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Monthly Archives: May 2016

RED BANK: LIBRARY BULKHEAD WORK BEGINS
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RED BANK: Work gets underway on controversial bulkhead replacement at the public library.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: MIMI CROSS THE SHINING SEA
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FAIR HAVEN: Singer-songwriter turned author Mimi Cross returns to River Road Books to launch her newest novel, "Shining Sea."
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May 31st, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON KIDS TURN SCHOOL INTO ART SPACE
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Sculptures, paintings, pottery, weavings and more showcased the talents of students in grades K to 3, as the annual Deane-Porter Art Show transformed the school into a gallery for emerging artists.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 5am
RBR INDUCTS SIX INTO HALL OF FAME
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LITTLE SILVER: Six distinguished alumni of Red Bank High School and Red Bank Regional are honored at the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 5am
MEMORIAL DAY 2016 COMMEMORATIONS
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Towns on the Greater Red Bank Green will hold traditional Memorial Day parades and commemorations Monday.
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May 29th, 2016 @ 10am
COOL INSIDE: SOME CRAZEE WAFFLING HERE…
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RUMSON: Cool Inside is back for the Summer of '16, and kicking things off with something from Crazee's.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT: SEASONAL PARKING FEES DEBUT
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SEA BRIGHT: Summer-only paid parking goes into effect.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ART WITH A (RE)PURPOSE
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Recycled, repurposed, really cool artwork by Lisa Bagwell is on display, now through end of June, at the Red Bank Library.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CHINA MOON SHINES
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From the lunch special menu: beef with black bean sauce. The artwork, below, is by the delivery guy. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON If it’s notContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CHINA MOON SHINES"
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May 27th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: GUN VIOLENCE ALERT GOES ORANGE
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Washington Street resident Evan Sabo, 10, and his mom, Brett Sabo, showed up at the Red Bank council meeting Wednesday night clad in orange to accept a proclamation declaring Gun Violence AwarenessContinue reading "RED BANK: GUN VIOLENCE ALERT GOES ORANGE"
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May 27th, 2016 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: WEEKEND FORECAST MIXED
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Sunshine and temperatures in the high 80s made for an ideal beach day in Sea Bright Thursday. But Friday’s lead-in to the Memorial Day weekend will be mostly cloudy, withContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: WEEKEND FORECAST MIXED"
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May 27th, 2016 @ 5am
The Canterbury Fair returns to St. George's Church in Rumson for a 68th annual edition on Saturday, June 11.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: A ‘WORK OUT DAY’ CHALLENGE
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Red Bank Regional principal Risa Clay challenges the community to get in shape while helping The SOURCE shape the future of our community's families — during a Work Out Day event on June 11.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BUDGET FAILS ON TIEBREAKER VOTE
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Mayor Pasquale Menna confers with Councilwoman Linda Schwabenbauer during the council’s budget deliberation Wednesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s first Republican-led budgetContinue reading "RED BANK: BUDGET FAILS ON TIEBREAKER VOTE"
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May 26th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: A ‘TASTE’ SENSATION AT TWO RIVER
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A Little Taste of Broadway fundraiser at Two River Theater dazzles with top-tier entertainment, food and cocktails — and raises funds for the St. James School community.
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May 26th, 2016 @ 5am
An Olympic Day slate of activities is on the schedule, as the Monmouth 7s "Showdown at the Shore IV" Rugby Tournament takes place at Thompson Park on June 18.
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May 26th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: MONKEES SWING BACK TO BASIE
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Original MONKEES men Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork lead a new band (and plug a big new album) when they celbrate the group's 50th anniversay, Sunday night at the Count Basie.
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May 25th, 2016 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: AN EARLY TASTE OF SUMMER
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The lead-in to the Memorial Day weekend includes several days of peak temperatures in the 80s in the region that includes the Greater Red Bank Green, according to the Weather Underground. It beginsContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: AN EARLY TASTE OF SUMMER"
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May 25th, 2016 @ 6am
LINCROFT: CBA HOSTS 1ST SCHOLARS PROGRAM
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Seniors display their research-driven projects in engineering, civics and the arts, during a first-ever Scholars Colloquium at Christian Brothers Academy.
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May 25th, 2016 @ 5am
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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 ...