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Monthly Archives: November 2011

‘CUTTING EDGE’ ENTERTAINMENT AT BASIE
Attend the tale of SWEENEY TODD: David Weitzer is the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Ali Gleason the lady with those curiously popular meat pies, when Phoenix Productions bringsContinue reading "‘CUTTING EDGE’ ENTERTAINMENT AT BASIE"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 11am
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. • Timothy Black, age 49, from Manalapan Avenue in Freehold, NJ, arrested on November 5, 2011 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 10am
DOWDY FIREPLUGS GET THE EAGLE EYE
1. Scout Jack Hayes, who organized the hydrant-painting effort. 2. Ryan Jacobs, 15, left and Myles Donohue, 16, of Boy Scout Troop 67 at work on Shrewsbury Avenue. 3. TheContinue reading "DOWDY FIREPLUGS GET THE EAGLE EYE"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 9am
ELECTION DAY 2011
Early voters prepared to cast ballots Tuesday morning at the Red Bank Housing Authority. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Voting got underway before dawn Tuesday in what isContinue reading "ELECTION DAY 2011"
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November 8th, 2011 @ 8am
MYSTERY OBJECTOR SKEWS HOTEL DEBATE
Architect Lou Silverstein holds up a rendering of the proposed Hampton Inn as objector Marco Sima addresses the planning board. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Already the subjectContinue reading "MYSTERY OBJECTOR SKEWS HOTEL DEBATE"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 11pm
EARLY FEEDBACK: SOUL KITCHEN WORKS
Soul Kitchen as seen on opening day last month, hosted by Jon Bon Jovi, below. (Click to enlarge) Lots of glitz was on display last month when the JBJ SoulContinue reading "EARLY FEEDBACK: SOUL KITCHEN WORKS"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: OCTOBER POLICE ACTIVITY
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. 10/3/11 -Sgt. Lambert arrested Carrie C. Lamberti, 38, Long Branch for being in Contempt of Court. Mrs. LambertiContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: OCTOBER POLICE ACTIVITY"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 12pm
NO CHILD LEFT UNPORTRAYED AT TRTC
Playwright and actress Nilaja Sun arrives at Saturday’s opening night reception for ‘No Child,’ in which she gives a, high-energy, tour de force performance as 16 characters at a troubledContinue reading "NO CHILD LEFT UNPORTRAYED AT TRTC"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 10am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of  October 28 to November 4, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft occurring between 10-17-11Continue reading "RED BANK: PARKING METER STOLEN"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 9am
With another spirited (and sold-out) gathering in the greenhouse, Sickles Market in Little Silver hosted its annual wine and cheese fundraiser for Holiday Express Friday night. The event featured auctionsContinue reading "HOLIDAY CHEER IN THE GREENHOUSE"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 8am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On November 2, 2011 at approximately 8:20 am Patrolman Robert McNair and Patrolman Darrin Simon responded toContinue reading "FAKE LICENSE LANDS WOMAN IN JAIL"
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November 7th, 2011 @ 7am
ALL QUIET IN GOTHAM CITY
Not that we condone defacing of other people’s property, of course… but this guy looking down on Broad Street in downtown Red Bank gives us a chuckle. Is he lookingContinue reading "ALL QUIET IN GOTHAM CITY"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER CANDIDATES SPEAK
Below are the responses to questionnaires sent to the two mayoral and three council candidates (for two available seats) on the November 8 ballot in Little Silver. Candidates were askedContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER CANDIDATES SPEAK"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 10am
Below is where the responses to questionnaires sent to the four council candidates (for two available seats) on the November 8 ballot in Red Bank would appear, if any ofContinue reading "RED BANK CANDIDATES SILENT"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT CANDIDATES SPEAK, MOST OF ‘EM
Below are the responses to questionnaires sent to the three mayoral and four council candidates (for two available seats) on the November 8 ballot in Sea Bright. Candidates were askedContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT CANDIDATES SPEAK, MOST OF ‘EM"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 9am
A Rhode Island man recently posted this YouTube video, in which he praises the new JBJ Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. During his meal the night before,Continue reading "SOULFUL PLUG FOR SOUL KITCHEN"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 8am
IN RED BANK: PRIMPING FOR THE PROM
Lynn Skorenko in her Monmouth Street shop, former home of Adams Imports. (Click to enlarge) Earlier this week, Retail Churn brought you the scoop on Emilia, a new dress shopContinue reading "IN RED BANK: PRIMPING FOR THE PROM"
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November 4th, 2011 @ 7am
JEEP DRIVER CITED IN ACCIDENT
Emergency workers tend to Vivian Maxwell near the Jeep that struck her Wednesday afternoon. (Click to enlarge) The pedestrian struck by a Jeep on Broad Street in Red Bank WednesdayContinue reading "JEEP DRIVER CITED IN ACCIDENT"
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November 3rd, 2011 @ 1pm
WEST SIDE TO GET PARKING LOOK-AHEAD
Restaurateur Danny Murphy discusses the need for West Side parking with Mayor Pasquale Menna, left, before last week’s borough council meeting. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’sContinue reading "WEST SIDE TO GET PARKING LOOK-AHEAD"
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November 3rd, 2011 @ 12pm
A LOOPHOLE-FILLED GOLF COURSE
The Curchin Open, an annual indoor-golf fundraiser now held for six years running among the cubicles of the Curchin Group, a Lincroft CPA firm, went off (as usual) in excellentContinue reading "A LOOPHOLE-FILLED GOLF COURSE"
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November 3rd, 2011 @ 10am
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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 ...