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Monthly Archives: March 2011

RED BANK, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL
The American Littoral Society would like to replace this old wooden bulkhead with a graded, natural one to help preserve wildlife. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "RED BANK, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL"
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March 4th, 2011 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham has been put on unpaid leave amid questions about “questionable spending,” the Asbury Park Press reports. Burham, who has been in the spotlight recentlyContinue reading "BROOKDALE PREZ PUT ON UNPAID LEAVE"
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 3pm
SEWER BREAK TO COST SEA BRIGHT, RUMSON
A sewer main break in Monmouth Beach is going to cost Sea Bright and Rumson. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Last month, a sinkhole wasContinue reading "SEWER BREAK TO COST SEA BRIGHT, RUMSON"
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN TRASH IS GOING PRIVATE
The cans will stay, but the people picking up the trash in Fair Haven will be different next month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI NewContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TRASH IS GOING PRIVATE"
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Head east on Hartshorne Road from Navesink Avenue in Middletown and you’ll eventually come across the cement pillar shown in last week’s Where Have I Seen This?
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 10am
RIVERCENTER AND STORES ON THE MOVE
RiverCenter is relocating to English Plaza in mid-March. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After six years tucked above the bustle of Broad Street in RedContinue reading "RIVERCENTER AND STORES ON THE MOVE"
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven police are investigating two incidents in which juveniles are suspected of taking wallets from parked cars on two separate streets. Police learned of the theftsContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN INVESTIGATING WALLET THEFTS"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER FD PUTS OUT BACKHOE FIRE
Little Silver firefighters had to lay about 800 feet of hose to reach a fire on Little Silver Point Road Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER FD PUTS OUT BACKHOE FIRE"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 3pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of February 18 to February 25, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Theft reported onContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 1pm
COUNCILMAN WANTS TO AXE TREE ORDINANCE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Is Fair Haven Councilman Bob Marchese barking up the wrong tree? The second-year councilman, shown right, told his counterparts Monday night that he wants to see theContinue reading "COUNCILMAN WANTS TO AXE TREE ORDINANCE"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 10am
KaBoom volunteers making their way through the crowd with donations pails at Riverside Gardens Park in 2009. That’s KaBoom chairman Charles Moran at left. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Just a coupleContinue reading "KABOOMFEST PAYS ITS DEBT TO RED BANK"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 8am
RED BANK CURB SERVICE
Today, redbankgreen rolls out an occasional feature called Park It, in which we’ll spotlight all manner of issues, from the trifling to the truly troublesome, about parking in Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK CURB SERVICE"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 6am
MURPHY: PUT IT IN YOUR OWN CAN
Council President Art Murphy says the borough will crack down on residents and business owners dumping their trash in municipal containers. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "MURPHY: PUT IT IN YOUR OWN CAN"
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March 1st, 2011 @ 1pm
COMMUNITY GARDEN GETS IFFY SEEDING
A community garden is proposed next to Maple Cove, but officials say they need to do their homework before giving it an OK. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI WithContinue reading "COMMUNITY GARDEN GETS IFFY SEEDING"
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March 1st, 2011 @ 10am
ALL THEY ARE SAYING IS ‘GET IN BED’
John Lennon and Yoko Ono duet during their 1969 Bed-In for Peace, the subject of a new installation opening this weekend at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. (Photo ©Joan Athey/Continue reading "ALL THEY ARE SAYING IS ‘GET IN BED’"
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March 1st, 2011 @ 7am
RED BANK COUNCIL CHANGES MEETING NIGHTS
Council meetings will now be held on Wednesday nights. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Got a concern, request or gripe of a municipal nature? Don’t bring it to RedContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL CHANGES MEETING NIGHTS"
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March 1st, 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 ...