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Author Archives: John T. Ward

RED BANK: CIGARETTE SPARKS FENCE FIRE
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Volunteer firefighters on the scene of a yard fire at 62 Washington Street in Red Bank Sunday night. Fire Chief Tommy Welsh tells redbankgreen the fire, reported at around 7:30Continue reading "RED BANK: CIGARETTE SPARKS FENCE FIRE"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 7am
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RED BANK: BOUQUETS OF SUDS AND FROMAGE
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Red Bank’s Cheese Cave paired up with Canadian-based brewer Unibroue to host a cheese-and-beer tasting event at the Molly Pitcher Inn Sunday. About 50 sudsophiles and cheesionados lent their noses and tasteContinue reading "RED BANK: BOUQUETS OF SUDS AND FROMAGE"
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March 17th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: KIDS’ EVENTS, BOOK DEBUT CUT
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Library programs have been canceled in the wake of layoffs. (File photo. Click to enlarge) [See correction below] By JOHN T. WARD Following a layoff that eliminated half the staffContinue reading "RED BANK: KIDS’ EVENTS, BOOK DEBUT CUT"
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March 14th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: KICKING TIRES AT THE FIREHOUSE
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Red Bank Administrator Stanley Sickels, at right, leads prospective bidders on a tour of the former Liberty Hose firehouse on White Street in Red Bank Thursday afternoon in advance ofContinue reading "RED BANK: KICKING TIRES AT THE FIREHOUSE"
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March 13th, 2014 @ 2pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 6 to March 13, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: OPEN TAP FLOODS VACANT HOUSE"
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March 13th, 2014 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Three dozen readers recognized the building shown in last week’s Where Have I Seen This?, even though the view was of the back wall of a gas station. Hmmm…
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March 13th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: LIBRARY LAYOFFS SPARK OUTRAGE
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Laid-off children’s librarian Sira Williams embraces colleague Jane Eigenrauch after Wednesday night’s council meeting. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Hours after more thanContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY LAYOFFS SPARK OUTRAGE"
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March 13th, 2014 @ 1am
Homes and businesses were rising in Sea Bright on March 12, 2014. (Video by Gerda Liebmann. Click to enlarge)
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March 12th, 2014 @ 10am
EXPECT DELAYS AT OCEANIC BRIDGE
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Motorists and others using the Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown may encounter delays as work crews do maintenance on the bascule section, the Monmouth County engineering department announced Wednesday.Continue reading "EXPECT DELAYS AT OCEANIC BRIDGE"
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March 12th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: WARMER, WITH RESIDUAL UGLY
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Shirtsleeve weather arrived on the Green with temperatures in the low 60s, even as this blackened carbuncle of “snow” clung to life in Red Bank’s English Plaza parking lot TuesdayContinue reading "RED BANK: WARMER, WITH RESIDUAL UGLY"
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March 11th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LIBRARY PUTS STAFF ON NOTICE
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A meeting of the Red Bank library board in the former living room of the Eisner family last month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Red Bank PublicContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY PUTS STAFF ON NOTICE"
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March 11th, 2014 @ 11am
NO RETRIAL FOR CONVICT IN RUMSON MURDER
The convicted gunman in a 1987 Rumson murder failed to demonstrate that alleged prosecutorial errors led to an unfair trial, a judge ruled Friday, according to a report on NJ.com.Continue reading "NO RETRIAL FOR CONVICT IN RUMSON MURDER"
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March 11th, 2014 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER WOMAN ‘HOARDED DEAD BIRDS’
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Gretchen Rell in a 2011 photo on her Facebook page. She described the bird she’s holding as a survivor of a pigeon shoot. (Click to enlarge) A volunteer animal rescuerContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER WOMAN ‘HOARDED DEAD BIRDS’"
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March 11th, 2014 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: FAT, HAPPY SEALS ON THE BEACH
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Reader William Healey spied this pod of seals sunning on the bay side of Sandy Hook Sunday afternoon. Joe Reynolds of the environmental blog Shore11.org reports they’ve been there sinceContinue reading "SANDY HOOK: FAT, HAPPY SEALS ON THE BEACH"
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March 10th, 2014 @ 10am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of February 28 to March 7, 2014 . Arrests Jvaughn Maxwell, male age 22 ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE ACTIVITY"
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March 10th, 2014 @ 9am
RUMSON GOES VERDANT GREEN AGAIN
[slideshow_deploy id=’88739′]Under crisp blue skies, Rumson rolled donned its finest greenery for the town’s second St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday.  (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)
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March 10th, 2014 @ 6am
RETAIL CHURN: BOOTS, FOOD AND FIT KIDS
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•After 14 years in Fair Haven, Dean Ross is ready to take on double the rent to sell shoes in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD ThisContinue reading "RETAIL CHURN: BOOTS, FOOD AND FIT KIDS"
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March 7th, 2014 @ 11am
NAVESINK RIVER OSPREY NEST NEEDS TLC
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The osprey nest as seen last May. Below, adult ospreys sunning on a Red Bank dock last April. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Wildlife conservationists are lookingContinue reading "NAVESINK RIVER OSPREY NEST NEEDS TLC"
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March 7th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: COP GETS FIVE YEARS
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Solari was found guilty of assaulting an arrestee in the borough police station. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Suspended Little Silver police officer Steven Solari was sentencedContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: COP GETS FIVE YEARS"
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March 6th, 2014 @ 1pm
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 28 to March 6, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
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March 6th, 2014 @ 1pm
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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 ...