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Monthly Archives: May 2012

RBR STUDENTS WALK TO PREVENT SUICIDES
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Thirty members of the Teen Outreach Program at Red Bank Regional High completed a two-day Out of the Darkness track walk in the school gym Wednesday morning to promote awareness ofContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS WALK TO PREVENT SUICIDES"
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May 9th, 2012 @ 12pm
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RED BANK ART WALK GETS BACK ON ITS FEET
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Works by Kathy Polenberg, above, and other local artists are showcased as part of the rejuvenated Red Bank Art Walk event on Friday.   It looked for a while asContinue reading "RED BANK ART WALK GETS BACK ON ITS FEET"
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May 9th, 2012 @ 9am
WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER TRAILER
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The Trailer Park Boys, the Canadian cult cable sensations performing a bit of “community service” this Friday night at the Count Basie Theatre. By TOM CHESEK The last time theContinue reading "WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER TRAILER"
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May 9th, 2012 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Edward Holtz, age 32, from Second Street in Keyport, NJ, arrested on May 6, 2012 by CorporalContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN CITES FOUR FOR DWI"
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May 8th, 2012 @ 11am
THEY GOT GAME, AND SO NOW YOU GOT GAME
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Corey Wagner, left, and Patrick Finan are taking on the uncertainty of pickup games with a new web-based scheduling tool. (Click to enlarge) By MARY ANN BOURBEAU Looking to formContinue reading "THEY GOT GAME, AND SO NOW YOU GOT GAME"
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May 8th, 2012 @ 10am
GIVING IT UP FOR DUWAYNE
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Jon Caputi of Red Bank’s Jonathan Salon trims the hair of borough resident Hannah Ludwikowski, 7, as her father, Scott, looks on Monday night. The Broad Street salon gave 50Continue reading "GIVING IT UP FOR DUWAYNE"
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May 8th, 2012 @ 7am
TRTC: ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
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A slew of classic characters from the pens of Shakespeare, Coward and Wilson and more will tread the boards of the Red Bank stage this season.  (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "TRTC: ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH"
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May 8th, 2012 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. • April 22- Shayla Walker, 29, Tinton Falls, NJ, was arrested for a Contempt of Court warrant issuedContinue reading "FRAUD COMPLAINTS IN LITTLE SILVER"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 3pm
A carload of young adults and a motorcyclist involved in a spill were charged with alcohol-related offenses after separate incidents in Rumson this weekend, according to police.
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May 7th, 2012 @ 3pm
GIRL’S BEST FRIEND? A DIAMOND IN THE RUFF
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They were supposed to be drumming up attention for the Red Bank Charter School raffle of a $4,000 diamond pendant donated by A.H. Fisher Diamonds. But these girls were distractedContinue reading "GIRL’S BEST FRIEND? A DIAMOND IN THE RUFF"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 1pm
They called it a flash mob. That would be stretching the concept. Still, the vinyasa flow sequence performed by about 30 members of Evenflow Yoga at the Red Bank InternationalContinue reading "GOING WITH THE FLOW"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 9am
Dark clouds broke and thousands of hungry people poured into the Red Bank International Flavour Festival Sunday. redbankgreen‘s Stacie Fanelli and John T. Ward were there, cameras in hand. WereContinue reading "FLAVOUR FEST FEEDS A HUNGRY FLOCK"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 9am
Off-and-on drizzles and downpours made for a damp day for participants in townwide yard sales in Red Bank and Fair Haven Saturday. Still, redbankgreen found plenty of plucky sellers andContinue reading "UMBRELLAS DUSTED OFF AT TOWN YARD SALES"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 7am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of APRIL 27, to MAY 04, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft occurring between AprilContinue reading "MISCREANTS DAMAGE PARKED CARS"
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May 7th, 2012 @ 5am
RED BANK RESTAURANTS FIRE UP FLAVOUR
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The sun is out, the bands are cranking and the enticing aromas of a cornucopia of cuisines are filling the air at the Red Bank International Flavour Fest in theContinue reading "RED BANK RESTAURANTS FIRE UP FLAVOUR"
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May 6th, 2012 @ 1pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 the Middletown Police Detective Bureau and Quality of Life Unit arrested MichaelContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WARRANT YIELDS POT, WEAPON"
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May 4th, 2012 @ 2pm
MAYOR: BRIDGE JOB MAY RE-LIGHT DEBATE
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A traffic detour, in purple above, is expected to last at least seven months during the replacement of a bridge on Seven Bridges Road, below.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "MAYOR: BRIDGE JOB MAY RE-LIGHT DEBATE"
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May 4th, 2012 @ 9am
WEEKEND: PINKHATSYARDSALEFOODFEST
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Red Bank becomes a bargainhunter’s paradise on Saturday. On Sunday: food, acres of food. (Click to enlarge) As the headline suggests, the weekend that awaits is jammed with the potentialContinue reading "WEEKEND: PINKHATSYARDSALEFOODFEST"
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May 4th, 2012 @ 7am
WHERE’D THE LOVE GO?
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The former home of Love Lane Tuxedos is one of downtown Red Bank’s most persistent large vacancies. (Click to enlarge) By MIKE BARON Where’s the love for the old LoveContinue reading "WHERE’D THE LOVE GO?"
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May 3rd, 2012 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Whoa, easy there, fella. If you smell meat, it’s only because we’ve just come from the butcher shop.
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May 3rd, 2012 @ 6am
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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 ...