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Monthly Archives: December 2013

LITTLE SILVER: CELEBRATING WITH CAVIAR
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Haylee Brents of Sickles Market in Little Silver shows PieHole a range of caviar options for New Year’s Eve. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS If yourContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CELEBRATING WITH CAVIAR"
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December 31st, 2013 @ 9am
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RED BANK: RIVER USERS SAY KEEP COVE LISTED
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Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels, in foreground, listens during the comment portion of the hearing. Below, Michael Humphries of Fair Haven called for an alternative to the borough’s proposed delisting. (PhotosContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVER USERS SAY KEEP COVE LISTED"
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December 31st, 2013 @ 9am
MIDDLETOWN: BUBBLY FOR THE NEW YEAR
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Nicholas Restaurant owner and chef Nicholas Harary helps PieHole choose a bubbly to ring in the New Year. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Celebrating on New Year’s Eve almostContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BUBBLY FOR THE NEW YEAR"
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December 30th, 2013 @ 10am
PEDDLING A BOLD NEW IDEA TO RBR STUDENTS
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RBR students (left to right) Ryan Grant, Shrewsbury, and Jacob Curtis, Little Silver, do their morning sprint on exercise bike desks while reading their assignments in the RBR Media Center.Continue reading "PEDDLING A BOLD NEW IDEA TO RBR STUDENTS"
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December 30th, 2013 @ 5am
RED BANK: BURNHAM STILL FIERCE ON COVE
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The parking lot at Maple Cove, as viewed from the library property on West Front Street. Below, Councilwoman-elect Cindy Burnham with borough Administrator Stanley Sickels at a recent fire departmentContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM STILL FIERCE ON COVE"
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December 27th, 2013 @ 4pm
WEEKEND: WHAT ARE YOU DOING OLD YEAR’S?
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The Ribeye Brothers (above) bring their scrappy brand of “detached garage rock” back upside the Dub for a Sunday night see-off to the Year That Was. The annual performance ofContinue reading "WEEKEND: WHAT ARE YOU DOING OLD YEAR’S?"
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December 27th, 2013 @ 9am
X-COUNTRY GIRLS X-CEL IN CLASS, AND FIELD
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RBR’s Girls’ Cross Country Team was the first recipient of the Principal’s Cup for having the highest average GPA among its team members (at 96.8%) than all other fall sports’Continue reading "X-COUNTRY GIRLS X-CEL IN CLASS, AND FIELD"
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December 27th, 2013 @ 6am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Where Have I Seen This? wraps up 2013 with… a window on the future? A bit of light in the darkness? A cliché barrel whose bottom has been scraped? IfContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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December 26th, 2013 @ 7am
RUMSON: ELECTRICAL FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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A firefighter battling the blaze next to the chimney on Christmas Day. (Photos from Sea Bright Fire Rescue Facebook page. Click to enlarge) Fire damaged a Rumson home and sentContinue reading "RUMSON: ELECTRICAL FIRE DAMAGES HOME"
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December 26th, 2013 @ 6am
JUKES RING HAPPY NEW YEAR; HAPPY B’DAY NJ
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Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes ring in the new year for the 15th time at the Count Basie Theatre on Tuesday, December 31 — a date that also seesContinue reading "JUKES RING HAPPY NEW YEAR; HAPPY B’DAY NJ"
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December 26th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: ALL BUT HOME HAILS THE SNAIL
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The Cinnamon Snail is now the top-ranked restaurant in New York City according to Yelp.com (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Ouch! Red Bank gets a second blackContinue reading "RED BANK: ALL BUT HOME HAILS THE SNAIL"
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December 24th, 2013 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: FROM FRANCE, STUFFED PRUNES
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Sickles Market stocks these French prunes only during the holidays.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) PieHole knows that local foraging is the best foraging. For the food lovers on yourContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FROM FRANCE, STUFFED PRUNES"
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December 24th, 2013 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN WARMS TO POND OFFER
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Schwenker’s Pond, on River Road, empties into Shippee’s Pond and then the Navesink River. The long-vacant Doremus house, below, was demolished earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN WARMS TO POND OFFER"
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December 24th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: RECIPES WITH BOOZE AND LOVE
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Red Bank’s Jenny Rossano shares a holiday recipe with PieHole that’s equal parts fond memories and booze. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS This time of year,Continue reading "RED BANK: RECIPES WITH BOOZE AND LOVE"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: LOVED EVERYWHERE IT’S WELCOME
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Chew on this: Buzzfeed says the Cinnamon Snail, which is not permitted to sell its gourmet vegan goodies here in its hometown of Red Bank, is the fourth most popularContinue reading "RED BANK: LOVED EVERYWHERE IT’S WELCOME"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: TASTING ROOM’S WINE HARDWARE
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A gift box of wine hardware, including an in-bottle decanter and a preserver vacuum, from The Tasting Room in Red Bank. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) PieHole knows thatContinue reading "RED BANK: TASTING ROOM’S WINE HARDWARE"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: A CALENDAR ABOUT, AND FOR, KIDS
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The cover of the 2014 Prown’s calendar features a shot of the attendees on the 1964 Police Athletic League bus trip.  (Click to enlarge) For five years now, two venerableContinue reading "RED BANK: A CALENDAR ABOUT, AND FOR, KIDS"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 10am
WEATHER: THIS IS WINTER?
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Clouds above and clouds below as fog lay like a blanket on our beautiful Navesink River Monday morning, as seen from the home of a redbankgreen reader from Riverside TowersContinue reading "WEATHER: THIS IS WINTER?"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRST WALK THROUGH HISTORY
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Dozens of visitors toured Little Silver’s Parker Homestead, which opened to the public Sunday for the first time since it was deeded to the borough in 1996. Among the displaysContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FIRST WALK THROUGH HISTORY"
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December 23rd, 2013 @ 7am
A SEASON OF SERVICE FOR RBR TEENS, STAFF
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Red Bank Regional students delivered dozens of home-made cookies to Lunch Break to sweeten their holiday meals. Pictured (left to right) are: RBR culinary club students Paolo Repetto, Union Beach;Continue reading "A SEASON OF SERVICE FOR RBR TEENS, STAFF"
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December 23rd, 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 ...