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Monthly Archives: February 2013

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Satori awaits those who can identify, by address, this green guy’s place in the cosmic order. Send your enlightened guesses to Where Have I Seen This?, please. As for lastContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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February 21st, 2013 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BAR BOUNCE BOUNCES INTO TOWN
The Dublin House Pub is one of a dozen Red Bank stops on Saturday’s crawl for post-Sandy charities. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON With a cold, drab and possiblyContinue reading "RED BANK: BAR BOUNCE BOUNCES INTO TOWN"
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February 20th, 2013 @ 12pm
A pair of residential break-ins on the same street in Rumson has borough police advising homeowners to take precautions when they go out. Detective Chris Isherwood tells redbankgreen that twoContinue reading "RUMSON: TWO NEARBY HOMES BURGLARIZED"
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February 20th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: FIELD OF GIANT DREAMS
EFFU players practicing for tourney action at Eastside Park last week. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Once banished from a humble neighborhood park, the hardyContinue reading "RED BANK: FIELD OF GIANT DREAMS"
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February 19th, 2013 @ 12pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 8 to February 14, 2013. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK: QUIET WEEK FOR COPS"
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February 19th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: BIG BAND HOSTS BIG TROMBONE
Conductor Joe “Mooche” Muccioli with the “freight train” that is the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra, which takes to the Count Basie Theatre boards for the first in a new seriesContinue reading "RED BANK: BIG BAND HOSTS BIG TROMBONE"
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February 19th, 2013 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department. Report of Motor Vehicle Accident 2/11/13 in the area of Rt. 35 & Silverbrook Rd. Pole and wires pulledContinue reading "WANDERING TODDLER FOUND UNINJURED"
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February 18th, 2013 @ 12pm
Red Bank Regional graphics students Damian DeSena and Jessica Olivera produced this video – for parents who “have never gotten that memo” – on morning drop-off no-nos at the Little Silver school.Continue reading "RBR: HOW NOT TO DROP OFF YOUR KID"
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February 18th, 2013 @ 9am
SICKLES ART SHOW WARMS THE WEEKEND
Lorna Weber working on a pastel in the greenhouse. Below, woodturner Bruce Perlmutter at his lathe. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON On a chilly weekendContinue reading "SICKLES ART SHOW WARMS THE WEEKEND"
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February 18th, 2013 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: Criminal charges against school psychologist dismissed and expunged.
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February 15th, 2013 @ 6pm
Less than two days after endorsing a nascent plan to require Red Bank restaurants to list calorie totals for menu items, Mayor Pasquale Menna has withdrawn his support. In aContinue reading "MENNA DROPS SUPPORT FOR MENU CALORIES"
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February 15th, 2013 @ 4pm
A view from Char’s second-floor dining room of the new two-story windows overlooking Broad Street. Below, the restaurant features a waveform awning with heating elements underneath for outdoor dining inContinue reading "RED BANK: CHAR TO OPEN THIS MONTH"
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February 15th, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: SCAFFOLD TO THE HEAVENS
A workman adjusts the protective netting on a scaffold surrounding the steeple of Saint James Church on Broad Street in Red Bank Wednesday. He and his colleagues from Arthur VincentContinue reading "RED BANK: SCAFFOLD TO THE HEAVENS"
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February 15th, 2013 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: KNITTING AS SANDY THERAPY
Megan Heath Gilhool first picked up her needles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, when she was in “full panic mode,” she said. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: KNITTING AS SANDY THERAPY"
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February 15th, 2013 @ 10am
WEEKEND: BIG BAND, ‘TWO TRAINS’ & ART
Thomas Lauderdale, who appears with his band, Pink Martini, at the Count Basie tonight, discusses his music. Below, Owiso Odera and Roslyn Ruff in ‘Two Trains Running,’ at the TwoContinue reading "WEEKEND: BIG BAND, ‘TWO TRAINS’ & ART"
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February 15th, 2013 @ 9am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Thomas Henry, age 41, from Harmony Road in Middletown, NJ, arrested on February 6, 2013 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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February 14th, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK SEALS BLUE COLLAR PACT
The contract applies to public utilities workers, seen here clearing snow on Broad Street last Saturday, as well as some clerical staffers at borough hall. (Click to enlarge) By JOEContinue reading "RED BANK SEALS BLUE COLLAR PACT"
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February 14th, 2013 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s Where Have I Seen This? took us to the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library on Broad Street in Shrewsbury. Our shot, taken at dusk, captured aContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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February 14th, 2013 @ 9am
ON RED BANK’S MENU: SMOKING AND EATING
Red, above, and all other Red Bank restaurants may soon be required by ordinance to inform diners of the caloric heft of their meals. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click toContinue reading "ON RED BANK’S MENU: SMOKING AND EATING"
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February 14th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: STORE VACANCY ENDS IN STYLE
Salon Concrete celebrated its first business day after a move Wednesday. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Red Bank’s Salon Concrete reopened for business Wednesday atContinue reading "RED BANK: STORE VACANCY ENDS IN STYLE"
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February 13th, 2013 @ 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 ...