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Monthly Archives: March 2016

RED BANK: BLOCKING AND TACKLING IN CHINA
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Mario Williams demonstrating a block to football newbies in China, above. Below, Williams at the Danish Cafe in Red Bank last November. (Photo below by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: BLOCKING AND TACKLING IN CHINA"
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March 8th, 2016 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: SELF-STORAGE FACILITY APPROVED
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Architect Richard Arzberger’s rendering of the proposed Total Storage facility at Central Avenue and Berry Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank-area homes and businesses could use some more elbow room, theContinue reading "RED BANK: SELF-STORAGE FACILITY APPROVED"
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March 8th, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON STUDENT HEADS TO STATE GEO BEE
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A Forrestdale School 7th grader has qualified for both the state Geographic Bee semifinals, as well as the regional finals of the National History Bee.
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March 8th, 2016 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: IDEAS SOUGHT FOR PARK SITE
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What should become of Anchorage Park, the 1.2-acre sliver of riverside land at the foot of the Route 520 bridge in Sea Bright? Acquired by the borough after Hurricane Sandy leftContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: IDEAS SOUGHT FOR PARK SITE"
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March 8th, 2016 @ 4am
RED BANK: AMAZING GRACE AND JOAN
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Folk legend Joan Baez returns to the Count Basie stage for a Tuesday night concert on March 8.
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March 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: MARINE SANCTUARY PROPOSED
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An effort to create a “water-based equivalent of a National Park” covering Sandy Hook Bay, the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers and their tributaries is the subject of upcoming informational sessions, one ofContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: MARINE SANCTUARY PROPOSED"
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March 7th, 2016 @ 7am
RBR’S SOURCE ROLLS WITH CASINO NIGHT
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The Oyster Point is the place, as The SOURCE Foundation of Red Bank Regional holds its sixth annual Casino Night fundraiser for its school-based community youth programs, March 19.
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March 7th, 2016 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: TALKING OUTSIDE THE ZONE
The Eastern Branch Library is the setting, and the public is invited, as the local League of Women Voters host a March 30 discussion on race relations in our age.
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March 7th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: PACKED PLANNING BOARD AGENDA
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Architectural renderings show a proposed restaurant at the former Liberty Hose firehouse, above, and a three-story storage facility on Central Avenue, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Be careful:Continue reading "RED BANK: PACKED PLANNING BOARD AGENDA"
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March 7th, 2016 @ 4am
With a trip to the Central Jersey Group 2 finals on the line, the boys’ basketball team of Rumson-Fair Haven just couldn’t hang with Manasquan, falling 65-46 on Saturday. Brendan BarryContinue reading "MANASQUAN ENDS RFH SEASON"
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March 6th, 2016 @ 9am
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TASTES OF IRELAND
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Bangers and mash, one of the Irish menu options at the Dublin House. The dining room dedicated to T.J. McMahon, seen below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TASTES OF IRELAND"
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March 4th, 2016 @ 11am
LINCROFT: A LATE-WINTER’S LAP
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The Brookdale campus is the start/finish point...and the streets of Lincroft, Holmdel and Colts Neck are the course...as the 40th annual E. Murray Todd Half Marathon runs this Sunday morning, March 6.
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March 4th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: MISSION HOUSE WINS OK
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Architect Ned Gaunt’s rendering of the proposed St. Crispin’s Social Ministry House on the St. Anthony of Padua campus. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: MISSION HOUSE WINS OK"
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March 4th, 2016 @ 6am
Hosting Johnson in the Central Jersey Group 2 playoffs, the boys’ basketball team of Rumson-Fair Haven ran wild in racking up a 77-47 victory Thursday night. Brendan Barry led theContinue reading "RFH ADVANCES AS BARRY LEADS BLOWOUT"
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March 4th, 2016 @ 5am
KESHIA THOMAS TO SPEAK IN TINTON FALLS
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Noted social activist Keshia Thomas is special guest speaker at Monmouth Reform Temple, during the Shabbat evening service on March 11.
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March 4th, 2016 @ 5am
The local Boys & Girls Clubs receive a generous grant from the Horizon Foundation, to fund a program on asthma education and management. 
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March 4th, 2016 @ 5am
All 14 players on the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional girls basketball team got on the scoreboard as the Lady Bulldogs knocked off Delaware Valley, 79-47, in state championship play in RumsonContinue reading "R-FH GIRLS CRUISE PAST DELAWARE VALLEY"
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March 4th, 2016 @ 4am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 25 to March 3, 2016. This information is unedited. CRIMES CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK CRIME & ARREST REPORTS"
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March 3rd, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MR. PIZZA SLICE RETURNS
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RED BANK: Mr. Pizza Slice and Ms. Pac-Man are reunited in a completely overhauled Monmouth Street space.
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March 3rd, 2016 @ 11am
LINCROFT: PLAY WRINGS HUMOR FROM PHONE
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The students of Brookdale's performing arts program present the comic stage thriller DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, going up in a one-weekend engagement this Friday night.
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March 3rd, 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 ...