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Monthly Archives: December 2015

LINCROFT: EXPRESS GREETINGS AT CBA
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In what has become an annual tradition at Christian Brothers Academy, over 40 students from CBA and Trinity Hall helped spread some holiday cheer on Thursday, December 17 during theContinue reading "LINCROFT: EXPRESS GREETINGS AT CBA"
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December 23rd, 2015 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BACKYARD BBQ GRILL EXPLODES
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A pair of explosions audible from blocks away brought out the Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Deputy fire chief Pete DeFazio, responding to a reportContinue reading "RED BANK: BACKYARD BBQ GRILL EXPLODES"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 11pm
RED BANK: BARTENDER/AUTHOR GOES FOR TWO
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Red Bank bartender-turned-self-published novelist Brandon Zenner, seen here in 2014, is  in the running for a contract with Kindle Scout, an Amazon program in which readers vote on which worksContinue reading "RED BANK: BARTENDER/AUTHOR GOES FOR TWO"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 3pm
ON THE GREEN: HOLIDAY WARMTH BY THE CUP
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Coffee beans in a Seinfeld-themed Festivus variety can be found at Booskerdoo. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Still searching for the just-right Christmas gift? How aboutContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: HOLIDAY WARMTH BY THE CUP"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE JOINS BEER DEALERS
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Former Fair Haven mayor Mike Halfacre, who left his job of three years as head of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division to join a law firm last May, isContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: HALFACRE JOINS BEER DEALERS"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 10am
Matt Reardon hit what would have been a game-tying three-pointer, but it dropped after the buzzer, leaving Red Bank Regional on the short end of a 40-37 game against Neptune inContinue reading "RBR LOSES HEARTBREAKER TO NEPTUNE"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: POLICE TO GET BODY CAMERAS
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Borough police will get 20 body cameras under a grant. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank police will soon begin wearing body camerasContinue reading "RED BANK: POLICE TO GET BODY CAMERAS"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: ROCKER BRINGS EARLY XMAS TO CBA
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As a last minute surprise before winter break, The Gaslight Anthem’s lead singer Brian Fallon (holding CBA shirt) came to Christian Brothers Academy to speak with over 100 students. PressContinue reading "LINCROFT: ROCKER BRINGS EARLY XMAS TO CBA"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: AN INVESTMENT IN WELLNESS
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Press release from Investors Savings Bank Investors Bank Foundation recently awarded a two year grant in the amount $15,000 to the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County (MHA) in supportContinue reading "RED BANK: AN INVESTMENT IN WELLNESS"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 5am
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. ​​​Cherry Chadwick, age 38, from Clarissa Drive in Middletown, NJ, arrested on November 30, 2015 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DEBBIE HARRY, BON JOVI, & MORE…
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Deborah Harry, below, and a host of pop stars join Bobby Bandiera for two jinglebell-jam spectaculars as Hope Concert 8 commandeers the Basie for two shows Wednesday night. Call him Bob Hope: aContinue reading "RED BANK: DEBBIE HARRY, BON JOVI, & MORE…"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: SLAIN TEACHER & COPS HONORED
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Family members and friends from throughout Monmouth County gathered at Calvary Baptist Church in Red Bank Friday evening to remember slain borough teacher Jonelle Melton. Organizers also spotlighted law enforcement officials whoContinue reading "RED BANK: SLAIN TEACHER & COPS HONORED"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: RIVERVIEW PENALIZED
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The entrance to Riverview Medical Center as seen earlier this month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center was ranked amongContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVERVIEW PENALIZED"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: RIBON RESIGNS
Fair Haven schools Superintendent Nelson Ribon, seen here in 2014, plans to leave the district next July 1, following the school board’s acceptance of his resignation last week. In a letterContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: RIBON RESIGNS"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 6am
SWEET WISHES TO THE TROOPS, FROM RBR
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Forty members of the National Spanish Honor Society at Red Bank Regional High School spent their afternoon stuffing stockings filled with sweet treats for American troops stationed in the MiddleContinue reading "SWEET WISHES TO THE TROOPS, FROM RBR"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN SOLDIER MAKES WALL OF HONOR
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From left, Joe Perrotto and Denise, Stefani, and Charlie Sciametta at the ceremony marking the unveiling of Anthony Sciametta’s photo (top center) on the Knollwood School “Wall of Honor.” PressContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN SOLDIER MAKES WALL OF HONOR"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 5am
Middletown South held Red Bank Regional scoreless as Gavin Gulash and Ryan Lambert each scored two goals on the ice at the Red Bank Armory Saturday.  Shore Sports Zone has all the videoContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN SOUTH BLANKS RBR ON ICE, 5-0"
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December 20th, 2015 @ 9am
High school basketball returned to the Greater Red Bank Green Friday night with Red Bank Regional grabbing a win in its season-opener on the road in Wall Township. Meanwhile, overContinue reading "RBR WINS, BOTH RFH TEAMS LOSE OPENERS"
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December 19th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN HIT IN CAR CURB-JUMP
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The scene on Wallace Street shortly after the accident, above. The vehicle also hit a gas regulator valve, seen below, though no leak was immediately detected. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN HIT IN CAR CURB-JUMP"
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December 18th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: LUNCH WITH HOLIDAY EXPRESS
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It’s more than just music when Holiday Express pulls into Lunch Break, one of 81 stops the organization will make this holiday season. The Grinch, below, is always along forContinue reading "RED BANK: LUNCH WITH HOLIDAY EXPRESS"
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December 18th, 2015 @ 2pm
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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 ...