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Monthly Archives: August 2014

BASIE NAMES FIRST VANGUARD AWARDS
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Steve Van Zandt, seen here outside the Count Basie Theatre in 2008, is one of the inaugural recipients of the Basie’s Vanguard Awards honoring lifelong devotion to the arts inContinue reading "BASIE NAMES FIRST VANGUARD AWARDS"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 6am
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SHREWSBURY: GROWING COMMUNITY ROOTS
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Eileen Olson and Carla Fiscella discuss the day’s bounty in the Shrewsbury Community Garden. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON In its third year, the Shrewsbury CommunityContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: GROWING COMMUNITY ROOTS"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 3pm
Former New Jersey Devils player Jim Dowd once again brought his high school all-star hockey face-off to Red Bank Sunday night. A fundraiser dubbed ‘Hometown Heroes,’ the game saw theContinue reading "RED BANK: HOCKEY ALL-STARS BRING HEAT"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 1pm
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Alexandra Sarna, age 24, from Carr Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on July 24, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES
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It’s “everybody out of the water” and up onto the lawn, as ‘Jaws’ returns to Riverside Gardens for a Tuesday night showing. The original ‘Back to the Future’ materializes onContinue reading "RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 11am
Liz Stahl, Mary Ellen Dowd, Chris Lombino and Tom Smith – friends who met in a theater group –  were all set for the July 8, 2014 movie screening inContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: MOVIE IN THE ROUND"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: ‘APPETITE’ SATISFIES HUNDREDS
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[slideshow_deploy id=’92048′]At this weekend’s three-day ‘Appetite‘ extravaganza at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, hundreds of visitors feasted on food, wine, beer and culinary wisdom. Susan Ericson’s food blog,Continue reading "RED BANK: ‘APPETITER ...
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August 5th, 2014 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER PIVOTS ON $1.5M TURF PLAN
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The ballfields at Sickles Farm Park will remain grass for now. Below, audience members passed around a turf sample.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Little Silver isn’t readyContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER PIVOTS ON $1.5M TURF PLAN"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 7am
REFORM TEMPLE WELCOMES NEW RABBI
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Pictured left to right are Monmouth Reform Temple’s new Rabbi Marc Kline (center) with his wife Lori Bernard and the MRT President Jay Wiesenfeld of Lincroft.  Press release from MonmouthContinue reading "REFORM TEMPLE WELCOMES NEW RABBI"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 6am
Press release from Red Bank Family Eyecare On Thursday, June 5, Dr. Erin Curtis and Red Bank Family Eye Care hosted a benefit for the Boys and Girls Clubs ofContinue reading "RB FAMILY EYECARE SENDS YOUTH TO CAMP"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S
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The exterior’s already gotten a facelift and one is underway inside at Basil T’s, soon to reopen as Birravino, says owner Vic Rallo Jr., below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S"
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August 4th, 2014 @ 3pm
RB, FH: A NIGHT OUT, A BITE OUT OF CRIME
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A demonstration of driving with “Drunk Goggles” is part of the programming in Red Bank, as police departments in two local boroughs invite kids to take part in the NationalContinue reading "RB, FH: A NIGHT OUT, A BITE OUT OF CRIME"
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August 4th, 2014 @ 12pm
Coming up at Monday night’s meeting of the Little Silver borough council: a presentation on the possibility of installing artificial turf at Sickles Field. The recreation committee is slated toContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER MULLS ARTIFICIAL TURF"
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August 4th, 2014 @ 9am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of July 24 to July 31, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR BURGLARIZED, THEN STOLEN"
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August 4th, 2014 @ 6am
COMMUNITY Y TEENS HELP KIDS NEAR AND FAR
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Community YMCA members Aisha Bhoori of Middletown and Sahar Akbarzai of Old Bridge are coordinating a school supply drive through the YMCA to help give kids in Red Bank andContinue reading "COMMUNITY Y TEENS HELP KIDS NEAR AND FAR"
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August 4th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: MONUMENTAL MOVIE MONDAYS
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John Goodman, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Bob Balaban and Bill Murray ARE The Expen…check that, THE MONUMENTS MEN, as Middletown Township Public Library hosts a month-of-Mondays worth of recent HollywoodContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MONUMENTAL MOVIE MONDAYS"
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August 3rd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MORE ON THE MENU AT ‘APPETITE’
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They came for the wine with local restaurateur Vic Rallo and stayed for the food trucks, beer and make-your-own bloody Mary’s Saturday at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, hosting itsContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE ON THE MENU AT ‘APPETITE’"
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August 3rd, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF…
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The Beatlemania Stage Show — featuring Lucien Nocelli, Lincroft’s answer to Lennon— returns for its annual benefit concert at Two River Theater this Sunday afternoon, August 3. The original LadsContinue reading "RED BANK: BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF…"
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August 2nd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BACK ON THE BLOCK
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The Red Bank Community Block Party returns for the annual West Side neighborhood reunion with a slate of events that include a Friday night preview and a Saturday night after-party.Continue reading "RED BANK: BACK ON THE BLOCK"
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August 1st, 2014 @ 1pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A ‘SECRET’ SALAD
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The dried cranberries made this salad from Fairwinds Deli in Fair Haven pop. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Looking for a healthy, tasty lunch, PieHole’s wanderingContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A ‘SECRET’ SALAD"
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August 1st, 2014 @ 10am
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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.
Truck strike downs pole
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 ...