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Category Archives: MIDDLETOWN

HUBBARD’S BRIDGE ENTERS FINAL MONTH
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With one month to go before a self-imposed completion deadline, the new Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown appeared to be making rapid progress last Friday. The semblance of aContinue reading "HUBBARD’S BRIDGE ENTERS FINAL MONTH"
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April 20th, 2015 @ 6am
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MIDDLETOWN: WHEN THE SUN HITS YOUR EYE
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It’s been called the Italian Decade — that pop-music moment between the D-Day invasion at Normandy and the British Invasion of the Beatles and their peers, a time when aContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WHEN THE SUN HITS YOUR EYE"
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April 16th, 2015 @ 6am
CHOICE VOICES IN RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN
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AMERICA’S GOT TALENT breakout sensation Jackie Evancho, left, makes her area debut at the Count Basie this Friday, while Gianna Salvato (of THE VOICE competition) joins kindie-rocker Miss Sherri forContinue reading "CHOICE VOICES IN RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN"
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April 15th, 2015 @ 9am
MIDDLETOWN: HONORING A FALLEN HERO
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Press release from Middletown Reformed Church For the members of Middletown Reformed Church, it still seems like yesterday when the shocking news started to hit the tight-knit community, shaking itContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: HONORING A FALLEN HERO"
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April 10th, 2015 @ 6am
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Andrew Gill, age 21, from Willis Avenue in Keansburg , NJ, arrested on March 24, 2015 by DetectiveContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: RECENT ARRESTS"
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April 8th, 2015 @ 9am
RUMSON: PRINTER CITED FOR RX PAD LAPSES
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New Jersey authorities have barred a Rumson print shop from producing blank prescription forms used by doctors after an investigation uncovered lax controls, state Attorney General John Hoffman announced Tuesday.Continue reading "RUMSON: PRINTER CITED FOR RX PAD LAPSES"
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April 8th, 2015 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: MAKING A MEAL OF A MOVIE
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Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan star in THE TRIP TO ITALY, one of a smorgasbord of “food themed films” that screen for free during Mondays in April at Middletown Library. Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MAKING A MEAL OF A MOVIE"
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April 4th, 2015 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: PULLING FOR KIDS’ CHARITY
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Pat Guadagno and Steve Reilly are among the Shore-based musicians taking part in a first-ever Nashville Guitar Pull for charity this Saturday at Middletown Arts Center. It’s called a GuitarContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: PULLING FOR KIDS’ CHARITY"
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April 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: A HOUSE THAT YOUTH BUILT
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School The Habitat for Humanity Club at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School has been officially named an affiliate campus chapter of Habitat forContinue reading "RUMSON: A HOUSE THAT YOUTH BUILT"
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March 31st, 2015 @ 6am
HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: IT’S GETTING THERE
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Parapets similar to those on the nearby Route 35 Cooper’s Bridge were being installed on the new Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown last week, as seen from theContinue reading "HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: IT’S GETTING THERE"
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March 27th, 2015 @ 6am
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Jeffrey Kowal, age 18, from Rutledge Drive in Red Bank, NJ, arrested on March 10, 2015 on aContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ARREST REPORTS"
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March 26th, 2015 @ 8am
Overnight closures of the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson are scheduled to begin Tuesday night as ongoing repair work to the 75-year-old span continues, according to Monmouth County officials.Continue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE: NIGHT CLOSINGS TO START"
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March 24th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BRINGING IN THE BIG GUN
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A 120-ton, 16-inch cannon from the battleship USS New Jersey sat in the rail yard in Red Bank Saturday awaiting transport to Battery Lewis in Middletown’s Hartshorne Woods Park. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: BRINGING IN THE BIG GUN"
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March 23rd, 2015 @ 7am
MIDDLETOWN: CELTIC CULTURE MARCHES ON
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The Dublin City Ramblers (above) take the stage, and bagpipers Aidan and Michael Hannigan (below) stroll the grounds, as the Middletown Arts Center plays host to its first-ever Savor theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CELTIC CULTURE MARCHES ON"
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March 19th, 2015 @ 6am
M’TOWN: HIGH SCHOOLERS ‘SPEAK THE SPEECH’
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Press release from English-Speaking Union of Monmouth County On February 28, a dozen high school students each took the stage of the Middletown Arts Center and, without scenery, costumes orContinue reading "M’TOWN: HIGH SCHOOLERS ‘SPEAK THE SPEECH’"
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March 12th, 2015 @ 6am
NAVESINK: MONMOUTH PLAYERS BESEECH THEE
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AJ Melnick heads a youthful cast as Jesus, as the Monmouth Players present their production of GODSPELL inside the Navesink Arts Center. (Photo courtesy of Monmouth Players) The 2014-2015 seasonContinue reading "NAVESINK: MONMOUTH PLAYERS BESEECH THEE"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: GIVING FUTURE CHEFS A BOOST
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Chefs from more than 30 local restaurants impressed guests at last year’s “Recipe for Success” at the Navesink Country Club in Middletown. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSANContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: GIVING FUTURE CHEFS A BOOST"
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March 11th, 2015 @ 10am
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Damon Dowd, age 38, from South Everest Avenue in Brick, NJ, arrested on February 24, 2015 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER"
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March 10th, 2015 @ 11am
Press release from Monmouth County Parks System The Monmouth County Park System has added another training session for prospective docent volunteers on Sunday, March 15.  In addition to the morningContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: PARK SYSTEM DOCENTS WANTED"
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March 9th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: JOYFUL NOISES
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Dr. Ryan Brandau leads the Monmouth Civic Chorus in song, Sunday at Tower Hill Church — while pianist Julia Muench salutes her immigrant heritage in a free Monday evening concertContinue reading "RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: JOYFUL NOISES"
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March 7th, 2015 @ 4pm
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(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
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.