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Monthly Archives: August 2015

RED BANK: DOG DAYS DWINDLE, DOGGONE IT
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[UPDATE, September 1: This event has been canceled due to concerns about heat and air quality and will not be rescheduled.] In another sign of summer’s fadeout, Red Bank is scheduledContinue reading "RED BANK: DOG DAYS DWINDLE, DOGGONE IT"
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August 31st, 2015 @ 4pm
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The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 20 to August 27, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES Criminal MischiefContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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August 31st, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: REC SOCCER GETS A BOOST
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Saturday was shirt pickup day at Count Basie Fields for Red Bank Rec soccer, and players were treated to a clinic put on by players from the national champion BrookdaleContinue reading "RED BANK: REC SOCCER GETS A BOOST"
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August 31st, 2015 @ 8am
LINCROFT: HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS
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A ceramic teapot by North Carolina artist Nick Joerling is among the items featured in the new “Clay Directions” exhibit beginning Tuesday at Brookdale Community College.  With the coming ofContinue reading "LINCROFT: HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS"
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August 31st, 2015 @ 6am
Red Bank police arrested a borough man on drug and weapons charges, Chief Darren McConnell said in a prepared statement issued Friday afternoon. Here’s the full text:
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August 28th, 2015 @ 4pm
RED BANK: A RED-CARPET, NAME-DROP NIGHT
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Legendary rock drummer Carmine Appice, above at right works with members of the Rockit! band in preparation for Saturday’s show, which also honors local music legend Bobby Bandiera, below. A lieutenantContinue reading "RED BANK: A RED-CARPET, NAME-DROP NIGHT"
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August 28th, 2015 @ 2pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? MRS. ROONEY’S HOT DOGS
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What’s For Lunch? There’s always Mrs. Rooney’s hot dog stand in Sea Bright. PieHole stops by. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)  
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August 28th, 2015 @ 11am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOT DOGS IN SEA BRIGHT
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Hot dogs from the cart of Frances Rooney, below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s noontime on a gorgeous, late-summer day in beautiful downtownContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? HOT DOGS IN SEA BRIGHT"
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August 28th, 2015 @ 11am
A worker was reported to be OK after he fell from the roof of the McLoone’s Rum Runner restaurant under construction in Sea Bright Thursday, police Chief John Sorrentino tells redbankgreen.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: MAN OK AFTER FALL FROM ROOF"
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August 28th, 2015 @ 8am
RBR VOLLEYBALLER PAYS IT FORWARD
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Red Bank Regional sophomore Gabby Lopez spent her summer vacation as a coach for programs that included Little Silver summer softball, and Red Bank Future Bucs volunteer volleyball.  Press releaseContinue reading "RBR VOLLEYBALLER PAYS IT FORWARD"
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August 28th, 2015 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: VYING FOR TOP TOMATO
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The stakes are high once again, as three-peat champion (and top-seeded competitor) Michael Mansfield prepares to defend his crown in the 2015 Biggest Tomato Contest, scheduled for Saturday at Sickles Market.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: VYING FOR TOP TOMATO"
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August 27th, 2015 @ 12pm
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Michael Kiernan, age 61, from Monmouth Avenue in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, arrested on August 13, 2015Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CRIMES & ARRESTS"
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August 27th, 2015 @ 10am
A Red Bank man faces gun- and drug possession charges after a family dispute at the Montgomery Terrace apartments Tuesday morning, police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen. Officers responding to theContinue reading "RED BANK: GUN REPORT LEADS TO ARREST"
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August 27th, 2015 @ 6am
CHURN: PROWN’S TO LEAVE RED BANK
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Prown’s Home Improvements owner David Prown, seen at the Red Bank International Flavour Festival in April. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD  After 90 yearsContinue reading "CHURN: PROWN’S TO LEAVE RED BANK"
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August 26th, 2015 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: ALL’S FAIR AT AUGUST CLASSIC
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It’s that time of year again as the week-long Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair returns for an extended encampment starting Friday. The rides and midway that transform River Road into aContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: ALL’S FAIR AT AUGUST CLASSIC"
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August 26th, 2015 @ 12pm
Authorities searching for a 40-foot boat reported to have sunk off Sandy Hook Tuesday afternoon have found a sunken vessel, the New Jersey State Police reported Wednesday morning. But theyContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: SUNKEN VESSEL LOCATED"
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August 26th, 2015 @ 9am
HUBBARD’S BRIDGE REOPENS… MOSTLY
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After a two-week closure that slowed traffic to a crawl, the new Hubbards Bridge on West Front Street between Red Bank and Middletown reopened to traffic Wednesday morning. The closure was required toContinue reading "HUBBARD’S BRIDGE REOPENS… MOSTLY"
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August 26th, 2015 @ 8am
LINCROFT: BCC PLANS NEW CAMPUS PATH
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Planned upgrades for Brookdale’s Lincroft campus include new seating alcoves, landscaping and art installations, as pictured in this design rendering of the college’s Bankier Library. (Photos courtesy of Partner EngineeringContinue reading "LINCROFT: BCC PLANS NEW CAMPUS PATH"
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August 26th, 2015 @ 6am
TINTON FALLS: A CARDBOARD-BOX CAUSE
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From press materials by Family Promise of Monmouth County While Monmouth County is considered one of the more affluent counties of the Garden State, the issue of family homelessness remainsContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: A CARDBOARD-BOX CAUSE"
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August 26th, 2015 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: SEARCH ON FOR SUNKEN BOAT
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The Monmouth County Sheriff’s boat Marine 1, seen here in the Navesink on Saturday, is involved in the search. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) Authorities launched a massive searchContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: SEARCH ON FOR SUNKEN BOAT"
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August 26th, 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 ...