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Category Archives: RUMSON

WELCOME TO _____ HAVEN
Fair Haven police suspect vandalism is the cause of its cracked sign. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A welcome-to-Fair Haven sign on River Road wasContinue reading "WELCOME TO _____ HAVEN"
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October 15th, 2010 @ 6am
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LOOKING FOR SAVINGS IN GARBAGE
Fair Haven and Rumson are looking into privatizing its garbage pickup. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven and Rumson are looking at ways toContinue reading "LOOKING FOR SAVINGS IN GARBAGE"
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October 13th, 2010 @ 1pm
RUMSON CUTS FAIR HAVEN FROM REC SPORTS
The change affects kids in the rowing program at Victory Park, above, and a lacrosse program. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Citing capacity issues, Rumson has dropped Fair HavenContinue reading "RUMSON CUTS FAIR HAVEN FROM REC SPORTS"
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September 30th, 2010 @ 12pm
This week’s spotlight comment comes from a reader who identified him- or herself as “an outsider” and chimed in on the story that announced the return of collegiate rowing toContinue reading "COMMENT: IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS"
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September 27th, 2010 @ 2pm
WIND AND WAVES SWAMP RUMSON REGATTA
Competitors in the second race of the day found themselves getting wetter than anticipated near the Oceanic Bridge. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The firstContinue reading "WIND AND WAVES SWAMP RUMSON REGATTA"
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September 27th, 2010 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
The owner of the Exxon station on West River Road in Rumson is “quite big on the whole ‘Jersey girls don’t pump gas’ theme,” writes Kevin Chieff, one of nineContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
Sunday’s Star-Ledger had an eye-opening article on police salaries in New Jersey. Analyzing 2009 pay data from police departments throughout the state, the Sledger concluded that the average municipal copContinue reading "POLICE PAY IN SLEDGER SPOTLIGHT"
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September 20th, 2010 @ 7am
OLD RUMSON CARRIAGE HOUSE TO BE RAZED
The last vestige of the Auldwood Estate in Rumson is set to be demolished. (Photo courtesy of Roberta Van Anda; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For years, the AuldwoodContinue reading "OLD RUMSON CARRIAGE HOUSE TO BE RAZED"
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September 16th, 2010 @ 9am
Five collegiate rowing teams will take to the waters off Rumson’s Victory Park on September 25, officials say. Rumson’s efforts to attract big-time crew competition may have ended up onContinue reading "RUMSON LANDS REGATTA, FOR REAL THIS TIME"
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September 15th, 2010 @ 1pm
POND DREDGING SLATED TO BEGIN TODAY
Heavy machinery on-scene at Pomphrey’s Pond yesterday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Something to be filed in the skinny folder labeled “On-Time Promises From Government?”Continue reading "POND DREDGING SLATED TO BEGIN TODAY"
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September 15th, 2010 @ 8am
RUMSON COUNTRY DAY WINGS IT
The dedication of the 22,000 square-foot addition at Rumson Country Day School brought out hundreds. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Rumson Country Day School wasContinue reading "RUMSON COUNTRY DAY WINGS IT"
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September 14th, 2010 @ 9am
BACK IN BLACK…AND RED AND WHITE
Starting in October, Red Bank’s public school students must wear uniforms. For now, it’s optional, but many have chosen to start the school year in according threads. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "BACK IN BLACK…AND RED AND WHITE"
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September 2nd, 2010 @ 12pm
OUTAGE CAUSES TRAFFIC, CLOSURES, BEER
A Fair Haven police officer directed traffic Monday afternoon at a light at the Fair Haven-Little Silver border. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A malfunctionContinue reading "OUTAGE CAUSES TRAFFIC, CLOSURES, BEER"
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August 31st, 2010 @ 6am
NYPOST: RUMSON FEELS THE PINCH
An abundance of ‘for sale’ signs caught the newspaper’s attention. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The New York Post has been hanging around Rumson, andContinue reading "NYPOST: RUMSON FEELS THE PINCH"
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August 30th, 2010 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A veteran educator with local roots will fill Bret Schundler’s spot as head of the state education department, a post he commanded less than a year beforeContinue reading "FORMER R-FH TEACH FILLS SCHUNDLER’S SPOT"
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August 30th, 2010 @ 5am
DAWKINS DROPS PRICE BY 10 MILLION
Pete Dawkins reduced the selling price for his Rumson estate, seen here in 2008, from $29.9 million to $19.5. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Seems there is something PeteContinue reading "DAWKINS DROPS PRICE BY 10 MILLION"
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August 27th, 2010 @ 11am
FORECAST: LOTS OF FLOWER POWER
‘Heliotropis,’ Anthony Castronovo’s sun-powered sculpture kinetic sculpture, should get a workout today and tomorrow. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Arts patrons Beth Deutch and her husband, Larry Rubin,Continue reading "FORECAST: LOTS OF FLOWER POWER"
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August 20th, 2010 @ 6am
RUMSON LOOKING FOR FAIR HAVEN-TYPE LOVE
A view of Rumson’s business district, which is being eyed for streetscape improvements. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Rumson officials were scratching their heads lastContinue reading "RUMSON LOOKING FOR FAIR HAVEN-TYPE LOVE"
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August 18th, 2010 @ 9am
NY TIMES DOCKS AT BOONDOCKS
The floating dock at Boondocks in 2009. (Click to enlarge) Boondocks Fishery, which revived riverside dining in Red Bank in 2009, got some short and sweet lovin’ from the NewContinue reading "NY TIMES DOCKS AT BOONDOCKS"
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August 9th, 2010 @ 8am
RUMSON TO APPEAL ARBITRATION AWARD
Rumson’s police union and the borough council have been at an impasse since December, 2006. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For nearly four years, RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON TO APPEAL ARBITRATION AWARD"
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July 30th, 2010 @ 6am
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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
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...