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Monthly Archives: March 2011

‘CANDIDA’ MOMENTS WITH A SHAW APOSTLE
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The Shaw must go on: Two River Theater Company offers up four nights of previews for George Bernard Shaw’s CANDIDA beginning Tuesday. By TOM CHESEK First of all, it’s pronouncedContinue reading "‘CANDIDA’ MOMENTS WITH A SHAW APOSTLE"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 9am
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LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN AND WOMEN
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Red Bank First Aid Squad’s line officers: Captain Matt DePonti, First Lieutenant Steve DePonti and Second Lieutenant Diana DeFazio. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI TheContinue reading "LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN AND WOMEN"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 8am
BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Capping a busy week in Middletown, police reported an array of arrests for offenses including hard-drug sales, car break-ins and a slew of St. Patty’s Day disorderlies.Continue reading "BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 6am
A conflict over a 12-year-old resident’s request to keep six pet ducks in her Fair Haven back yard has attracted the probing lens of Ledger Live. And a critical essayContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DUCK FLAP GETS SLEDGERED"
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March 20th, 2011 @ 9am
COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE
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A 31-year-old Middletown man was arrested for setting fire to a Harmony Road home Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After being told he wasContinue reading "COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 3pm
SPRING SO CLOSE SHE CAN SMELL IT
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Claudette, a nine-year-old bulldog, gets an early scent of spring Thursday while lazing in the window of Fair Haven Cleaners on River Road in Fair Haven, where she’s kept storeContinue reading "SPRING SO CLOSE SHE CAN SMELL IT"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 11am
RED BANK: BOATS, BONDS & BUREAUCRACY
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The newly rebuilt marina at Marine Park will no longer be reserved exclusively for Red Bank residents. (Click to enlarge) Boat slips at Marine Park, a bond to cover pensionContinue reading "RED BANK: BOATS, BONDS & BUREAUCRACY"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 10am
MOBILE FOOD MAY FIND A SPOT IN TOWN
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Cinnamon Snail owner Adam Sobel appears to have persuaded Red Bank officials to carve out a spot he and other mobile vendors can compete for. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi: clickContinue reading "MOBILE FOOD MAY FIND A SPOT IN TOWN"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 8am
SOMETHING’S ALWAYS UP IN TRTC’s HOUSE
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Two River Theater artistic director John Dias presents IN THIS HOUSE, the first in a new series of staged musical readings, beginning Monday night at the Bridge Avenue artspace. ByContinue reading "SOMETHING’S ALWAYS UP IN TRTC’s HOUSE"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 6am
A 27-year-old Little Silver man is in the Monmouth County jail following his arrest at home Tuesday for possession with the intent to sell the painkiller Oxycodone, the county prosecutor’sContinue reading "PAIR NABBED IN LITTLE SILVER DRUG BUST"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 5pm
KISS ME, I’M HALF-IRISH
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Quinn MacKinney, 3, leans in for a kiss from Valentina Roselle, a half-Irish, half-Italian two-year-old from Tinton Falls while having lunch in Red Bank. Does Quinn have a little crushContinue reading "KISS ME, I’M HALF-IRISH"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
BIG GREEN HAT FOR A BIG GREEN DAY
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In Fair Haven, six-year-old Will Beausoleil gears up for a big St. Patrick’s Day. “We’re going to meet a friend in the woods. We’re having a little parade by ourselves,”Continue reading "BIG GREEN HAT FOR A BIG GREEN DAY"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT ENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUIT
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The council reached a settlement with the owner of Gaiter’s to rezone the property for affordable housing. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A year ofContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT ENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUIT"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
A DAY TO BE TUTU GREEN
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Clad in green for St. Patrick’s Day, a young girl munches on a green bagel at Atlantic Bagel Company in Rumson this morning. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
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March 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
LOCATION AN ISSUE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN
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Councilwoman Sharon Lee details her objections to a request to create a community garden at the Red Bank Public Library. (Click to enlarge) A push for the creation of aContinue reading "LOCATION AN ISSUE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 11am
LIBRARY OKS $500K TO TOWNSHIP
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The library approved transferring nearly $500,000 to the township committee Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In order to help the township balance its budgetContinue reading "LIBRARY OKS $500K TO TOWNSHIP"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Oh, the things you see in people’s yards. Have you encountered this range rover in your travels? Tell us where, please, via pony express.
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March 17th, 2011 @ 8am
SNOW GETS SOME BLAME FOR TAX HIKE
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A borough plow stuck in the snow on Mechanic Street on December 27. The cost of the storm is about to sock Red Bank property owners. (Click to enlarge) RedContinue reading "SNOW GETS SOME BLAME FOR TAX HIKE"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT SPENDING DOWN, TAXES UP
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Councilman Read Murphy reads an overview of Sea Bright’s budget Tuesday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A drop in revenues and increases in costsContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT SPENDING DOWN, TAXES UP"
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March 16th, 2011 @ 4pm
Six months after he was arrested on charges of trying to defraud a Shrewsbury bank branch out of $93,000, a Middletown man has been indicted on related charges. Sandy Masselli,Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN MAN INDICTED FOR BANK FRAUD"
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March 16th, 2011 @ 4pm
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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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