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Monthly Archives: June 2011

‘MAGIC WAS HAPPENING’ AT BIG MAN’S WEST
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Clarence Clemons playing at Big Man’s West in Red Bank in an undated photo courtesy of Lewis Bloom Photo. The Monmouth Street space is now home to a gym. (ClickContinue reading "‘MAGIC WAS HAPPENING’ AT BIG MAN’S WEST"
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June 20th, 2011 @ 1pm
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JAZZFEST SETS SUMMER ON A COOL SIMMER
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Les Paul’s Trio, featuring bass ace and songbird Nicki Parrott, returns to Two River Theater for Summer JazzFest. You won’t find a sign over the door. In fact, you won’tContinue reading "JAZZFEST SETS SUMMER ON A COOL SIMMER"
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June 20th, 2011 @ 8am
The 18th annual running of the George Sheehan Classic swept through Red Bank, Little Silver and Fair Haven, NJ, under blue skies Saturday. More than 1,400 runners completed the five-mileContinue reading "A THREE-TOWN TROT"
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June 20th, 2011 @ 6am
CURLEY: OCEANIC DETOUR WILL HIT HARD
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The Oceanic Bridge will be closed for months for repair work this fall. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Long-awaited repairs to the Oceanic Bridge areContinue reading "CURLEY: OCEANIC DETOUR WILL HIT HARD"
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June 17th, 2011 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN’S PETERS QUESTIONS WATER TIPS
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A sprinkler system outside a River Road home in Fair Haven. New Jersey American Water has asked residents to consider voluntary water restrictions in anticipation of a hot, dry summer.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN’S PETERS QUESTIONS WATER TIPS"
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June 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
HISTORIC MIDDLETOWN HOUSE UP FOR SALE
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Built in Massachusetts in the early 1700s and relocated to Middletown in 1962, the former Nathaniel Smith House features exposed-rafter ceilings, as in the library, below. (Click to enlarge) ItContinue reading "HISTORIC MIDDLETOWN HOUSE UP FOR SALE"
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June 17th, 2011 @ 10am
DEFENSE SAYS COMMENTS LED TO SBFD FIGHT
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Thursday’s docket, below, for the case of three Sea Bright firefighters involved in a fight at the borough firehouse last year. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Two Sea BrightContinue reading "DEFENSE SAYS COMMENTS LED TO SBFD FIGHT"
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June 17th, 2011 @ 7am
“BATTER UP” AT BASIE FIELDS
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A challenger in last year’s Batter Up home run derby. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Barrett Dalton; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI There are two reasons baseballs will be flyingContinue reading "“BATTER UP” AT BASIE FIELDS"
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June 16th, 2011 @ 12pm
RED BANK AUTHOR DEBUTS NEW RULEBOOK
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John Grandits and his new children’s book, which hits shelves next month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI John Grandits, the accomplished children’s author and memberContinue reading "RED BANK AUTHOR DEBUTS NEW RULEBOOK"
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June 16th, 2011 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s been close to two years since Fair Haven jobbed out its emergency dispatching services to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s 911 Communication Center, and so far, notContinue reading "911 DISPATCH STILL AN ISSUE IN FAIR HAVEN"
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June 16th, 2011 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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You know you’ve seen this one out of the corner of your eye, but… where? Where? It’ll come to you, creeping on ghostly feet in the night. And when itContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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June 16th, 2011 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Farmingdale man already facing charges for thefts from cars in Rumson and Tinton Falls is also responsible for 40 car break-ins in Fair Haven, police said.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN ADDS TO CAR BURGLARY CHARGES"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 3pm
BURNHAM TICKETED FOR COVE TEAR-OUT
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Cindy Burnham at Maple Cove in 2008. (Click to enlarge) Controversial Maple Cove activist Cindy Burnham is headed to Red Bank municipal court after being issued a summons for allegedlyContinue reading "BURNHAM TICKETED FOR COVE TEAR-OUT"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 3pm
RUMSONITES BARK AT TREE TAKEDOWN
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Shade Tree Commission Chairman Doug Spencer shows residents a piece of a tree Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven officials aren’t quite outContinue reading "RUMSONITES BARK AT TREE TAKEDOWN"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 11am
UPSTAIRS AT McKAY’S, A TRIBUTE TO JOHN K
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The colorful, creative “Drawings and Such” of the late Tinton Falls artist John Kochansky are the stuff of AFTERTHOUGHTS, a new exhibit that opens this week at McKay Imaging Gallery.Continue reading "UPSTAIRS AT McKAY’S, A TRIBUTE TO JOHN K"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 9am
DOC SHEEHAN RETURNS FOR ANNUAL CHECKUP
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The finish line at the 2009 George Sheehan Classic, and this year’s course, below. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If there’s one thing Red Bank won’t be short onContinue reading "DOC SHEEHAN RETURNS FOR ANNUAL CHECKUP"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 8am
AS PROMISED, RIVERVIEW TO PAINT IT BLACK
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A contractor removed the pink line from the middle of Broad Street Saturday; below, the stripe as it appeared on June 1. (Above photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "AS PROMISED, RIVERVIEW TO PAINT IT BLACK"
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June 15th, 2011 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a 10-hour search that started early Tuesday morning for four missing boaters who reported their boat sinking off Sandy Hook Bay,Continue reading "COAST GUARD: MISSING BOAT CALL A HOAX"
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June 14th, 2011 @ 5pm
DIG IN & SAY ‘CHEESE’
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As PR agents all over northern Monmouth County know, redbankgreen avoids groundbreakings, ribbon cuttings, presentations of giant checks and other phoney-baloney ‘news’ events. But if more of them yielded delightfullyContinue reading "DIG IN & SAY ‘CHEESE’"
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June 14th, 2011 @ 3pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police busted a Keansburg man late last month for allegedly submitting a false prescription for 120 Oxycodone pills at a pharmacy in the Navesink section ofContinue reading "M’TOWN COPS MAKE RX FRAUD ARREST"
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June 14th, 2011 @ 11am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...