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Monthly Archives: September 2010

POND DREDGING SLATED TO BEGIN TODAY
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Heavy machinery on-scene at Pomphrey’s Pond yesterday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Something to be filed in the skinny folder labeled “On-Time Promises From Government?”Continue reading "POND DREDGING SLATED TO BEGIN TODAY"
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September 15th, 2010 @ 8am
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Mary Howell, foreground, and Clerk Allyson Cinquegrana at a council meeting in February (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) Fair Haven business administrator Mary Howell has resigned from her job as theContinue reading "HOWELL RESIGNS AS ADMINISTRATOR"
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September 15th, 2010 @ 5am
“Several” State Troopers suffered non-life-threatening injuries “during a small chemical explosion” in Middletown Tuesday afternoon, according to a report by the Star-Ledger. The troopers drove themselves to Riverview Medical CenterContinue reading "TROOPERS HURT IN ‘MI ...
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September 14th, 2010 @ 10pm
TOOTHSOME SIGNAGE RETURNS
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Harry Mahoney is going to see how long this sign lasts. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The tooth has returned. Well, not the tooth. But Harry Mahoney has replacedContinue reading "TOOTHSOME SIGNAGE RETURNS"
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September 14th, 2010 @ 12pm
RUMSON COUNTRY DAY WINGS IT
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The dedication of the 22,000 square-foot addition at Rumson Country Day School brought out hundreds. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Rumson Country Day School wasContinue reading "RUMSON COUNTRY DAY WINGS IT"
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September 14th, 2010 @ 9am
KABOOM TO GET A REVIEW
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A mural depicting Red Bank’s annual fireworks show on the side of Investors Savings Bank on White Street. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank’sContinue reading "KABOOM TO GET A REVIEW"
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September 14th, 2010 @ 7am
Zoe Gallagher, 13, had rallied support for the measure after trees on a Poplar Avenue property were cut down to make room for two houses. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; clickContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TREE ORDINANCE DIES"
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September 14th, 2010 @ 6am
FLASH STORM POUNDS REGION
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Eastbound storm clouds roll in over Rumson Road in Little Silver moments before the deluge. (Click to enlarge) A sudden downpour accompanied by lightning and thunder left streets in theContinue reading "FLASH STORM POUNDS REGION"
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September 13th, 2010 @ 6pm
A Red Bank man was stabbed by a screwdriver-wielding acquaintance on River Street Saturday night, borough police reported today. Here’s the text of an announcement from department spokesman Captain DarrenContinue reading "MAN STABBED WITH SCREWDRIVER"
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September 13th, 2010 @ 2pm
Hopeless idealists that we are, redbankgreen today brings out of mothballs an effort to encourage civil discourse in its reader comments. Comment of the Week, which we stopped running afterContinue reading "REVIVING COMMENT OF THE WEEK"
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September 13th, 2010 @ 2pm
APPLIANCES COMMITTING SUICIDE, PERHAPS?
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This edition of the Accidental Photographer happens to be about an actual accident. Or, what appears to have been an accident, though no one reported it to the police.
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September 13th, 2010 @ 11am
A Little Silver police officer was indicted by a Monmouth County Grand Jury this morning for his alleged actions in a purported stationhouse assault of a handcuffed defendant in January.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER COP INDICTED"
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September 13th, 2010 @ 9am
MEGO READY FOR A YEAR IN TRAFFIC
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John Mego, back in action. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s a school day, in the afternoon, and there’s traffic in Red Bank. For theContinue reading "MEGO READY FOR A YEAR IN TRAFFIC"
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September 13th, 2010 @ 7am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 3 to September 10, 2010. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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September 13th, 2010 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Rain put a heavy damper on things Sunday for the Red Bank Street Festival and day two of the Skim Bash in Sea Bright.
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September 13th, 2010 @ 5am
AFTER THE GAME…
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Football Giants fans can get an up-close look, and an autograph, from two members of the Big Blue offense Sunday. And they won’t have to travel to East Rutherford toContinue reading "AFTER THE GAME…"
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September 10th, 2010 @ 12pm
RIVER’S ‘REVELATIONS’ OPEN TO ALL SEPT. 18
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Before there was Maple Cove, Jim Crawford didn’t fully appreciate that he lived in a river town. But not long after the town council designated the undevelopedContinue reading "RIVER’S ‘REVELATIONS’ OPEN TO ALL SEPT. 18"
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September 10th, 2010 @ 10am
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME… POETRY?
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The crowd was all ears at the Dublin House for last month’s River Read event. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) That’s right, Sunday is not solely about football.Continue reading "ARE YOU READY FOR SOME… POETRY?"
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September 10th, 2010 @ 9am
EMPTY WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY?
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A year after taking over space from the short-lived Nevada Exchange store — which itself followed the short-tenured Maison Blanche — D’Angelico Guitars has left Red Bank. (Photo bu DustinContinue reading "EMPTY WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY?"
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September 10th, 2010 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Thought those out-of-state plates were gone from our shores for at least another nine months? Not quite yet. Sea Bright’s annual Skim Bash returns this weekend forContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SKIMS INTO SPOTLIGHT"
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September 9th, 2010 @ 9am
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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 ...