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Monthly Archives: June 2014

RED BANK: SUMMER SUNRISE
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Sunrise on our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Maple Cove in Red Bank Tuesday. Expect a mostly sunny day, with temperatures crossing into the low 80s, according to theContinue reading "RED BANK: SUMMER SUNRISE"
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June 24th, 2014 @ 5am
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The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 12 to June 19, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT TRIES A NEW ANGLE ON PARKING
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Kathy Morris attempts to park in the new reverse-angle spaces last week; she promises she’ll soon master the task. The concept was championed by trauma nurse Linda Richter, below. (PhotosContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TRIES A NEW ANGLE ON PARKING"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: A POT STORE? WELL, SHOOT…
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Is Red Bank getting a medical marijuana dispensary? That was the takeaway for a number of redbankgreen readers when they saw the painting above, which went up in a windowContinue reading "RED BANK: A POT STORE? WELL, SHOOT…"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: A BIT OF A KITCHEN GRIND
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Lisa Prepon, seen here with husband Howard Bernstein, will tell you all you need to know to grind it right at the Spice & Tea Exchange. (Photo by Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: A BIT OF A KITCHEN GRIND"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 8am
National Parks Service spokesman John Harlan Warren at the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, which turned 250 years old this month. (Video by Gerda Liebmann. Click to pause.) Check out all theContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: STANDING TALL AT SANDY HOOK"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 8am
RBR JUNIORS WIN BATTLE OF THE SANDWICHES
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From left: Red Bank Regional Junior Class President Houston Migdon and Junior Class Vice President Elisa Orsini are pictured with Sickles Market owner Bob Sickles, and his daughter Tori atContinue reading "RBR JUNIORS WIN BATTLE OF THE SANDWICHES"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
LAW SCHOOL GRAD TALKS WITH RBR STUDENTS
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Red Bank Regional Class of 2008 grad Nicole Tortoriello (third from left) is pictured with students from the Social Justice class in RBR’s Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, includingContinue reading "LAW SCHOOL GRAD TALKS WITH RBR STUDENTS"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
Fresh off graduation, Red Bank Catholic pitcher and shortstop Al Molina has a key choice to make after being drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies: pro ball, or follow through onContinue reading "RED BANK: AFTER PRO PICK, A CHOICE TO MAKE"
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June 23rd, 2014 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER, M’TOWN: LIBRARY LEGENDS
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LEGENDARY LOCALS OF RED BANK author Eileen Moon visits the Little Silver Library on Monday evening…while Next Stage Ensemble brings a little Shakespeare to the Middletown Township biblio. There’s theContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER, M’TOWN: LIBRARY LEGENDS"
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June 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FEELGOOD MUSIC, REAL TIME LAFFS
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Master multi-instrumentalist David Bromberg makes his annual pilgrimage to the Count Basie Theatre tonight, with politically pointed standup Bill Maher in the wings for Sunday. In an interview that appearedContinue reading "RED BANK: FEELGOOD MUSIC, REAL TIME LAFFS"
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June 21st, 2014 @ 9am
A 2013 view from the kitchen at Locals Creative Fresh Takeout in Rumson. (Click to enlarge) redbankgreen’s PieHole is all about local food and drink. If you haven’t liked us on FacebookContinue reading "ICYMI IT ON PIEHOLE…"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? LOCAL, ON REAL BREAD
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The Lenni Lenape sandwich, from Rumson’s Locals Creative Fresh Takeout. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS This was the last week of school for many kids onContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? LOCAL, ON REAL BREAD"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: MONMOUTH RUGBY ROLLS SEVENS
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Red Bank’s Monmouth Football Rugby Club — in blue, seen scrumming with the striped shirts of the like-named Monmouth Rugby Club of Wales in a file photo — host theirContinue reading "LINCROFT: MONMOUTH RUGBY ROLLS SEVENS"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 12pm
Two weeks after receiving supplies of Narcan, a new nasal-spray drug created to halt the deadly effects of heroin and other opiods, Middletown police notched their first “save,” the MTPDContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN MAKES FIRST NARCAN SAVE"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S COMEBACK DELAYED
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The site of Donovan’s Reef in April. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD An ambitious plan to reopen a prominent Sea Bright barContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S COMEBACK DELAYED"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: RUNA EYES SUMMER OPENING
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Runa, a proposed Peruvian restaurant on Monmouth Street in Red Bank that’s been “coming soon” for two years, will open this summer, owner-chef Marita Lynn writes in a new blogContinue reading "RED BANK: RUNA EYES SUMMER OPENING"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: TWO GO THE DISTANCE FOR CHARITY
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COMIC BOOK MEN’s Ming Chen and fellow marathon runner Nicole Corre kick off their charity run of the San Francisco Marathon with an event at Jamian’s Food and Drink onContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO GO THE DISTANCE FOR CHARITY"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 6am
Postpartum depression (PPD), the most common complication of childbirth, affects one in seven women each year. To raise awareness of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, the public is invited toContinue reading "TEAM LINCROFT TO ‘CLIMB OUT OF DARKNESS’"
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June 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR APPOINTS PAGANO INTERIM SUPER
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The Red Bank Regional School District has appointed Thomas Pagano of Interlaken as Interim Superintendent, effective July 1, 2014. Press release from Red Bank Regional School District At its JuneContinue reading "RBR APPOINTS PAGANO INTERIM SUPER"
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June 19th, 2014 @ 3pm
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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.
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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 ...