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Monthly Archives: June 2015

RUMSON: A GREAT HONOR FOR SALT CREEK
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Press release from Salt Creek Grille Continuing a recently established tradition, New Jersey Monthly magazine honored the Garden State’s most generous companies  with its second annual Great Oak Awards. AmongContinue reading "RUMSON: A GREAT HONOR FOR SALT CREEK"
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June 4th, 2015 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Press release from Brookdale Community College According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the welding industry is expected to grow by 15 percent between 2010 and 2020, adding anContinue reading "LINCROFT: FREE WELDING COURSE AT BCC"
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June 4th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: APARTMENT PROPOSAL ON AGENDA
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A zoning board hearing on a proposed 35-unit apartment complex fronting on West Front Street opposite Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank is scheduled to resume after a two-month intervalContinue reading "RED BANK: APARTMENT PROPOSAL ON AGENDA"
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June 4th, 2015 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: FITNESS, FASHION AND FLOWERS
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Lisa Tave shows off the gym bag she created, which gave rise to her new shop of the same name: Physhion. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: FITNESS, FASHION AND FLOWERS"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 11am
RBR SEEKS DONATIONS FOR FITNESS CENTER
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The Red Bank Regional High School Athletic Director Del Dal Pra receives a generous donation from members of the Red Bank High School Class of 1960, toward the completion ofContinue reading "RBR SEEKS DONATIONS FOR FITNESS CENTER"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 10am
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Obinna Okafor, age 38, from North 9th Street in Newark, NJ, arrested on May 22, 2015Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CRIMES & ARRESTS"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: STREET VEGAN TO PARK IT HERE
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Adam Sobel, the Vendy Award-winning proprietor of food truck favorite the Cinnamon Snail, visits River Road Books on Saturday to sign copies of his new cookbook “Street Vegan.” And yes,Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: STREET VEGAN TO PARK IT HERE"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: PADDLING FOR KEVIN
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Jerry Conway, seen here in 2013, coordinates the annual Paddling for Kevin fundraiser, dedicated to the recovery of Middletown resident Kevin Kret, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in aContinue reading "RUMSON: PADDLING FOR KEVIN"
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June 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: LOST RESORT REVIVED ON VIDEO
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Chris Brenner, below, made the above video to shed light on a vanishing piece of Sandy Hook history.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: LOST RESORT REVIVED ON VIDEO"
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June 2nd, 2015 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY RIVER: BELUGA WHALES SIGHTED
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Recreational boats and a New York Water Taxi sharing the Shrewsbury River off Bahrs Landing in 2012. Below, the whales as seen in a photo posted on the Bahrs MarinaContinue reading "SHREWSBURY RIVER: BELUGA WHALES SIGHTED"
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June 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
RBR TEAM SCORES HIGH IN TECH MEET
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A team of Red Bank Regional students competed in this year’s Technology Student Association state conference contests, including (left to right) Elisa Orsini, Vincent Novellino, Jose Ramirez, Erick Camerino, RickyContinue reading "RBR TEAM SCORES HIGH IN TECH MEET"
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June 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: KIDS OFFER TOONS FOR THOUGHT
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As part of a national initiative to raise awareness of gender stereotypes in media, students at Small Factory Productions were invited to create original characters for an animated cartoon short film.Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: KIDS OFFER TOONS FOR THOUGHT"
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June 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: SALES BY THE YARD
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Scenes from Saturday’s first-ever boroughwide yard sale in Shrewsbury: One family was selling off posters of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe; another had Edison Victrola records for sale beside aContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: SALES BY THE YARD"
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June 1st, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK RIVERFEST: IT’S A WRAP
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Scenes from the weekend-long Red Bank Riverfest, which attracted thousands of visitors to in Marine Park Red Bank. Were you there? Take it past the “read more” to see ifContinue reading "RED BANK RIVERFEST: IT’S A WRAP"
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June 1st, 2015 @ 8am
LINCROFT: SMALL BUSINESS, BIG IMPACT
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Small business expert and consultant Marc Willson visits Brookdale Community College — and makes free house calls to area businesses — during a week of free events and services thatContinue reading "LINCROFT: SMALL BUSINESS, BIG IMPACT"
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June 1st, 2015 @ 6am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 21 to May 28, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES StrongContinue reading "RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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June 1st, 2015 @ 5am
TINTON FALLS: NEW PRESIDENT AT MRT
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Zach Gilstein, Holmdel, was recently installed as the new President of Monmouth Reform Temple in Tinton Falls. He is pictured (center) with former MRT President Jay Wiesenfeld, Lincroft, (left) andContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: NEW PRESIDENT AT MRT"
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June 1st, 2015 @ 3am
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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.