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Monthly Archives: March 2011

LITTLE ELBOW ROOM AS YMCA GETS MAKEOVER
Kristen Sidun of Little Silver says she doesn’t mind the temporarily cramped conditions. Below, a schematic of the interior changes underway. (Click to enlarge) They’re sweating it out cheek-by-jowl atContinue reading "LITTLE ELBOW ROOM AS YMCA GETS MAKEOVER"
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March 25th, 2011 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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TACO TIME IN RED BANK
Cynda Raffensperger, forefront, and Emilie Hansen, take in the view of Broad Street while catching lunch at Surf Taco, which opened Thursday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "TACO TIME IN RED BANK"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 2pm
TROTTING OUT THE T-BIRDS AGAIN
redbankgreen spotted four more wild turkeys at about 10a Thursday morning, this time outside the Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven. Since our last update on this topic, we’veContinue reading "TROTTING OUT THE T-BIRDS AGAIN"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 1pm
PARK IT: SIDEWALK PARKER GETS A BREAK
A motorist parked a car atop the sidewalk on Leighton Avenue near Catherine Street in Red Bank late Tuesday morning and then vanished for hours, a reader tells redbankgreen. TheContinue reading "PARK IT: SIDEWALK PARKER GETS A BREAK"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 1pm
CHURCH, CAR WASH & DELI SWITCH ON SOLAR
The roof at Butch’s Lube ‘N Wash. (Photo courtesy of Garden State Solar; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It wasn’t long after Paul Stout snapped on the lights atContinue reading "CHURCH, CAR WASH & DELI SWITCH ON SOLAR"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER TAXES ON THE RISE
Little Silver’s tax rate is going up. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A year after declining, taxes are about to rise in Little Silver. TheContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER TAXES ON THE RISE"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Click to enlarge this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Perhaps more than most, this one might require some reflection to identify. Once you’ve got it, send us your answerContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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March 24th, 2011 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s the moment most television producers pine for: a trip to the Big Apple, a walk down the red carpet and a chance to go home withContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN ‘FACTORY’ GETS EMMY NOD"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 2pm
AFTER 50 YEARS, STILL AFLAME FOR DUTY
Fifty of Bill Stratz’s 80 years have been with the Red Bank Fire Department. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s an unlikely warm Saturday afternoonContinue reading "AFTER 50 YEARS, STILL AFLAME FOR DUTY"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB JUMP FOR WORLD RECORD
Video of the jumpathon is here. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The clock hit 6:30p and Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide simultaneously hopped-to. At the Red Bank chapter, on Drs. James ParkerContinue reading "BOYS & GIRLS CLUB JUMP FOR WORLD RECORD"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 7am
NO MORE WHITE %$&^, PLEASE
Ed Matthews removes the tiny lights that lend winter sparkle to the trees along Broad Street Tuesday. (Click to enlarge) Ignore that layer of white you awoke to Wednesday morning.Continue reading "NO MORE WHITE %$&^, PLEASE"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 6am
The Fair Haven duck flap has drawn more major media attention, this time from Fox’s My9 News.
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 5pm
RBR TO INTRO BUDGET, NEW SUPERINTENDENT
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Jim Stefankiewicz, right, will waste no time getting back down to business at Red Bank Regional. Even though he won’t officially step in as the high school’sContinue reading "RBR TO INTRO BUDGET, NEW SUPERINTENDENT"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 12pm
An employee at the Target store in Middletown was arrested Sunday after he gave a woman a $1,300 store credit for the ‘return’ of merchandise a security guard had watchedContinue reading "TARGET EMPLOYEE BUSTED IN RETURN SCAM"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 11am
COPS NAB MAN FOR CAR BREAK-INS
A Tinton Falls man was arrested by Red Bank police early Tuesday morning after a witness reported a break-in underway at a Lincroft motel, Middletown police say. Louis DeAngelo, 34,Continue reading "COPS NAB MAN FOR CAR BREAK-INS"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 10am
FIORE: MIDDLETOWN BUDGET WILL MEET CAP
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Now that the Middletown township committee’s gotten the cooperation it asked from the library board, in the way of a half-million dollar transfer to the budget, theContinue reading "FIORE: MIDDLETOWN BUDGET WILL MEET CAP"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 9am
“FRESH LOOK, FRESH IDEAS” AT OCEANIC
Lolly Ekdahl, Debra Williams and Nanette Reis at the newly renovated Oceanic Free Library in Rumson. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The unassuming building atContinue reading "“FRESH LOOK, FRESH IDEAS” AT OCEANIC"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of March 11 to March 18, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurringContinue reading "THIEVES TOOK TWO KITCHEN SINKS"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 7am
The hiring last year of a Red Bank woman to handle public relations duties for the Monmouth County library system has created a rift among at least three members ofContinue reading "PR FLAP OVER COUNTY LIBRARY FLACK"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 1pm
BIKE & WALK PLAN GETS A SHEPHERD
Jenny Rossano, seen here in 2009 with Safe Routes Red Bank co-founder Jim Willis, will help coordinate the integration of a recent bike and pedestrian study with the town’s masterContinue reading "BIKE & WALK PLAN GETS A SHEPHERD"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 11am
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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 ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
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.