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Monthly Archives: January 2015

RED BANK: NO JOE’S A NO-SHOW
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No Joe’s Café was as quiet as all other businesses in downtown Red Bank at 4 a.m. Tuesday, despite having touted a plan on its Facebook page and a signContinue reading "RED BANK: NO JOE’S A NO-SHOW"
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January 27th, 2015 @ 5am
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ON THE GREEN: UM, WHERE IS IT?
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It was cold, eerily quiet and snowfall-free in downtown Red Bank at about 7 p.m. Monday. But don’t be fooled, says the weatherbot. Even as redbankgreen was taking its eveningContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: UM, WHERE IS IT?"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 7pm
While other residents of the Greater Red Bank Green were in panic mode in the bread aisles of supermarkets, some were preparing for the looming blizzard by stocking up onContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: NEVER MIND BREAD. BUY WINE."
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January 26th, 2015 @ 3pm
RED BANK TO BARRICADE DOWNTOWN STREETS
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For days after the December 26, 2010 blizzard, the English Plaza parking lot in Red Bank, above and below, remained closed, in part because of vehicle strandings. (Photos by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK TO BARRICADE DOWNTOWN STREETS"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 3pm
ON THE GREEN: PREPARING FOR WHITE-OUT
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A man laid down rock salt in Red Bank, a woman loaded up on the stuff in Little Silver, and plows stood at the ready in Sea Bright as theContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: PREPARING FOR WHITE-OUT"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NO WINTER DANCE FOR BUDDY
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The Count Basie Theatre has announced that BUDDY, the touring jukebox musical scheduled to come to town on Tuesday, has been rescheduled to April 4 at 3 pm, with all ticket salesContinue reading "RED BANK: NO WINTER DANCE FOR BUDDY"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 12pm
RUMSON: PETS WELCOME AT CHURCH SERVICE
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Reverend Ophelia Laughlin blesses a dog at St. George’s-by-the-River’s annual St. Francis Day event last October. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Vatican mayContinue reading "RUMSON: PETS WELCOME AT CHURCH SERVICE"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 10am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 15 to January 22, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK: CRIMES AND ARRESTS"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR GETS GRADE OF A+
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The Red Bank Regional School District recently placed in the top 5 percent of all New Jersey districts, in a ranking conducted by the website Niche.com — a survey thatContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR GETS GRADE OF A+"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Lunch Break Inc. Did you know that more food is consumed in the United States on Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the yearContinue reading "RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK HOSTS ‘SOUPER BOWL’"
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January 26th, 2015 @ 6am
BLIZZARD: CANCELLATIONS AND SUCH…
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Scenes from the December 26, 2010 blizzard that paralyzed Red Bank for days. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) We’ll update this post at the top as newContinue reading "BLIZZARD: CANCELLATIONS AND SUCH…"
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January 25th, 2015 @ 7pm
ON THE GREEN: BRACING FOR A BLIZZARD
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The bread shelves at the SuperFoodtown in Red Bank were nearly bare Sunday afternoon as locals stocked up in anticipation of a blizzard expected to sock the region Monday andContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: BRACING FOR A BLIZZARD"
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January 25th, 2015 @ 6pm
RED BANK: PLOWING THE NORTH 40
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“I’ve been dying for a real snow,” Adrian Gubbay told redbankgreen as he cleared slush in front of a neighbor’s house on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Saturday morning. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: PLOWING THE NORTH 40"
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January 24th, 2015 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: IT GETS UGLY FAST
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It looked pretty for a while. But an overnight snowfall – the first significant one of the season – that left two inches of white on the Greater Red BankContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: IT GETS UGLY FAST"
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January 24th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: SPEAKING FOR THE FISHES
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American Littoral Society exec director Tim Dillingham (pictured here with piping plover pal) is the special guest speaker, during a public-invited event hosted by the Brookdale Community College Environmental ClubContinue reading "LINCROFT: SPEAKING FOR THE FISHES"
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January 24th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BROTHERS REOPENING DELAYED
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A notice on the door at Brothers Thursday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The work required to reopen Brothers, damaged earlier this monthContinue reading "RED BANK: BROTHERS REOPENING DELAYED"
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January 23rd, 2015 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SAL’S SANDWICH
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 Boars Head turkey on store-baked bread at Sal’s Original in Shrewsbury. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS After running some errands in Shrewsbury to pick upContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SAL’S SANDWICH"
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January 23rd, 2015 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: SNOW AND RAIN IN FORECAST
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Snow may blanket more than just our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Maple Avenue in Red Bank Thursday. The National Weather Service says we could get up to threeContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: SNOW AND RAIN IN FORECAST"
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January 23rd, 2015 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN BOARD OF ED MEMBERS SWORN IN
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It’s official as (left to right) Bruce Padula, Jennifer Halcrow, and Karen Saad participate in the January 7 Fair Haven Board of Education meeting after being sworn in. Press releaseContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN BOARD OF ED MEMBERS SWORN IN"
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January 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Rumson School District The Instrumental Music Program at Forrestdale School in Rumson took center stage for the Winter Concert on January 15, when the Intermediate and AdvancedContinue reading "RUMSON: FORRESTDALE MUSICIANS SHINE"
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January 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
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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 ...