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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Frank Lawrence addresses the audience of Sea Bright residents at the Holy Cross gym. Below, Sea Bright resident Louise Golda, left, with Marie Banich, whose mother lives in town. (PhotoContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BRINGS ITS FUTURE INTO FOCUS"
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August 22nd, 2013 @ 1pm
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Activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of August 9 to August 16, 2013. Report of Underage Drinking Party in the area of BordenContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: JUVENILES BUSTED FOR BOOZE"
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August 22nd, 2013 @ 11am
Six teams wrapped up the beach volleyball season in Sea Bright with a tournament Wednesday night. Though the league had half as many teams as last year, Chris Schoonhoven, 32,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SPIKING SUMMER OF 2013"
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August 22nd, 2013 @ 9am
Turns out there’s a wealth of Rumson history behind the large exterior clockface we featured in last week’s Where Have I Seen This?
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August 22nd, 2013 @ 6am
A man who calls himself Black Ivory, right, with a ’67 Chevy Nova, one of his four classic muscle cars, at a car show hosted by Buona Sera restaurant inContinue reading "RED BANK: RATTLING AND ROLLING TO TOWN"
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August 21st, 2013 @ 1pm
Musicians with the Red Bank-based Rockit program for aspiring rock-n-rollers ages 8 to 18 rehearsed Tuesday for their biannual show at the Count Basie Theatre this Saturday. Featuring vocalists Emily Ainbinder,Continue reading "RED BANK: READY TO ROCKIT AT THE BASIE"
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August 21st, 2013 @ 11am
Walgreen’s proposes to build a 14,200-square-foot pharmacy with a drive-thru window on the former site of the Rassas auto dealership. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD With hearings onContinue reading "RED BANK: SPEED BUMP FOR WALGREEN’S?"
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August 21st, 2013 @ 8am
A former Red Bank-based lawyer faces up to 12 years in prison following his admission Tuesday that he stole a house in Locust from the estate of his late landlordContinue reading "LAWYER ADMITS STEALING HOUSE AND MORE"
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August 20th, 2013 @ 6pm
‘Jeffrey the Giraffe’ greets passersby on Chestnut Street in Red Bank Monday evening, above, and on a recent Sunday, below. His creator, Sergio Navarro, said that Jeffrey – a clothesContinue reading "RED BANK: STICKING HIS NECK OUT FOR LAFFS"
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August 20th, 2013 @ 12pm
Video from an intersection in Roselle Park, one of six locations cited by Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon as shortchanging motorists on yellow light time, resulting in more tickets tied to cameraContinue reading "IN THE NEWS: SEA GULL’S NEST, TRAFFIC CAMS"
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August 20th, 2013 @ 7am
Animal control officer Henry Perez holds the brown bat he caught in the Red Bank home of redbankgreen owners John Ward and Trish Russoniello Monday morning. The bat went off toContinue reading "ALL IN A FURRY, SCALY, SMELLY DAY’S WORK"
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August 20th, 2013 @ 6am
Red Bank Regional student Patricia Martinez, second from right above,with her family at the Two River Theater Sunday. Below, Chilean women talk about the evening’s reading. (Photo by Sarah Klepner.Continue reading "RED BANK: PLAY SERIES UNITES COMMUNITIES"
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August 20th, 2013 @ 5am
Red Bank businesses with store and office-fronts in need of sprucing up may be eligible for façade-improvement grants of up to $1,850 under a program that Mayor Pasquale Menna isContinue reading "RED BANK: FACADE MONEY NOW AVAILABLE"
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August 19th, 2013 @ 2pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 08 to August 15, 2013. This information is unedited. Theft occurring on 8-10-13Continue reading "RED BANK: NEW BRIDGE PARTS STOLEN"
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August 19th, 2013 @ 6am
Lunch Break executive director Gwen Love and the winners of an eight-team softball tournament held Sunday at Count Basie Fields to raise funds for the Red Bank community service organizationContinue reading "RED BANK: STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE"
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August 19th, 2013 @ 5am
A Red Bank man was taken for cash and a cellphone in a daylight scam attempt that turned into a strong-arm robbery in Shrewsbury Friday morning, police said. The unidentifiedContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: MUGGING REPORTED"
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August 16th, 2013 @ 6pm
RED BANK: MEDIUM HOT THAI JUST LIKE MOM’S
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A planned expansion of Muang Thai into an adjoining flower shop will provide direct access to the outdoor seating area, below, that now requires a walk around the corner. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: MEDIUM HOT THAI JUST LIKE MOM’S"
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August 16th, 2013 @ 2pm
The bank’s five branches, including the one on Broad Street in Shrewsbury, above, will be rebranded as 1st Constitution. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Little more than aContinue reading "RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN BANK TO BE ACQUIRED"
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August 16th, 2013 @ 12pm
Jeanne-Marie Van Hemmen of Fair Haven rides home  from her law office on Bodman Place in Red Bank Thursday. She rides a Dutch bike called an ‘omafiets‘, which she said translatesContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: GRANNY-GEARING, DUTCH STYLE"
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August 16th, 2013 @ 11am
Former Sea Bright restaurateur Joanne Garelli leads a food truck in a cross-country reality TV race that plays out this season on the Food Network, starting Sunday.  (Photos by JohnContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, TO GO"
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August 14th, 2013 @ 11am
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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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