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Author Archives: John T. Ward

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Last week’s Where featured a portion of a building facade in yellow brick.
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March 27th, 2014 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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CHURN: CIAO, BIAGIO, CESAR & WOULD-BE BBQ
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Biagio Wood-Fired Pizza has departed 12 Broad Street after less than a year and a half in town. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD This edition of Retail ChurnContinue reading "CHURN: CIAO, BIAGIO, CESAR & WOULD-BE BBQ"
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March 26th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: OUTSIDE THE STORM TRACK
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Brine tracks laid down Tuesday in Red Bank’s Marine Park in preparation for a possible big storm turned out to be an unneeded precaution. The storm blew past most ofContinue reading "RED BANK: OUTSIDE THE STORM TRACK"
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March 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE AUCTION FIZZLES
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No bidders emerged at Tuesday’s auction, conducted by attorney Sean Byrnes, left, and Administrator Stanley Sickels. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A discontinuedContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE AUCTION FIZZLES"
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March 25th, 2014 @ 11am
COUNTRY MUSIC FEST COMING TO RED BANK
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The mainstage-and-second-stage setup of RiverFest and other events at Marine Park will be replaced by two equal-sized stages for the Red Bank Country Music Festival, featuring Maggie Rose, below. (PhotoContinue reading "COUNTRY MUSIC FEST COMING TO RED BANK"
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March 25th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: EFFU TOP FUNDRAISER AT TOURNEY
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Red Bank’s Eastside Flag Football Union (EFFU) was the top fundraising team of 135 that participated in the Snow Bowl tournament to benefit the New Jersey Special Olympics at theContinue reading "RED BANK: EFFU TOP FUNDRAISER AT TOURNEY"
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March 24th, 2014 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: JUST LET IT BE SPRING ALREADY
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It’s spring. What are we to make of this talk of a “coastal monster” of a storm, or “blizzard bomb,” or whatever the weather worrywarts are calling it? The latestContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: JUST LET IT BE SPRING ALREADY"
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March 24th, 2014 @ 7am
Vine video shot outside Prown’s Home Improvements on Monmouth Street in Red Bank on March 23, 2014. Prown’s owner and children’s advocate David Prown tells Clippings he gives away donatedContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: A RITE OF SPRING IN RED BANK"
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March 23rd, 2014 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: MINOR INJURY IN TRAIN V. CAR
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One person suffered minor injuries when a NJ Transit struck a car in the grade crossing at White Road in Little Silver around 2:30 Saturday afternoon, police said. (Photo byContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: MINOR INJURY IN TRAIN V. CAR"
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March 22nd, 2014 @ 3pm
Highly-infectious video posted on YouTube Friday by Amanda Tanai and Natalie Christ, students at Red Bank Regional. High school sure is way more fun than it used to be, huh?
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March 21st, 2014 @ 5pm
FAIR HAVEN: BACK FROM DEATH, WITH THANKS
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Jay Campbell, center, chats with MONOC paramedics Mike Welsh, left, and Marcelo Aguirre during his visit to the Fair Haven First Aid Squad Thursday night. Below, Campbell poses with hisContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: BACK FROM DEATH, WITH THANKS"
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March 21st, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: GATE MAIN ISSUE IN CHURCH PLAN
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Hudson Avenue resident William Hartigan discusses the church’s plan for fencing at Thursday night’s planning board meeting with neighbor Kevin Moss. Below, a rendering of the proposal. (Photo by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK: GATE MAIN ISSUE IN CHURCH PLAN"
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March 21st, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: SWAPPING PEWS FOR CUBICLES
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On the Red Bank Planning Board agenda Thursday night: the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at 211 Broad Street wants to turn a good portion of its worship space intoContinue reading "RED BANK: SWAPPING PEWS FOR CUBICLES"
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March 20th, 2014 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: CELL TOWER GENERATES STATIC
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The proposed 160-foot tower would be sited in the municipal parking lot. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Sea Bright is facing an “ultimatum” over it’s long-discussed butContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CELL TOWER GENERATES STATIC"
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March 20th, 2014 @ 9am
SPRING ARRIVES. HALLELUJAH.
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WE MADE IT! The winter of 2014, with its seemingly endless snowfalls, ends Thursday with the vernal equinox at 12:57 p.m. Thursday, according to the Old Farmers Almanac. The NationalContinue reading "SPRING ARRIVES. HALLELUJAH."
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March 20th, 2014 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Can you identify the subject of this week’s Where Have I Seen This? Take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected].
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March 20th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: EFFU EYES SNOW BOWL RETURN
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For the second year in a row, Red Bank’s Eastside Flag Football Union (EFFU) is heading to the Meadowlands Sunday for the Snow Bowl tournament to benefit the New JerseyContinue reading "RED BANK: EFFU EYES SNOW BOWL RETURN"
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March 19th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOARD DEFENDS LIBRARY LAYOFFS
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The library board of the trustees at a meeting in February. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Responding to “misinformation” and “half-truths… stretched beyondContinue reading "RED BANK: BOARD DEFENDS LIBRARY LAYOFFS"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 9am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of March 7 to March 13, 2014. Report of Identity Theft in the area ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: TWO REPORTS OF ID THEFT"
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March 18th, 2014 @ 6am
ST. PADDY’S: CHECKING IN ON THE EARLY SHIFT
[slideshow_deploy id=’88872′]redbankgreen made a lightning round of visits to four bars with Irish names on their doors – Molly Maguire’s and Murphy‘s in Rumson, Brannigan’s and the Dublin House inContinue reading "ST. PADDY’S: CHECKING IN ON THE EARLY SHIFT"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 7pm
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9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...