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Red Bank Municipal Judge William Himelman has set a special court date to try the driving-while-intoxicated charge against local publisher and advertising agency owner Claudia Ansorge. The case will be tried beginning at 8:30a on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Municipal court...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 10am
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We thought we had a big scoop when we reported back in July, 2006 (yes, newbies, redbankgreen is that old) that Ben & Jerry's was planning to open a store on White Street. The western end of the block, which...
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January 10th, 2008 @ 8am
Re Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman expressed frustration this morning over delays concerning evidence in the DWI case of local publisher Claudia Ansorge. "It's now too long" since a Monmouth County Grand Jury decided not to indict Ansorge last...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 12pm
Two local restaurants — Thyme Square, on Broad Street, and Nicholas, on Route 35 in Middletown — are included in the 'ten best' list of those visited this year by Star-Ledger reviewer Art Namendorf, who goes by the nom de...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 6am
A state hearing on the fate of Best Liquors' booze license has been pushed back until March. An administrative law judge with the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division granted a request, submitted yesterday by the store's attorney, asking for an...
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December 18th, 2007 @ 9am
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December 14th, 2007 @ 10pm
For the eight years he's been publishing the Asbury Park-based triCity News, Dan Jacobson has been angling for a dinner invite from Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna. As readers of redbankgreen know, Menna is a foodie who has his own...
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December 14th, 2007 @ 11am
The municipal judge in Sea Bright who invalidated he borough's noise ordinance on a legal technicality has now reinstated it, the Asbury Park Press reports. The latest twist hinges on a some hairsplitting: whether the borough should have sought state...
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December 13th, 2007 @ 12pm
A former Middletown cop with a long rap sheet involving booze and driving faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to DWI charges in connection with a 2-year-old boy's death in Hudson County earlier this year,...
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December 13th, 2007 @ 6am
Revelers beware: Red Bank Police are stepping up their enforcement of drinking-and-driving laws this month. It starts tonight, with a DWI checkpoint on Newman Springs Road. Cops will be out there from 11p to 3a. There will also be more...
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December 8th, 2007 @ 12pm
Architect Tony Busch Jr. discusses the proposed design for a building to replace Chubby's, shown superimposed at left on a photo of West Front Street buildings. (Click to enlarge) Had their business been treated as a brand-new one, the owners...
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December 7th, 2007 @ 9am
There's a bit more detail about the allegedly drunk substitute teacher from Middletown this morning. From an Associated Press story in today's Star-Ledger: School officials said fourth-grade students at Pine Brook Elementary School [in Manalapan] knew something was wrong when...
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December 7th, 2007 @ 8am
Sometimes, there's nothing we can add to a story, partly because we're speechless. This is from the Asbury Park Press this afternoon: FREEHOLD — A Middletown woman working as a substitute teacher in a Manalapan elementary school was arested Wednesday...
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December 6th, 2007 @ 2pm
Takin' it to 'The Bank?' An owner of Chubby's hopes so. Chubby's Waterside Cafe, a timeworn nightclub that claims the only cabaret license in Red Bank, wants to go upscale, and skyward, too. Co-owner Michael Gilson of Little Silver hopes...
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December 6th, 2007 @ 11am
A former political opponent of soon-to-be-ex Sea Bright Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams has asked the Monmouth County Prosecutor to investigate the role the mayor may have played in a recent borough court matter that resulted in a local noise ordinance being...
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December 5th, 2007 @ 12pm
Buona Sera's plan to expand into the space now used by Fins and Feathers was approved by the Planning Board earlier this week. It doesn't have a single parking space to offer its customers, but Buona Sera Ristorante has gotten...
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December 5th, 2007 @ 7am
By TOM CHESEK Even if you don't think of yourself as a frantic foodie, chances are excellent that you're likely to reach for the olive oil any time you make some noise with the pots and pans, be it a...
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November 29th, 2007 @ 12pm
"It," of course, is the holiday season, which starts hereabouts on Friday evening, not long after the leftovers from Thanksgiving have begun to chill in the fridge. This is one of Red Bank's big events, drawing thousands of townspeople and...
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November 21st, 2007 @ 12pm
A beer-keg registration ordinance adopted by Red Bank in May is on tap for revocation tonight, following a little-publicized rejection of the law by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control. The borough's ordinance was similar to ones passed in Belmar, Freehold,...
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November 12th, 2007 @ 10am
Getting here is less of a circus for many customers, says Joe Azzolina Sr. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Local supermarket magnate Joe Azzolina Sr. has purchased the Stop & Shop on Newman Springs Road in Shrewsbury and is reconfiguring it...
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November 5th, 2007 @ 8am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
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PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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