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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Scenes from Saturday’s Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale, captured by Peter Lindner. (To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. ToContinue reading "TOWNWIDE YARD SALE: IT’S A FAMILY THING"
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September 27th, 2010 @ 8am
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The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 17 to September 24, 2010. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "FIRE DEPARTMENT BOAT VANDALIZED"
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September 27th, 2010 @ 6am
[Update: This case was ordered expunged by Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen on June 6, 2019.] A former employee of Red Bank-based Ansorge Unlimited pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding the advertisingContinue reading "ANSORGE BOOKKEEPER ADMITS FRAUD"
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September 24th, 2010 @ 4pm
RED BANK BOOKED FOR TOWNWIDE YARD SALE
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Volunteers from the Friends of the Red Bank Public Library gathered at a barn on South Street this week to sort through books slated for inclusion in this weekend’s three-dayContinue reading "RED BANK BOOKED FOR TOWNWIDE YARD SALE"
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September 24th, 2010 @ 8am
A DO-GOODER’S GUIDE TO THE WEEKEND
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Images by Shrewsbury resident and official Monmouth Park photographer Bill Denver remain on display this weekend, as the Meridian Health Steeplechase returns the great steeplechase meet tradition to the greaterContinue reading "A DO-GOODER’S GUIDE TO THE WEEKEND"
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September 24th, 2010 @ 7am
PAIR CHARGED IN SHREWSBURY BURGLARY
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A Keansburg couple was arrested on charges of burglarizing a Shrewsbury home hours after speaking to the owner about a car she was selling, the Asbury Park Press reports. KevinContinue reading "PAIR CHARGED IN SHREWSBURY BURGLARY"
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September 24th, 2010 @ 6am
CROSSING GUARD STRUCK; INJURIES MINOR
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Andy DePonti speaks to the motorist who struck him seconds after the accident. (Click to enlarge) A Red Bank crossing guard suffered minor injuries when he was struck by aContinue reading "CROSSING GUARD STRUCK; INJURIES MINOR"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 4pm
A Middletown man was arrested yesterday on check-kiting charges that authorities say defrauded a Shrewsbury bank branch of nearly $93,000. Sandy Masselli, 48, was held on $100,000 bail and orderedContinue reading "M’TOWN MAN CHARGED WITH CHECK FRAUD"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 2pm
STIMULATING FAIR HAVEN
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Fair Haven’s River Road Streetscape project, funded by $886,000 from President Obama’s economic stimulus plan, got started Wednesday. New streetlights, benches and traffic lights are included in the project. (PhotoContinue reading "STIMULATING FAIR HAVEN"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 10am
PARKING TICKETS? NOT ON TUESDAYS
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No parking meter tickets have been written all summer on a Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Since July, Sunday has been the only dayContinue reading "PARKING TICKETS? NOT ON TUESDAYS"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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The owner of the Exxon station on West River Road in Rumson is “quite big on the whole ‘Jersey girls don’t pump gas’ theme,” writes Kevin Chieff, one of nineContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
A Lincroft rare-coin dealer has sold a World War II-era penny for $1.7 million, according to a report by Coin Update News. Legend Numismatics handled the sale of the coin,Continue reading "PENNY FETCHES 170,000,000 PENNIES"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 7am
LIGHTNING THE MOOD
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Reader Stephen Kroll grabbed this shot of a lightning strike in Middletown — or beyond? — during Wednesday night’s brief storm. Red Bank’s Molly Pitcher Inn is in the foreground.Continue reading "LIGHTNING THE MOOD"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 6am
ACCIDENT SNARLS TRAFFIC
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The upper part of a sheared utility pole rests on live electrical lines on Maple Avenue in Red Bank, opposite the Atlantic Club. (Click to enlarge) A mid-afternoon accident thatContinue reading "ACCIDENT SNARLS TRAFFIC"
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September 22nd, 2010 @ 2pm
SO LONG, SUMMER OF 2010
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The scene at Sea Bright public beach earlier this summer. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI With the astronomical phenomenon known as the autumn equinox occurringContinue reading "SO LONG, SUMMER OF 2010"
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September 22nd, 2010 @ 2pm
TOUR FINDS ITS PLACE IN FAIR HAVEN
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The riders were serious, no matter their level of experience. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Last Sunday’s Tour de Fair Haven went a long way toward solidifying theContinue reading "TOUR FINDS ITS PLACE IN FAIR HAVEN"
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September 22nd, 2010 @ 1pm
LEHNERT SUICIDE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
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The house in Jackson Township where John Lehnert killed himself in the front yard early Tuesday. (Click to enlarge) Law enforcement authorities remained mum Wednesday on the suicide of FairContinue reading "LEHNERT SUICIDE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES"
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September 22nd, 2010 @ 11am
WEDNESDAYS ARE FOR WOMEN IN RED BANK
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Heather Cosimano and Shari LaRosa outside The Downtown, where they’re putting on women-focused forums each Wednesday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A few yearsContinue reading "WEDNESDAYS ARE FOR WOMEN IN RED BANK"
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September 22nd, 2010 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN TO REASSESS PROPERTIES
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Middletown will conduct an expedited tax reassessment to more accurately reflect home values for next tax season, says the town’s attorney. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN TO REASSESS PROPERTIES"
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September 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
90210 SPOTTED IN 07704
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Ian Ziering, who rose to fame on Beverly Hills, 90210, discusses skin care at Jon Lori Salon in Fair Haven Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "90210 SPOTTED IN 07704"
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September 22nd, 2010 @ 6am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...