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Monthly Archives: February 2011

The decision concerns a 50-year-old apartment building on Bodman Place that the owner wanted to convert to condos. (Click to enlarge) The state appeals court has upheld the Red BankContinue reading "APPEALS COURT OKS COLONY HOUSE DENIAL"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 4pm
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DuPONT: CAN WE DO THIS SOME OTHER TIME?
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Councilman Mike DuPont at Red Bank’s government reorganization meeting on January 1. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s borough council is mulling a change in its bimonthly meeting schedule to accommodateContinue reading "DuPONT: CAN WE DO THIS SOME OTHER TIME?"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 2pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A plan by  Middletown’s governing body to raid the public library’s $1.2 million surplus in a bid to save police jobs  has set off an  imbroglio inContinue reading "M’TOWN LIBRARY CENTER OF BUDGET BATTLE"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 12pm
ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST
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The Planned Parenthood clinic on Newman Springs Road is the purported terminus of a protest walk planned for March 12. Below, Councilman Ed Zipprich. (Click to enlarge) The Red BankContinue reading "ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 9am
MENNA: RED BANK NEEDS MORE NIGHT ACTION
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The mayor says entertainment ventures could help fill empty storefronts. Above, two long-time vacant spaces on West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) Citing a surplus of vacant storefronts and notContinue reading "MENNA: RED BANK NEEDS MORE NIGHT ACTION"
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February 15th, 2011 @ 7am
M’TOWN BUDGET: 10 COPS COULD LOSE JOBS
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The axe may fall if the PBA doesn’t make significant concessions, the township committee said. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Faced with the state’s newContinue reading "M’TOWN BUDGET: 10 COPS COULD LOSE JOBS"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 2pm
RED BANKER VIES FOR ‘MISS NEW JERSEY’
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Quaniesha Frost of Red Bank won the Miss Tri-County competition last month and is getting ready to compete for the Miss New Jersey crown. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "RED BANKER VIES FOR ‘MISS NEW JERSEY’"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 11am
Republican state Senator Jennifer Beck, left, got a fair amount of media attention over the weekend for her campaign to purge laws of outdated and sexist treatment of women. TheContinue reading "BECK TAKES AIM AT SEXIST STATUTES"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 8am
FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY
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Below, a lone ice floe sporting a stalk of phragmites appears headed to its doom in the upper Navesink as temperature rise today. But how long will it take toContinue reading "FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 6am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of February 4 to February 11, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Theft occurring atContinue reading "YOUR WEEKLY RED BANK CRIME REPORT"
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February 14th, 2011 @ 5am
FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR
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Patti Siciliano just hours before opening the latest addition to Funk and Standard, Yummy Yummy Good Stuff juice bar. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI PattiContinue reading "FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR"
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February 11th, 2011 @ 2pm
KABOOMERS PROMISE FRESH START
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A promotional video for the KaBOOM fireworks show. Below, Tim Hogan, new chairman of KaBoom’s executive committee. (Click to enlarge photo) Coming off two years of financial challenges and crowd-controlContinue reading "KABOOMERS PROMISE FRESH START"
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February 11th, 2011 @ 9am
SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS
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It doesn’t do much good if snow blocks access to a shoveled sidewalk, residents say. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The list of concerns relatedContinue reading "SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Only one of the many readers who wrote in on last week’s image, which showed a roadside “Deer Xing” sign, got it wrong. Turns out to be a well-noticed spot.
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February 10th, 2011 @ 9am
A report on Fox5 Wednesday tees up local rock stars Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Max Weinberg for “the huge tax breaks” they get for claiming parts of their estatesContinue reading "FOX: SPRINGTEEN & BON JOVI ARE FARMERS?"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Tinton Falls police are searching for a suspect they say robbed the McDonald’s on Shrewsbury Avenue late Tuesday afternoon. The male suspect, of whom police didn’t haveContinue reading "TINTON FALLS McDONALD’S ROBBED"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 6am
CLOWNS AND A MIME IN TRTC’s QUILT
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Actor, mime and raconteur Bill Bowers speaks up in IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING at Two River Theater  — while Matthew Gumley and Michael Nathanson continue through February 20 in AContinue reading "CLOWNS AND A MIME IN TRTC’s QUILT"
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February 9th, 2011 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY DOC MUSCLES HER WAY TO FAME
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Karyn Marshall, seen below in competition in the 1980s, will be inducted into the Weightlifting Hall of Fame next month. (Click to enlarge. Photo above by Dustin Racioppi.) By DUSTINContinue reading "SHREWSBURY DOC MUSCLES HER WAY TO FAME"
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February 9th, 2011 @ 7am
DOWNED WIRES KNOCK OUT POWER
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Downed utility wires in front of Westside Hose Company in Red Bank knocked out power to a block of homes on Leighton Avenue and forced the closure of the streetContinue reading "DOWNED WIRES KNOCK OUT POWER"
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February 8th, 2011 @ 3pm
M’TOWN: GET READY TO DIG NEAR SCHOOLS
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Middletown is considering heavier enforcement to get sidewalks near schools cleared after a snowfall. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI This winter’s unprecedented snowfalls brought frustrationContinue reading "M’TOWN: GET READY TO DIG NEAR SCHOOLS"
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February 8th, 2011 @ 1pm
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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