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Monthly Archives: January 2012

A parking gate in Red Bank goes a little nutty Tuesday morning. The gate is at a 23-car parking lot at the corner of Hudson Avenue and Linden Place that’sContinue reading "ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK"
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January 31st, 2012 @ 11am
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CHURN CLAIMS TWO DOWNTOWN STORES
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Nobody home at Prima’s Home Café on Tuesday morning. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The start of each New Year brings another round of retail culling to downtownContinue reading "CHURN CLAIMS TWO DOWNTOWN STORES"
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January 31st, 2012 @ 10am
Two classrooms would be added to the Point Road School to accommodate the program. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After almost four years of study and discussion, aContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER TO VOTE ON ALL-DAY-K FUNDS"
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January 31st, 2012 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Brian Brehm, age 36, from Walnut Street in Frostburg, MD, arrested on January 28, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "FROM THE MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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January 30th, 2012 @ 2pm
WILD BOAR ON THE LOOSE IN RUMSON
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Scene of the crime: Murray MacGregor’s, above, and the pilfered Mr. Oinkers, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Call it the case of the pilfered pig. Sometime lastContinue reading "WILD BOAR ON THE LOOSE IN RUMSON"
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January 30th, 2012 @ 12pm
The Oceanic Bridge as seen from Victory Park in Rumson earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fingers crossed, but so far, the repair job on theContinue reading "COUNTY: OCEANIC REPAIRS ON SCHEDULE"
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January 30th, 2012 @ 9am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 20 to January 27, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft occurring between 1-16-12Continue reading "PEDESTRIAN REPORTS GUNPOINT ROBBERY"
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January 30th, 2012 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Alexander Haegney, age 18, from Clay Court in Navesink, NJ, arrested on January 24, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN ARREST REPORTS"
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January 30th, 2012 @ 6am
An Ocean County resident is facing drunken driving and other charges, as well as possible deportation, following a three-vehicle crash that seriously injured another man in Middletown Tuesday night, theContinue reading "PRESS: DWI CHARGED IN MIDDLETOWN CRASH"
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January 28th, 2012 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK
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Mayor Dina Long up to her ankles after a rainstorm flooded the street outside her home earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Right off the bat,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK"
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January 27th, 2012 @ 2pm
A ‘JITNEY’ TO THE BIG TIME FOR TRTC
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson announces JITNEY at the Two River Theater last spring, as Greg Brown and Rona Figueroa (of TRTC’s production of JACQUES BREL) look on. (Click to enlarge) By TOMContinue reading "A ‘JITNEY’ TO THE BIG TIME FOR TRTC"
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January 27th, 2012 @ 7am
By JOHN T. WARD After more than 350 years of rather quiet contentment in Little Silver, Sickles Market is taking it to the old country. The market, whose roots onContinue reading "SICKLES PLANS FOODIE JUNKET TO SICILY"
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January 27th, 2012 @ 6am
ON MONMOUTH: SUBS, SNIPS AND CLIPS
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The Red Bank Sub Shop and House of Fades barbershop are setting up side-by-side at 8 Monmouth Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Time for a couple ofContinue reading "ON MONMOUTH: SUBS, SNIPS AND CLIPS"
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January 26th, 2012 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN TO DIM ‘RUNWAY’ WATTAGE
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Alternating lamps along the River Road streetscape will be shut off after 11 p.m., officials say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna says itContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO DIM ‘RUNWAY’ WATTAGE"
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January 26th, 2012 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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It floats!
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January 26th, 2012 @ 8am
BIDDING THE MAYOR FAREWELL
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It’s official, apparently, if the sign outside Fair Haven Borough Hall has the weight of officialdom. The expected resignation of Mike Halfacre as the borough’s mayor, that is, to takeContinue reading "BIDDING THE MAYOR FAREWELL"
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January 25th, 2012 @ 10am
Three motorists were injured, and one was airlifted to a hospital, following a head-on collision that closed a stretch of Navesink River Road in Middletown Tuesday night, according to newsContinue reading "THREE INJURED IN MIDDLETOWN HEAD-ON"
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January 25th, 2012 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Thomas Burgos, age 24, from Piave Avenue in Staten Island, NY, arrested on January 20, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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January 24th, 2012 @ 12pm
WOMAN BUSTED FOR HEROIN IN HER BRA
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Little Silver police say a shoplifting suspect’s cups runneth over Sunday afternoon when they found her to be wearing a bra filled with suspected heroin packets, they reported Tuesday morning.Continue reading "WOMAN BUSTED FOR HEROIN IN HER BRA"
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January 24th, 2012 @ 11am
PRESS: HALFACRE NOW HAS CHRISTIE NOD
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The mayor, seen below in his biking gear, was a no-show Monday night and his nameplate sat on a shelf behind the council dais. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "PRESS: HALFACRE NOW HAS CHRISTIE NOD"
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January 23rd, 2012 @ 11pm
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I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.