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Monthly Archives: November 2010

BIG GUSTS COULD CAUSE TROUBLE
Strong winds are expected to speed the autumn defoliation of trees, like these along East Bergen Place in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) The National Weather Service has issued aContinue reading "BIG GUSTS COULD CAUSE TROUBLE"
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November 17th, 2010 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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STALLED REMODELING INSPIRES BLOGGER
Teicia Gaupp at Zebu Forno recently. Her house on Tower Hill Avenue, below, as it appeared for many months… (Click to enlarge) Teicia Gaupp of Red Bank has a wreckContinue reading "STALLED REMODELING INSPIRES BLOGGER"
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November 16th, 2010 @ 2pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown Mayor Gerry Scharfenberger, already on the griddle for not disclosing before this month’s election that he took a state job in August, is getting additional heatContinue reading "SCHARFENBERGER BLASTED FOR PAY CLAIM"
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November 16th, 2010 @ 9am
‘DARKNESS’ PARTY “LIKE A HOMECOMING”
South Brunswick resident Jeff Beyer was first in line to buy Springsteen’s reissued Darkness on the Edge of Town record at the stroke of midnight today. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi;Continue reading "‘DARKNESS’ PARTY “LIKE A HOMECOMING”"
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November 16th, 2010 @ 7am
Middletown police arrested three men for marijuana possession in two unrelated cases in recent weeks, the department announced today. The first of the busts occurred on October 28, when twoContinue reading "M’TOWN COPS NAB THREE IN TWO POT BUSTS"
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November 15th, 2010 @ 12pm
Some weeks, the pickings are better than others, and this past week saw a good number of posts that might merit the Comment of the Week spotlight. A couple ofContinue reading "BRICKS-AND-MORTAR SUPPORT FOR A TRUCK"
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November 15th, 2010 @ 11am
RETAILERS & BRIDES PRAISE WEDDING WALK
A model lured customers to shops on White Street all day Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Jayne Hernandez stood inside Hamilton Jeweler’s Saturday withContinue reading "RETAILERS & BRIDES PRAISE WEDDING WALK"
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November 15th, 2010 @ 7am
SPLITTING THE PROFITS, TOO?
Spotted by redbankgreen‘s Accidental Photographer on Oceanport Avenue in Little Silver on Sunday, this sign… well, wow. Perhaps a reminder to the folks who took part in Saturday’s Wedding WalkContinue reading "SPLITTING THE PROFITS, TOO?"
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November 15th, 2010 @ 7am
MIDNIGHT MADNESS II FOR BRUCE BUFFS
The trailer for THE PROMISE. Below, the E Street Shuffle, which pays sonic homage to Springsteen as Jack’s Music hosts a midnight release event for the new Springsteen box basedContinue reading "MIDNIGHT MADNESS II FOR BRUCE BUFFS"
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November 12th, 2010 @ 8pm
RED BANK APPER: DON’T LET BEDBUGS BITE
Adam Kotkin in his Red Bank office. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Adam Kotkin is freaked out. As a longtime resident of New York City,Continue reading "RED BANK APPER: DON’T LET BEDBUGS BITE"
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November 12th, 2010 @ 9am
THE BRIDES ARE BACK IN RED BANK
A jeweler at A.H. Fisher Diamonds sizes a woman for a wedding ring at Red Bank’s first Wedding Walk in March. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "THE BRIDES ARE BACK IN RED BANK"
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November 12th, 2010 @ 8am
WEATHER ANOMALY SWELLS NAVESINK
At the Monmouth Boat Club, the Navesink River has risen to within inches of the lower porch deck. (Click to enlarge) An unusual weather system is causing the Navesink RiverContinue reading "WEATHER ANOMALY SWELLS NAVESINK"
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November 11th, 2010 @ 2pm
ELEVENTH-HOUR REMEMBRANCE
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Red Bank schoolchildren, elected officials and civic groups gathered at Red Bank’s war memorial on Monmouth Street toContinue reading "ELEVENTH-HOUR REMEMBRANCE"
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November 11th, 2010 @ 12pm
FULL FRONTAL PHOENIX, AT THE BASIE
Scenes from the Phoenix Productions staging of the hit musical THE FULL MONTY, featuring Rumson’s Andrew Newsome (center at left) and Middletown’s own Tom Frascatore at the end of theContinue reading "FULL FRONTAL PHOENIX, AT THE BASIE"
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November 11th, 2010 @ 10am
VENDOR GETS COUNCIL TO PICK UP THE PACE
Lines formed often at the Cinnamon Snail vegan food truck at the farmers market in Red Bank this summer and fall. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi: click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "VENDOR GETS COUNCIL TO PICK UP THE PACE"
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November 11th, 2010 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
You never write, you never call… Or maybe you just never make out to the office park on Schulz Drive off Half Mile Road in Lincroft.
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November 11th, 2010 @ 9am
CHIEF TALKS HOT TOPICS ON THE WEST SIDE
Red Bank Police Chief Steve McCarthy gave a crime update to West Side residents Wednesday night, part of his monthly meeting at River Street Commons. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; clickContinue reading "CHIEF TALKS HOT TOPICS ON THE WEST SIDE"
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November 11th, 2010 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Red Bank man, already in jail on burglary charges, faces additional charges for his alleged connection in the burglary of a Little Silver home this summer,Continue reading "INMATE CHARGED FOR LITTLE SILVER CRIME"
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November 10th, 2010 @ 6pm
NO PLANS YET FOR ‘ACCIDENTAL’ LICENSE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It happened by “accident,” Eugene Devlin tells redbankgreen, that he walked out of Ashes Cigar Club‘s public auction yesterday the owner of the defunct nightclub’s liquor license.Continue reading "NO PLANS YET FOR ‘ACCIDENTAL’ LICENSE"
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November 10th, 2010 @ 1pm
RETIREMENTS TO COST RED BANK $750K
Red Bank Borough Hall. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Since Governor Chris Christie enacted sweeping pension reforms this summer, two-week notices have filed into Red Bank Borough Hall. NowContinue reading "RETIREMENTS TO COST RED BANK $750K"
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November 10th, 2010 @ 12pm
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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 ...