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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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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 ...