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Yearly Archives: 2011

BOMB THREAT CASE HINGES ON PSYCH EVAL
A view west along West River Road in Rumson late Tuesday afternoon as police responded to a bomb threat at the bank. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "BOMB THREAT CASE HINGES ON PSYCH EVAL"
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January 20th, 2011 @ 12pm
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LOOK WHO’S BOOKED, ON THE GREEN
By TOM CHESEK To some the word “author” is a job description appended to a hyphen; a sideline to a set of  day (or night) jobs that range from actingContinue reading "LOOK WHO’S BOOKED, ON THE GREEN"
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January 20th, 2011 @ 11am
A woman who was sentenced in Rumson municipal court to six months in prison for a DWI conviction won a curtailment of the sentence from the New Jersey Supreme CourtContinue reading "SUPREME COURT TRIMS RUMSON DWI PENALTY"
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January 20th, 2011 @ 9am
WEAVING A WEB OF FULFILLMENT, FINALLY
Black Widow Bike Works owner Joy Luv Montefusco, left, and her right-hand man, Mike Jastrzemski, are quietly making a name for themselves in the Red Bank area. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "WEAVING A WEB OF FULFILLMENT, FINALLY"
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January 20th, 2011 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Number 300 in the Where Have I Seen This? series enlarges when you click it. Do you know where the photo was taken? Let us know via email, please.
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January 20th, 2011 @ 7am
TRIPLE DIP FOR THE EPIPHANY
Congregants of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church held their annual celebration of the Epiphany Wednesday, when three of them jumped into the Navesink River at Oyster Point. The event wasContinue reading "TRIPLE DIP FOR THE EPIPHANY"
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January 19th, 2011 @ 2pm
DID THEY LEAVE ANY SPARE BATTERIES?
The departure from Red Bank of Ballew Jewelers over the weekend also apparently meant the end of a long run of reliability for the gorgeous clock in front of theContinue reading "DID THEY LEAVE ANY SPARE BATTERIES?"
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January 19th, 2011 @ 2pm
AT 55, EVIL CLOWN ENTERS RAG TRADE
Calico, the iconic “evil clown” of Middletown, celebrated its 55th birthday Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI At 22-feet tall and 10-feet wide, it hasContinue reading "AT 55, EVIL CLOWN ENTERS RAG TRADE"
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January 19th, 2011 @ 9am
DETAILS ABOUT ROBBERY STILL UNDER WRAPS
A stretch of West River Road was blocked off nearly four hours Tuesday after a bomb threat at the Bank of America. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "DETAILS ABOUT ROBBERY STILL UNDER WRAPS"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 9pm
Video taken from Liz Kelleher’s car as a Rumson police officer stopped the two suspects. Two suspects are said to be in custody, stopped at gunpoint by a Rumson copContinue reading "TWO HELD IN BOMB-THREAT BANK ROBBERY AFTER DRAMATIC STOP BY RUMSON COP"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 6pm
redbankgreen‘s Dustin Racioppi describes a “surprisingly subdued scene” in Rumson as authorities respond to a purported bomb threat Tuesday evening. As of 5:20p, West River Road remained closed from FirstContinue reading "‘SUBDUED SCENE’ AT RUMSON BOMB THREAT"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 5pm
GUNS REPORTED DRAWN IN RUMSON BOMB THREAT
West River Road is shut between First and Third Streets as Rumson police respond to a bomb threat at a bank. Police have surrounded a Bank of America branch onContinue reading "GUNS REPORTED DRAWN IN RUMSON BOMB THREAT"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 5pm
Reflecting a statewide pattern, Red Bank Charter School students bested their district-school counterparts in standardized math and language tests in 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by the NewContinue reading "IN STUDENT TESTS, CHARTER TOPS DISTRICT"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 4pm
A ROOF LEAKS, AND BITTERNESS FLOWS
Youssef Bahket with pails of water collected beneath a hole in the ceiling at Brownstone Cleaners. (Click to enlarge) A roof leak at a Red Bank laundry shop early TuesdayContinue reading "A ROOF LEAKS, AND BITTERNESS FLOWS"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 12pm
A DIFFERENT KIND OF BEER RUN
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Every Saturday, precisely at 10:17a, and in a location often not revealed until the night before, a questionable bunch assembles. They are small-business owners, retirees, cops, attorneys.Continue reading "A DIFFERENT KIND OF BEER RUN"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 9am
Red Bank-area commuters awoke to a mix of snow, rain and black ice Tuesday morning. By mid-morning, temperatures were expected to rise above freezing, setting the stage for a dayContinue reading "WEATHER: SLUSH, THEN A RAIN FLUSH"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police are looking for a man who robbed the BP gas station on Newman Springs Road in the Lincroft section of town before dawn Saturday. TheContinue reading "MAN IN GOGGLES ROBS LINCROFT STATION"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 6am
BALLEW BIDS ADIEU TO RED BANK
Ballew Jewelers closed its doors Saturday, 124 years after opening in Red Bank. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Ballew Jewelers is now a Red BankContinue reading "BALLEW BIDS ADIEU TO RED BANK"
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January 17th, 2011 @ 1pm
[Update: This case was ordered expunged by Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen on June 6, 2019.] Bookkeeper Rebecca Cirillo was sentenced to five years in state prison last Friday for rippingContinue reading "BOOKKEEPER MUST COUNT TO FIVE"
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January 17th, 2011 @ 12pm
REPORT: BECK TO WED RESTAURATEUR
Twelfth-district state Senator Jen Beck is getting remarried, according to a report by the Auditor in Sunday’s Star-Ledger. The anonymous columnist reports that he or she “noticed colleagues admiring theContinue reading "REPORT: BECK TO WED RESTAURATEUR"
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January 17th, 2011 @ 7am
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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.