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Monthly Archives: September 2013

FAIR HAVEN: MARKET REOPENING UNCERTAIN
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A sign on the front door announces an “intention to re-open October 1,” but that’s not going to happen, says founder Tony Balderose.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: MARKET REOPENING UNCERTAIN"
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September 30th, 2013 @ 1pm
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RCDS: SMALL BEGINNINGS, BIG ACHIEVEMENTS
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Nick Dawes of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is the celebrity guest auctioneer at a gala for the Rumson Country Day School’s Horizons Rumson program, scheduled for November 2 at Rumson Country Club.Continue reading "RCDS: SMALL BEGINNINGS, BIG ACHIEVEMENTS"
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September 30th, 2013 @ 9am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of September 19 to September 26, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK: UPS DELIVERY SWIPED"
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September 30th, 2013 @ 6am
CYMCA HOLDS A PLAYGROUND-RAISING
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A new playground will appear at The Community YMCA’s Family Health and Wellness Center on November 2, courtesy of local sponsors and a crew of community volunteers. Press release fromContinue reading "CYMCA HOLDS A PLAYGROUND-RAISING"
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September 30th, 2013 @ 6am
CONVICT IN RUMSON MURDER SEEKS RETRIAL
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The Red Bank Register story reporting the arrest of Albert Erle Kershaw in February, 1988. (Click to enlarge) From Sunday’s Star-Ledger, a report on the efforts of a convicted killerContinue reading "CONVICT IN RUMSON MURDER SEEKS RETRIAL"
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September 29th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: TOWN BIDS McCARTHY FAREWELL
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Following a wake that drew hundreds of mourners to Red Bank Thursday night, a procession led by a squadron of motorcycle police carried the casket of the late borough policeContinue reading "RED BANK: TOWN BIDS McCARTHY FAREWELL"
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September 27th, 2013 @ 10am
RBR STUDENTS NASHVILLE BOUND FOR GALA
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RBR students Patrick Martini (Union Beach) and Matthew Rosen (Little Silver) were recently named to the country’s All-National Honors Ensembles, sponsored by the National Association for Music Education. Both willContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS NASHVILLE BOUND FOR GALA"
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September 27th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: VIA45 CHEFS GO TO MARKET
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Chef Claudette Herring slices some of the heirloom tomatoes she and partner Lauren Phillips picked up last Sunday at the Red Bank Farmers Market. Below, Herring and Phillips at ViaContinue reading "RED BANK: VIA45 CHEFS GO TO MARKET"
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September 27th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: EDGY, SEXY LIT FOR VIXENS
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‘Literary Vixens’ Jacqueline Tobacco (left) and Melissa Bartolone flank author Suzanne Palmieri during her reading at Red Bank’s Lambs and Wolves salon earlier this month. (Photos by Alexis Orlacchio. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: EDGY, SEXY LIT FOR VIXENS"
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September 27th, 2013 @ 7am
WEEKEND: REGATTA, TEA, A MAN IN A TREE…
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‘On Borrowed Time’ continues its run at the Two River Theater, above. Judith Krall Russo, below, talks tea and women in history at the Eastern Branch Monmouth County Library Saturday.Continue reading "WEEKEND: REGATTA, TEA, A MAN IN A TREE…"
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September 27th, 2013 @ 6am
FIVE + FIVE ADD UP, AT FIRST BAPTIST EVENT
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Dr. Scott Hoffman of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is among the guest speakers at the annual Jersey Shore Men’s Conference, hosted on October 5 at First Baptist Church in RedContinue reading "FIVE + FIVE ADD UP, AT FIRST BAPTIST EVENT"
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September 27th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: STYLE WITH A DASH OF ‘STACHE
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Brian Salvatore, 24, spent his childhood hanging out “on the corner with all the punk kids” on Broad Street in Red Bank, he says. That’s where Model Citizen found the 24-year-oldContinue reading "RED BANK: STYLE WITH A DASH OF ‘STACHE"
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September 26th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TO ENTER DESSERT FRAY
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Carlo’s Bakery of ‘Cake Boss’ fame plans to open in time for the Christmas holidays at 84 Broad Street, a company official said. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: CAKE BOSS TO ENTER DESSERT FRAY"
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September 26th, 2013 @ 10am
A LITTLE SHAKESPEARE, FOR YOUNG PLAYERS
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Two River Theater Company invites young actors ages 9 to 12 to audition on October 14 and 15, for a special teen version of Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT toContinue reading "A LITTLE SHAKESPEARE, FOR YOUNG PLAYERS"
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September 26th, 2013 @ 9am
BASIE OK’s CHORALE PROGRAM FOR AREA KIDS
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The Count Basie Theatre and the Red Bank Borough School District are thrilled to announce a new, free children’s choral program, The Central Jersey Youth Chorale, beginning in the Fall ofContinue reading "BASIE OK’s CHORALE PROGRAM FOR AREA KIDS"
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September 26th, 2013 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Last week’s photo: the yarn-bombed facade of Sea Bright’s Borough Hall.
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September 26th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: PLAN FOR CHIEF’S CORTEGE
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Southbound Riverside Avenue in Red Bank will be closed for about an hour Friday morning for the funeral of police Chief Steve McCarthy, which begins at the John E. DayContinue reading "RED BANK: PLAN FOR CHIEF’S CORTEGE"
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September 25th, 2013 @ 12pm
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. •Alexander Giuriceo, age 18, from Greenfield Way in Middletown, NJ, arrested on September 13, 2013 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WHO’S BEEN BUSTED"
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September 25th, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK: VENISON TACOS FOR LUNCH
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Volunteers served up a game-meat lunch that included venison tacos at Lunch Break on Tuesday. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS The Sportsman Channel’s Hunt.Fish.Feed outreach programContinue reading "RED BANK: VENISON TACOS FOR LUNCH"
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September 25th, 2013 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: A FUNGUS AMONG US?
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redbankgreen came upon this intriguingly beautiful semicircular growth on a tree trunk in the Far Haven Fields Natural Area last weekend. Can someone identify it and tell us something aboutContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A FUNGUS AMONG US?"
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September 25th, 2013 @ 9am
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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 ...