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Monthly Archives: October 2012

BIG WEEKEND FOR FIRE BUFFS
Liberty Hose Company’s first motorized fire truck debuted in the 1910s. (Click to enlarge)  By STACIE FANELLI When the Navesink Hook & Ladder Company Number 1 formed in 1872, fire hydrantsContinue reading "BIG WEEKEND FOR FIRE BUFFS"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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By JOHN T. WARD Nearly a year after Moody’s went negative on Red Bank, the Wall Street debt rater has reversed course, borough officials said. The credit research firm toldContinue reading "RED BANK: MOODY’S LIFTS NEGATIVE OUTLOOK"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. • September 2– A resident on Little Silver Point Rd. reported a Burglary/Theft after discovering that a rearContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: THEFTS REPORTED AT RBR"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 10am
REBRANDED RED BANK TOUTS ITS COOL
RiverCenter unveiled its new marketing campaign Thursday night at the Count Basie Theatre; below, branded squishy balls. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Not that there ever was, literally,Continue reading "REBRANDED RED BANK TOUTS ITS COOL"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 10am
NO SERIOUS INJURIES IN TWO-CAR CRASH
It took emergency volunteers more than half an hour to extricate a 36-year-old Red Bank woman after a two-car smashup on Newman Springs Road Thursday night, but no one oneContinue reading "NO SERIOUS INJURIES IN TWO-CAR CRASH"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 9am
YOU’RE TWO WEEKS EARLY, SPIDEY
A rather large spider that anchored its web to a lamppost on Broad Street in Red Bank Thursday triggered discussion among passersby about an apparent proliferation of large arachnids thisContinue reading "YOU’RE TWO WEEKS EARLY, SPIDEY"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 8am
ETHAN LIPTON LOVES HIS JOB, AT TRTC
Playwright-singer-songwriter Ethan Lipton brings a jaunty and knowing look at disenfranchisement the Two River Theater’s “black box” starting Saturday. (photo by Heather Phelps-Lipton) By TOM CHESEK Time to give theContinue reading "ETHAN LIPTON LOVES HIS JOB, AT TRTC"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 7am
RUMSON CHIEF-TO-BE: “IT’S NOT ABOUT ME”
Acting Chief Scott Paterson at the Rumson PD’s dispatch desk. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Shrewsbury’s not the only town on the Green to have had a changingContinue reading "RUMSON CHIEF-TO-BE: “IT’S NOT ABOUT ME”"
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October 4th, 2012 @ 11am
TODDLERS OUT OF EARSHOT, MOMS JUST TALK
Young moms assemble at a recent meeting of Mothers of Preschoolers in Red Bank. Jenni Keatts, below, says she appreciates the chance to chat “hands-free.”  (Photos by Rebecca Desfosse. ClickContinue reading "TODDLERS OUT OF EARSHOT, MOMS JUST TALK"
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October 4th, 2012 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Nope, not McCarter Pond in Fair Haven.
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October 4th, 2012 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. • 9/4/12 S.O. Berger and Ptl. Schneider of the Rumson PD assisted Ptl. Hostrup and Ptl. Patton withContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 3rd, 2012 @ 1pm
VANISHING INTO THE MIST
An SUV disappears into the fog enveloping the Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown Wednesday morning. The New Jersey Climate & Weather Network, which pulls weather data from monitoring devicesContinue reading "VANISHING INTO THE MIST"
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October 3rd, 2012 @ 12pm
HIGH-END USED CARS VROOM INTO RED BANK
A luxury used-car lot that opened last month at Maple Avenue and Broad Street in Red Bank features pricey vehicles, including the Bentley GT Speed shown here, tagged at $120,000.Continue reading "HIGH-END USED CARS VROOM INTO RED BANK"
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October 3rd, 2012 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN TAKES PARTY BACK TO THE RIVER
Young sailors air it out at part one of Fair Haven’s centennial regatta, in July. This weekend’s edition will feature high school rowing crews. (Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSEContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TAKES PARTY BACK TO THE RIVER"
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October 3rd, 2012 @ 7am
WOMEN TO SHARE THEIR SONGS AND STORIES
The Woman’s Club of Red Bank is the kickoff site for the three-day event. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER What is the value of art? Is it a frivolousContinue reading "WOMEN TO SHARE THEIR SONGS AND STORIES"
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October 2nd, 2012 @ 10am
FERRARO BECOMES SHREWSBURY’S TOP COP
Chief Lou Ferraro and his wife, Eda, gret well-wishers after his swearing-in Monday night. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSE Joined by his family, friends andContinue reading "FERRARO BECOMES SHREWSBURY’S TOP COP"
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October 2nd, 2012 @ 7am
A 27-year-old Red Bank woman died after being struck by a vehicle while walking in a Middletown parking lot Monday morning, township police said. Janet Ramos-Morales, whose street address wasContinue reading "RED BANK WOMAN DIES AFTER ACCIDENT"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 10pm
OOH, THAT’S GOTTA BE EMBARRASSING
A pricey Ford GT sports car ended up kissing a tree on Rumson Road near the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge in a one-car crash Sunday afternoon. Police said they don’t knowContinue reading "OOH, THAT’S GOTTA BE EMBARRASSING"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 12pm
DREXEL SWEEPS RUMSON SWEEP RACES
The Drexel University men’s rowing squad, above, gets ready to take to the Navesink River for the third annual Rumson Boat Race Saturday morning, where the school’s men’s and women’sContinue reading "DREXEL SWEEPS RUMSON SWEEP RACES"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 11am
SWEATING AND STRETCHING ON A CRAWL
Participants bent to 105-degree heat at Synergy Hot Yoga, one of five stops on Sunday’s fitness crawl. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER The Green’s firstContinue reading "SWEATING AND STRETCHING ON A CRAWL"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 11am
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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 ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
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.