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Monthly Archives: September 2014

RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: CLASSICAL DUETS
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Keith Calmes and carry on: the classical guitarist teams with flautist Marjorie Koharski for a free public recital at Middletown Library, on Monday evening. Classical music connoisseurs in and aroundContinue reading "RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: CLASSICAL DUETS"
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September 20th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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After two bye weeks, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional’s varsity football team finally opened the sequel to its best season in school history with a clobbering of Matawan on the road FridayContinue reading "RFH OPENS SEASON WITH ROUT"
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September 20th, 2014 @ 9am
HEY KIDS, BLOCK OUT ROOM FOR DESSERT
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Faith King with her dessert a the Madison Avenue block party last Saturday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s a big block partyContinue reading "HEY KIDS, BLOCK OUT ROOM FOR DESSERT"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 4pm
RED BANK: EATERY CONTENTS ON THE BLOCK
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The oven, assuming it’s sold, will have to go out the way it went in: through the front window. Below, Anthony “Tito” Vega with the three-ton oven last year. (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: EATERY CONTENTS ON THE BLOCK"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 4pm
LINCROFT, SANDY HOOK: OF ART AND NATURE
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Revels in the Details: works by the National Association of Women Artists (left) and by Laura Bethmann (right) are on display at the Monmouth Museum, beginning with a pair ofContinue reading "LINCROFT, SANDY HOOK: OF ART AND NATURE"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A CLUB WE DIDN’T ORDER
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PieHole was bested by the immensity of this turkey club at No Joe’s Café. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Red Bank’s protean coffee house, No Joe’s Café,Continue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A CLUB WE DIDN’T ORDER"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 9am
By JOHN T. WARD The owner of a Rumson home where police found 50 underage partiers consuming alcohol last Saturday night has been issued a summons, police said. Lori Krikorian,Continue reading "RUMSON: KEGGER HOMEOWNER CITED"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 9am
A forum on the problem (and prevention) of teenage suicide will be hosted at the Rumson headquarters of the Junior League of Monmouth County, on Friday, September 26. Press releaseContinue reading "RUMSON: ADDRESSING TEEN SUICIDES"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 6am
PHOTOG AUCTIONS PRINTS FOR LUNCH BREAK
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Veteran photographer Mark Weiss, pictured at center with Todd Rundgren and Utopia in 1985, will conduct an auction of his famous images for the benefit of Red Bank-based Lunch BreakContinue reading "PHOTOG AUCTIONS PRINTS FOR LUNCH BREAK"
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September 19th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: ROOF FIRE VEXES CHIEF
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Firefighters closed off a portion of Broad Street to fight the blaze. One peered into a wall cavity abutting the roof, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: ROOF FIRE VEXES CHIEF"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 9pm
RED BANK: DEMOLITION HITS FIRST POTHOLE
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The house, at 94 Drs. Parker Boulevard, was once the home of African American journalist T. Thomas Fortune. Below, a detail of the soffit. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: DEMOLITION HITS FIRST POTHOLE"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 1pm
GETTING FRIED ON THE GREEN
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Barnacle Bill’s fried zucchini with tangy dipping sauce is a perennial favorite, while deep fried pickle spears (below) from the Globe are a newer menu addition. (Photos By Susan Ericson. ClickContinue reading "GETTING FRIED ON THE GREEN"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 11am
RUMSON: SHORED UP, BATTENED DOWN
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The collision between coastal development and severe weather in New Jersey and elsewhere is the subject of the documentary “Shored Up,” screening for free this Saturday at Holy Cross School.Continue reading "RUMSON: SHORED UP, BATTENED DOWN"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: AFRICAN MISSION HITS HOME
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Red Bank Regional senior Samantha Sidun of Little Silver (left) is pictured in Ghana with her Global Leadership Adventures mentor Ashley Randall and fellow volunteer Lindsay Harris, at the footContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: AFRICAN MISSION HITS HOME"
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September 18th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CLASSIC RASSAS SIGN RESCUED
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A bit banged up but salvageable, one of the classic neon Rassas Buick signs in Red Bank – seen below in 2013 – was saved from the bulldozer Wednesday byContinue reading "RED BANK: CLASSIC RASSAS SIGN RESCUED"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK CHURN: PAINT, CLOTHES & HOT YOGA
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Paint Passion took over a space in the Dublin House alley formerly occupied by a jewelry store/surfboard shop. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK CHURN: PAINT, CLOTHES & HOT YOGA"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 1pm
RUMSON: NOVEMBER EXCITES EDUCATORS
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Left to right, author and tech expert Alan November is pictured with Superintendent Dr. Peter Righi, Avon School District Chief School Administrator Christopher Albrizio, and Fair Haven School District SuperintendentContinue reading "RUMSON: NOVEMBER EXCITES EDUCATORS"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: FUNDRAISER TAKES A KID’S TOUCH
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A chance to get up close and hands-on with an emergency or heavy-duty work vehicle is the big attraction during Touch A Truck Day, the annual fundraising promotion at RedContinue reading "RED BANK: FUNDRAISER TAKES A KID’S TOUCH"
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September 17th, 2014 @ 5am
RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE MAY BE RAZED
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The house, at 94 Drs. Parker Boulevard, was once the home of African American journalist T. Thomas Fortune. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A day that Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE MAY BE RAZED"
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September 16th, 2014 @ 2pm
By JOHN T. WARD A Rumson teen was arrested and about 50 underage drinkers were dispersed from a party Saturday night, borough police reported Tuesday. Detective Chris Isherwood tells redbankgreenContinue reading "RUMSON KEGGER LEADS TO ONE ARREST"
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September 16th, 2014 @ 1pm
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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 ...