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Monthly Archives: September 2015

RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL BALLARD
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Michael Ballard, Democrat. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at play in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidatesContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL BALLARD"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
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RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MARK TAYLOR
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Mark Taylor, Republican. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at stake in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidates forContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MARK TAYLOR"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
Michael DuPont, Democrat. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at stake in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidates forContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL DUPONT"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL WHELAN
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Michael Whelan, Republican. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at stake in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidates forContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL WHELAN"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: TOWN ISSUES STORM GUIDANCE
The cupola of the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank appeared to glow amid a backdrop of clouds Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge) With tropical storm JoaquinContinue reading "RED BANK: TOWN ISSUES STORM GUIDANCE"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 3pm
RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP
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Camera-shy then as now, Irwin Katz hides behind a sign at his short-lived Monmouth Street store in 2007. Below is the August 10 GOP Facebook post that angered Katz. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: GOP ‘CANDIDATE’ BLASTS… GOP"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ARE WE THAT DRUNK?
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The ranking methodology includes the number of bars per capita.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Is Red Bank the fourth-drunkest town in New Jersey? An infotainment website basedContinue reading "RED BANK: ARE WE THAT DRUNK?"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER’S VILLAPIANO STEPS UP TO MIC
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Neil Villapiano of Little Silver mans the broadcast desk, as part of a two-year Broadcast Journalism program he completed at Hofstra University.  The Red Bank Regional senior commuted seven hours each day to pursue his dreamContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER’S VILLAPIANO STEPS UP TO MIC"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: BEYOND THE BIERGARTEN
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So what better month to salute the sounds, scenery and seasonal fare of Germany than the Oktoberfest interlude of autumn? Beginning Friday and continuing through Sunday afternoon, the MAC playsContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BEYOND THE BIERGARTEN"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5am
Got a spare blue spruce in your yard? Yes, temperatures may still be pushing 80 degrees, but Red Bank RiverCenter has put out a call in the hope that, like the ClayContinue reading "RED BANK: CHRISTMAS TREE WANTED"
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September 29th, 2015 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: NYT JOURNOS MAKE A ‘PATH’ TO BCC
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Pulitzer-winning journalists (and matrimonial partners) Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn visit Brookdale Community College on Wednesday, for a discussion keyed to their latest book (and affiliated PBS documentary), A PATHContinue reading "LINCROFT: NYT JOURNOS MAKE A ‘PATH’ TO BCC"
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September 29th, 2015 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: SHADOWBROOK PLAN ON DECK
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The opulent Shadowbrook facility, which is not visible from any public street, is surrounded by homes and accessed via a single, long driveway, below. (Photo above from the Shadowbrook website; below by JohnContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: SHADOWBROOK PLAN ON DECK"
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September 29th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: MONTHLONG ROADWORK TO BEGIN
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The northbound lane of Bridge Avenue in Red Bank between Chestnut Street and Drs. Parker Boulevard will be closed between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily for the month ofContinue reading "RED BANK: MONTHLONG ROADWORK TO BEGIN"
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September 29th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: MCC ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON
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Press release from Monmouth Civic Chorus The Monmouth Civic Chorus, the award-winning vocal ensemble under the artistic direction of Dr. Ryan James Brandau (pictured), has announced a 2015-2016 season thatContinue reading "RED BANK: MCC ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON"
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September 29th, 2015 @ 6am
CHURN: TRAP DOOR, BELMONTE TO OPEN
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Trap Door Escape Room opens this week in the former home of Dunlap Locksmith, which left behind a front door with a giant keyhole cut into it. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "CHURN: TRAP DOOR, BELMONTE TO OPEN"
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September 28th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WELCOME TO YOUR (1980s) LIFE
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Everybody wants to rule the charts…but few did it with greater consistency during the 1980s than Tears For Fears, the British duo who make their Red Bank debut on theContinue reading "RED BANK: WELCOME TO YOUR (1980s) LIFE"
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September 28th, 2015 @ 12pm
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Daniel Cunniffe, age 47, from Leonardville Road in Belford, NJ, arrested on September 14, 2015 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CRIMES & ARRESTS"
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September 28th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK CHARTER KIDS GO TO WASHINGTON
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Red Bank Charter School students listen as U.S. Congressman Chris Smith addresses a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, as part of a school trip to the nation’s capital. Press releaseContinue reading "RED BANK CHARTER KIDS GO TO WASHINGTON"
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September 28th, 2015 @ 4am
BUCS, CASEYS POST WINS AND GO TO 3-0
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Matt Reardon, above, led Red Bank Regional on both sides of the ball as the Bucs went to 3-0 with a win over Ocean Township Friday night. Meanwhile, Red BankContinue reading "BUCS, CASEYS POST WINS AND GO TO 3-0"
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September 26th, 2015 @ 8am
Week three of the 2015 high school football season kicked off with Friday night victories by Red Bank Regional and Red Bank Catholic, and the video cameras of Shore Sports Zone wereContinue reading "ROAD WINS PUT BUCS & CASEYS AT 3-0"
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September 26th, 2015 @ 8am
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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 ...