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Yearly Archives: 2010

To best appreciate our angle on the gilded wrench shown in last week’s Where, perhaps one has to pull up beside it in a tiny British roadster.
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March 25th, 2010 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
SATURDAY IS DRESS-UP DAY AT LIBRARY
Checklist for this weekend’s visit to the library: some fiction, perhaps in the pages of Wolf Hall. Some real-life stuff with unreal characters, a la The Politician. A DVD orContinue reading "SATURDAY IS DRESS-UP DAY AT LIBRARY"
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March 25th, 2010 @ 8am
IN oRBit: REEL CLOSE TO HOME
You might know Chris Mumford as the sure-shot chef behind Mumford’s Culinary Center in Tinton Falls (as well as his fondly recalled restaurant in Long Branch). But just as everyContinue reading "IN oRBit: REEL CLOSE TO HOME"
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March 25th, 2010 @ 7am
KABOOMERS MULL TWO-DAY FEST
Live entertainment at Riverside Gardens and Marine parks is already a staple of the annual fireworks show. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The KaBoom brand may be expanding inContinue reading "KABOOMERS MULL TWO-DAY FEST"
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March 24th, 2010 @ 1pm
SCHOOL BOARD SAYS ‘NO’ TO PAY INCREASES
Red Bank Middle School music teacher Holcombe Hurd addressed the school board Tuesday in response to its decision not to approve union pay raises for 132 teachers. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "SCHOOL BOARD SAYS ‘NO’ TO PAY INCREASES"
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March 24th, 2010 @ 6am
Plans for the installation of artificial turf playing fields at two Middletown locations have been killed because of fiscal concerns, today’s Asbury Park Press reports. Citing cuts in state aid,Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN DROPS BALLFIELD PLANS"
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March 24th, 2010 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN REDUCES TAXES… AGAIN
Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre, shown here at a December council meeting, introduced a  smaller 2010 budget that shrinks taxes on Monday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN REDUCES TAXES… AGAIN"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 1pm
HIT & RUN ENDS IN GOOSE NECK WRECK
The driver had two accidents more than two miles apart, according to police. (Click to enlarge; photo by Anthony Trufolo) A Little Silver man faces drunken driving and other chargesContinue reading "HIT & RUN ENDS IN GOOSE NECK WRECK"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 11am
MORE YMCA DISCUSSION? Y NOT?
William Poku of Bank Street addresses the council. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI What would a municipal meeting in Red Bank be these days without at least aContinue reading "MORE YMCA DISCUSSION? Y NOT?"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
STATE AID CUT FORCES ‘SEVERE CHOICES’
Councilman Michael DuPont delivers the bad news Monday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Layoffs, furloughs and a reduction in services, once considered elements of a worst-case scenario,Continue reading "STATE AID CUT FORCES ‘SEVERE CHOICES’"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: THE WAR AT HOME
Dad was the famous novelist who wrote From Here to Eternity; Mom was a glamorous being who was friends with people like Jackie O — and home was Paris inContinue reading "IN oRBit: THE WAR AT HOME"
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March 23rd, 2010 @ 5am
COMING SOON: CEDAR CROSSING
Rev. Terrence Porter shows off a drawing of the Cedar Crossing affordable housing project, which is likely to get started in the next several weeks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) ByContinue reading "COMING SOON: CEDAR CROSSING"
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March 22nd, 2010 @ 1pm
FROM RED BANK TO WED BANK
Ashley Steimle, right, of Toms River, registers with one of the many vendors at Red Bank’s first Wedding Walk Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If there’s oneContinue reading "FROM RED BANK TO WED BANK"
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March 22nd, 2010 @ 6am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of March 12 to March 19, 2010. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 3-12-10 atContinue reading "BLOTTER: CARS VANDALIZED"
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March 22nd, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: THIS AIN’T NO TOGA PARTY
For most of us who had to make his acquaintance in school, Euripides is a stonefaced statue, and his 2,400 year old play Orestes a dusty and decaying scroll ofContinue reading "IN oRBit: THIS AIN’T NO TOGA PARTY"
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March 22nd, 2010 @ 5am
SHE’S RUNNING, NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTTS
What’s good for the Gooch is good for the… candidate? Two views of Diane Gooch at the Molly Pitcher Inn last night. (Click to enlarge) Two River Times publisher DianeContinue reading "SHE’S RUNNING, NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTTS"
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March 19th, 2010 @ 7am
While dedicated funding will pay for an expansion of the pre-K program, nearly all of the remaining state aid would be passed through to the Red Bank Charter School, MoranaContinue reading "MORANA: “WE’RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING”"
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March 19th, 2010 @ 7am
FROZEN SUBSTANCE DOESN’T NEED SHOVELING
Co-owner Daniel Natale outside his Frozsürt store, which opened on Monmouth Street yesterday. (Click to enlarge) Just in time for the sudden onset of springlike weather and the end, weContinue reading "FROZEN SUBSTANCE DOESN’T NEED SHOVELING"
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March 19th, 2010 @ 6am
MTOWN BUDGET OUTLOOK: ‘UG-LY’
Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger talks to several dozen residents  who turned out Thursday night for the year’s first public informational meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The stateContinue reading "MTOWN BUDGET OUTLOOK: ‘UG-LY’"
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March 19th, 2010 @ 5am
A NEW WRINKLE
Lauren Goldfarb of Newport Capital in Red Bank and the firm’s “office dog,” Romeo, a seven-month old English bulldog, take in yesterday’s warm weather on Broad Street. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "A NEW WRINKLE"
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March 19th, 2010 @ 5am
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RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...

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