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Monthly Archives: March 2013

Activity reports for the month of February, 2013, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. February 1– A Theft was reported from a location on Ridge Rd. afterContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER POLICE BLOTTER FOR FEBRUARY"
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March 11th, 2013 @ 2pm
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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. See UPDATE below • On March 6, 2013 the Middletown Police Detective Bureau and Quality of Life UnitContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BAIL SET AT $25K IN POT BUST"
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March 11th, 2013 @ 1pm
Activity reports for the period of March 2 to March 8, 2013, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department. • Report of Harassing Phone Calls at 1160 Broad StreetContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: LAWN ORNAMENTS SWIPED"
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March 11th, 2013 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: FUN RUN AIDS A HURTING TOWN
Runners charging through Sea Bright, above, and gathered for an postrace party, below. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Hurricane-ravaged Sea Bright got a breath ofContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FUN RUN AIDS A HURTING TOWN"
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March 11th, 2013 @ 9am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 28 to March 7, 2013. This information is unedited. Theft occurring on 2-28-13Continue reading "RED BANK: LUG NUTS STOLEN OFF CARS, TWICE"
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March 11th, 2013 @ 7am
IN RED BANK: COASTAL COASTERS
Shore Chic’s ceramic shore town coasters are the most popular item in the shop. (Photo by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER In this week’s edition of Window ShoppingContinue reading "IN RED BANK: COASTAL COASTERS"
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March 8th, 2013 @ 1pm
The owner of Red Bank’s Shell gasoline station has agreed to pay current and former employees of 72 New Jersey filling stations $3 million in overtime back wages, the federalContinue reading "STATION OWNER TO PAY $3M IN WAGE CLAIMS"
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March 8th, 2013 @ 11am
WEEKEND: POP STAR, PRINTS & A PARADE
Dionne Warwick brings her golden pipes to the Basie Friday night. Below, the works of Bruce Waldman are featured in a printmaking show at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. (ClickContinue reading "WEEKEND: POP STAR, PRINTS & A PARADE"
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March 8th, 2013 @ 9am
SNOW TO TURN TO RAIN, FORECASTS SAY
After carpeting tree limbs and lawns overnight, snow began sticking to roads in the Red Bank area around dawn Friday. The National Weather Service says we’ll get up to twoContinue reading "SNOW TO TURN TO RAIN, FORECASTS SAY"
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March 8th, 2013 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. • 2/5/13 Ptl. Koetzner took a Theft report from a River Rd. Business. The Business reported a totalContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN POLICE BLOTTER"
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March 7th, 2013 @ 4pm
SEA BRIGHT DOUSES SECOND FIRE OF DAY
Sea Bright firefighters on the scene of a vacant-house fire at the Carriage House Marina. (Click to enlarge) A portion of Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright was closed to trafficContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT DOUSES SECOND FIRE OF DAY"
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March 7th, 2013 @ 1pm
Borough officials said they would prefer that the new bridge be north of the existing span instead of south. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON SeaContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT RELUCTANTLY OKS BRIDGE PLAN"
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March 7th, 2013 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Tiffany & Co., Garmany, Prima’s Home Café… Of the four answers we received to last week’s photo – of a tall, arched window framing a chandelier – only one wasContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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March 7th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: LIQUOR STORE FILLS ‘SPACE’ SPACE
Royal Wines and Spirits, specializing in single-malt liquors, took over the White Street space long held by Space Interiors. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON DowntownContinue reading "RED BANK: LIQUOR STORE FILLS ‘SPACE’ SPACE"
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March 6th, 2013 @ 10am
Flip-flops over coverage of homeowner repair costs prompted town officials to withdraw from a pilot program, they said. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Frustrated by bureaucratic waffling, Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT DROPS ‘UNWORKABLE’ FEMA FIX"
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March 6th, 2013 @ 7am
Winds tore off the roof liner at Grandville Towers during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, (Photo by Ken Kalada. Click to enlarge) By JOE FISHER Tenants of Red Bank’s GrandvilleContinue reading "GRANDVILLE SLATED FOR FIXES & RENT HIKES"
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March 5th, 2013 @ 7am
Red Bank property owners could face a 5.6-percent increase on their borough school tax bills, according to a report in Tuesday’s Asbury Park Press. A proposed $22.8 million budget forContinue reading "UP: INSURANCE, ENROLLMENT & SCHOOL TAX"
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March 5th, 2013 @ 5am
Marc Fontaine outside the now-closed Bienvenue, which will become a Thai restaurant. Fontaine plans to open a pastry shop on Monmouth Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Restaurant-crazyContinue reading "FRENCH OUT. THAI, PERUVIAN & ICE CREAM IN."
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March 4th, 2013 @ 1pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 21 to February 28, 2013. This information is unedited. Theft occurring on 2-23-13Continue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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March 4th, 2013 @ 8am
Unedited activity reports for the period of February 23 to March 1, 2013, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department. • Report of Pedestrian Struck by Motor Vehicle at theContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE LOG"
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March 4th, 2013 @ 7am
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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.