quartet of owners at River Road BooksContinue reading "IN oRBit: SEE WHO’S BOOKED ON RIVER ROAD"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN WAIVES PARKING FUND FEES
The Nauvoo Grill, on Fair Haven Road, would save on parking fees if its request for outdoor dining is approved. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven’s boroughContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN WAIVES PARKING FUND FEES"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 10am
A NEW NEW CORNER, AND OTHER PIZZA NEWS
New Corner Restaurant is reopen for business after a two week semi-break when the restaurant underwent renovations. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The New Corner Restaurant has aContinue reading "A NEW NEW CORNER, AND OTHER PIZZA NEWS"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 8am
WEATHER PUTS A SPRING IN THE STEP
It was shirtsleeves and sandals weather on Monmouth Street in Red Bank yesterday, with temperatures reaching into the low 60s. Today’s high is expected to be about 53 degrees. (ClickContinue reading "WEATHER PUTS A SPRING IN THE STEP"
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March 10th, 2010 @ 7am
Mannequins at Backward Glances done up for the 2008 edition of Pink Bank. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A request by Riverview Medical Center for free parking in downtown Red Bank forContinue reading "COUNCIL NIXES PINK BANK FREE PARKING"
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March 9th, 2010 @ 11am
The jury in the attempted-murder trial of Anthony Sims could not reach a unanimous decision on charges related to the shootings of two brothers at Red Bank’s Montgomery Terrace apartmentsContinue reading "JURY DEADLOCKS ON SHOOTING CHARGES"
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March 9th, 2010 @ 9am
BORGHI ADDS ‘CLERK’ TO DUTIES
Mayor Pasquale Menna swears in Pam Borghi as borough clerk as deputy clerk Bonnie Thomas holds the Bible. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Nearly 20 years ago she was on the otherContinue reading "BORGHI ADDS ‘CLERK’ TO DUTIES"
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March 9th, 2010 @ 8am
Today we’ve got two weeks worth of crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department. The first is for the week of February 19 to February 26, 2010, andContinue reading "BLOTTER: DOUBLE THE TROUBLE"
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March 8th, 2010 @ 8am
IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LITERARY LION
He was called a lot of things in his day, many of them unprintable in your virtual family newspaper — but  in today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit, you’ll hearContinue reading "IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LITERARY LION"
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March 8th, 2010 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN RENAMING POND FOR BENNETT
Barbara Bennett at the pond at Fair Haven Fields natural area to be named in memory of her late husband, Dery Bennett. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI ItContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN RENAMING POND FOR BENNETT"
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March 5th, 2010 @ 10am
BASIE MARQUEE GETTING A FRESH LOOK
By September, a new electronic marquee should be hanging over Monmouth Street, theater officials say. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The familiar sight of a man using a longContinue reading "BASIE MARQUEE GETTING A FRESH LOOK"
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March 5th, 2010 @ 8am
ASPHALT CANVAS: A HARBINGER OF SPRING?
With less than three weeks to go before the start of spring, melting snow at Princeton Road and Park Avenue in Fair Haven left a wet spot that redbankgreen‘s accidentalContinue reading "ASPHALT CANVAS: A HARBINGER OF SPRING?"
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March 5th, 2010 @ 7am
ZONING CHANGE FOR YMCA ADVANCES
The Community YMCA could get another shot at expansion if the borough council approves a proposed zone amendment. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The official opinion is in,Continue reading "ZONING CHANGE FOR YMCA ADVANCES"
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March 4th, 2010 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Can you identify this spartan vignette? Send us an email, please, telling us where you think this photo was taken.
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March 4th, 2010 @ 8am
CHAIN SALES FLAT AS CORPORATE NET SOARS
Urban Outfitters opened its Red Bank store at the corner of Broad and West Front Streets in November. (Click to enlarge) The parent company of the Urban Outfitters chain reportedContinue reading "CHAIN SALES FLAT AS CORPORATE NET SOARS"
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March 4th, 2010 @ 7am
YOURS FOR JUST $29.9 MILLION
The Dawkins estate in Rumson, as seen from the Navesink by redbankgreen in 2008. (Click to enlarge) Let us stipulate right up front that Pete Dawkins does everything on aContinue reading "YOURS FOR JUST $29.9 MILLION"
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March 3rd, 2010 @ 12pm
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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 ...