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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Hundreds of food lovers turned out at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank Thursday night for a fundraiser to help Kelly Ryan rebuild her Hurricane Sandy-damaged restaurant, Boondocks Fishery.Continue reading "BOONDOCKS LOBSTER SHACK WILL BE BACK"
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April 12th, 2013 @ 8am
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TINTON FALLS: SMOKE REPORTED AT RANNEY
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[Update: The Asbury Park Press reports that an electrical fire damaged the roof of the GPA Building, which will be closed for repairs, but the school will open as normalContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: SMOKE REPORTED AT RANNEY"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 9pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. • 3/1/13 Det. Schneider took a report for Check Fraud reported from a Grange Walk resident. • 3/9/13Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: DWI, HIT & RUN CHARGED"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 2pm
TRAFFIC JAM AT THREE-TOWN JUNCTION
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Traffic was slowed to a crawl through the intersection of Newman Springs Road and Shrewsbury Avenue, at the junction of Red Bank, Shrewsbury an Tinton Falls, Thursday morning as crewsContinue reading "TRAFFIC JAM AT THREE-TOWN JUNCTION"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 1pm
The Red Bank Barbershop Quartet, which Mayor Pasquale Menna calls a borough “institution,” stopped in at Wednesday night’s council meeting to commemorate a declaration of Barbershop Quartet Week with severalContinue reading "RED BANK: A BIRTHDAY TREAT FOR HIZZONER"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 10am
SORRY MAN RETURNS, HAT AND BOOK IN HAND
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Dave Bry, below, makes an appearance on the Green to read from his new collection of essays, ‘Public Apology,’ at River Road Books in Fair Haven on Thursday. (Photos byContinue reading "SORRY MAN RETURNS, HAT AND BOOK IN HAND"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Last week’s picture showed the gable end of a roof with blue tarp wrapped around… something. The ‘something’ is a Sunoco logo, and most of the 17 readers who wroteContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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April 11th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: NEW RESTAURANT PLANNED
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Plans filed with the borough call for the creation of a restaurant at the long-vacant former home of Fameabilia. A deal to sell the property is in the works. (ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW RESTAURANT PLANNED"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 3pm
RED BANK: AFTER 83 YEARS, RASSAS TO CLOSE
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Aaron Rassas outside his Red Bank auto dealership. Below, the original location, at 21 Mechanic Street, in 1934. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Born in the Great Depression,Continue reading "RED BANK: AFTER 83 YEARS, RASSAS TO CLOSE"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 2pm
By WIL FULTON Post-Sandy challenges continue to pile up for the ravaged beach community of Sea Bright, this time in the form of a school tax hike via the ShoreContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT FACES ‘UNBEARABLE’ TAX HIT"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WHAT, NO PONY RIDES?
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Coming soon, if Coffee Corral has its way: bocce and horseshoe courts and a fire pit. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Nobody can say Russ Crosson isn’t adaptable.Continue reading "RED BANK: WHAT, NO PONY RIDES?"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: BIKE AND CAR COLLIDE
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Red Bank police with the victim’s bike following the Wednesday morning accident. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A 51-year-old bicyclist was taken to a hospital after a collisionContinue reading "RED BANK: BIKE AND CAR COLLIDE"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 9am
SPRING 2013: GETTING SOME AIR
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It was a get-outside kind of day on the Green Tuesday, and locals took advantage of  summerlike temperatures in the high 70s. A biker, above, got some air on WestContinue reading "SPRING 2013: GETTING SOME AIR"
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April 10th, 2013 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT: SPRING ROARS ASHORE
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With temperatures zooming into the high 70s for the first time in 2013, a dozen or so sunbathers were out on the sand at Anchorage Beach in storm-recovering Sea BrightContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SPRING ROARS ASHORE"
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April 9th, 2013 @ 1pm
SHREWSBURY: PUPPY DUMPING SUSPECTED
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Three of the four puppies captured Tuesday morning took temporary shelter in a drainage pipe. A fifth escaped. (Click to enlarge) Shrewsbury authorities are searching for the owners of fiveContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: PUPPY DUMPING SUSPECTED"
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April 9th, 2013 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. March 1– A resident from Sunnylands Ct. reported Harassment after receiving several unwanted phone calls by a knownContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: HOME AND CAR BURGLARIZED"
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April 9th, 2013 @ 12pm
From Rumson police, Tuesday morning: A single male actor attempted entry into a West River Road home during the afternoon of 4/8/13. The homeowner, who was inside at the timeContinue reading "RUMSON: ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN INVESTIGATED"
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April 9th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK ORK’S GOT PLENTY OF GERSHWIN
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Grammy-nominated trumpeter Jon Faddis inaugurates a new series of “Talkin’ Jazz” events at the Count Basie tonight — then joins the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra this Sunday for a saluteContinue reading "RED BANK ORK’S GOT PLENTY OF GERSHWIN"
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April 9th, 2013 @ 9am
TEXT ALERT: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR METERS
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The centralized pay stations replaced coin-operated meters in several downtown lots last summer, and could displace all remaining meters in a few months, the Press reports. (Click to enlarge) Tuesday’sContinue reading "TEXT ALERT: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR METERS"
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April 9th, 2013 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: SPRING 2013
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A cherry blossom tree in bloom Saturday on Woodbine Avenue in Little Silver. (Click to enlarge)
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April 8th, 2013 @ 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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