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Monthly Archives: June 2012

CELEBRATING A CENTURY IN AMERICAN STYLE
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On a perfect summer day, Fair Haven celebrated its first century as an independent borough in classic American style Saturday: with a parade, a townwide picnic, and a breathtaking fireworksContinue reading "CELEBRATING A CENTURY IN AMERICAN STYLE"
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June 18th, 2012 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Thirteen hundred runners and walkers finished the 19th annual running of the George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank and Little Silver under sunny skies and mild temperatures Saturday morning. ItContinue reading "A SHORTER, SWIFTER SHEEHAN"
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June 18th, 2012 @ 6am
A 22-year-old Ocean County man was sentenced to seven years in state prison for killing a Middletown father of five in a 2011 Parkway accident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter WarshawContinue reading "DRUNK DRIVER: SEVEN YEARS FOR FATALITY"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 5pm
CAMPING FOR KIDS, MINUS BUG JUICE
Into acting out? Try the Two River Summer Theater Camp. (Click to enlarge) By STACIE FANELLI Family time sure is valuable when the warm weather hits, but so is kids’Continue reading "CAMPING FOR KIDS, MINUS BUG JUICE"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 2pm
HISTORY DAY: CENTENNIAL AND ANTIQUES
The crew from Paul Davis Partywares in Shrewsbury setting up the tent and tables at Fair Haven Fields Thursday for Saturday’s celebration of the town’s centennial. Below, Riverbank Antiques inContinue reading "HISTORY DAY: CENTENNIAL AND ANTIQUES"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 10am
FORMER HOOPS PHENOM TO LEAD YMCA
Rhonda Anderson on the hardwood at the Community YMCA in Red Bank this week, above, and in action as a future Cornell Hall-of-Famer, below. (Above photo by Stacie Fanelli. ClickContinue reading "FORMER HOOPS PHENOM TO LEAD YMCA"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 8am
RUMSON PARENTS TEE UP PRIEST OVER FIRING
Tearful students gather around dismissed teacher Bernadette Davis, above. Father Michael Manning taunted sign-waving protesters, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Long-simmering tensions at Rumson’s Holy Cross parishContinue reading "RUMSON PARENTS TEE UP PRIEST OVER FIRING"
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June 14th, 2012 @ 12pm
SHEEHAN CLASSIC TO CUT IT SHORT
Race organizers are shooting for a record post-race breakdown, thanks to a shortening of the race distance from five miles to five kilometers, below.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "SHEEHAN CLASSIC TO CUT IT SHORT"
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June 14th, 2012 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Don’t take today’s Where at face value: the original image repeats in our mind-blowing treatment. Click it for a closer look, man. Then, if you think you know where theContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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June 14th, 2012 @ 6am
Motorists heading north on Branch Avenue in Little Silver should expect delays Thursday in the vicinity of White Road and Rumson Road as traffic is detoured for the installation ofContinue reading "DETOUR AT KEY LITTLE SILVER INTERSECTION"
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June 14th, 2012 @ 5am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. • May 27- A resident from Rumson Rd. reported Harassment after receiving threatening phone calls. P.O. Amanda ArnoldContinue reading "VANDALS TARGET LITTLE SILVER MAILBOXES"
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June 13th, 2012 @ 5pm
In this recent video from Sickles Market in Little Silver, gardener and bird lover Fran Waldmann gives a tour of her Red Bank backyard, crafted not only for maximum floralContinue reading "FLUTTERLY DELIGHTFUL"
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June 13th, 2012 @ 11am
AN OLD ‘GIRLFRIEND,’ A SWEET RETURN
Electric and eclectic singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet celebrates the 20th anniversary of his smash album GIRLFRIEND, in an Intimate Evenings concert at Two River Theater on Friday, June 15. By TOMContinue reading "AN OLD ‘GIRLFRIEND,’ A SWEET RETURN"
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June 13th, 2012 @ 9am
HOAX CALL TAB: $330,000 AND COUNTING
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An ambulance arriving at Fort Hancock Monday evening, above, joining a growing number at two staging areas. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Calm and collected, the anonymous callerContinue reading "HOAX CALL TAB: $330,000 AND COUNTING"
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June 13th, 2012 @ 7am
ELECTRICAL WOES WON’T SHORT SCHOOL YEAR
Administrators developed a fire-watch system while awaiting the replacement of alarm equipment components. (Photo by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER [Editor’s note below] A busted fire alarmContinue reading "ELECTRICAL WOES WON’T SHORT SCHOOL YEAR"
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June 12th, 2012 @ 2pm
TEAK PLANS SECOND STORY AND DECK
A portion of the addition would allow for open-air dining overlooking Monmouth Street.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Just over a year after changing hands, Red Bank’s TeakContinue reading "TEAK PLANS SECOND STORY AND DECK"
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June 12th, 2012 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • William Sullivan, age 29, from Monmouth Avenue in Leonardo, NJ, arrested on June 10, 2012 by SergeantContinue reading "ON THE STREETS OF MIDDLETOWN"
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June 12th, 2012 @ 11am
EDER’S BACK, AND TWO RIVER’S GOT HER
Star of Broadway and bluejeans Linda Eder returns to Red Bank when she performs in concert at Two River Theater, with a salute to her favorite SONGBIRDS Thursday. (Photos byContinue reading "EDER’S BACK, AND TWO RIVER’S GOT HER"
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June 12th, 2012 @ 9am
BOAT EXPLOSION HOAX TRIGGERS PROBE
A State Police helicopter, above, and ambulances, below, arriving at Fort Hancock, ready to transport ‘victims’ of Monday’s purported boat explosion.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Ambulances, includingContinue reading "BOAT EXPLOSION HOAX TRIGGERS PROBE"
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June 12th, 2012 @ 8am
No yacht, victims or signs of a sinking have been found at the purported site of a yacht explosion 17 miles off Sandy Hook, according to unconfirmed reports at oneContinue reading "NO YACHT OR VICTIMS FOUND IN POSSIBLE HOAX"
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June 11th, 2012 @ 7pm
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SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
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 ...