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Monthly Archives: June 2010

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Drum roll, please, as we draw back the curtain on last week’s installment of Where Have I Seen This?
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June 10th, 2010 @ 7am
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Newspaper publisher Diane Gooch is asking for a recount after an apparent loss in the Republican primary for the 6th district to Highlands Mayor Anna Little. according to various reports.Continue reading "LITTLE CLAIMS WIN; GOOCH WANTS RECOUNT"
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June 10th, 2010 @ 6am
YMCA SUES BOROUGH OVER PLAN DENIAL
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The Community YMCA says the zoning board rejection was capricious. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI As expected, the Community YMCA has filed a lawsuit againstContinue reading "YMCA SUES BOROUGH OVER PLAN DENIAL"
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June 9th, 2010 @ 2pm
The Rumson fireworks, as seen from Victory Park in 2007. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For the first time in its short life, Rumson’s annual fireworks display came closeContinue reading "RUMSON GETS ITS FIREPOWER BACK"
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June 9th, 2010 @ 10am
NO TAKERS FOR TAINTED PROPERTIES
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The former Hunter’s Texaco station and the onetime home of the Wicker Rose, in background, failed to attract any bids at a bankruptcy auction Tuesday. (Click to enlarge) Three LittleContinue reading "NO TAKERS FOR TAINTED PROPERTIES"
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June 9th, 2010 @ 7am
It’s not quite tea time in the two congressional districts covering the Red Bank area. In the 12th district, Tea Party-endorsed Dave Corsi failed in his bid against Princeton millionaireContinue reading "SIPPRELLE WINS; LITTLE LEADS GOOCH"
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June 9th, 2010 @ 5am
SCHARFENBERGER HOLDS OFF CHALLENGER
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Tony Avallone, last-place finisher in the the Middletown GOP race, says he’ll be back. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The attempt by a Republican upstart to wrest a seat from a MiddletownContinue reading "SCHARFENBERGER HOLDS OFF CHALLENGER"
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June 9th, 2010 @ 5am
A Highlands woman was hit by a car as she crossed Broad Street in Red Bank this afternoon, police said. The 66-year-old woman, who police did not identify pending notificationContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON BROAD STREET"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 3pm
LITTLE PROJECT, BIG IMPACT, BUILDER SAYS
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Roger Mumford has plans that he says will transform part of the West Side. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI On the corner of Bridge Avenue and Cedar Street sitsContinue reading "LITTLE PROJECT, BIG IMPACT, BUILDER SAYS"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 11am
AMID BUDGET CONCERNS, AX FALLS IN M’TOWN
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Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger listens to administrator Anthony Mercantante at Monday night’s workshop meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The budget ax has made its firstContinue reading "AMID BUDGET CONCERNS, AX FALLS IN M’TOWN"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 7am
The crime reports appearing here were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of May 28 to June 4, 2010. This information appears here unedited. Criminal MischiefContinue reading "POLICE BLOTTER"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 6am
NOT QUITE BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
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Dancers from the Kathryn Barnett School of Dance in Red Bank traded their Uggs and flipflops for Capezios as they gathered for a group photo at nearby Riverside Gardens ParkContinue reading "NOT QUITE BAREFOOT IN THE PARK"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 5am
SILVER LINING AT LITTLE SILVER CORNER?
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Both the former Wicker Rose building,  foreground, and the abandoned Texaco station in the background have “substantial” environmental issues. (Click to enlarge) Three adjoining Little Silver properties with the taintContinue reading "SILVER LINING AT LITTLE SILVER CORNER?"
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June 7th, 2010 @ 10am
JAZZ & BLUES CROWD MISSES MARINE PARK
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Festivalgoers enjoyed dancing in the parking lot, but many missed the banks of Marine Park as the home for the Jazz & Blues Festival. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "JAZZ & BLUES CROWD MISSES MARINE PARK"
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June 7th, 2010 @ 8am
Red Bank police will be going after violators of a “largely disregarded” state law that bans driver use of cellphones without hands-free devices, according to a department announcement issued MondayContinue reading "RED BANK COPS TO TARGET CELL SCOFFLAWS"
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June 7th, 2010 @ 6am
Grace Cangemi in 2008. Red Bank-area theaters and other arts institutions now have a hometown friend in Trenton. The Star-Ledger reported Sunday that former borough councilwoman Grace Cangemi has beenContinue reading "CANGEMI LANDS SEAT ON STATE ARTS COUNCIL"
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June 7th, 2010 @ 6am
BENT POLE SHUTS BROAD STREET BLOCK
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The leaner at about 5p Sunday. (Click to enlarge) A precariously bent utility pole caused Red Bank police to shut down Broad Street between Bergen Place and Pinckney Road beginningContinue reading "BENT POLE SHUTS BROAD STREET BLOCK"
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June 7th, 2010 @ 6am
GETTA LOADA THAT CANNOLI!
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OK, first, no, the cannoli above is not shown actual size. But if you wish it were, you’re definitely part of the demographic for this new feature, you decadent thingContinue reading "GETTA LOADA THAT CANNOLI!"
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June 4th, 2010 @ 12pm
Contributions on the day of the show put the 2009 KaBoom fireworks barely into the black, but this year’s edition needs more public support, organizers say. (Click to enlarge) IndependenceContinue reading "KABOOM NEEDS BIG BUCKS, BUT WILL GO ON"
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June 4th, 2010 @ 8am
LIKE A JUNEBUG ON A GALLERY WALL
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Dub-ble vision: The landmark Dublin House is among the people, places and things rendered in ecstatically bold strokes by illustrator Mike Quon, in a first-ever art installation at NovelTeas inContinue reading "LIKE A JUNEBUG ON A GALLERY WALL"
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June 4th, 2010 @ 5am
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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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