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Monthly Archives: February 2016

RED BANK: A CARD OF THANKS
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After the conclusion of their school-record 10-4 regular season last week, the girls’ basketball team of the Red Bank Charter School presented an oversized thank-you card to their final opponent, CalvaryContinue reading "RED BANK: A CARD OF THANKS"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of January 28 to February 4, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TALKING ‘BOUT JERSEY ARTISTS
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The late Red Bank artist Evelyn Leavens (above) is among the creative people showcased in ‘New Jersey Artists Through Time,’ a new book by Middletown-based author and artist Tova NavarraContinue reading "RED BANK: TALKING ‘BOUT JERSEY ARTISTS"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: SWAMPED AT THE BOAT CLUB
It seems someone neglected to check the tide charts when leaving a red pickup truck in the parking lot shared by the Monmouth Boat Club and North Shrewsbury Ice Boat andContinue reading "RED BANK: SWAMPED AT THE BOAT CLUB"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 8am
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. ​​​Christie Shannon, age 26, from Manchester Court in Red Bank, NJ, arrested on January 21, 2016Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: MORNING SNOW EXPECTED
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Commuters on the Greater Red Bank Green could be in for a messy Monday. The National Weather Service has forecast a snowfall between 5 a.m. and 1 p.m, that’s expectedContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: MORNING SNOW EXPECTED"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 5am
The Thompson Park home of the Monmouth Rugby Football Club is the setting for a special Shamrock Shuffle morning of race events on March 20, benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project.Continue reading "LINCROFT: RUGBY CLUB SHUFFLES THE DECK"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 5am
Press release from English Speaking Union of Monmouth County On March 1, some 35 high school English and Drama teachers from Monmouth, Ocean, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties will congregateContinue reading "RED BANK: SPEAKING OF SHAKESPEARE"
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February 8th, 2016 @ 5am
Rumson-Fair Haven’s Brendan Barry scored 20 in the fourth quarter as the Bulldogs surged from a 12-point deficit to take a 0ne-point lead in the final minute. But the BulldogsContinue reading "RBC UPSET ENDS RFH 13-GAME WIN STREAK"
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February 6th, 2016 @ 11pm
MIDDLETOWN: A RETRO CHINESE NEW YEAR
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Shrimp lo mein, left, and shrimp in garlic sauce at House of  Chong. Edward Chong, below.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Chinese new year begins Monday,Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: A RETRO CHINESE NEW YEAR"
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February 6th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DISTRICT KEEPS PRESSURE ON PLAN
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Red Bank Superintendent Jared Rumage, above, said PARCC test results show that students gain skills as they progress through the middle school. Below, charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti at the forumContinue reading "RED BANK: DISTRICT KEEPS PRESSURE ON PLAN"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SMOOTHIE IN A BOWL
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The Acai PB&J bowl from Freshica’s Juice Bar, owned by Jessica Dalmedo, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON It might seem counter-intuitive to put a juiceContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? A SMOOTHIE IN A BOWL"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: A WET, SLUSHY BLANKET
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A soggy blanket of snow on the Greater Red Bank Green made for a pretty scene at the Red Bank train station, above, and some slushy stepping on Chestnut Street Friday morning,Continue reading "ON THE GREEN: A WET, SLUSHY BLANKET"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN: SOMETHING’S NOT NORMYLE
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The creepy janitor (Bill Normyle) has a proposition for sweet and innocent Rhoda (Anna Cibrian) as the Monmouth Players present the 1950’s suspenser ‘The Bad Seed,’ starting Saturday at Navesink Arts.Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: SOMETHING’S NOT NORMYLE"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR STUDENT ATHLETES SIGN
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On National Signing Day, February 3, three student athletes from Red Bank Regional High School committed to play college ball. The students whose outstanding contributions helped shape the best footballContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RBR STUDENT ATHLETES SIGN"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A FREEDOM RIDER VISITS BCC
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Noted civil rights activist the Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. will give a free talk at Brookdale Community College on February 23. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr.) Press release fromContinue reading "LINCROFT: A FREEDOM RIDER VISITS BCC"
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February 5th, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: KEEP THOSE SHOVELS HANDY
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Two weeks after a blizzard dropped two feet of snow on the Greater Red Bank Green, the powder is likely to return Friday. The National Weather Service has issued an advisoryContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: KEEP THOSE SHOVELS HANDY"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HE’S LIVE, JIM!
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Pop-cultural icon comes to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre this Friday night.  Unlike the planet-dominating Skynet of the Terminator movies, it’s unclear as to exactly when William ShatnerContinue reading "RED BANK: HE’S LIVE, JIM!"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 12pm
Standout athletes from the golf, soccer and swimming programs at Red Bank Catholic formalized big decisions about their futures Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there, and has extensive coverage of signing day acrossContinue reading "FIVE LADY CASEYS PLAN EYE NEXT LEVEL"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 7am
Six members of the Red Bank Catholic  football squad made or reaffirmed college commitments Wednesday. Shore Sports Zone was there.
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February 4th, 2016 @ 6am
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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 ...