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Monthly Archives: March 2014

RED BANK: WEDDING WALKERS BRAVE CHILL
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Some 215 soon-to-be-married couples and their attendants endured a wet, chilly few hours Sunday for the latest edition Red Bank Wedding Walk, which puts the services of several dozen weddingContinue reading "RED BANK: WEDDING WALKERS BRAVE CHILL"
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March 31st, 2014 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Sean Di Somma has paired up with electoral politics newcomer Brian Hanlon for his second council try. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Republican Sean Di Somma isContinue reading "RED BANK: Di SOMMA TRIES AGAIN"
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March 31st, 2014 @ 12pm
RFH: PREPPING FOR COLLEGE WITH CREPES
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Seniors Leela Srinivasan, Meredith Apicella and Jackie Bruckmann  from Rumson-Fair Haven High School at a meeting of the new cooking club make crepes in the St. George’s kitchen in Rumson. (Photo by JimContinue reading "RFH: PREPPING FOR COLLEGE WITH CREPES"
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March 31st, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: POND CLEARED FOR TROUT SEASON
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About a dozen members of Monmouth County sportsmen’s clubs turned out in a cold drizzle to clear debris and phragmites from Red Bank’s Mohawk Pond Sunday morning, in anticipation ofContinue reading "RED BANK: POND CLEARED FOR TROUT SEASON"
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March 31st, 2014 @ 6am
LATINO COMMUNITY URGED TO SHARE STORIES
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(L-R): Director Jerry Ruiz and playwright Tanya Saracho (pictured with actor Carlo Albán during a past edition of the annual CROSSING BORDERS festival at Two River Theater) invite Red Bank’sContinue reading "LATINO COMMUNITY URGED TO SHARE STORIES"
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March 31st, 2014 @ 6am
Sunset on our beautiful Navesink River, looking east from the Oceanic Bridge in Rumson, on  March 30, 2014. (Video by Gerda Liebmann. Click to enlarge)
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March 30th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: WALGREENS RETHINKS STORE PLAN
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The former home of Rassas Buick, at Broad Street and Rumson Place. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Just six weeks after a seriesContinue reading "RED BANK: WALGREENS RETHINKS STORE PLAN"
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March 28th, 2014 @ 4pm
PieHole checks out the $8.95 lunch special at Front St. Trattoria. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If you haven’t likedContinue reading "PIEHOLE: SEEDS, SALADS, AND MORE BURGERS"
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March 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
Rumson police charged a Wall Township man with online stalking of more than one borough resident Thursday. Kevin Brennan, 44, was arrested on a warrant without incident at his homeContinue reading "RUMSON CHARGES MAN WITH WEB STALKING"
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March 28th, 2014 @ 11am
WEEKEND: WEDDING WALK GETS SAME-SEXY
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Michael Warmington of Red Bank RiverCenter joins a team of Barbizon tour guides in welcoming guests to a past edition of the Red Bank Wedding Walk, which returns to townContinue reading "WEEKEND: WEDDING WALK GETS SAME-SEXY"
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March 28th, 2014 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TRATTORIA’S SALAD
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One of our favorite plates of green around the Green: the chicken, broccoli and caramelized walnut salad at Front St. Trattoria. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS It takesContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TRATTORIA’S SALAD"
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March 28th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: TRUSTEES PAN BOROUGH BUDGET
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Barbara Withers, a resident of the Atrium at Navesink senior complex, implores the board to preserve a book-delivery service for its residents. Below, board president John Grandits, left, with MayorContinue reading "RED BANK: TRUSTEES PAN BOROUGH BUDGET"
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March 28th, 2014 @ 8am
CBI, HAZON OFFER FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Press release from Congregation B’nai Israel There is a growing interest in the integration of Jewish traditions and values with education about food and the environment — and on Sunday,Continue reading "CBI, HAZON OFFER FOOD FOR THOUGHT"
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March 28th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: ONE LAST SURGE IN NATIVE BLUE?
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Newly elevated Captain Mike Clay, left, and Lieutenant Errico Vescio chat before being sworn to their new ranks Wednesday night. Below, Michael Frazee reciting the oath of lieutenant. Clay’s beenContinue reading "RED BANK: ONE LAST SURGE IN NATIVE BLUE?"
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March 27th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: LIBRARY LAYOFFS MAY BE REVERSED
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The fate of jobs for three full-time librarians is still up in the air. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank officials saidContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY LAYOFFS MAY BE REVERSED"
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March 27th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: STASH YIELDS MORE BUDS
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Robert Bruce at a Glen Goldbaum fashion event in Red Bank in 2011. A regular on “Comic Book Men,” set at the Broad Street store below, he’s about to getContinue reading "RED BANK: STASH YIELDS MORE BUDS"
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March 27th, 2014 @ 11am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 13 to March 27, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: PAIR SHOPLIFTS TWO CASES OF BUD"
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March 27th, 2014 @ 10am
CROWDSOURCED BAR BURGERS
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PieHole recaps some of the better bar burger suggestions from our readers. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Last week’s What’s For Lunch featured the mighty GlobeContinue reading "CROWDSOURCED BAR BURGERS"
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March 27th, 2014 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: VOLUNTEERS START HOME REHABS
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Americorps volunteers painting the framework of Desiree Pierce’s home Wednesday to encapsulate any lingering mold. Below, Pierce and daughter, Gigi Burke, have been displaced from their home since Hurricane Sandy.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: VOLUNTEERS START HOME REHABS"
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March 27th, 2014 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Last week’s Where featured a portion of a building facade in yellow brick.
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March 27th, 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 ...