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Monthly Archives: April 2014

FAIR HAVEN MAN TO HEAD RED BANK SCHOOLS
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Jared Rumage, below, was named to head the two-school district, including the primary school, above. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After a seven-monthContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAN TO HEAD RED BANK SCHOOLS"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 5pm
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FAIR HAVEN: WOMEN AT (AND OUT OF) WORK
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Author Dr. Mary Gatta visits River Road Books on Thursday evening, for a discussion of the challenges faced by unemployed women in the current workforce system.    As a seniorContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: WOMEN AT (AND OUT OF) WORK"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of April 17 to April 24, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK: $1400 IN FILET MIGNON STOLEN"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 8am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of April 11 to April 23, 1014. Report of Theft in the area of TraderContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: THEFTS AT DD, TRADER JOE’S"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 6am
SPORTSCASTER GIVES THE SCORE TO RBR TEENS
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Chris Carlin (in blue shirt, sixth from left) is pictured with Red Bank Regional teacher Sandra Ploe, Breana Whittington, Lauren DeMarco, Jack Navitsky, teacher Christina Emrich, teacher James Young, SadiqContinue reading "SPORTSCASTER GIVES THE SCORE TO RBR TEENS"
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April 30th, 2014 @ 6am
Brown water alert: Red Bank’s annual spring hydrant flushing begins Tuesday night on the West Side and continues nightly, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., according to an announcement onContinue reading "RED BANK: HYDRANT FLUSHING BEGINS"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE SOLD, USE UNKNOWN
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With his brother, Michael, looking on, John Morgan gives borough Administrator Stanley Sickels a deposit for the firehouse purchase. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE SOLD, USE UNKNOWN"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 11am
TRTC NAMES SEASON OF PREMIERES, CLASSICS
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Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, FRASIER creator David Lee, and Jessica Stone are among the star-quality directors working with Two River Theater Company in the just-announced 2014-2015 season. “Didn’t we justContinue reading "TRTC NAMES SEASON OF PREMIERES, CLASSICS"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 11am
LINCROFT: WORLD VOICES, HEROES AT HOME
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The infamous 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese will be remembered as part of the Evening of International Psychology and Poetry Performances program Wednesday night at Brookdale Community College.   EachContinue reading "LINCROFT: WORLD VOICES, HEROES AT HOME"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 11am
You can call it karma or just good fundraising, either way the Cinnamon Snail’s Kickstarter campaign for a new truck was a success for Red Bank’s Adam Sobel. (Photo by Jim Willis.Continue reading "RED BANK: SNAIL GETS NEW SHELL"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOLS HEAD UNDER FIRE
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Superintendent Nelson Ribon, center above, fielded pointed questions from parents, including one, below, who compared him to a CEO who had lost the respect of his employees. (Photo by JohnContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOLS HEAD UNDER FIRE"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 7am
BCC TO HONOR ‘EVERYDAY HEROES’
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Press release from Brookdale Community College  This spring marks the 50th anniversary since a 28-year-old girl named Kitty Genovese (pictured) was stabbed, sexually molested and killed outside her Queens apartment,Continue reading "BCC TO HONOR ‘EVERYDAY HEROES’"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 5am
LINCROFT: MONMOUTH TAKES RUGBY CUP
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Team captain Evan Fitzgerald scoring the game-winning try as Red Bank-based Monmouth Rugby Football Club beat Buffalo, 28-25, and took the Empire GU championship at Thompson Park in Lincroft Saturday. MoreContinue reading "LINCROFT: MONMOUTH TAKES RUGBY CUP"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: UNDERWATER AT BRIDGE SITE
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A coffer kept contractors dry while working below the surface of the Navesink River at the site of the new Hubbards Bridge under construction between Red Bank and Middletown Monday afternoon.Continue reading "RED BANK: UNDERWATER AT BRIDGE SITE"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: JULIO RETAKES THE BASIE STAGE
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To All the Crowds He’s Loved Before: Julio Iglesias returns to Red Bank, for a Tuesday night concert at his area venue of choice on Monmouth Street. We could makeContinue reading "RED BANK: JULIO RETAKES THE BASIE STAGE"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’89697′]Scenes from Sunday’s Red Bank International Flavour Festival, where some downtown restaurants showed off their menus, diners induclged, and a guy dressed as a strip of bacon wandered amidContinue reading "RED BANK: HAND-TO-MOUTH AT FOOD FEST"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 10am
Clippings took a stroll around the grounds of Christ Church in Shrewsbury on April 19, 2014, soaking in some springtime color and some history at the same.  (Video by GerdaContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: HISTORIC CHURCH IN SPRING"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 10am
[slideshow_deploy id=’89627′]Thousands of festivalgoers filled Red Bank’s White Street parking lot Sunday for several hours of upright, alfresco dining at the third annual International Flavour Festival. Walking, talking and dancing alsoContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKING A STAND O ...
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April 28th, 2014 @ 7am
Got bags and boxes and drawers full of outdated and unwanted paper documents, financial records and other sensitive but space-invading files? On the afternoon of Saturday, May 3, all MonmouthContinue reading "MONMOUTH COUNTY SHREDS IT AT MARINE PARK"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: TWO RIVER TAKES A LOOK AHEAD
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Two River Theater Company artistic director John Dias takes the podium once more for the annual new season announcement, with the public invited to hear the details of the upcomingContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO RIVER TAKES A LOOK AHEAD"
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April 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
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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 ...