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Monthly Archives: August 2010

RBC’S KALISH MAY START V. YANKEES
Ryan Kalish in an interview in June, before he was called up to Boston to start in left field for the Red Sox. (Video from Cox Sports New England) ShrewsburyContinue reading "RBC’S KALISH MAY START V. YANKEES"
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August 6th, 2010 @ 6am
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The expanding set of charges against accused burglar Carl VonPier of Fair Haven has grown yet again, this time to include a Red Bank business among his alleged victims. TheContinue reading "COPS: CRIME SPREE INCLUDED BUTCHER SHOP"
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August 5th, 2010 @ 1pm
BUDGET ITEMS STRAINING SEA BRIGHT
Officials have imposed austerity measures on road repairs and other public works projects. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Not long after adopting the town’s annual spending plan, Sea BrightContinue reading "BUDGET ITEMS STRAINING SEA BRIGHT"
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August 5th, 2010 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Dramamine, anyone? Once you’ve gotten your sea legs, tell us where you’ve seen this, mateys. An email with the words “Where Have I Seen This?” in the subject line willContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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August 5th, 2010 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Officials in Sea Bright hope to quell a rumor that the borough intends to outsource its public works operations at the beginning of next year. Yet membersContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TO DPW: YOU’RE SAFE, FOR NOW"
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August 4th, 2010 @ 2pm
Employees from the Red Bank public utilities department took on a large beehive near the entrance to the borough hall parking lot on Monmouth Street one day last week, andContinue reading "THE BUZZ ON MONMOUTH STREET"
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August 4th, 2010 @ 10am
ROUGHING IT IN SHALLOW CENTER FIELD
Fair Haven Fields during last Friday night’s campout, organized by the borough parks and rec deparment. (Photos by Peter Lindner; click to enlarge) Several dozen Fair Havenites took part inContinue reading "ROUGHING IT IN SHALLOW CENTER FIELD"
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August 4th, 2010 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT BOROUGH HALL CRACKING UP
The building’s eastern wall has damage that will end up costing the borough tens of thousands to fix. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BOROUGH HALL CRACKING UP"
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August 4th, 2010 @ 6am
Red Bank residents took a walk through town and then gathered at borough hall for a barbecue hosted by PBA Local 39 Tuesday as part of National Night Out, anContinue reading "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: A NIGHT OUT"
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August 4th, 2010 @ 6am
CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE
Filmmaker Kevin Smith‘s 40th-birthday Q&A show at the Count Basie Theatre Monday night drew a scale-model lookalike. One covered in icing. A few hours before the show, the auteur ofContinue reading "CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 3pm
M’TOWN SWIM CLUB MAY GET OVERHAUL
Township officials are considering options for the aging Middletown Swim & Tennis Club. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Dropping revenues and increasing maintenance needs, combinedContinue reading "M’TOWN SWIM CLUB MAY GET OVERHAUL"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 12pm
DOWNTOWN GETTING ARTY, CRAFTY, DRAFTY
Singer/songwriter Jeffrey Gaines, seen here at the Downtown a year ago, returns to the banks of the Navesink for the club’s Wednesday night Music, Arts & Drafts series. By TOMContinue reading "DOWNTOWN GETTING ARTY, CRAFTY, DRAFTY"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 10am
RIVER PARK PLAN TAKES SHAPE IN FAIR HAVEN
An informal committee met at the former Charles Williams estate Monday to discuss its future. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s a simple plan, withContinue reading "RIVER PARK PLAN TAKES SHAPE IN FAIR HAVEN"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 7am
NIGHT OUT: WALK, EAT & MEET THE COPS
National Night Out begins and ends at Red Bank’s borough hall, and includes a two-mile walk through town followed by a cookout. (Click to enlarge) Tonight, Red Bank is oneContinue reading "NIGHT OUT: WALK, EAT & MEET THE COPS"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 6am
ON THE HUNT FOR MOVIE RICHES
Actress Mary Kate Costa is framed in a window at Stokaboka on Monmouth Street last Friday during the shooting of a scene by Mike Altino, right, and Connor Hughes. Below,Continue reading "ON THE HUNT FOR MOVIE RICHES"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 5am
JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED
Judith Stanley Coleman at the opening of the Tiffany store in Red Bank in November, 2007. (Click to enlarge) Judith Stanley Coleman, an ardent land conservationist and philanthropist from Middletown,Continue reading "JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED"
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August 2nd, 2010 @ 12pm
‘FUTURE BUCS’ WRAP UP SEASON TWO
Jose Segura in goal defends against Chris LeFever at the outdoor rink of the Community YMCA Friday night. (Click to enlarge) The Future Buccaneers program wrapped up its second summerContinue reading "‘FUTURE BUCS’ WRAP UP SEASON TWO"
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August 2nd, 2010 @ 10am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of July 23 to July 30, 2010. The information appears here unedited. Theft occurring atContinue reading "THREE ASSAULT & ROB VICTIM AT RR STATION"
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August 2nd, 2010 @ 8am
SLIDING FROM ONE STYLE TO ANOTHER
Music lovers filled the pews of the Salvation Army chapel in Red Bank last Wednesday night for its 10th annual Trombone Night. Featuring trombonists from the New Jersey Symphony, MontclairContinue reading "SLIDING FROM ONE STYLE TO ANOTHER"
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August 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
SYCAMORE AVENUE DETOUR
A message board outside Shrewsbury’s municipal complex on Sunday. Motorists who use a busy stretch of Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury may encounter a detour Monday.
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August 1st, 2010 @ 8pm
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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 ...