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Monthly Archives: November 2014

FAIR HAVEN: KOCH DIES FROM INJURIES
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By JOHN T. WARD Fair Haven Councilman Jerome Koch died Sunday, one day after he was was critically injured in a bicycling accident on River Road. Borough police reported Koch’sContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: KOCH DIES FROM INJURIES"
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November 30th, 2014 @ 7pm
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MIDDLETOWN: POETIC VOICES PLEASE
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Acclaimed British poet Cora Greenhill visits the Middletown Library on Monday, December 1, in an event hosted by the Red Bank Writers Group. As her official bio states, “She livesContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POETIC VOICES PLEASE"
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November 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: KOCH CRITICAL AFTER CRASH
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Councilman Jerome Koch speaking during a council meeting at the Knollwood School in November, 2011. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fair Haven CouncilmanContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: KOCH CRITICAL AFTER CRASH"
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November 30th, 2014 @ 10am
MIDDLETOWN: A SWIFT SUNDAY IN THE PARK
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And they’re off: the leaf-laden trails of Middletown’s Bodman Park are the scene for the start of the Navesink Challenge, the 14th annual edition of which hits the ground runningContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: A SWIFT SUNDAY IN THE PARK"
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November 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
AROUND THE GREEN: WHERE’S SANTA?
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Above, Tuba Christmas toots exclusively at Middletown Arts Center on  the evening of December 7 — while below, Santa (seen in a past appearance at Red Bank’s West Side TreeContinue reading "AROUND THE GREEN: WHERE’S SANTA?"
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November 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 13 to November 20, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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November 28th, 2014 @ 8am
Red Bank Regional’s varsity football team quintupled last year’s win total, ending the season with a 5-5 record, but the closer was downbeat as the Bucs fell to Long Branch,Continue reading "RBR ENDS SEASON AT 5-5 WITH LOSS TO LB"
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November 28th, 2014 @ 7am
RUMSON: CHANUKAH CELEBRATION AT CBI
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Press release from Congregation B’nai Israel On Wednesday, December 17, bring a flashlight and your family menorah to Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson  to celebrate Chanukah, the eight dayContinue reading "RUMSON: CHANUKAH CELEBRATION AT CBI"
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November 28th, 2014 @ 6am
It was a cold, wet affair as Rumson-Fair Haven and Shore Regional met in the first “Devil-Dawg Bowl” in West Long Branch Wednesday night. Turnovers were key. A Dawgs fumbleContinue reading "RFH SLIPS IN MUD BOWL"
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November 27th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: LIGHT THERAPY FOR BLACK FRIDAY
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Tim McLoone keynotes the season of lights in downtown Red Bank with the traditional Holiday Express outdoor concert on Black Friday. Charlie Brown, Ralphie, Rudolph – not a one ever concernedContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHT THERAPY FOR BLACK FRIDAY"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: STATION TO BE NAMED FOR O’HERN
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The Red Bank train station will be dedicated to the memory of late Mayor and state Supreme Court Justice Dan O’Hern. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) After aContinue reading "RED BANK: STATION TO BE NAMED FOR O’HERN"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 11am
THURSDAY & FRIDAY: THE FORECAST
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Broad Street in Red Bank, looking north from the Post Office through a rain-blurred windshield Wednesday morning. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Amid talk of a northeasterContinue reading "THURSDAY & FRIDAY: THE FORECAST"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 10am
THANKSGIVING: TWO PLACES TO EAT FOR FREE
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Volunteers will once again serve a traditional spread at Lunch Break, above, while Surf Taco is offering food from its menu of Mexican dishes. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click toContinue reading "THANKSGIVING: TWO PLACES TO EAT FOR FREE"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: STEPPING UP FOR LUNCH BREAK
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Press release from First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank Recently, Tower Hill Church (The First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank) donated $8,725 raised from its October 18 Rummage Sale toContinue reading "RED BANK: STEPPING UP FOR LUNCH BREAK"
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November 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: A CUP (OR TEN) OF CHEER
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The assembled male voices of Straight No Chaser mix up a holiday punch on the stage of the Count Basie Theatre this Friday, November 28. This Black Friday evening, NovemberContinue reading "RED BANK: A CUP (OR TEN) OF CHEER"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: KAYAKER’S MOM URGES VEST USAGE
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One of the signs that Joan Civile has offered to the town as part of a campaign inspired by the death of her son, David, below. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: KAYAKER’S MOM URGES VEST USAGE"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
WHAT YOU WANT IS OFF THE MENU
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Pineapple cashew fried rice: available, but not on the menu, at Temple Gourmet. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON While waiting for friends at Temple Gourmet ChineseContinue reading "WHAT YOU WANT IS OFF THE MENU"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: RESIDENTS PAN COUNCIL RESPONSE
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Kirsten Ramirez speaks with police Captain Mike Clay after Monday night’s council meeting. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank residents put electedContinue reading "RED BANK: RESIDENTS PAN COUNCIL RESPONSE"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RUMSON: NOT ALONE, NOT AFRAID
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Press release from Congregation B’Nai Israel Fraidy Reiss was 19 years old when her family arranged for her to marry a man who turned out to be abusive. For theContinue reading "RUMSON: NOT ALONE, NOT AFRAID"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: TREE’S UP
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Donated by the Clay family of Holmdel, Red Bank’s 2014 Christmas tree arrived at Riverside Gardens Park overlooking the Navesink River on Sunday. Becker’s Tree Service and Powerhouse Signs didContinue reading "RED BANK: TREE’S UP"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 2pm
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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 ...