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Monthly Archives: May 2012

AUTO SHOP SET TO ZOOM INTO SHREWSBURY
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A long-empty Shrewsbury garage will soon be revving to the sounds of Lamborghinis and other big-ticket cars.  (Photo below by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER For twoContinue reading "AUTO SHOP SET TO ZOOM INTO SHREWSBURY"
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May 23rd, 2012 @ 8am
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DONE GOOD: HELPING VETS FIND JOBS
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Done Good is a periodic rundown of charitable outreach efforts and fundraisers on the The Green. To submit items for consideration, please send an email with the words ‘Done Good’Continue reading "DONE GOOD: HELPING VETS FIND JOBS"
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May 22nd, 2012 @ 2pm
FIRE VICTIM RECOUNTS ESCAPE
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A worker boards up windows of the burned-out house on Friday. Below, Ryan Howard talks to a policeman during the fire. (Photo above by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FIRE VICTIM RECOUNTS ESCAPE"
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May 22nd, 2012 @ 10am
AND THE BASIE GOES TO…
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Crew members from the Count Basie Theatre’s Performing Arts Academy prepare the set for Wednesday night’s seventh annual Basie Awards show. To all those who believe that there are simplyContinue reading "AND THE BASIE GOES TO…"
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May 22nd, 2012 @ 9am
WAYNE’S MARKET OWNER FISLER DIES AT 58
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Wayne Fisler, below, could often be seen working in the window of his shop on West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Wayne Fisler, owner of RedContinue reading "WAYNE’S MARKET OWNER FISLER DIES AT 58"
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May 22nd, 2012 @ 7am
PLANNERS DEEP-SIX EAST SIDE 7-ELEVEN
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The Welsh Farms store, which now closes at 10 p.m., would have become an all-day 7-Eleven if the plan had gone through. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RedContinue reading "PLANNERS DEEP-SIX EAST SIDE 7-ELEVEN"
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May 21st, 2012 @ 9pm
Nearly 400 athletes gathered in Marine Park bright and early Sunday for the Red Bank Triathlon, a swim-bike-run competition of Olympic and sprint distances that took them down a coned-offContinue reading "TRI DRAWS 400 COMPETITORS"
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May 21st, 2012 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Arthur Bossert, age 30, from Woodsend Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 14, 2012 by CorporalContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN MAN BUSTED FOR HEROIN"
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May 21st, 2012 @ 10am
The Monmouth Renegades women’s rugby football team took on the Village Lions of NYC Saturday at the annual Monmouth Day event, a day of youth, women’s and men’s rugby atContinue reading "A WILDE TIME FOR RED BANK RUGGERS"
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May 21st, 2012 @ 10am
OPENING NIGHT FOR ‘MY WONDERFUL DAY’
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‘My Wonderful Day‘ star Susan Heyward, above, plays a 9-year-girl in Alan Ayckbourn that debuted at the Two River Theater in Red Bank Saturday night. Turner Classic Movies host RobertContinue reading "OPENING NIGHT FOR ‘MY WONDERFUL DAY’"
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May 21st, 2012 @ 8am
Hundreds of walkers took to the track at Red Bank Regional from Friday afternoon until Saturday morning in support of finding a cure for cancer. Social studies teacher April ChicheloContinue reading "WALKING OVERNIGHT AGAINST CANCER"
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May 21st, 2012 @ 6am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 11 to May 18, 2012. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK: THE WEEK IN CRIME"
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May 21st, 2012 @ 6am
One of Red Bank’s culinary gems, the Farmers’ Market at the Galleria at Red Bank, returns for its second outing of the season this Sunday with more vendors than atContinue reading "FARM MARKET BACK IN BIZ"
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May 18th, 2012 @ 12pm
OCEANIC BRIDGE SAILS TO COMPLETION
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After a seven-month shutdown, the Oceanic Bridge linking Rumson and Middletown was to open for vehicle traffic sometime around noon Friday, having been opened for pedestrians and bikers at mid-morning.Continue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE SAILS TO COMPLETION"
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May 18th, 2012 @ 12pm
HALL CLAIMS WIN IN LOCAL BANK STAKES
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The Fair Haven office is one of just five for the locally focused bank. (Click to enlarge) By MIKE BARON The shareholders of Rumson-Fair Haven Bank & Trust have spoken,Continue reading "HALL CLAIMS WIN IN LOCAL BANK STAKES"
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May 18th, 2012 @ 7am
NEW PRINCIPAL NAMED AT RED BANK PRIMARY
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By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Primary School will have a new principal in September, and she’s a tweeter. The district board of ed approved the selection of Erin Mulligan-Pierre,Continue reading "NEW PRINCIPAL NAMED AT RED BANK PRIMARY"
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May 18th, 2012 @ 6am
The board found the proposed hotel exceeds the height limits of the waterfront development zone along the Navesink River.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Adding yet another twistContinue reading "ZONING BOARD RULES HOTEL TOO TALL"
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May 17th, 2012 @ 11pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Answer to last week’s Where: those decorative panels showing arrow-dodging zebras are in the the front window of Silberstein Interior Designs on Broad Street (Route 35) in Shrewsbury. Reader SusanContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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May 17th, 2012 @ 1pm
Red Bank police arrested five adults on narcotics and other charges in a raid on Spring Street apartment Wednesday evening, the department announced Thursday. A loaded handgun, drugs and cashContinue reading "RED BANK RAID NETS DRUGS, LOADED GUN"
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May 17th, 2012 @ 12pm
ALL OK AS FIRE GUTS RED BANK TWO-FAMILY
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Firefighters found the blaze strongest at the northwest corner of the house, as seen from a neighboring backyard, above, and from Hudson Avenue, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "ALL OK AS FIRE GUTS RED BANK TWO-FAMILY"
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May 17th, 2012 @ 4am
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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.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...