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Monthly Archives: March 2015

FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI PUMPS FOR BIKE LANE
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Mayor Ben Lucarelli heads to D.C. this week to sharpen his biker-and-pedestrian safety campaign. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Anyone who’s heard FairContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI PUMPS FOR BIKE LANE"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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NAVESINK: MONMOUTH PLAYERS BESEECH THEE
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AJ Melnick heads a youthful cast as Jesus, as the Monmouth Players present their production of GODSPELL inside the Navesink Arts Center. (Photo courtesy of Monmouth Players) The 2014-2015 seasonContinue reading "NAVESINK: MONMOUTH PLAYERS BESEECH THEE"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: GIVING FUTURE CHEFS A BOOST
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Chefs from more than 30 local restaurants impressed guests at last year’s “Recipe for Success” at the Navesink Country Club in Middletown. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: GIVING FUTURE CHEFS A BOOST"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN MAY BE TWEAKED
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An ordinance scheduled for a vote Wednesday night would expand paid parking on Monmouth Street and part of Bridge Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: PARKING PLAN MAY BE TWEAKED"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: COFFEE AND FACTS ON NET SAFETY
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Press release from Rumson School District On Monday, February 23, the Rumson School District presented a parent “coffee chat” on the subject of Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying. The eventContinue reading "RUMSON: COFFEE AND FACTS ON NET SAFETY"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Red Bank Regional High School The SOURCE Foundation at Red Bank Regional High School has announced its fifth annual Casino Night on Saturday, March 21, 2015. ThisContinue reading "RUMSON: RBR’s SOURCE BETS ON CASINO NITE"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 6am
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Damon Dowd, age 38, from South Everest Avenue in Brick, NJ, arrested on February 24, 2015 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: THAW CONTINUES
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After weeks of bitter cold and snow, a lone seagull occupied the narrowing ice of the Navesink River off Red Bank Sunday afternoon, above. By Monday evening, after a dayContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: THAW CONTINUES"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: PLAN CALLS FOR RAZING CHURCH
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The church, seen here and below in photos from 2009, would be replaced by three homes if a developer’s plan is approved. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: PLAN CALLS FOR RAZING CHURCH"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BASIE NAMES FILMFEST ENTRIES
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The rockumentary LAMBERT & STAMP — in which the birth of The Who is examined — is the centerpiece of April’s PROJECT FX Festival at the Count Basie Theatre, inContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE NAMES FILMFEST ENTRIES"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK REGIONAL LEADS AT MODEL UN
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Left to right: Red Bank Regional High School students Lauren O’Brien, Victoria Ovanesian, Jack Anderson, Kristen Wimmer and Brianna Napoli were among those who held leadership positions during the 2015Continue reading "RED BANK REGIONAL LEADS AT MODEL UN"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: LORD TAKE ME DOWNTOWN
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One of the longest-running lineups in popular music, ZZ Top brings fifty shades of electrified boogie blues (and a touch or two of grey) to the Basie stage on Wednesday. Continue reading "RED BANK: LORD TAKE ME DOWNTOWN"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: TEETH, CLAWS, PRICKLES & PEW
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Naturalist Travis Gale, pictured with friendly skunk in a recent NJ school appearance, visits Fair Haven’s Church of the Nativity on Wednesday for a program that demonstrates how Earth’s incredibleContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TEETH, CLAWS, PRICKLES & PEW"
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March 9th, 2015 @ 12pm
RUMSON: TOWN DONS ITS FINEST GREENERY
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For their third annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Rumsonians put on a display of kelly green and Hibernian spirit Sunday. A plethora of men in kilts, and a few kiltedContinue reading "RUMSON: TOWN DONS ITS FINEST GREENERY"
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March 9th, 2015 @ 8am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 26 to March 5, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES NoneContinue reading "RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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March 9th, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: EXPLORING SOURCES OF STRENGTH
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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Special Services Teacher Kevin James works with RFH students as they create a poster displaying positive messages about their lives, school and community during Sources ofContinue reading "RUMSON: EXPLORING SOURCES OF STRENGTH"
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March 9th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Monmouth County Parks System The Monmouth County Park System has added another training session for prospective docent volunteers on Sunday, March 15.  In addition to the morningContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: PARK SYSTEM DOCENTS WANTED"
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March 9th, 2015 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: WARMING UP
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Seventy-two hours after Thursday’s snowstorm, the same view – west along Harding Road in Little Silver, toward Tower Hill – was quite different Sunday, when temperatures reached into the mid-40sContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: WARMING UP"
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March 9th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: JOYFUL NOISES
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Dr. Ryan Brandau leads the Monmouth Civic Chorus in song, Sunday at Tower Hill Church — while pianist Julia Muench salutes her immigrant heritage in a free Monday evening concertContinue reading "RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: JOYFUL NOISES"
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March 7th, 2015 @ 4pm
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional’s dream season on the hardcourt ended with a 62-56 loss to Bordentown at home Friday night. Shore Sports Zone has the video highlights. The Bulldogs can consoleContinue reading "BORDENTOWN ENDS SEASON FOR RFH BOYS"
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March 7th, 2015 @ 8am
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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 ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
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.