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Yearly Archives: 2011

HONK IF YOU’RE FEELING DUCKY
Michael Genet as Bullfrog, center with the Froglets in the TRTC production of ‘Honk!” (Photo by T. Charles Erickson. Click to enlarge) By TOM CHESEK Old European superstition has itContinue reading "HONK IF YOU’RE FEELING DUCKY"
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December 7th, 2011 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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DOCK PLAN MAKES WAVES IN FAIR HAVEN
A Hance Road homeowner hopes to nearly double the length of his Navesink River dock, above. An engineer’s plan, below, details the additional length, as well as the boat liftsContinue reading "DOCK PLAN MAKES WAVES IN FAIR HAVEN"
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December 6th, 2011 @ 11am
SWINGING INTO SINATRA AT A BASIE BASH
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Joe Muccioli (left) conducts the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra in the fifth annual Sinatra Birthday Bash event, Friday night at Basie’s place — an occasion that also marks the releaseContinue reading "SWINGING INTO SINATRA AT A BASIE BASH"
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December 6th, 2011 @ 9am
FOG GIVES WAY TO RAIN
Headlights cut the fog on Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury Monday night. (Click to enlarge) A daylong Monday fog – the literal kind, not the ‘I forgot how to do routineContinue reading "FOG GIVES WAY TO RAIN"
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December 6th, 2011 @ 6am
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN SEXUAL ASSAULT
Red Bank Police said Monday that they are looking for a man who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman on the West Side of town early Saturday. Here’sContinue reading "SUSPECT SOUGHT IN SEXUAL ASSAULT"
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December 5th, 2011 @ 4pm
FUZZY METEOROLOGY
A persistent fog swathed the greater Green in gray Monday, despite forecasts that it would end by midmorning. Above, the view from Tower Hill in Red Bank looking east alongContinue reading "FUZZY METEOROLOGY"
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December 5th, 2011 @ 4pm
BICYCLIST STRUCK IN LITTLE SILVER
Emergency workers tend to Jorge Perez-Lopez, 35, of Long Branch after he was struck by a car while bicycling on White Road in Little Silver around 5:15 p.m. Sunday night.Continue reading "BICYCLIST STRUCK IN LITTLE SILVER"
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December 5th, 2011 @ 3pm
REAL HOUSEWIFE & REAL HUBBY IN RED BANK
Melissa and Joe Gorga: could they be any more real than they’ll be in person, this week at Gaetano’s? Here at the tail end of a year that boasted aContinue reading "REAL HOUSEWIFE & REAL HUBBY IN RED BANK"
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December 5th, 2011 @ 11am
TODAY: WONDERFUL AS EVER, IN M’TOWN
Ward Bond and Jimmy Stewart in the American classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” screening midday Monday in Middletown. They say that whenever someone encounters the story of George Bailey andContinue reading "TODAY: WONDERFUL AS EVER, IN M’TOWN"
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December 5th, 2011 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 24 to December 02, 2011. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring atContinue reading "VICTIM SEES THIEVES BREAKING INTO CAR"
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December 5th, 2011 @ 7am
SNOW PAINTER’S MIND IS ELSEWHERE
redbankgreen came upon muralist Mike McCrink of Atlantic Highlands painting a snowscape on the side of the Investor Savings Bank on White Street in Red Bank last Friday, and, naturally,Continue reading "SNOW PAINTER’S MIND IS ELSEWHERE"
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December 5th, 2011 @ 6am
PUT A TIGER IN YOUR THINK TANK AT BCC
The squadron’s fighter planes featured some fearsome fangs. (Click to enlarge) The Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution at Brookdale Community College presents another in a seriesContinue reading "PUT A TIGER IN YOUR THINK TANK AT BCC"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 6pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Gloria Souza, age 55, from Donnelly Street in Union Beach, NJ, arrested on November 28, 2011 byContinue reading "CHARGE: ‘THROWING BODILY FLUIDS’ AT COP"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 12pm
LIGHT IT UP, LET IT SNOW IN M’TOWN
Those of us old enough to remember the days when the official Middletown holiday “tree” was little more than a light-stringed pole (a precursor to Festivus?) across from the R&SContinue reading "LIGHT IT UP, LET IT SNOW IN M’TOWN"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 11am
SIBLINGS PLAYING NICELY TOGETHER
Alina and Justin Zimmerman are Sibling Rivalry, and they continue making their Sunday night stand at the doublewide Downtown. Justin and Alina Zimmerman (ages 17 and 15 respectively, last weContinue reading "SIBLINGS PLAYING NICELY TOGETHER"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN ROAD REMAINS CLOSED
West Front Street between Bernard Drive and Shady Oaks Way in Middletown remained closed Friday morning following a reported water main break late Thursday afternoon. A repair crew was onContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN ROAD REMAINS CLOSED"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 10am
FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT
Some 600 food lovers packed the ballrooms at the Oyster Point Hotel Thursday night as two dozen Red Bank restaurants offered samplings of their cuisines, from empanadas to ravioli toContinue reading "FOODIE PARADISE AT OYSTER POINT"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 8am
KETTLE COMPETITION HEATS UP
Action from the 2010 girls’ championship game between Forrestdale and Knollwood. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) The Salvation Army Red Bank Corps building on Newman Springs Road isContinue reading "KETTLE COMPETITION HEATS UP"
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December 2nd, 2011 @ 7am
WATER MAIN BREAK SHUTS WEST FRONT
A motorist navigates a muddy cascade toward a bridge over Jumping Brook following a major water main break on West Front Street in Middletown late Wednesday afternoon. Police were inContinue reading "WATER MAIN BREAK SHUTS WEST FRONT"
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December 1st, 2011 @ 6pm
Activity reports for the month of November, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. •11/1/11 -Ptl. Schneider arrested Katharine Fox, 66, Rumson, NJ for being in Contempt ofContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN POLICE BLOTTER FOR NOVEMBER"
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December 1st, 2011 @ 1pm
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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 ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.