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SEA BRIGHT: SERVICE STATION WON’T RETURN
Dunkin’ Donuts is back in business, at right, but the adjoining Sea Bright Service Station won’t be coming back to town, its owner says. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Amid...
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Three Wheregulars correctly identified the location shown in our January 24 Where Have I Seen This? Answer: the Avis rental office at Pearl and Water streets in Red Bank, as reflected in window glass...
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RED BANK: TRAILER MYSTERY SOLVED
A trailer parked along the Navesink River bulkhead in Marine Park has drawn some attention (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON In a town known for its stinging $38-per-violation...
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RED BANK MAY MANDATE GAS-PUMP BACKUPS
By JOE FISHER With long lines of motorists and generator owners searching for gasoline in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy still a fresh memory, Red Bank officials are taking steps to require filling...
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TEXT ALERT: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR METERS
The centralized pay stations replaced coin-operated meters in several downtown lots last summer, and could displace all remaining meters in a few months, the Press reports. (Click to enlarge) Tuesday’s...
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RED BANK: AFTER 83 YEARS, RASSAS TO CLOSE
Aaron Rassas outside his Red Bank auto dealership. Below, the original location, at 21 Mechanic Street, in 1934. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Born in the Great Depression, and illuminated in...
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s picture showed the gable end of a roof with blue tarp wrapped around… something. The ‘something’ is a Sunoco logo, and most of the 17 readers who wrote in correctly identified its location...
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CAB DRIVER IN RECENT CRASH FOUND DEAD
The taxicab driver charged with drunken driving after a collision in Lincroft a week ago was found dead in his Red Bank apartment Monday morning, borough police said. Police were summoned to the...
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RED BANK: WALGREEN’S EYES RASSAS LOT
The plan calls for access from Broad Street in both directions, as well as from Garfield Place. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Just a month after ending its long run as a car dealership, a gateway...
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RED BANK: OR IS THIS GOTHAM CITY?
Ok, reader, we’re putting it on you to come up with the perfect caption for this photo, because our brain circuits overloaded when we saw this Volvo-turned Batmobile in the English Plaza parking lot in...
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SHREWSBURY: DOG LEFT IN CAR BRINGS COPS
Shrewsbury police questioned an unidentified man outside Trader Joe’s after two witnesses complained that he had left a dog inside his car for a significant length of time as temperature neared 90...
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NEIGHBORS OPPOSING RED BANK WALGREEN’S
Melissa Grieves, seated at right, addresses neighbors concerned about the planned redevelopment of the former Rassas car lot, below, into a mega-drugstore. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge)...
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SHREWSBURY: THREE VEHICLES STOLEN
Activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of July 6 to July 12, 2013. Report of Theft in the area of Broad Street on 7/7/13. Victim reports merchandise...
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A couple of Corvairs, a fleet of Corvettes and acres of chrome were among the 328 cars gleaming under the hot summer sun in Red Bank’s White Street parking lot Sunday. The occasion? The 11th annual Doc...
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RED BANK: NO VOTE YET ON SHELL 7-ELEVEN
Red Bank resident Tracy Khonstam implores the zoning board to reject the planned convenience store on Newman Springs Road. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER All the evidence...
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RED BANK: TWO’LL GET YOU THREE
A not-uncommon scene in Red Bank’s White Street lot, this photo was taken shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday, when parking spaces were hard to hard to find. Space hogs? Or does the lot need restriping to...
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SEA BRIGHT: BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, TO GO
Former Sea Bright restaurateur Joanne Garelli leads a food truck in a cross-country reality TV race that plays out this season on the Food Network, starting Sunday. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to...
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RED BANK = CAPE TOWN
Two years after a visit by the Batmobile, the Batcycle paid a visit to Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Red Bank earlier this week for an undisclosed role in ‘Comic Book Men,’ the reality TV show...
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RED BANK: SPEED BUMP FOR WALGREEN’S?
Walgreen’s proposes to build a 14,200-square-foot pharmacy with a drive-thru window on the former site of the Rassas auto dealership. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD With hearings on a proposed...
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RED BANK: RATTLING AND ROLLING TO TOWN
A man who calls himself Black Ivory, right, with a ’67 Chevy Nova, one of his four classic muscle cars, at a car show hosted by Buona Sera restaurant in its lot at Monmouth Street and Maple Avenue in...
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