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Monthly Archives: October 2011

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s Where Have I Seen This? showed a sign that looked like a cross between a Snellen eye chart and the Daily Jumble.
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October 13th, 2011 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 11, 2011 at approximately 10:40 pm Patrolman Robert McNair was on patrol in the areaContinue reading "COP MAKES THREE POT BUSTS IN ONE DAY"
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October 13th, 2011 @ 7am
RUMSON WOMEN PREP FOR A GIRLS’ ACADEMY
Mairead Clifford, left, and Victoria Gmelich, hope to give their daughters and other young women the same kind of high school experience they had. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINEContinue reading "RUMSON WOMEN PREP FOR A GIRLS’ ACADEMY"
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October 12th, 2011 @ 11am
IN CHURN: ART, PACMAN & WAFFLES
Banegas Fine Art Gallery plans to take over the Broad Street storefront last inhabited by Bella Mystique. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The work of a single artistContinue reading "IN CHURN: ART, PACMAN & WAFFLES"
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October 12th, 2011 @ 8am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 10, 2011 at approximately 2:10 am Patrolman Richard Fulham was on patrol in the areaContinue reading "DWI BUSTS CLOG MIDDLETOWN BLOTTER"
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October 12th, 2011 @ 8am
‘MAMMOTHS’ TO A GOOD HOME, AT TRTC
Mercedes Herrero (right) stars as a slightly dizzied Dean in SEVEN HOMELESS MAMMOTHS WANDER NEW ENGLAND, the “academic sex comedy” by Madeleine George (left). By TOM CHESEK Saturday, October 15,Continue reading "‘MAMMOTHS’ TO A GOOD HOME, AT TRTC"
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October 12th, 2011 @ 6am
IN ANTICIPATION OF A MARINE’S RETURN
The neighborhood around the Rumson Place, Little Silver home of Lance Corporal Brian Dilger of the U.S. Marines is suddenly abloom in yellow ribbons. Dilger’s mom, Janine Talbot, tells redbankgreenContinue reading "IN ANTICIPATION OF A MARINE’S RETURN"
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October 11th, 2011 @ 3pm
In Fair Haven Tuesday night, officials are expected to take up a change to the salary ordinance that at first glance might appear to boost the borough administrator’s salary byContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO SHOW WHO’S IN CHARGE"
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October 11th, 2011 @ 11am
SUSPECT AT LARGE IN BEACH LEWDNESS CASE
A police car trawls the sidewalk along the sea wall near the entrance to Sandy Hook Sunday night. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A deployment of police, searchContinue reading "SUSPECT AT LARGE IN BEACH LEWDNESS CASE"
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October 11th, 2011 @ 10am
In an effort to raise awareness about detectable cancers, two Red Bank shops are organizing an evening of champagne, sweets and beautiful, bare skin. Another organization is auctioning off aContinue reading "WIN A BON JOVI GUITAR. GO NAKED. OR BOTH"
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October 11th, 2011 @ 7am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of September 30 to October 7, 2011. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring betweenContinue reading "FAUX GAS PUMPER TAKES CUSTOMER’S CASH"
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October 10th, 2011 @ 11am
The bike and run portions were canceled because of a road washout in Tropical Storm Irene, but that didn’t keep several dozen registrants for the Red Bank Triathlon from the Continue reading "A QUICK DIP, OR TWO"
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October 10th, 2011 @ 9am
REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT SANDY HOOK
A police car searched for a suspect near the entrance to Gateway National Recreation Area at Sandy Hook shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday night after a report of a sexualContinue reading "REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT SANDY HOOK"
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October 10th, 2011 @ 8am
The 18th running of the 5K (3.1-mile) Little Silver Classic 5k went off on a Sunday morning made for smiles. redbankgreen was out on Rumson Road to catch the action.
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October 10th, 2011 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 6, 2011 at approximately 1:15 am Patrolman Richard Fulham and Sgt. John Werner were onContinue reading "PAIRED CHARGED IN GUN & JEWELRY THEFT"
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October 10th, 2011 @ 6am
YO MON, HERE COMES MORE FRO-YO
A self-serve frozen yogurt shop called Yo Mon plans to take over the space used by AlphaGraphics, which plans to move just a block east, to White Street. (Click toContinue reading "YO MON, HERE COMES MORE FRO-YO"
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October 7th, 2011 @ 12pm
REVISED LOFTS PROJECT WINS OK
The mixed-use residential, retail and restaurant project was scaled down from the version approved in 2006. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Red Bank’s zoning board has been convinced, andContinue reading "REVISED LOFTS PROJECT WINS OK"
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October 7th, 2011 @ 7am
JUDGE WON’T BAR FIREFIGHTER BROTHERS
A municipal court judge found that Justin Hughes, above, provoked the assault by Peter and Steven Lang, below, by saying that Steven Lang should have died in Iraq. (Click toContinue reading "JUDGE WON’T BAR FIREFIGHTER BROTHERS"
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October 6th, 2011 @ 2pm
WORK ON TURNING LANE BEGINS
Construction of a new left-turn lane from westbound West Front Street onto Pearl Street in Red Bank got underway Thursday, slowing traffic. The project will take several weeks to complete,Continue reading "WORK ON TURNING LANE BEGINS"
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October 6th, 2011 @ 11am
Dave McKenny of Shrewsbury in the wooden cab of his 1910 Ford Model T — a fabulous flivver scheduled to roll into the Middletown Lions Club Auto Show and MotorcycleContinue reading "WALK, RUN, BOOZE AND CRUISE FOR A CAUSE"
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October 6th, 2011 @ 9am
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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.