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Monthly Archives: September 2015

FAIR HAVEN: COUPLE’S FUTURE COMES TO PASS
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Derek DeBree, seen below with his wife, Genevieve, gutted the building’s interior, removing walls and leaving much of the wood exposed.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: COUPLE’S FUTURE COMES TO PASS"
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September 25th, 2015 @ 4pm
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WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A PIG AND FIG
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The Pig and Fig sandwich from the Cheese Cave. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Four and a half years after opening on Monmouth Street in RedContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A PIG AND FIG"
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September 25th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: THE WORLD’S OUR OYSTER SUNDAY
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The Guinness Oyster Festival returns to the White Street lot in Red Bank Sunday. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Consider the oyster: a fabled food-of-love aphrodisiac to many,Continue reading "RED BANK: THE WORLD’S OUR OYSTER SUNDAY"
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September 25th, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: A GOOD CALL FOR 1st GRADERS
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Richard Eisenbeis, a volunteer in the Sheriff’s Community Programs (VISCOMP) at the Monmouth County Police Academy, was among the guests who recently visited first grade classrooms at Sickles School toContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A GOOD CALL FOR 1st GRADERS"
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September 25th, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN TO HOST PLANNING WORKSHOPS
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Knollwood School is the place, and October 7 the date for “Fair Haven Pride,” the first of four public-welcome workshops in the borough’s Vision 2020 strategic planning initiative. Press releaseContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO HOST PLANNING WORKSHOPS"
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September 25th, 2015 @ 6am
Damien Brennan’s vehicle after the September 21, 2014 crash in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A former Rumson cop who crashed his personal vehicle into the back of aContinue reading "RUMSON: FIRED COP SUES TO GET JOB BACK"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BURNHAM BLASTS PARK DELAY
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The clay tennis courts at Marine Park as seen last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Five months after three proposals were submitted, theContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM BLASTS PARK DELAY"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 3pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of September 11 to September 24, 2015. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WHAT’S SUP? FIND OUT SATURDAY
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The annual Shore Paddle fundraiser for Clean Ocean Action travels upriver to Red Bank’s Marine Park for the first time Saturday. The brief, sunlit window of Local Summer may be givingContinue reading "RED BANK: WHAT’S SUP? FIND OUT SATURDAY"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: STATE BIDS FOR FORTUNE HOUSE
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The home of pioneering human rights journalist T. Thomas Fortune has been vacant for many years. Below, an undated photo of Fortune, who owned it from 1901 to 1911.  (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: STATE BIDS FOR FORTUNE HOUSE"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 7am
MIDDLETOWN THROWS ITSELF A FESTIVAL
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Bouncing back for 2015, the annual Middletown Day celebration brings colorful sights, sounds and savor to the grounds of the township’s Parks and Rec headquarters this Saturday. The annual MiddletownContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN THROWS ITSELF A FESTIVAL"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 6am
MAKE A BET TO BENEFIT RED BANK SCHOOLS
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Press release from Red Bank Borough Education Foundation Test your luck — and help the Red Bank public schools at the same time! The Red Bank Borough Education Foundation willContinue reading "MAKE A BET TO BENEFIT RED BANK SCHOOLS"
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September 24th, 2015 @ 3am
RED BANK: FARMERS AND CHEFS ON PUMPKINS
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Michelle O’Connor at the Red Bank Farmers’ Market with pumpkins grown at Brookville Farms.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Autumn has arrived on the Greater RedContinue reading "RED BANK: FARMERS AND CHEFS ON PUMPKINS"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 3pm
LONGTIME REGISTER EDITOR ART KAMIN DIES
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The masthead of the Daily Register, where Kamin was the president and editor for two decades. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Arthur Z. Kamin, a longtime Fair Haven resident whoContinue reading "LONGTIME REGISTER EDITOR ART KAMIN DIES"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 12pm
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of September 11 to September 18, 2015. Crime Reports  Report of Burglary in the areaContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: BIKE SAFETY GIVEAWAY PLANNED
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Cyclists can get a free bike lamp and helmet at the event. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Red Bank retailer Dean Ross, who spearheaded a bike lampContinue reading "RED BANK: BIKE SAFETY GIVEAWAY PLANNED"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 8am
SEA BRIGHT: NEW SEASON DAWNS
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Coming in on the heels of sunshine-filled summer, autumn arrived at 4:21 a.m. Wednesday, and its first order of business was a somewhat cool and partly cloudy daybreak, as seenContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: NEW SEASON DAWNS"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 7am
RBR TEENS WORK FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
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During National Suicide Prevention Week, Red Bank Regional students Bridget Kelly and Julie Coker engaged their peers with a small gesture of distributing Life Savers candies wrapped with the numberContinue reading "RBR TEENS WORK FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: TOUR TOUTS ECO EFFORTS
Michael Paul Raspanti shows off his eco-friendly organic garden during last year’s Green House Tour in Red Bank.  (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge.) On a first-autumn-weekend that alsoContinue reading "RED BANK: TOUR TOUTS ECO EFFORTS"
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September 23rd, 2015 @ 5am
From left at top: Democrats Michael Ballard and Michael DuPont square off against Republicans Mark Taylor and Michael Whelan at the annual Candidates’ Night on October 1. (Photos by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: CANDIDATES’ FORUM SET"
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September 22nd, 2015 @ 12pm
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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 ...