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Monthly Archives: May 2016

RED BANK: HUNDREDS ENJOY OLDTIMERS GAME
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Alumni players from Red Bank Regional's football Bucs face off against their counterpart rivals from Long Branch HS, in the schools' inaugural Alumni Game on May 14.
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May 16th, 2016 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: MAN CHARGED IN COPPER THEFT
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An Eatontown man was arrested in Red Bank last week on charges of copper theft and drug possession, police said. Joseph Pfeifer, 27, of Third Street, was arrested in the midstContinue reading "RED BANK: MAN CHARGED IN COPPER THEFT"
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May 16th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: BURNHAM BEGINS RE-ELECTION BID
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Having been denied a return spot on the Republican ticket, Red Bank Council President Cindy Burnham, seen at center right, hosted an open party at her Wallace Street home to kick offContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM BEGINS RE-ELECTION BID"
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May 16th, 2016 @ 5am
A BIG-TENT CELEBRATION ON SANDY HOOK
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Brian Kirk sounds an early keynote to the summer season, as the Jersey Shore Partnership marks its silver anniversary, June 6 on Sandy Hook.
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May 16th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN CRASH
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By JOHN T. WARD [Update, May 17: The victim in this crash was Marc Gardner, 62, of Long Branch, police said.] A motorcyclist was killed in a one-vehicle crash inContinue reading "LINCROFT: MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN CRASH"
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May 15th, 2016 @ 5pm
RED BANK: FIGHT DISRUPTS SOCIAL EVENT
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Police from several towns converged on the Bates Elks Lodge on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank shortly before midnight Saturday on reports of a large fight. Middletown, Little Silver and MonmouthContinue reading "RED BANK: FIGHT DISRUPTS SOCIAL EVENT"
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May 15th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: BUY A BOWL, FEED A SOUL
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An artist at work on a bowl for the event, and a sampling of the bowls available for purchase, below. (Photos by Bob McKay. Click to enlarge) For the second year inContinue reading "RED BANK: BUY A BOWL, FEED A SOUL"
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May 13th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DOWN TO THE RIVER IN SHELLS
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The nonprofit Navesink River Rowing in Red Bank will hold an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, offering site tours, mini-lessons and demonstrations in racing shells and land-based machines.Continue reading "RED BANK: DOWN TO THE RIVER IN SHELLS"
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May 13th, 2016 @ 1pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CREATIVE BAGELRY
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A bacon cheeseburger deluxe on an everything bagel, above, and a chocolate chip bagel with a schmear of Nutella cream cheese, below, at Hot Bagels Brooklyn’s Finest.  (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click toContinue reading "WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? CREATIVE BAGELRY"
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May 13th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: FILM FEST MURAL GREENLIGHTED
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Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
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May 13th, 2016 @ 7am
Rumson-Fair Haven’s Rob Garavente scored three goals and goalie Kyle Knapp had 15 saves as the Bulldogs topped Christian Brothers Academy, 6-4, in Long Branch Thursday advance to the ShoreContinue reading "RFH WIN EARNS SHOT AT SCT TITLE"
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May 13th, 2016 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: NEW RBR FITNESS CTR. A HIT
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The addition of the new state-of-the-art fitness center at Red Bank Regional is celebrated by the school's athletes and coaches.
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May 13th, 2016 @ 5am
Five outstanding student-made works of art, engineering and scholarship are spotlighted by Christian Brothers Academy, during a Scholars Colloquium on May 17.
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May 13th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S BASIE PARKING DEAL
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The Count Basie Theatre, seen at right above, will be allowed to charge patrons park in the Red Bank two areas of the borough hall lot, including the new section,Continue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S BASIE PARKING DEAL"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TWO NIGHTS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
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A Bo-dacious BOLERO, a helping of HEAVENLY HARMONY and a gathering of guest artists, as the Monmouth Symphony and Monmouth Civic Chorus make this saturday night a classical gas.
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May 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER
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Red Bank Middle School seventh-grader Karina Linares Huerta Karina was honoroed by the Red Bank council Wednesday night for finishing first among 1.7 million students around the globe in theContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘COMPROMISE’ PARKING HIKE OK’D
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Fees for parking in downtown lots would double, to $1 per hour, while metered spots on the street would rise 50 percent, to $1.50 an hour. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: ‘COMPROMISE’ PARKING HIKE OK’D"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 8am
The Red Bank Catholic girls’ lacrosse squad broke open a 9-7 halftime lead with dominant play in the second half to secure a 20-10 home win against Freehold Township in the quarterfinalsContinue reading "RBC GIRLS HEAD TO STATE LACROSSE SEMIS"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: STUDENTS FLOAT FILTER CONCEPT
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R-FH juniors Tyler Lubin, left, and Noah Tucker at the Fair Haven Dock. Below, a map of Navesink River waters showing areas where shellfish harvesting is banned or suspended. (Photo above byContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: STUDENTS FLOAT FILTER CONCEPT"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: FT. HANCOCK MEETING ON FRI.
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Preserving the historic structures at Sandy Hook's Fort Hancock through adaptive reuse is the topic of a public-welcome meeting, Friday morning at Middletown Arts Center.
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May 12th, 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 ...