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Monthly Archives: October 2011

TRTC: ALEC BALDWIN, UNPLUGGED, WITH PAL
Two years after his last and only visit, actor Alec Baldwin returns to Red Bank’s Two River Theater next month for a night of… Well, chat, mostly. The pre-Internet kind,Continue reading "TRTC: ALEC BALDWIN, UNPLUGGED, WITH PAL"
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October 25th, 2011 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Last tenanted by chic furniture dealer Design Front, 21 East Front Street is now home to a wedding and boudoir photo business as well as a DJ. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: SEXING UP WEDDINGS"
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October 25th, 2011 @ 9am
MIRRORING THE SEASON
That’s not a photo that guy was carrying on River Road in Fair Haven last Friday afternoon; it was a mirror. (Click to enlarge) The weather outlook for Tuesday isContinue reading "MIRRORING THE SEASON"
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October 25th, 2011 @ 5am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 21, 2011 at approximately 12:00 pm Corporal Bernard Chenoweth and Corporal George Freibott, responded toContinue reading "PAIR NABBED FOR TWO M’TOWN BURGLARIES"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 11am
BEEP! RETRO ARCADE OPENS
Yestercades, a 2,800-square-foot gaming emporium dedicated to classic video games of the 1970s and ’80s, opened with little fanfare Friday night and did a clanging, beeping business over the weekend,Continue reading "BEEP! RETRO ARCADE OPENS"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER ROAD CLOSURE BEGINS
A partial road closure that’s expected to last through December took effect with the start of work on a gas line beneath Seven Bridge Road in Little Silver Monday morning.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER ROAD CLOSURE BEGINS"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 9am
The 64th in an annual series, Sunday’s Red Bank Halloween parade featured a barn-and-silo float from Red Bank Charter School plus a mix of reliably scary and fun costumes. redbankgreenContinue reading "SCARY FUN IN RED BANK"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 7am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of October 14 to October 21, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft occurring at ArthurContinue reading "GUNPOINT ROBBERY REPORTED ON WEST SIDE"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 6am
AUTUMN CHORE
Alex Perez rakes leaves outside his home on Wallace Street in Red Bank on Saturday. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) Here’s the National Weather Service outlook for theContinue reading "AUTUMN CHORE"
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October 24th, 2011 @ 6am
NEW OWNERS FOR MURRAY MACGREGOR’S
Kathy Maguire takes a breather on day one as owner of the Rumson bar and restaurant. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Word about the sale had leaked out,Continue reading "NEW OWNERS FOR MURRAY MACGREGOR’S"
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October 21st, 2011 @ 11am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 21, 2011 at approximately 12:40 am officers were dispatched to the area of Highway 35Continue reading "COPS: DRIVER HID DRUG BAG IN HIS MOUTH"
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October 21st, 2011 @ 10am
Though no exterior changes are planned, Lucky Break Billiards will feature 19th-century decorative touches inside, the owners say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A billiards parlor that servesContinue reading "BILLIARDS HALL, OFFICE CONVERSION OK’D"
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October 21st, 2011 @ 8am
Megan Heath Gilhool of Long Branch has been using her brushes to transform the bus stop on Ocean Avenue in downtown Sea Bright into a colorful and cozy cottage interior.Continue reading "STOPPING AT HOME"
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October 21st, 2011 @ 7am
A PORTION-CONTROLLED SIDE OF ZEET
Zeet Peabody, executive chef at the new JBJ Soul Kitchen, which features crisp design inside and a vegetable and herb garden out front. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "A PORTION-CONTROLLED SIDE OF ZEET"
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October 20th, 2011 @ 10am
Q FOR GOP: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
Westside Community Group president Amy Goldsmith, right, discusses the debate format with candidates Juanita Lewis, Joe Mizzi, Grace Cangemi and Ed Zipprich. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RedContinue reading "Q FOR GOP: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"
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October 20th, 2011 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This week, it’s three chairs, no wading. Tell us if you think you know Where our photo was taken.
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October 20th, 2011 @ 6am
BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN
Jon Bon Jovi gives his wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, an attagirl as she prepares a table at the opening of the JBJ Soul Kitchen Wednesday afternoon. The yard outside the restaurant,Continue reading "BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN"
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October 19th, 2011 @ 3pm
BAREFOOT BRIDE FLEES FAIR HAVEN
Wedding gowns line the spacious windows along Monmouth Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Mayra Perez didn’t get a barefoot-in-the-grass feeling when she bought the Barefoot Bride, thenContinue reading "BAREFOOT BRIDE FLEES FAIR HAVEN"
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October 19th, 2011 @ 7am
A Neptune man faces a handful of charges after he got into an altercation with police last Saturday night, the Fair Haven PD reports. Allante Williams, 24 of Neptune, wasContinue reading "DRIVER CHARGED IN TUSSLE WITH COPS"
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October 19th, 2011 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 16, 2011 at approximately 6:40 pm Patrolman Michael Pintilie responded to the Sears Store inContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 18th, 2011 @ 1pm
Partyline
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 ...