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Monthly Archives: June 2012

SPICING UP RED BANK, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE
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Mohamed Elbery shows his son, Karim, how to chop parsley finely enough to make tabouli, a salad featuring onion and garlic. (Photos by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By STACIEContinue reading "SPICING UP RED BANK, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE"
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June 25th, 2012 @ 1pm
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TWO RIVER AGAIN SHOWCASES LATINO WORKS
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Director and curator Jerry Ruiz, playwright Tanya Saracho and actor-writer Carlo Albán return to Red Bank for the second annual CROSSING BORDERS festival Thursday through Sunday at Two River Theater.Continue reading "TWO RIVER AGAIN SHOWCASES LATINO WORKS"
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June 25th, 2012 @ 12pm
QUICK STORM SOAKS REGION
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A brief summer deluge, accompanied by lightning and thunder, drenched the Green Monday morning. The rainstorm caused flooding at backed-up sewer drains and set off a number of false fireContinue reading "QUICK STORM SOAKS REGION"
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June 25th, 2012 @ 9am
LIGHTS ON IN LITTLE SILVER
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New flashing amber and red lights at White Road and Branch Avenue in Little Silver joined a pair at Rumson Road and Branch, in foreground above, over the weekend. TheContinue reading "LIGHTS ON IN LITTLE SILVER"
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June 25th, 2012 @ 8am
NEW PARKING PAY SYSTEM PULLS IN MONDAY
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A borough employee working on the installation of a new parking kiosk at Maple Cove Friday. (Photo below by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By STACIE FANELLI Green-vested greeters wereContinue reading "NEW PARKING PAY SYSTEM PULLS IN MONDAY"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 5pm
PAWS FOR CAUSE IN GALLERIA
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Yoshi (left) and Chopper (right) anxiously await a treat in front of their owners’ new pet product kiosk, Paws for a Cause. Megan Prenderville and Mike Harper opened the standContinue reading "PAWS FOR CAUSE IN GALLERIA"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 2pm
The former home of Wicker Rose furnishings, foreground, and the Texaco station at Willow Drive and Branch Avenue are slated for demolition, the new owner says. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "BUILDER PLANS TO RAZE TROUBLED CORNER"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 12pm
FOOTBALL GUIDES KIDS’ COMMUNITY VALUES
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Donald “Yusef” Rogers holds the coin toss at Eastside Park to begin Game 1 of F.L.A.G. Football last Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Chris Melvin; photo below by Stacie Fanelli. Click toContinue reading "FOOTBALL GUIDES KIDS’ COMMUNITY VALUES"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 9am
Sweetest Sin Boutique owner Angie Courtney plans to run the New York City Marathon to raise money for injured Marines. (Click to enlarge) The winners of the eighth annual AndrewContinue reading "HELPING OUT: A ROUNDUP"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 8am
SKIMMING A LITTLE OFF THE SIDE
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The Skim USA Pro/Am Tour comes crashing into Sea Bright once again this weekend. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) It may seem, at first glance, like the training-wheelsContinue reading "SKIMMING A LITTLE OFF THE SIDE"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 7am
LGBT YOUTH MAKE RED BANK PROUD
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“The heat of her breath fills the hollows of my bones with helium and lifts my ribcage just long enough to feel again.” That’s how Chris Hennessy, 19, of Oceanport,Continue reading "LGBT YOUTH MAKE RED BANK PROUD"
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June 22nd, 2012 @ 1am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Last week we got a little trippy with Where Have I Seen This. Couldn’t help ourselves. We noticed, while seated on a bench across Broad Street in Red Bank fromContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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June 21st, 2012 @ 8am
A SOLSTICE SUNSET
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8:24 p.m.: Closing out the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun descended over the Navesink River, as seen from Red Bank Marina. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. ClickContinue reading "A SOLSTICE SUNSET"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 10pm
A TREE GROWS IN… OH, NEVER MIND
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7:24 p.m.: A dozen readers gathered at a long table in the Red Bank Public Library‘s Eisner Room for a discussion of Betty Smith’s “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” aContinue reading "A TREE GROWS IN… OH, NEVER MIND"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 9pm
SHREWSBURY JUMPS ABOARD FOR SUMMER
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5:30 p.m.: Rasheen Johnson, left, of Red Bank, with Matthew Huston of Shrewsbury at Patterson Park in Shrewsbury. Johnson said his goals this summer were to “lose weight, get someContinue reading "SHREWSBURY JUMPS ABOARD FOR SUMMER"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 8pm
A BELATED DAD’S DAY GIFT
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5:47 p.m.: Father’s Day arrived slightly late for Maria and Kenny Sutherland, brother and sister, who celebrated the occasion on the water Wednesday, instead of Sunday, with both their parents. AfterContinue reading "A BELATED DAD’S DAY GIFT"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 8pm
CRAZEE ABOUT SOMETHING COLD AND SWEET
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4:50 p.m. Among the dozen or more ice cream junkies seated outside Crazee’s Institute of Fine Ice Cream and Nuts in Rumson at this hour were Duncan Straine, 6, and hisContinue reading "CRAZEE ABOUT SOMETHING COLD AND SWEET"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 7pm
THUMBS UP FOR THE REFRESHING OCEAN
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4:31 p.m.: Amelia Liberatore, Sarah Pyne and Vanessa Romano, all of Middletown, head home after six hours at the Anchorage beach in Sea Bright. They stayed in the water mostContinue reading "THUMBS UP FOR THE REFRESHING OCEAN"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 6pm
KEEPING BUCK AND VIOLET COOL AND CLEAN
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3:20 p.m.: Pudgie Conroy feeding Violet, a calf, at Sheep’s Run farm on Rumson Road in Rumson. (Photos by Connor ‘Solstice’ Soltas. Click to enlarge) “Okay, Stinky. That’s it.” TheContinue reading "KEEPING BUCK AND VIOLET COOL AND CLEAN"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 6pm
NO SAND, NO PROBLEM
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3:49 p.m. Dave Dries doesn’t like air conditioning, and a day of record heat doesn’t faze him. With temperatures in the mid-90s, Dries, of Lincroft had Red Bank’s Marine Park nearlyContinue reading "NO SAND, NO PROBLEM"
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June 20th, 2012 @ 5pm
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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 ...
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