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Monthly Archives: December 2013

WEATHER TOYS WITH FORECASTERS
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Main roads on the Green were clear at midday Tuesday, as seen here looking east along Harding Road from Tower Hill in Red Bank. Forecasters, meanwhile, seemed in a scrambleContinue reading "WEATHER TOYS WITH FORECASTERS"
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December 10th, 2013 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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How’s this for gratitude? After Red Bank police gave an Ocean County man a ride to the to the borough train station Monday evening, he became belligerent and wound upContinue reading "UNGRATEFUL, UNRULY & UNDER ARREST"
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December 10th, 2013 @ 11am
HOW MUCH SNOW?
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How much snow should we expect to fall on the Red Bank area Tuesday? Ask four weatherbots, get four answers. The National Weather Service forecasts 1 to 3 inches. TheContinue reading "HOW MUCH SNOW?"
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December 10th, 2013 @ 8am
RAISE YOUR VOICES, AT RED BANK LIBRARY
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Actress Lorraine Stone, Two River Theater artistic director John Dias and Councilman Ed Zipprich are among the Red Bank area notables giving voice to historic American figures in “The PeopleContinue reading "RAISE YOUR VOICES, AT RED BANK LIBRARY"
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December 10th, 2013 @ 6am
Press release from Red Bank Regional High School Class of 1998 Red Bank Regional (RBR) alumnus Matt Craw of Little Silver answered the call to service in the U.S. MarineContinue reading "AN RBR HOMECOMING FOR IRAQ VET, AUTHOR"
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December 10th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: MEAT AND TATERS IN THE LARDER
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It’s crockpot season, and the PieHole Larder spotted a meat-and-potatoes deal for this week.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS With holiday shopping and decorating for ChristmasContinue reading "RED BANK: MEAT AND TATERS IN THE LARDER"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 2pm
A tentative deal to settle allegations arising from recent melees has tentative agreement, the mayor says. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fixx, theContinue reading "RED BANK: FIXX SETTLEMENT EXPECTED"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 1pm
RED BANK: A DICEY CHAT ABOUT CHOWDA
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PieHole visits Red Bank’s Chowda House to get the chef’s take on New England versus Manhattan. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) How’s this for warming a cold, grey DecemberContinue reading "RED BANK: A DICEY CHAT ABOUT CHOWDA"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 12pm
RUMSON CRASH INJURES TEEN
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A 19-year-old man was in serious condition Sunday after an early-morning accident in which he drove his car through the foundation of a house “near Hance and Rumson roads” inContinue reading "RUMSON CRASH INJURES TEEN"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 6am
RBR’S BRUNSON IS NAMED AMBASSADOR
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RBR junior and VPA student Morgan Brunson, Tinton Falls, was recently inducted into the prestigious National Society of High School Scholars. She is pictured above with the organization’s founder andContinue reading "RBR’S BRUNSON IS NAMED AMBASSADOR"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 6am
Press release from Red Bank Elks Elks believe that sporting activities for youngsters provide spirited competition, develop character, and help make new friendships. So the Red Bank Elks Lodge isContinue reading "SHOOTING (HOOPS) FOR ELKS, IN RED BANK"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 6am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 28 to December 5, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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December 9th, 2013 @ 5am
RED BANK: A CHAT ABOUT CHOWDA
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Chef Glenn from Red Bank's Chowda House breaks down the chowder basics for PieHole.
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December 8th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: CINNAMON SNAIL PLAN SQUASHED
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Red Bank has seen the last of the Cinnamon Snail, at least until next year’s Farmers’ Market at the Galleria, says mobile chef Adam Sobel. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: CINNAMON SNAIL PLAN SQUASHED"
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December 7th, 2013 @ 2pm
Already rocking the era-appropriate suspenders, Robb McMahon, with partner Heather Vena, is taking Murphy’s Tavern back in time. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) In case you missed itContinue reading "PIEHOLE: LEMONS, TUNA, SPICE AND WHISKEY"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TUNA SUB, IN RED BANK
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The tuna half-sub at Elsie’s. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) What’s For Lunch? How about half a tuna sub from Elsie’s Sub Shop, on Monmouth Street inContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TUNA SUB, IN RED BANK"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: A ZESTY NEW NEIGHBOR
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PieHole happened to be on the scene when Red Bank’s new sugar and spice purveyor came looking to give away some lemons leftover from a morning of zesting. (Photo by Jim Willis.Continue reading "RED BANK: A ZESTY NEW NEIGHBOR"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 9am
WEEKENDER: A NOT YET WINTER WONDERLAND
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The 33rd anniversary of John Lennon’s death finds a traveling exhibit of the Beatle’s artwork camped out in Red Bank. Friday, December 6: RED BANK: In the midst of theContinue reading "WEEKENDER: A NOT YET WINTER WONDERLAND"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 9am
TREE LIGHTINGS TO LIGHT UP THE GREEN
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Tree lightings, such as the annual ceremony in Sea Bright, bring light therapy to the Green this weekend. Below, an archived favorite shot from the 2008 Westside tree lighting inContinue reading "TREE LIGHTINGS TO LIGHT UP THE GREEN"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 7am
FIRST AIDERS WANTED, IN FAIR HAVEN
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The all-volunteer Fair Haven First Aid squad, members of which are pictured here performing an emergency procedure drill, has put out the call for men and women to join theContinue reading "FIRST AIDERS WANTED, IN FAIR HAVEN"
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December 6th, 2013 @ 6am
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SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...