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Monthly Archives: November 2010

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The breakup of Rumson and Fair Haven’s recreation alliance may turn out to have been brief. After a few sit-downs, the neighbors have come to an agreementContinue reading "RUMSON WON’T AXE FAIR HAVEN FROM SPORTS"
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November 10th, 2010 @ 9am
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PEDESTRIAN’S DEATH PROMPTS SAFETY TALKS
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Borough officials have asked the state DOT to look into safety improvements at the Maple Avenue/West Front Street intersection, where a pedestrian was killed two weeks ago. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN’S DEATH PROMPTS SAFETY TALKS"
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November 10th, 2010 @ 7am
DUB GETS ASHES LICENSE AT AUCTION
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Hundreds packed the shuttered Ashes Cigar Bar Tuesday to bid on anything and everything on the auction block. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI At aContinue reading "DUB GETS ASHES LICENSE AT AUCTION"
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November 9th, 2010 @ 4pm
Several times a week enroute to and from her day job in Eatontown, artist Gerda Liebmann would stop at the northern end of the Oceanic Bridge in Middletown to takeContinue reading "RIVER WATCH: NO TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME"
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November 9th, 2010 @ 10am
FREE PARKING NOT IN THE BAG THIS YEAR
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If free parking comes to Red Bank for the holidays, it’ll cost somebody. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In past years it’s been a rubberContinue reading "FREE PARKING NOT IN THE BAG THIS YEAR"
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November 9th, 2010 @ 8am
WEEKLONG DETOUR KICKS IN WEDNESDAY
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West Bergen Place will be OOC for about a week in November for railroad work. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If the neon orange sign hasn’t done it forContinue reading "WEEKLONG DETOUR KICKS IN WEDNESDAY"
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November 9th, 2010 @ 6am
DONE GOOD: TURKEY-TIME POTS AND TROTS
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A packed-greenhouse crowd at Sickles Market raised $72,500 last Friday night for Holiday Express, the rolling musical extravaganza that brings good cheer this time of year to 50 or soContinue reading "DONE GOOD: TURKEY-TIME POTS AND TROTS"
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November 9th, 2010 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN FIRE SPOTLIGHTS TEEN HANGOUT
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Officials intend to keep a closer eye on this vacant River Road property after a group of teenagers is suspected of starting a fire there last week. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN FIRE SPOTLIGHTS TEEN HANGOUT"
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November 9th, 2010 @ 5am
ART AND ABOUT: FEELING IN THE PINK
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Clockwise from top left: Andrea “Pinky” Adubato and Lauren Bellero; a Labradoodle portrait by Pinky; a textured box creation by Bellero. By TOM CHESEK The “fall back” days of NovemberContinue reading "ART AND ABOUT: FEELING IN THE PINK"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 3pm
Kevin Donohue gets the Comment of the Week spotlight this week for posting a comment with his (apparently) real name and using the forum as a means of reaching outContinue reading "‘JOIN ME AS SOLDIER NO. 2’"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 2pm
Author Gay Talese at the Two River Theater Saturday for a Italian-American heritage event. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI “Jersey Shore” is for stupid people.Continue reading "CELEBRATING HERITAGE, TALESE SLAMS MEDIA"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 12pm
A 19-year-old Fair Haven man was arrested in Middletown on Saturday night on drug and weapon-possession charges, the township police department reported today. Carl Vonpier was busted in the LincroftContinue reading "FAIR HAVENITE BUSTED ON WEAPON CHARGE"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 11am
WITHOUT NOTICE, KRAUSZER’S GETS CURBED
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Krauszer’s owner Tony Akbar near the curb where there used to be a driveway apron to his store’s parking lot. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "WITHOUT NOTICE, KRAUSZER’S GETS CURBED"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 10am
CROSSTOWN RIVALS MIX AT BASIE FIELDS
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Scenes from the girls’ game between Red Bank Middle School and Red Bank Charter School Friday night. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Soccer teams from Red Bank’s middleContinue reading "CROSSTOWN RIVALS MIX AT BASIE FIELDS"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of October 29 to November 5, 2010. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "VICTIM REPORTS GUNPOINT ROBBERY"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 7am
Red Bank police investigating reports of gunshots late Wednesday night found a spent bullet, department spokesman Captain Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen. The damaged projectile, found on West Sunset Avenue nearContinue reading "COPS FIND EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE"
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November 5th, 2010 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN CHURCH HITS THE MARKET
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A year after closing its doors, Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion has finally hit the real estate market. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI OneContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN CHURCH HITS THE MARKET"
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November 5th, 2010 @ 6am
BURNING Q: WHAT’S IN THE MAYOR’S OFFICE?
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Rumors of a wet bar and a Viking stove are mistaken, but there is a fireplace. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been more thanContinue reading "BURNING Q: WHAT’S IN THE MAYOR’S OFFICE?"
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November 4th, 2010 @ 1pm
ABOUT THAT LAWN ORNAMENT…
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Outdoor storage materials like this one are now being more tightly regulated. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If you’re running out of closet space, theContinue reading "ABOUT THAT LAWN ORNAMENT…"
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November 4th, 2010 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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No, but if you hum a few bars… Last week’s Where showed a piano and bench. Though one of our readers wrote in under the impression that the photo wasContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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November 4th, 2010 @ 5am
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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 ...