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Monthly Archives: January 2011

PUTTING THE SHAKE BACK INTO A CREAKY HIP
We’ve said it before: the ‘Hip City/Hippest Town in New Jersey’ designation for Red Bank has got to go. It’s so rusty it creaks. Even the folks at Red BankContinue reading "PUTTING THE SHAKE BACK INTO A CREAKY HIP"
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January 31st, 2011 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LITTLE SILVER RENDERED IN LITTLE BRICKS
About a dozen families help recreate the Little Silver streetscape with Legos Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Pardee; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Finding the windows, red brick andContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER RENDERED IN LITTLE BRICKS"
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January 31st, 2011 @ 11am
IDINA MENZEL, MARVIN HAMLISCH AT BASIE
Superstar stage and screen diva Idina Menzel returns to Red Bank Thursday with no less than Marvin Hamlisch at the podium as guest conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.Continue reading "IDINA MENZEL, MARVIN HAMLISCH AT BASIE"
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January 31st, 2011 @ 9am
GRIN AND BEAR IT: SLICK ROADS EXPECTED
A group of Rumson teens decided we’ve seen enough white lately, and built a snowman on River Road, using spray paint to add detail. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi. Click toContinue reading "GRIN AND BEAR IT: SLICK ROADS EXPECTED"
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January 31st, 2011 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN TO NAME NEW ADMINISTRATOR
Fair Haven Administrator Mary Howell’s last day is expected to be Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It took a little longer than expected, butContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO NAME NEW ADMINISTRATOR"
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January 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
FOR HISTORY BUFFS, A FANTASTIC SIGN
Fantastic Signs owner John Oakley with his daughter, Charlotte, and some of his sign collection. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s a weekday afternoon, andContinue reading "FOR HISTORY BUFFS, A FANTASTIC SIGN"
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January 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
BUSY SPRING AHEAD FOR FAIR HAVEN
McCarter Park is among a number of properties in line for upgrades in Fair Haven. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI When, or if, we everContinue reading "BUSY SPRING AHEAD FOR FAIR HAVEN"
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January 27th, 2011 @ 11am
redbankgreen did a tour through Rumson, Fair Haven, Little Silver and Sea Bright Thursday morning to get photos of all the whiteness dumped by the latest winter snowstorm . (PhotosContinue reading "MORE SNOW = MORE SNOW PIX"
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January 27th, 2011 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Half empty or half full? You decide and let us know via email where you’ve seen it, please.
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January 27th, 2011 @ 10am
Red Bank before and just after dawn Thursday, beneath a sliver of moon and about ten inches of prettifying snow. To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click theContinue reading "NATURE LAYS DOWN ANOTHER WHITE BLANKET"
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January 27th, 2011 @ 8am
RED BANK: ‘ALL ROADS ARE OPEN’
Snow lies atop wires and tree limbs above Branch Avenue early Wednesday morning. Below, a borough plow working Shrewsbury Avenue. (Click to enlarge) All of Red Bank’s streets had beenContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘ALL ROADS ARE OPEN’"
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January 27th, 2011 @ 7am
CHRISTIE: “THE PARTY’S OVER”
Governor Chris Christie was unapologetic for his approach to running the state during a town hall in Middletown Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI ChrisContinue reading "CHRISTIE: “THE PARTY’S OVER”"
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January 26th, 2011 @ 2pm
ANOTHER STORM DAMPENS BUSINESS
Few pedestrians were out on Broad Street in downtown Red Bank late Wednesday morning. (Click to enlarge) Not to belabor the obvious, but the snowy winter of 2010-’11 is puttingContinue reading "ANOTHER STORM DAMPENS BUSINESS"
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January 26th, 2011 @ 12pm
RUMSON: NO DAWGS ALLOWED ON THE LAWN
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI You can show school spirit all you want in Rumson. Just keep it off the lawn. A request that had sailed through in Fair Haven didn’t makeContinue reading "RUMSON: NO DAWGS ALLOWED ON THE LAWN"
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January 26th, 2011 @ 7am
RED BANK TELLS BUILDER: KNOCK ‘EM DOWN
Red Bank officials slapped developers of the River’s Edge project on Bank Street with an unsafe structure violation, which is being appealed. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK TELLS BUILDER: KNOCK ‘EM DOWN"
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January 25th, 2011 @ 3pm
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS ASK FOR HELP
Red Bank business owner George Lyristis led a plea to the borough council to make changes that would be positive for the downtown Monday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; clickContinue reading "DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS ASK FOR HELP"
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January 25th, 2011 @ 10am
TRTC SENDS IN ‘CLOWNS’ FOR FEBRUARY
Broadway veteran Matthew Gumley, 14, co-stars as Nick in the Two River Theater Company production of A THOUSAND CLOWNS. By TOM CHESEK It’s got a happy-go-lucky, nonconformist uncle. A whip-smart,Continue reading "TRTC SENDS IN ‘CLOWNS’ FOR FEBRUARY"
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January 25th, 2011 @ 9am
Several fights broke out among teenagers gathered at Broad and West Front streets at the 2010 fireworks. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A waterfront view of this year’s KaboomContinue reading "FIREWORKS: FEES IN, FINES UP"
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January 25th, 2011 @ 6am
ART SHOW DISPLAYS FOR THE SNOW DAYS
Groveland-based artist Ryan Southerland at Zebu Forno’s first art show Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The iceberg-sized snowmounds are still here. The temps areContinue reading "ART SHOW DISPLAYS FOR THE SNOW DAYS"
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January 24th, 2011 @ 9am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 14 to January 21, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Armed Robbery occurringContinue reading "GUNPOINT ROBBERY ON RIVER ROAD"
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January 24th, 2011 @ 6am
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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 ...