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Monthly Archives: October 2015

Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Christopher Ditursi, age 50, from Deepdale Drive in Middletown, NJ, arrested on September 25, 2015 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 7th, 2015 @ 3pm
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CHIKYBOOM: COOKING WITH CUBAN ROOTS
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Though the signage still reads No Joe’s, chef Eduardo Bover is cooking authentic Cuban food in the kitchen of ChikyBoom, where the dining room features a Caribbean feel. (Photo above by JohnContinue reading "CHIKYBOOM: COOKING WITH CUBAN ROOTS"
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October 7th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: DuPONT LOSES BELMAR JOB
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Red Bank Councilman Mike DuPont was squeezed out of his post as Belmar’s borough attorney Tuesday, four days after a court ruling found shortcomings in his handling of a ballot question there, APP.comContinue reading "RED BANK: DuPONT LOSES BELMAR JOB"
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October 7th, 2015 @ 7am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of September 26 to October 2, 2015. Crime Reports Report of Criminal Mischief in theContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 7th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: VAN ZANDTS NEW TO BASIE BOARD
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Middletown’s own local guy made good, musician-actor-producer-activist Steven Van Zandt, is pictured outside the Count Basie Theatre in a 2008 file photo. Van Zandt, his wife Maureen and five otherContinue reading "RED BANK: VAN ZANDTS NEW TO BASIE BOARD"
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October 7th, 2015 @ 5am
RUMSON: MOLLY MAGUIRE’S CLOSING
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Molly Maguire’s, above, and Kathy Maguire on her first day as owner in 2011, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Just three weeks shy of their fourth anniversary in theContinue reading "RUMSON: MOLLY MAGUIRE’S CLOSING"
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October 6th, 2015 @ 9am
RUMSON: FROMAGERIE SAYS ‘ADIEU’
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Customers found the restaurant closed without notice Monday night. Below right, chef David Burke with chef Pat Trama during post-Sandy relief efforts in Sea Bright. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RUMSON: FROMAGERIE SAYS ‘ADIEU’"
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October 6th, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS (T)HERE TO HELP
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A group of seven high school students from Red Bank Regional and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional will be joining their fathers on a humanitarian mission to the Dominican Republic in November.Continue reading "RUMSON: HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS (T)HERE TO HELP"
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October 6th, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: TWO NOVEL ATTRACTIONS
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Glamour magazine book editor Elisabeth Egan (above) visits River Road Books on Thursday to read from and sign copies of her recently published A WINDOW OPENS…while fellow first-time novelist BarrieContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: TWO NOVEL ATTRACTIONS"
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October 6th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: SMOOTHING THE MIDWEEK HUMP
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Comic tunesmith Bo Burnham makes a Count Basie Theatre debut Tuesday, and Engelbert Humperdinck makes a triumphal Red Bank return Wednesday. A tantrum-throwing tempest named Joaquin may have blown past theContinue reading "RED BANK: SMOOTHING THE MIDWEEK HUMP"
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October 5th, 2015 @ 11am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Rumson Police Department for the period of August 1 to October 1, 2015. Arrests 8/13/15 Daniel Campanella arrested Julia Mannion, 21,Continue reading "RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 5th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: ANOTHER DANCE FOR KINDNESS
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Over 200 orange-teed residents of the greater Green took part in the 2014 Red Bank ‘Dance for Kindness,’ part of a synchronized worldwide campaign to support random acts of kindnessContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER DANCE FOR KINDNESS"
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October 5th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Lunch Break of Red Bank On the evening of Monday, October 19, the Red Bank-based nonprofit Lunch Break will host its sixth annual gala, “Under One Roof,”Continue reading "A GALA ‘LUNCH’ FOR RED BANK NONPROFIT"
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October 5th, 2015 @ 6am
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional, playing at St. John Vianney, fell 13-6 in curtains of rain courtesy of Hurricane Joaquin Friday night. The video cameras of Shore Sports Zone were there.(Video courtesy of Shore Sports Zone)
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October 3rd, 2015 @ 9am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A RETURN TO YESTERDAY
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A pizza burger from The Brother’s Restaurant, with its disco-lit dining room below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON We hadn’t been back to Brother’s Restaurant in years.Continue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A RETURN TO YESTERDAY"
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October 2nd, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: CANDIDATES TOUT THEIR VISIONS
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Democrat Michael Ballard, left, with Republicans Mark Taylor and Michael Whelan with moderator Amy Goldsmith before the forum. Below, resident Jean Cash asks a question. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: CANDIDATES TOUT THEIR VISIONS"
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October 2nd, 2015 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: STORM “NERVEWRACKING”
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A pair of Sea Bright business owners — Frank Bain, of Bain’s Hardware, and Alice Gaffney, of Alice’s Kitchen — talk about the approach of Hurricane Joaquin in this shortContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: STORM “NERVEWRACKING”"
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October 2nd, 2015 @ 8am
TINTON FALLS: DRIVING A GREAT PEOPLE STORY
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Besides sharing his name with the always civic-minded Captain America, videographer Steve Rogers maintains a not-so secret identity as the creator, producer, host and high-mileage guy behind the wheel ofContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: DRIVING A GREAT PEOPLE STORY"
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October 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: A YEAR-ROUND OKTOBERFEST
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Fair Haven’s Oktoberfest event returns for its fourth annual edition this Saturday evening, rain or shine…or shall we say Rhein or Stein? It’s a big-tent happening that exists very muchContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A YEAR-ROUND OKTOBERFEST"
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October 1st, 2015 @ 12pm
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of September 19 to September 25, 2015. Report of Theft in the area of BeechtreeContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 1st, 2015 @ 11am
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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 ...