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Monthly Archives: April 2013

RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN
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Members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1556 working the soil on the first day of planting Saturday. Below, Linda Mulhausen stakes a plot. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN"
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April 8th, 2013 @ 10am
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RED BANK: SPRING ROLLS IN
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No, it wasn’t ice that the Red Bank Roller Vixens were practicing on at the Community YMCA outdoor rink in Red Bank Sunday, as temperatures spiked into the 60s. AContinue reading "RED BANK: SPRING ROLLS IN"
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April 8th, 2013 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 28 to April 4, 2013. This information is unedited. Shoplifting occurring on 3-29-13Continue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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April 8th, 2013 @ 7am
Activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of March 30 to April 5, 2013. Arrests Robin J. Seward, female age 49 of Asbury ParkContinue reading "SHREWSBURY BLOTTER"
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April 8th, 2013 @ 6am
RUMSON: PULLEEZ, HERE’S THE INVENTOR
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Pulleez hair ties on display at Posch. (Photo by Alexis Orlacchio. Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO This week’s Window Shopping the Green can report a double discovery: a stylishContinue reading "RUMSON: PULLEEZ, HERE’S THE INVENTOR"
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April 5th, 2013 @ 2pm
CHOWDA HOUSE TAKES RED BANK DOWN EAST
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Chef Glenn Kovacs at work in the new Chowda House, set to open Saturday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s been almost a year and a half sinceContinue reading "CHOWDA HOUSE TAKES RED BANK DOWN EAST"
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April 5th, 2013 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: BEACH RESTORATION SLATED
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A remnant of the old Route 36 Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge found on the Sea Bright municipal beach, where erosion from recent storms is evident, below. (Photo by Wil Fulton. ClickContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BEACH RESTORATION SLATED"
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April 5th, 2013 @ 10am
LET’S GIVE THIS WEEKEND A BIG HAND…
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The Two River Theater has a full weekend in store, with a play opening Saturday and a Kids’ Day Sunday. Below, Geri Grey’s photo, ‘Many Hands,’ from the Sprung! showContinue reading "LET’S GIVE THIS WEEKEND A BIG HAND…"
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April 5th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: MING CHEN FLIES WITHOUT A CAPE
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Ming Chen, right, talking smod with Michael Zapcic at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash last month.  (Photos by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE AMC’s Comic BookContinue reading "RED BANK: MING CHEN FLIES WITHOUT A CAPE"
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April 4th, 2013 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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An interesting variety of answers fluttered in for last week’s Where Have I Seen This?, which showed a bell tower of sorts.
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April 4th, 2013 @ 8am
Blue Stove Antiques was robbed at gunpoint last June 2, with some $200,000 in jewelry and other valuables taken. (Click to enlarge) A 69-year-old man admitted robbing Blue Stove AntiquesContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: 69-YEAR-OLD COPS TO ROBBERY"
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April 4th, 2013 @ 7am
HOBBYMASTERS SKATES BACK INTO BOARD BIZ
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Hobbymasters employee Mychael, who declined to give his last name, shows off a board. Below, a board equipped with underside lighting. (Photos by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DANContinue reading "HOBBYMASTERS SKATES BACK INTO BOARD BIZ"
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April 3rd, 2013 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT
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A Sea Bright home as seen from the sea wall five days after Hurricane Sandy. Borough officials contend the number of severely damaged homes is being underestimated by a stateContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT"
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April 3rd, 2013 @ 7am
A Middletown man spent some time in the emergency room at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank Monday after getting pepper-sprayed in a road rage incident, borough police said. MichaelangeloContinue reading "DRIVER PEPPER-SPRAYED IN ROAD DISPUTE"
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April 2nd, 2013 @ 2pm
A Neptune man was in custody after a traffic stop turned up heroin in his vehicle Tuesday morning, Red Bank police said. Terrell Rainey, 19 was arrested by Sergeant RobertContinue reading "RED BANK TRAFFIC STOP YIELDS DRUG BUST"
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April 2nd, 2013 @ 2pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On March 29, 2013 the Middletown Police Detective Bureau and Quality of Life Unit executed a searchContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: FIVE DWIs, ONE ROCKAFELLOW"
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April 2nd, 2013 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER BOOSTS ELEVATION LAW
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A home on Town Creek, as seen from Paag Circle Monday. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Like Rumson and Sea Bright before it, Little Silver adopted new federal elevationContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER BOOSTS ELEVATION LAW"
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April 2nd, 2013 @ 10am
Activity reports, unedited, for the period of March 23 to March 29, 2013, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department. Report of motor vehicle accident in the area of Rt.Continue reading "SHREWSBURY: DUI CHARGED AFTER CRASH"
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April 2nd, 2013 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 21 to March 28, 2013. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief reported onContinue reading "ARRESTS: HEROIN, DWI AND ASSAULT OF COP"
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April 1st, 2013 @ 6am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...