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Category Archives: MIDDLETOWN

MIDDLETOWN: THE BEST DEAL ON NUTS
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An unauthorized* photo of some nice nuts. $3.49/lb through Christmas at the Middletown Whole Foods. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS We’re not sure how sitting aroundContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: THE BEST DEAL ON NUTS"
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December 3rd, 2013 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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WEEKEND: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, AND MORE
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Above: Juke Joint Jonny brings the real-deal folk blues to a season-ending Steamy Night at the Woman’s Club…while below, the real live author Dave Cicirelli brings his FAKEBOOK saga homeContinue reading "WEEKEND: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, AND MORE"
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November 29th, 2013 @ 12pm
WEEKEND: FIRST NIGHTERS, FARE-THEE-WELLS
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Lisa Sherman and Sandy Mack bring their all-new Sherman Mack project to the Walt Street Pub Friday night. Below: painter Martin Kammler has the floor at BCC, for a close-up lookContinue reading "WEEKEND: FIRST NIGHTERS, FARE-THEE-WELLS"
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November 22nd, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: CFO TAKE MIDDLETOWN JOB
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After little more than two years, Red Bank is again in the market for a chief financial officer, according to a news report. The Holmdel Independent reported Tuesday that boroughContinue reading "RED BANK: CFO TAKE MIDDLETOWN JOB"
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November 20th, 2013 @ 6am
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Andrew Rusignuolo, age 22, from Carpenter Street in Red Bank, NJ, arrested on October 24, 2013Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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November 18th, 2013 @ 12pm
WEEKEND: FOOD, FISHING, AND FUNDRAISING
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Authors May Becker, Susan E. Davis and Lisa Borders appear at libraries and bookstores around the greater Green on Saturday afternoon. Below, Michael Morch, Jennifer Grasso, Laura Gepford and IanContinue reading "WEEKEND: FOOD, FISHING, AND FUNDRAISING"
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November 15th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: BRIDGE FIX NEARS COMPLETION
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The rebuilding of twin Route 520/Newman Springs Road bridges over the Swimming River between Red Bank and Middletown, which began in April, is on schedule to wrap up next month,Continue reading "RED BANK: BRIDGE FIX NEARS COMPLETION"
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November 13th, 2013 @ 6am
M’TOWN: MIGHTY MAX GIVES BACK TO THE MAC
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E Street Band drummer and Middletown resident Max Weinberg does it “talk show” style, in a benefit for the township’s Arts Council that takes place at the Middletown Arts CenterContinue reading "M’TOWN: MIGHTY MAX GIVES BACK TO THE MAC"
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November 11th, 2013 @ 6am
LINCROFT: INDOOR GOLFERS CHIP IN $15K
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The Curchin Open, an annual indoor golf event held in the Lincroft offices of the CPA firm Curchin Group, netted $15,000 for charity as players navigated a course of holesContinue reading "LINCROFT: INDOOR GOLFERS CHIP IN $15K"
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November 8th, 2013 @ 6am
M’TOWN: THE FLEET’S INGROUND, AT BOAT DAY
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Scenes from the New School’s 20th Annual Boat Day — a event which this year almost found itself grounded ashore, before a group of resourceful parents, teachers and kids steppedContinue reading "M’TOWN: THE FLEET’S INGROUND, AT BOAT DAY"
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November 4th, 2013 @ 6am
AUTUMN 2013: CRISP AND COLORFUL CHANGE
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An explosion of autumn color along our beautiful Navesink River, seen above from Red Bank on Saturday afternoon, and the end of daylight saving time Sunday offered unmistakable evidence ofContinue reading "AUTUMN 2013: CRISP AND COLORFUL CHANGE"
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November 4th, 2013 @ 5am
MODEL CITIZEN: STEPHANIE SALOMONSEN
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For 23-year-old Stephanie Salomonsen of Middletown, personal style is contingent in part on what kind of music she’s listening to. “Come the fall, I love to listen to bluegrass,” sheContinue reading "MODEL CITIZEN: STEPHANIE SALOMONSEN"
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November 1st, 2013 @ 3pm
WEEKEND: FRESH AIR, DEAD AIR, PLEIN AIR
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Multi-instrumentalist maestro Marc Muller (above right) leads his Dead On Live ensemble back to the Basie Friday night. Keyboard wiz Matt Wade (below) plays a concert for the Boys andContinue reading "WEEKEND: FRESH AIR, DEAD AIR, PLEIN AIR"
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November 1st, 2013 @ 7am
LINCROFT: A ‘MASTERS’ IN ACCOUNTING
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Remember to replace your debits: The eighth annual Curchin Open brings nine holes of competitive mini-golf to the offices of CPA firm Curchin Group. (click to enlarge) Accepted wisdom hasContinue reading "LINCROFT: A ‘MASTERS’ IN ACCOUNTING"
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October 29th, 2013 @ 6am
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. •Jon Morgan, age 23, from Seabreeze Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on October 8, 2013 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 28th, 2013 @ 2pm
WEEKEND: OLD MASTERS, HISTORIC HAUNTS
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Illusionist extraordinaire Mike Super materializes for an evening of large-scale prestidigitation at the Basie tonight. Friday, October 25: RED BANK: At the Count Basie Theatre — where a “ghost light” isContinue reading "WEEKEND: OLD MASTERS, HISTORIC HAUNTS"
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October 25th, 2013 @ 10am
RED BANK: DEAD FISH LEFT ON BRIDGE
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Seen on the Route 35/Cooper’s Bridge between Middletown and Red Bank at midday Thursday: four dead fish. Apparently, whoever caught them couldn’t even bother to throw them back into theContinue reading "RED BANK: DEAD FISH LEFT ON BRIDGE"
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October 24th, 2013 @ 1pm
Stealing the Locust home of a dead client and ripping off live ones to the tune of half a million dollars got a disbarred Red Bank lawyer a decade inContinue reading "RED BANK LAWYER GETS TEN YEARS FOR FRAUD"
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October 22nd, 2013 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: PLAYERS PLAY ON AT LIBRARY
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The former library, newly rebranded the Navesink Arts Center, is transformed into a spacious reading room and reception area for Monmouth Players productions. Below, Lori Renick (left) co-stars in theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: PLAYERS PLAY ON AT LIBRARY"
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October 18th, 2013 @ 6am
NAVESINK RIVER: GRABBING A QUIET BITE
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An unidentified fisherman took a rowboat out onto our beautiful Navesink River between Red Bank and Middletown early Thursday afternoon. Using his lunch hour to catch some supper, perhaps? (ClickContinue reading "NAVESINK RIVER: GRABBING A QUIET BITE"
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October 17th, 2013 @ 1pm
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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.
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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.