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Category Archives: SHREWSBURY

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
On rainy days, the Grove at Shrewsbury, on Route 35, puts out baskets of umbrellas for temporary use by shoppers. No doubt some of those umbrellas never return. But withContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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February 9th, 2012 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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MOTORIST, 90, OK AFTER ACCIDENT
A minivan ended up on its side and at least one person had to be mechanically extricated after an accident on Newman Springs Road near Henry Street in Shrewsbury around 5:30Continue reading "MOTORIST, 90, OK AFTER ACCIDENT"
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December 21st, 2011 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Identifying last week’s photo – a bicycle trimmed in Christmas lights and a big red bow – was as easy as falling off a bike for half a dozen fans ofContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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December 15th, 2011 @ 7am
FOG GIVES WAY TO RAIN
Headlights cut the fog on Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury Monday night. (Click to enlarge) A daylong Monday fog – the literal kind, not the ‘I forgot how to do routineContinue reading "FOG GIVES WAY TO RAIN"
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December 6th, 2011 @ 6am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Recognize this tableau? Drop us a line and tell us where you’ve see it.
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November 24th, 2011 @ 9am
DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST
A deer crosses a Shrewsbury street in 2010. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Local and state laws that allow deer hunting closer to housing than in the pastContinue reading "DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST"
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November 14th, 2011 @ 7am
PASTA, POULTRY & GOOD DEEDS ON THE SIDE
The most eagerly anticipated touch football event of the season takes place on November 26, when the annual Turkey Bowl raises funds for Jason’s Dream for Kids, at Thompson MiddleContinue reading "PASTA, POULTRY & GOOD DEEDS ON THE SIDE"
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November 11th, 2011 @ 8am
By MOLLY MULSHINE A proposal to establish a regional municipal court in the Red Bank area has some early momentum, says Mayor Pasquale Menna. Menna recently invited his counterparts inContinue reading "MUNICOURT MERGER PLAN GAINS A BACKER"
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October 14th, 2011 @ 7am
AFTER 40 YEARS, BUSTING OUT OF SCHOOL
Students at the Mastro Montessori Academy during a class with elementary directress Sasha Cherniavsky last week. Below, an architect’s drawing of the new school, to be built on White RoadContinue reading "AFTER 40 YEARS, BUSTING OUT OF SCHOOL"
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October 13th, 2011 @ 1pm
RAIL, WATER JOBS PROMPT DETOURS
A water-line installation along Shrewsbury Avenue, below, may add to driver woes after regular business hours, while Newman Springs Road users are in for a new route for 24 hours.Continue reading "RAIL, WATER JOBS PROMPT DETOURS"
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September 19th, 2011 @ 5pm
In Fair Haven, Shrewsbury and Middletown on Sunday, they honored residents and all who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Photographer Peter Lindner visited each for redbankgreen.Continue reading "SEEKING SOLACE A DECADE LATER"
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September 12th, 2011 @ 11am
Restaurateur and political neophyte Marilyn Schlossbach has quit the race for one of two state Assembly 11th-district seats in Trenton, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Schlossbach, owner of Pop’s GarageContinue reading "SCHLOSSBACH BAILS OUT OF RACE IN 11TH"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 5pm
NUDES IN SHREWSBURY!
Forgive us the sensational headline, but come on: how often do we get to pair nakedness with the sleepy little burg of Shrewsbury? Thanks for the big giggle to readerContinue reading "NUDES IN SHREWSBURY!"
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September 7th, 2011 @ 11am
PREDAWN FIRE DAMAGES SHREWSBURY HOME
The fire was underway in the room at far left, said a neighbor who alerted the occupants. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Three members of a Shrewsbury familyContinue reading "PREDAWN FIRE DAMAGES SHREWSBURY HOME"
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September 3rd, 2011 @ 6am
PATIENCE & GROANS AS OUTAGES PERSIST
A downed tree and electrical lines had First Street in Rumson blocked off 48 hours after the storm. Below, a sign on the locked doors of Trader Joe’s in Shrewsbury.Continue reading "PATIENCE & GROANS AS OUTAGES PERSIST"
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August 30th, 2011 @ 12pm
QUAKE SHAKES AREA; NO DAMAGE FOUND
Employees of Smith Barney mill outside their Broad Street office as emergency personnel compare notes on alarm report. (Click to enlarge) A rare earthquake, reported to have been centered onContinue reading "QUAKE SHAKES AREA; NO DAMAGE FOUND"
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August 23rd, 2011 @ 2pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Farmingdale man already in jail on charges of breaking into unlocked cars all over the redbankgreen coverage area and beyond now faces additional charges for theContinue reading "RED BANK CHARGES CAR BURGLARY SUSPECT"
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July 27th, 2011 @ 10am
IN DETAIL: ‘BLOWN AWAY’ BY A SHINY CAR
Shawn Gatta applies some elbow grease to a car at Detail Doctor in Shrewsbury. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By EVAN SOLTAS Shawn Gatta has spent more thanContinue reading "IN DETAIL: ‘BLOWN AWAY’ BY A SHINY CAR"
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July 21st, 2011 @ 11am
THREE CHARGED IN RBR DANCER’S BEATING
Red Bank police have charged two recent Red Bank Regional High graduates and a third man in the vicious attack that left a classmate with injuries last month. Police identifiedContinue reading "THREE CHARGED IN RBR DANCER’S BEATING"
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July 17th, 2011 @ 6pm
STATE AID BOOST COMES WITH QUESTIONS
Governor Chris Christie at a Middletown town hall meeting in January. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Governor Chris Christie’s announcement Wednesday of how he’s apportioningContinue reading "STATE AID BOOST COMES WITH QUESTIONS"
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July 15th, 2011 @ 7am
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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 ...