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Monthly Archives: January 2014

IT’S COLD OUT
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Actually, colder than the screen grab at right indicated. According to the Weather Channel, the wind-chill factor took it down to 16 degrees below zero shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday,Continue reading "IT’S COLD OUT"
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January 7th, 2014 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Two Red Bank brothers were arrested following a scrap in which one of them is alleged to have assaulted a borough police officer at a taxi stand Sunday afternoon. ReneContinue reading "RED BANK: BROTHER CHARGED IN COP ASSAULT"
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January 6th, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BACKUP ON WEST FRONT
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Traffic on West Front Street in Red Bank was backed up as far east as Riverview Medical Center at around 1 p.m. Monday. Police said the state Department of TransportationContinue reading "RED BANK: BACKUP ON WEST FRONT"
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January 6th, 2014 @ 1pm
LINCROFT: POLES DOWN AT WATER PLANT
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Somebody took down two utility poles alongside the New Jersey American Water plant on Swimming River Road in Lincroft shortly after noon Monday. But who? redbankgreen photographer Peter Lindner wasContinue reading "LINCROFT: POLES DOWN AT WATER PLANT"
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January 6th, 2014 @ 12pm
Though violent crime declined, a jump in reported thefts boosted Red Bank’s crime rate through the first 11 months of 2013, according to data released last Friday by the NewContinue reading "RED BANK: VIOLENT CRIME DOWN, THEFT UP"
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January 6th, 2014 @ 7am
WEEKEND: LAUGHING ALL THE WAY
Above: Standup guy Kyle Grooms is among the headliners taking part in Saturday’s annual Laugh Out Loud Comedy Show fundraiser for 180 Turning Lives Around. Below, it’s a triple-header ofContinue reading "WEEKEND: LAUGHING ALL THE WAY"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SOOOO EXCITED FOR THE BREAD
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East Siders Christina Dostie and Jenny Rossano made the snowy trek into downtown Red Bank this morning for the debut of Antoinette Boulangerie, the new bakery on Monmouth Street. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: SOOOO EXCITED FOR THE BREAD"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: PRE-DAWN IN THE WIND AND SNOW
[slideshow_deploy id=’86739′]As is its custom during a heavy snowfall, redbankgreen went for a brisk stroll into downtown Red Bank during Friday’s storm and found a few hardy souls to shareContinue reading "RED BANK: PRE-DAWN IN THE WIND AND SNOW"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: COLD AND WET AT THE BOAT CLUB
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Our beautiful Navesink River floods the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank Friday morning – a not uncommon occurrence. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge)
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 10am
PIEHOLE: CHAMPAGNE, CAVIAR & FRESH BREAD
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Sisters Zeynep Ozdemir (left) and Ayca User (center) with executive pastry chef Gina Roselle-Broschart in the Antoinette Boulangerie kitchen. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food andContinue reading "PIEHOLE: CHAMPAGNE, CAVIAR & FRESH ...
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 10am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of December 27, 2013 to January 2, 2014. Report of Theft in the area ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE ACTIVITY"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 9am
Snowblower operators were among a team digging out at an apartment complex on Broad Street in Red Bank Friday morning. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: OUR FEELINGS EXACTLY
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A young shoveler in a jacket capturing the mood of many others tackles the snow on Elm Place in Red Bank Friday morning. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: OUR FEELINGS EXACTLY"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 8am
Clearing the lot at the Red Bank Foodtown at about 6 a.m. Friday. About 10 inches of snow fell overnight as temperatures dropped into the low teens. Councilman Art Murphy,Continue reading "RED BANK: SNOW BLANKETS REGION"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 6am
A NIGHT OF HOPE TO FEED THE SOUL, IN RB
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The cover band Almost Easy is among the featured entertainment during a January 16 fundraiser event at The Downtown, to benefit Red Bank’s Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen. While JonContinue reading "A NIGHT OF HOPE TO FEED THE SOUL, IN RB"
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January 3rd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: FINALLY, A LOCAL BAGUETTE
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Sisters Zeynep Ozdemir (left) and Ayca User (right) with executive pastry chef Gina Roselle-Broschart in the Antoinette Boulangerie kitchen. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Sisters Ayca UserContinue reading "RED BANK: FINALLY, A LOCAL BAGUETTE"
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January 2nd, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BURNHAM, NEW CFO TAKE OFFICE
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Cindy Burnham recites the oath of office as Red Bank council member as her daughters Emily, Samantha and Kate look on. Below, Tommy Welsh was greeted by Councilman Mike DuPontContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM, NEW CFO TAKE OFFICE"
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January 2nd, 2014 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Welcome to 2014 and a new year of Where Have I Seen This? Let’s get things going with a brand spankin’ shiny visual located on redbankgreen turf. Do you knowContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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January 2nd, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: PARTYING IN THE NEW YEAR
[slideshow_deploy id=’86642′]The bubbly flowed, hips shook and lips locked as Red Bank bars welcomed the start of 2014 Tuesday night, as captured in these photos by redbankgreen‘s Peter Lindner. PoliceContinue reading "RED BANK: PARTYING IN THE NEW YEAR"
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January 2nd, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK REC KICKS IT INDOORS FOR 2014
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From press materials furnished by Red Bank Recreation There’s just one day before the January 3 sign-up deadline for Red Bank Recreation’s 2014 Indoor Soccer programs — and, according toContinue reading "RED BANK REC KICKS IT INDOORS FOR 2014"
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January 2nd, 2014 @ 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 ...