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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Is sarcasm funny only if you agree with its point of view?
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October 11th, 2010 @ 3pm
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Nearly three days after the rumored death of a teenager who fell from a Fair Haven roof Friday night, borough authorities have yet to disclose any informationContinue reading "NO DETAILS YET ON FAIR HAVEN FALL"
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October 11th, 2010 @ 2pm
Red Bank police arrested a 22-year-old man for intent to distribute after he was found to have “20-odd bags” of marijuana in his possession late Friday night, according to departmentContinue reading "COPS BUST MAN AS POT DEALER"
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October 11th, 2010 @ 8am
TAILGATING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE
Football fans gathered at Red Bank Regional Saturday afternoon for a pre-game barbecue that raised funds for The Source, the in-school program that offers counseling, tutoring, dental care and otherContinue reading "TAILGATING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE"
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October 11th, 2010 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of October 01 to October 8, 2010. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "THEFT OF ANTIQUE CAUGHT ON TAPE"
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October 11th, 2010 @ 5am
FALL VICTIM MEDEVACED TO TRAUMA CENTER
Emergency personnel prepare to transfer a fall victim from an ambulance to a waiting medevac helicopter at Fair Haven Fields Friday night. According to an unconfirmed report, a 14-year-old boyContinue reading "FALL VICTIM MEDEVACED TO TRAUMA CENTER"
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October 8th, 2010 @ 9pm
JAZZ ARTS ACADEMY’S IN SWINGIN’ SESSION
Veteran jazzman and Hammond B3 ace Radam Schwartz works with teen musicians at the Count Basie Theatre as part of the Jazz Arts Academy program that kicks off this weekend.Continue reading "JAZZ ARTS ACADEMY’S IN SWINGIN’ SESSION"
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October 8th, 2010 @ 2pm
TIME TO GET WET
Sea Bright Fire Department’s newest addition. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Since buying a new fire truck this summer, Sea Bright’s fire department has putContinue reading "TIME TO GET WET"
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October 8th, 2010 @ 9am
Navesink River Road over the Poricy Pond culvert shortly after it reopened in late June. (Click to enlarge) A portion of Navesink River Road in Middletown will be narrowed toContinue reading "FINAL DAM REPAIRS SLATED TO BEGIN"
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October 8th, 2010 @ 8am
BUDGET STILL MIDDLETOWN’S HOT TOPIC
Sean Byrnes prodded his fellow committee members to reassess its budget planning process Monday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Now that Middletown has aContinue reading "BUDGET STILL MIDDLETOWN’S HOT TOPIC"
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October 8th, 2010 @ 6am
TIKI TAKE-OFF
Beach bar season is officially over, as Donovan’s Reef had its tiki bar craned off the beach in Sea Bright Thursday morning. It’ll go into winter storage. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "TIKI TAKE-OFF"
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October 7th, 2010 @ 1pm
RED GINGER FINDS A NEW HOME
Red Ginger Home is relocating from Monmouth Street to Broad Street at the end of the month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Five years ago,Continue reading "RED GINGER FINDS A NEW HOME"
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October 7th, 2010 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week‘s animated Where showed a painting in a store window with nighttime traffic streaking by in the reflection. One reader wrote with apparent certainty that it showed the placeContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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October 7th, 2010 @ 8am
OLDEST HOME GETS ITS HISTORICAL DUE
Red Bank’s oldest house, on South Street, was finally put on the state’s list of historic places last week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI AContinue reading "OLDEST HOME GETS ITS HISTORICAL DUE"
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October 7th, 2010 @ 7am
BUILDER COPS PLEA IN UNION STREET FRAUD
The theft occurred during the development of the Union Street Village condos on the former site of the Olde Union House restaurant, authorities alleged. (File photo. Click to enlarge) AContinue reading "BUILDER COPS PLEA IN UNION STREET FRAUD"
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October 7th, 2010 @ 6am
FANCY FOOTWORK AND A FLOORSHOW
Meet Perry Jo. When he’s not busy tending to the toes and (ahem) other parts of customers at his pedicure and waxing salon, Estella Nails, on Broad Street in Shrewsbury,Continue reading "FANCY FOOTWORK AND A FLOORSHOW"
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October 6th, 2010 @ 10am
WAITING FOR RETIREMENTS, ROUND TWO
Middletown is anticipating a second wave of retirements, especially among police officers. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI With more retirement pension reform pending in theContinue reading "WAITING FOR RETIREMENTS, ROUND TWO"
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October 6th, 2010 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR SUFFERS MILD STROKE
Council President William Keeler is filling the role of mayor while Maria Fernandes recovers from a mild stroke. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR SUFFERS MILD STROKE"
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October 6th, 2010 @ 8am
A Red Bank woman and an Asbury Park man were arrested following an assault of a borough man over money, Red Bank police report. The incident occurred Monday morning inContinue reading "PAIR ARRESTED IN PEPPER-SPRAY ATTACK"
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October 6th, 2010 @ 6am
Today’s Ledger Live, the Star-Ledger video feature hosted by reporter Brian Donohue, reports on Red Bank crossing guard John Mego‘s final day on the job last Friday.
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October 5th, 2010 @ 1pm
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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 ...