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Monthly Archives: September 2016

RED BANK: YNGSTROM BLASTED FOR COMMENTS
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RED BANK: Councilman Mark Taylor demands Erik Yngstrom resign zoning board for "political" comments in which he dubbed council action "fishy."
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September 30th, 2016 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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ON THE GREEN: A St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals commences in coming days, with events in Rumson, Shrewsbury and Navesink.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 12pm
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? NACHOS AND BEAN SOUP
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? Red Bank's Carlos O'Connor's Mexican is now open for lunch on weekends. PieHole digs into a hearty bowl of soup, and more.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 10am
RUMSON: A police sergeant has sued the borough, claiming he blew the whistle on wrongdoing and was retaliated against, according to a news report
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September 30th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: WATER METER SWAPS BEGIN
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RED BANK: After controversy over its cost, a program to replace every water meter in town has begun, with homeowners to get visits starting this month.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: 3RD ANNUAL COMPETITION IN ‘FX’
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RED BANK: Calling all high school and college filmmakers, as the Count Basie announces the third annual PROJECT FX competition.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: A DATE WITH DESTINY?
RED BANK: Accidental Photographer comes across a dated vignette, and our photo needs a witty caption.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: O’REE OF LOTSA FAITH
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RED BANK: Bon Jovi and occasional road sideman Matt O'Ree put on simultaneous shows just doors apart Saturday night.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: VACANT LOT SPLITS COUNCIL AGAIN
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RED BANK: Council splits again over special treatment for a proposed apartment building that lost a zoning case earlier this year.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 9am
RBR: FRIDAY GAME OFF DUE TO HOLMDEL VIRUS
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RBR: Friday's home football game postponed over outbreak of hand, foot and mouth virus among Holmdel players.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER’S DYNAMIC DUO PLAYS VIENNA
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LITTLE SILVER: Two RBR seniors lived the dream this past summer, when they performed at the International Gold Key Music Festival in Vienna.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: The Children's Auxiliary of VNA Health Group presents its 25th annual Halloween Fest, October 9 at Scothigh Farm.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Police looking for unidentified man who fired two shots on the West Side.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 10pm
RED BANK: Police investigating report of shots fired on West Side.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 5pm
CRAVINGS: SUNDAY PORK ROLL
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RED BANK: Got a craving? For some locals, it's not Sunday without a stop at Johnny's Pork Roll truck at the Farmers' Market.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 8am
Superintendent Carolyn Kossack, seen here in 2012.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A lawsuit that accused Little Silver’s school superintendent of same-sex sexual harassment was settledContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: HARASSMENT SUIT COST $290K"
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September 28th, 2016 @ 7am
LINCROFT: BCC HOSTS FOOD TRUCK FEST
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LINCROFT: Live music, zany games and a bumper to bumper banquet, during an Oct. 15 Food Truck Fest fundraiser for Brookdale Public Radio.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: REBUILDING BONDS UPHELD
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SEA BRIGHT: By a 2-1 margin, voters say they're OK with $5.3 million in debt to replace every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
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September 27th, 2016 @ 9pm
RED BANK: FRANCE, NEW YORK MAKE INROADS
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RED BANK: The latest Churn reports on a French chef who's back in business and a longtime caterer planning a "traditional New York Jewish deli" downtown.
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September 27th, 2016 @ 2pm
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PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
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.