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Monthly Archives: December 2010

SEA BRIGHT, M’TOWN ‘STUCK’ ALL OVER
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Sea Bright residents try to shovel out the side streets of Ocean Avenue Monday afternoon. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sea Bright and Middletown officialsContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT, M’TOWN ‘STUCK’ ALL OVER"
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December 27th, 2010 @ 3pm
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ABANDONED VEHICLES A ‘SEVERE’ PROBLEM
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Among the three vehicles left abandoned on the Red Bank end of the Cooper Bridge were these two, still there at 9:30a Monday. Below, a motorist left a car atContinue reading "ABANDONED VEHICLES A ‘SEVERE’ PROBLEM"
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December 27th, 2010 @ 12pm
POLE DOWN ON WEST FRONT
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Authorities left West Front Street open despite the presence of a fallen utility pole to maintain roadway access to Riverview Medical Center. Below, the aftermath of a train-versus-van accident atContinue reading "POLE DOWN ON WEST FRONT"
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December 27th, 2010 @ 12pm
AND NOW, WE DIG OUT
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Ready for battle, a man armed with a shovel braved the white-out conditions on Branch Avenue in Red Bank Sunday afternoon. (Click to enlarge) A blizzard that prompted a declarationContinue reading "AND NOW, WE DIG OUT"
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December 27th, 2010 @ 6am
BROTHERS TAKE TOP HOME-DECORATING SWAG
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First place: 14 Catherine Street, home of Patrick Hussey & Family. (Click to enlarge) Let the maple syrup flow! The winners of Red Bank’s annual Holiday Home Decorating Contest haveContinue reading "BROTHERS TAKE TOP HOME-DECORATING SWAG"
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December 23rd, 2010 @ 2pm
TASK FORCE: CHARGE FOR FIREWORKS VIEW
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Spectators, like these in Riverside Gardens Park at the 2010 show, would have to pay a ‘nominal’ entry fee to watch the fireworks, a study suggests. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "TASK FORCE: CHARGE FOR FIREWORKS VIEW"
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December 23rd, 2010 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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December 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI At the request of some 50 residents and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High students,  the Rumson council on Wednesday revisited its controversial decision to take back the springContinue reading "RUMSON HOLDS ITS OARS IN ON CREW SWITCH"
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December 23rd, 2010 @ 7am
Hovnanian’s headquarters on West Front Street. Red Bank-based homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises closed out its fiscal year October 31 on a larger-than-expected net loss, according to a news report. The company’sContinue reading "REPORT: HOV LOSS LARGER THAN EXPECTED"
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December 22nd, 2010 @ 10am
MINOR ACCIDENT, MAJOR CONCERNS
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An accident at the intersection of Ridge and Fair Haven roads is the latest reminder how dangerous the intersection can be, officials said. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "MINOR ACCIDENT, MAJOR CONCERNS"
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December 22nd, 2010 @ 9am
IN FAIR HAVEN, YET ANOTHER ROADBLOCK
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Monmouth County unexpectedly shut down a major portion of River Road Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Once again, a road improvement project along RiverContinue reading "IN FAIR HAVEN, YET ANOTHER ROADBLOCK"
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December 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
HOLIDAY ON THINNING ICE?
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A trio of Rumson and Fair Haven twentysomethings took advantage of the cold weather at McCarter Pond in Fair Haven Tuesday afternoon with a little skating and passing the puck.Continue reading "HOLIDAY ON THINNING ICE?"
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December 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
Tim McLoone (right), whose Holiday Express big band brings wall-of-sound cheer to those most in need of it this time of year, is about to get some network love. BrianContinue reading "McLOONE SLATED FOR NATIONAL CAMEO"
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December 21st, 2010 @ 2pm
Middletown police arrested a Belmar man and a Newark woman on drug charges Saturday after a police officer went to their aid and had his suspicions aroused. According to LieutenantContinue reading "COP GIVES PAIR A LIFT, THEN THE CUFFS"
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December 21st, 2010 @ 9am
CAROLING FOR COATS
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About a dozen Rumson kids took to the streets with candles and Santa chapeaux Monday night, singing Christmas carols to residents in exchange for winter coats. It’s an annual traditionContinue reading "CAROLING FOR COATS"
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December 21st, 2010 @ 8am
NO VIDEO AS BYRNES BOWS OUT
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Middletown Committeeman Sean Byrnes says he doesn’t anticipate a return to politics any time soon, if ever. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Sean Byrnes, theContinue reading "NO VIDEO AS BYRNES BOWS OUT"
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December 21st, 2010 @ 7am
‘COUSIN EDDIES’ DO A CHARITY CRAWL
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A cadre of ‘Cousin Eddies’ made their way around Red Bank Saturday night in a successful bid to get loopy and raise some money. (Photos courtesy of Robert Kern. ClickContinue reading "‘COUSIN EDDIES’ DO A CHARITY CRAWL"
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December 20th, 2010 @ 3pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Sovereign Bank branch on Route 35 in Middletown was robbed late Friday, police said. Detective Lieutenant Steve Dollinger said authorities are searching for a white manContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN BANK ROBBED"
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December 20th, 2010 @ 12pm
ROOM FOR ‘NATIVITY,’ AT THE COUNT’S CRIB
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Lorraine Stone is in the cast, and Darrell Lawrence Willis Sr. directs, as BLACK NATIVITY comes to the Count Basie stage for the first time on December 30. By TOMContinue reading "ROOM FOR ‘NATIVITY,’ AT THE COUNT’S CRIB"
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December 20th, 2010 @ 10am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When Dery Bennett (left) started the American Littoral Society‘s New Year’s Day Beach Walk in the 1970s, his goal was to stoke public appreciation of coastal marineContinue reading "A VERY DERY WALK AT THE HOOK"
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December 20th, 2010 @ 8am
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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 ...