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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Name: Joan P. DeVoe (Republican, incumbent) Age: I feel that age is irrelevant Occupation: Rumson councilwoman Length of residence in town: Rumson resident 40 years General Questions: 1. What doContinue reading "DeVOE: TRASH ISSUE REQUIRES RESEARCH"
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October 26th, 2010 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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HEMPHILL: WE HAVE TO WATCH COSTS
Name: Joseph Kelly Hemphill (Republican, incumbent) Occupation: General contractor Age: 63 Length of Residence in town: 63 years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the top three issuesContinue reading "HEMPHILL: WE HAVE TO WATCH COSTS"
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October 26th, 2010 @ 7am
TAXI LAW CHANGES JUNKED, AGAIN
Cabbies, mostly in the background, helped fill the council chambers Monday night to oppose proposed changes to local regs. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI AsContinue reading "TAXI LAW CHANGES JUNKED, AGAIN"
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October 26th, 2010 @ 6am
What a pleasure it is to have so many choices for this week’s Comment of the Week. Among other places, we found posts to admire beneath our articles on theContinue reading "NOT ENOUGH ‘WHITE HERITAGE’ IN SCHOOL?"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 2pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of October 15 to October 22, 2010. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "ICE RINK LOCKER ROOM BURGLARIZED"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 12pm
A woman who was charged with dragging a leashed dog with a car because she didn’t want the animal to soil the car’s interior in August has pleaded guilty, theContinue reading "WOMAN ADMITS DRAGGING DOG WITH CAR"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 12pm
Earlier this month, redbankgreen emailed questionnaires to local candidates for public office in towns with contested elections on November 2. We began running the replies last Friday, starting with thoseContinue reading "CANDIDATE Q&As: SEA BRIGHT"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 8am
FISHER: BEACHFRONT FIRST CONCERN
NAME Margaret C Fisher – I prefer Meg (Democrat) AGE 61 OCCUPATION Pediatrician LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN 8 years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the topContinue reading "FISHER: BEACHFRONT FIRST CONCERN"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 8am
KELLY: PUT EMPHASIS ON BEACH REVENUE
NAME: Brian Kelly (Republican, incumbent) AGE: 42 OCCUPATION: CEO of a Solar Design and Installation Company LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN: 10 years General Questions: 1. What do you seeContinue reading "KELLY: PUT EMPHASIS ON BEACH REVENUE"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 8am
NAME: Marc A. Leckstein (Democrat) AGE: 37 OCCUPATION: Attorney LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN: 10 1/2 years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the top three issues inContinue reading "LECKSTEIN: IMPLEMENT PAST STUDIES"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 8am
A great Red Bank tradition continued Sunday with the annual Halloween parade from East Bergen Place to White Street. Dustin Racioppi took these photos for redbankgreen. (To enlarge the photoContinue reading "SPOOKY STREET PARADE"
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October 25th, 2010 @ 6am
From the Red Bank police: The Red Bank Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant on Friday evening that resulted in the arrest of two Red Bank men. The raidContinue reading "TWO BUSTED FOR HEROIN ON WEST SIDE"
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October 23rd, 2010 @ 11am
LINCROFT PAIR START A FIRE
David Kelly III gets a smooch from his new bride, Kristin Williams, following their wedding Friday evening at St. James RC Church in Red Bank. He’s a fireman in theContinue reading "LINCROFT PAIR START A FIRE"
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October 22nd, 2010 @ 6pm
NEW RUMSON MARKET, SAME OLD FEEL
Former Rumson Market owner Bill Alcaro, left, chats with new owner Jerry St-Cyr Thursday at the newly-renovated landmark. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It hadContinue reading "NEW RUMSON MARKET, SAME OLD FEEL"
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October 22nd, 2010 @ 9am
Earlier this month, redbankgreen emailed questionnaires to local candidates for public office in towns with contested elections on November 2. Beginning today, we’re running their replies, starting with those fromContinue reading "CANDIDATE Q&As: MIDDLETOWN"
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October 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
BYRNES: FORM A FINANCE TASK FORCE
NAME: Sean F. Byrnes (Democrat, incumbent) AGE: 47 OCCUPATION: Attorney LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN: 10 years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the top three issues inContinue reading "BYRNES: FORM A FINANCE TASK FORCE"
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October 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
MAHONEY: BUDGET NEEDS BETTER PLANNING
NAME: Mary Mahoney (Democrat) AGE: 56 (do you have to print that?) Yikes! OCCUPATION: Worked for 18 years as a buyer and showroom manager in the garment center before retiringContinue reading "MAHONEY: BUDGET NEEDS BETTER PLANNING"
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October 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
SCHARFENBERGER: UNIONS NEED TO BEND
NAME: Gerry Scharfenberger (Republican, incumbent) AGE: 51 OCCUPATION: Archaeologist, Professor LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN: 16 years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the top three issues inContinue reading "SCHARFENBERGER: UNIONS NEED TO BEND"
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October 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
SETTEMBRINO: CUT NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICES6
NAME: Kevin M. Settembrino, (Republican) AGE: 40 OCCUPATION: Architect, AIA, LEED AP LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN TOWN: 3 Years General Questions: 1. What do you see as the top threeContinue reading "SETTEMBRINO: CUT NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICES6"
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October 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
DESPITE CHATTER, BILLS STILL ON THE TICKET
Rumor in Sea Bright says Peggy Bills is not running for re-election this year, but the council denies that. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI SeaContinue reading "DESPITE CHATTER, BILLS STILL ON THE TICKET"
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October 21st, 2010 @ 10am
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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 ...