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Monthly Archives: January 2015

RED BANK: SINGING VALENTINES, NO WAITING
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The Quartet from the Red Bank Area Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society poses with the recipient of a surprise Singing Valentine — and YOU can be “NEXT!,” if yourContinue reading "RED BANK: SINGING VALENTINES, NO WAITING"
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January 31st, 2015 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RHODE BANK: STUFFIES FOR THE SUPER BOWL
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PieHole checks in with Rhode Island’s embassy in Red Bank, the Chowda House, to speak with chef Glenn Kovacs about stuffies. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Despite being theContinue reading "RHODE BANK: STUFFIES FOR THE SUPER BOWL"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 6pm
OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS
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A 2012 photo of the Oceanic Bridge surface. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown will undergo repair work starting next weekContinue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 6pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A ‘RED BANK GREEN.’ YES.
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The newest item to hit the menu at Readie’s Fine Foods is this delicious panini called the Red Bank Green. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSONContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A ‘RED BANK GREEN.’ YES."
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January 30th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK BROAD-TO-RIVER: JUST MORE TALK?
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A 2002 proposal, above, by property owner Robert Ebner to open the view from Broad Street to the Navesink hit a dead end. (Photo below by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK BROAD-TO-RIVER: JUST MORE TALK?"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: MUM’S THE WORD
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The “mask theater” troupe Mummenschanz brings its world-renowned signature style of performance art to the Count Basie stage on Saturday.   It’s not exactly mime, or dance, or puppetry – althoughContinue reading "RED BANK: MUM’S THE WORD"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: SALT CREEK FLAGS ANNUAL BENEFIT
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Raising the flag for the annual Wine and Martini Tasting event at Salt Creek Grille — a benefit for the Kortney Rose Foundation — are Lori Missig, Jennifer Egan, RichContinue reading "RUMSON: SALT CREEK FLAGS ANNUAL BENEFIT"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 6am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 22 to January 29, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES TheftContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS FREE TRAPPED HAWK
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The bird makes a break for freedom under the watch of a decoy owl. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank volunteer firefightersContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS FREE TRAPPED HAWK"
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January 29th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: JBF MAKES IT A DOUBLE
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The Mimi Nowak Project raises the roof at the Red Bank Woman’s Club for a Reckless Steamy Friday Night on January 30 — while the Jazz and Blues Foundation returnsContinue reading "RED BANK: JBF MAKES IT A DOUBLE"
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January 29th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MORE KIOSKS, YES; APPS, MAYBE
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Wiring for kiosks along Monmouth Street was installed when the street was refurbished two years ago. Kiosks on Bridge Avenue would be solar-powered. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE KIOSKS, YES; APPS, MAYBE"
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January 29th, 2015 @ 9am
Red Bank Catholic raced out to a 4-0 first-period lead, but needed three goals in the third to gain an 8-5 win over Rumson-Fair Haven. The Bulldogs scored three straightContinue reading "HOCKEY: RBC TOPS RFH ON ARMORY ICE"
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January 29th, 2015 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR FASHION SHOW A GO
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Planning the upcoming fashion show and luncheon to benefit the Latino Scholarship program at Red Bank Regional are Linda Ensor, RBR Source supervisor Suzanne Keller, Dede Rumph, Didi Friedman, AnitaContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR FASHION SHOW A GO"
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January 29th, 2015 @ 6am
In a nail-biter at Little Silver, Neptune comes back from eight points down in the fourth quarter to score a big “B” North road win at Red Bank Regional WednesdayContinue reading "RBR FALLS TO NEPTUNE IN THRILLER"
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January 29th, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON: PRIVATE TRASH PICKUP PLANNED
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A municipal trash crew at work on Forrest Avenue last week. Below, Mayor John Ekdahl says the timing is good for privatization. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RUMSON: PRIVATE TRASH PICKUP PLANNED"
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January 28th, 2015 @ 3pm
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Nelson Dannecker, age 24, from Port Monmouth Road in New Jersey, NJ, arrested on January 13, 2015 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ARREST REPORTS"
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January 28th, 2015 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: FREEZE FOLLOWS NONBLIZZARD
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A view west on River Road in Fair Haven Tuesday as snowfall in the blizzard that wasn’t ended. Area schools were scheduled to reopen Wednesday on delayed starts as temperaturesContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: FREEZE FOLLOWS NONBLIZZARD"
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January 28th, 2015 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: NOVELIST ON RETURN VISIT
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Author and Fair Haven native Katie Coyle makes a homecoming sojourn to River Road Books this Thursday for a reading and signing keyed to her novel ‘Vivian Apple at theContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: NOVELIST ON RETURN VISIT"
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January 28th, 2015 @ 6am
GREEN: NONBLIZZARD STILL NEEDS SHOVELING
The blizzard that wasn’t  still left a mess ‘o snow. And even with the lifting of a statewide travel ban Tuesday morning, non-binding requests by local officials that residents stayContinue reading "GREEN: NONBLIZZARD STILL NEEDS SHOVELING"
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January 27th, 2015 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ‘BLIZZARD’ NOW A ‘WINTER STORM’
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Winds whipped the flags at Elks Club #233 at about 4:15 a.m. as a heavily hyped “blizzard” dropped the first half-foot of a previously expected two feet of snow onContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘BLIZZARD’ NOW A ‘WINTER STORM’"
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January 27th, 2015 @ 5am
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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 ...