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Monthly Archives: August 2010

ANOTHER POWER TO BE RECKONED WITH
A sign in Sea Bright warns visitors that a hurricane may threaten beachgoers later this week. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI This week’s forecast: hot and sunny with aContinue reading "ANOTHER POWER TO BE RECKONED WITH"
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August 31st, 2010 @ 10am
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CHESS CLUB BRINGS YOUNG, OLD TO RED BANK
Two players compete for a grand prize Saturday in Monmouth Chess Club’s annual open championship. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Anyone out there who knewContinue reading "CHESS CLUB BRINGS YOUNG, OLD TO RED BANK"
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August 31st, 2010 @ 6am
OUTAGE CAUSES TRAFFIC, CLOSURES, BEER
A Fair Haven police officer directed traffic Monday afternoon at a light at the Fair Haven-Little Silver border. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A malfunctionContinue reading "OUTAGE CAUSES TRAFFIC, CLOSURES, BEER"
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August 31st, 2010 @ 6am
Electrical service went out in much of Monmouth County late Monday afternoon, according to JCP&L’s outage map. Power appeared to return to portions of Red Bank at around 5:45p afterContinue reading "POWER OUTAGE HITS REGION"
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August 30th, 2010 @ 5pm
NYPOST: RUMSON FEELS THE PINCH
An abundance of ‘for sale’ signs caught the newspaper’s attention. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The New York Post has been hanging around Rumson, andContinue reading "NYPOST: RUMSON FEELS THE PINCH"
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August 30th, 2010 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A veteran educator with local roots will fill Bret Schundler’s spot as head of the state education department, a post he commanded less than a year beforeContinue reading "FORMER R-FH TEACH FILLS SCHUNDLER’S SPOT"
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August 30th, 2010 @ 5am
ACCIDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER: GETTING BUGGY
OK, we’re no entomologists here, but redbankgreen’s accidental photographer saw this mantis-looking fella chilling on a set of bicycle handlebars the other day and had to snap a pic. AnybodyContinue reading "ACCIDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER: GETTING BUGGY"
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August 27th, 2010 @ 12pm
DAWKINS DROPS PRICE BY 10 MILLION
Pete Dawkins reduced the selling price for his Rumson estate, seen here in 2008, from $29.9 million to $19.5. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Seems there is something PeteContinue reading "DAWKINS DROPS PRICE BY 10 MILLION"
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August 27th, 2010 @ 11am
JOSEPH: 1 LEGEND, 1 COAT, MANY COLORS
Jody Joseph — just being Jody in this case — brings her tribute to Janis Joplin and Stevie Nicks to the Brookdale PAC stage for an ambitious encore, even asContinue reading "JOSEPH: 1 LEGEND, 1 COAT, MANY COLORS"
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August 27th, 2010 @ 8am
STARTING TONIGHT: FAIR FAIR HAVEN
Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair gets started tonight and runs through September 4. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For many, it’s the last shot at summerContinue reading "STARTING TONIGHT: FAIR FAIR HAVEN"
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August 27th, 2010 @ 7am
WINE TIME
Basil T’s sommelier Bryant Rallo talks wine at Basil T’s Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy of Preston Porter; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Dan Levine came for the red, butContinue reading "WINE TIME"
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August 27th, 2010 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A woman from the Navesink section of Middletown was charged with animal abuse today, after allegedly dragging her dog down a street with her car, according toContinue reading "M’TOWN WOMAN GETS ANIMAL ABUSE CHARGES"
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August 26th, 2010 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
OK, we gave you a cupcake last week. The gazing pup and Bob Ross-like jeans were enough to get the Where folk out of the summer sun and back intoContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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August 26th, 2010 @ 9am
DWI CHECKS IN RED BANK TONIGHT
The Globe Hotel, Front Street, Red Bank. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Be careful with your brewskies, broskies. Red Bank police are doing DWI checksContinue reading "DWI CHECKS IN RED BANK TONIGHT"
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August 26th, 2010 @ 9am
COPS WANT HELP FINDING BANK JOB SUSPECT
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Police are still looking for the man who robbed a Fair Haven bank last week, and now they’re asking for help from the public to get him.Continue reading "COPS WANT HELP FINDING BANK JOB SUSPECT"
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August 26th, 2010 @ 8am
CAT HOLOCAUST IN SEA BRIGHT?
One resident says there’s a cat holocaust in Sea Bright. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Kathleen Kalaf says there’s a cat holocaust happening in SeaContinue reading "CAT HOLOCAUST IN SEA BRIGHT?"
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August 25th, 2010 @ 10am
THE ART WALK: BACK TO FRONT
A scene from last December’s temporary gallery installation on Front Street, with Emily Asher Neiman visible behind the counter. She didn’t make her pronouncement with the pomp of General DouglasContinue reading "THE ART WALK: BACK TO FRONT"
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August 25th, 2010 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of August 13 to August 20, 2010. The information appears here unedited. Criminal mischief occurringContinue reading "A WEEK OF HINDRANCES"
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August 24th, 2010 @ 6am
RB COUNCIL WRAP: NOTHIN’ DOIN’
A peek into the Red Bank council chambers, with the reflection of paperwork posted in the hallway. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Ah, summer stagnation.Continue reading "RB COUNCIL WRAP: NOTHIN’ DOIN’"
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August 24th, 2010 @ 6am
MISSING: A LANDMARK MOLAR
Harry Mahoney, a River Road dentist, had his landmark tooth sign stolen two weeks ago. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’s biggest tooth hasContinue reading "MISSING: A LANDMARK MOLAR"
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August 23rd, 2010 @ 9am
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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 ...