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Category Archives: MIDDLETOWN

Monmouth County Engineer Joe Ettore silhouetted by a rendering of the proposed replacement for Hubbards Bridge. Part of the existing structure, seen in the inset, may be turned into a pocket park, shown in brown in the rendering. The news...
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July 15th, 2008 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Councilman John Curley embraces Mayor Pasquale Menna after tonight's council session. With four months left to his term, firebrand Republican John Curley announced his resignation from the Red Bank Council tonight, creating the possibility that a party-chosen successor could get...
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July 14th, 2008 @ 8pm
Motorists took advantage of bridge-opening intervals to get out of their cars and look at the dolphins feeding in the Navesink just west of the Oceanic Bridge Sunday evening. Except for the river itself. the bridge is the only publicly...
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July 14th, 2008 @ 10am
Here's Noises Off star Glenn Jones (center) celebrating art and life with director Gary Shaffer (right). At left is actor Michael Kroll, who's not in this show, but a frequent cohort of the others nonetheless. (Photo by Lauren Morris) By...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 12pm
The Peer Players include (front row, left to right): Tiffany Lewcyk, Stephen Bucco, Forrest Burdett, Katie Kroeper; (middle row) Joseph Kim, Samantha Aurelio, Sara Howard, Christina Lennon, Allison Cloonan, Leah Sugerman, Elizabeth Coulter; (back row) Melissa Cloonan, Danny Cassidy. By...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 10am
Dining al fresco on the west side of the Oceanic Bridge, under the admiring watch of nearby boaters, were these two members of the pod. (Click to enlarge) Maybe they got bored just shuttling back and forth in the Shrewsbury...
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July 9th, 2008 @ 6am
If they show up, don't feed 'em. So says this NOAA sign posted on the pier at Marine Park in Red Bank. rebankgreen has been following up — fruitlessly, thus far — reports that the dolphin pod that has transfixed...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 5pm
Adrienne Barbeau, pictured with hubby Billy Van Zandt and her books. The famed "scream queen" turned horror author will appear at a local signing on Thursday. By TOM CHESEK As the archetypal fox of the drive-in and the video store,...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 12pm
The view from Victory Park in Rumson last year. Hey, it was bound to get out anyway. For the second year in a row, Rumson will be home to a spectacular July 3 fireworks display to rival that of its...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 4pm
In the zone: arrive early, or forget about it. Click map to enlarge It's New Jesey's biggest and most spectacular fireworks display, and with it comes a Jersey-scale traffic jam. Make that two traffic jams — the second one being...
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 4pm
Last week's 'Where' was too dam easy for six readers. They recognized it right away as the Shadow Lake spillway on Hubbard Avenue in the River Plaza section of Middletown. If you don't know it, the structure has the words...
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June 26th, 2008 @ 7am
By TOM CHESEK Picture this: a summer event with your choice of first-come/first-served seating. No parking lot shuttle queues or "parent daycare" zones. No turnstile patdowns. No confiscated cameras, water bottles, umbrellas or Pringles packs. And best of all, no...
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June 17th, 2008 @ 7am
The temporary deck of the bridge was erected in 2004. Four years after its deck was replaced with a temporary metal structure, the West Front Street Bridge is again facing shutdown — this time so a permanent replacement can be...
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June 16th, 2008 @ 9am
An Eatontown man was arrested in Long Pond, Pa. on Saturday in connection with last week's robbery of a Bank of America branch on Route 35 in Middletown, the Asbury Park Press reports. Authorities are now waiting to see if...
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June 10th, 2008 @ 6am
Dishad Husain directs and stars in Viva Liberty, one of four shorts in the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cinefest at Middletown Township Public Library. By TOM CHESEK A couple of evenings a week at Neelam Exotic Indian Cuisine —...
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June 6th, 2008 @ 6am
Investigators now have doubts that a one-armed man taken into custody as a suspect in a Middletown bank robbery late this morning is the guy they're looking for. "We had a car pulled over, but we're not sure if the...
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June 4th, 2008 @ 3pm
Members of the Monmouth Civic Chorus during a 2007 rehearsal. By TOM CHESEK "The idea came to me back in 1987, during the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge," says composer Richard Pearson Thomas on the...
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May 29th, 2008 @ 6am
Eric McMahon's over-40 mug. By TOM CHESEK One's a newlywed who's apparently still in that somewhat sick-making "public displays of affection" mode. One's a salt-'n-pepper suburban dad to three growing daughters. One's a lifelong lothario whose "single" schtick is starting...
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April 24th, 2008 @ 7am
Max Weinberg, at right, on the set of 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien.' The real estate market may be plummeting, but Max Weinberg, drummer for Bruce Springsteen and Conan O'Brien, is hoping for some magic as he plans to sell...
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April 14th, 2008 @ 7am
Middletown's tax assessor may be benched for 15 days this summer for failing to submit the township data on time to Monmouth County officials, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the article: Should the state Division of Taxation sign off...
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April 10th, 2008 @ 8am
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
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.