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		<title>RBC STUDENT DOTH GIVE GOOD REPORT</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olivia Mullen ducked into a Red Bank store to get out of the wind so she could recite a bit of the Bard for redbankgreen earlier this week. By DANIELLE TEPPER As Olivia Mullen knows, the works of William Shakespeare are a fundamental component of any acting student’s growth as a performer. The Red Bank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A9rKKJOdwUM" frameborder="0" width="487" height="277"></iframe><em><strong>Olivia Mullen ducked into a Red Bank store to get out of the wind so she could recite a bit of the Bard for</strong></em> <strong>redbankgreen</strong> <em><strong>earlier this week.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>By DANIELLE TEPPER<br />
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<p>As Olivia Mullen knows, the works of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> are a fundamental component of any acting student’s growth as a performer. The Red Bank Catholic junior has shared passions for drama and music, and to her ear, Shakespeare embodies both.</p>
<p>“Shakespeare’s work is beautiful,&#8221; she told <strong>redbankgreen</strong> this week. &#8220;It comes to me almost like a song. I’m not nervous performing it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mullen&#8217;s heartfelt appreciation of the Bard of Avon won her a spot in the 29th annual <a href="http://www.esuus.org/esu_history.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">English-Speaking Union</span></a>&#8216;s <a href="http://www.esuus.org/programs_shakespeare_competition.htm">National Shakespeare Competition</a> held in New York last month.</p>
<p><span id="more-61410"></span>Each year, high school teachers across the country select two students from their theater classes to audition. In Monmouth County, 15 schools were represented at the regional branch competition at Brookdale Community College, where Mullen took first place.</p>
<p>“I didn’t even expect to be chosen to compete,” said Mullen, 17, of Middletown. “And then I wound up going to New York.”</p>
<p>All the competitors were put up in the <a href="http://www.nystudentcenter.org"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">International Student Center</span></a> for a one-night stay, during which they were treated to an acting workshop at NYU’s <a href="http://www.tisch.nyu.edu"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tisch School of the Arts</span></a>.</p>
<p>“That night, everyone just wanted to talk,” said Mullen. “We were sleeping nine to a room with bunk beds, and everyone was so interested because we were all from different places, but we had a 5 a.m. wake-up call. It was exhausting, but amazing.”</p>
<p>At the semi-finals, held at <a href="http://lc.lincolncenter.org"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lincoln Center</span></a> on April 23, each student performed a monologue and a sonnet of their choosing. Mullen went with <a href="http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/sonnets/36/">Sonnet 36</a>.</p>
<p>“I picked a sonnet that wasn’t recommended because it’s a bit tricky and complex,&#8221; said Mullen. &#8220;But I’m glad I chose 36 because no one else did it, and there were a lot of repeats.&#8221;</p>
<p>While she may not have won the grand prize (a full scholarship to the <a href="http://www.rada.ac.uk/">Royal Academy of Dramatic Art</a>’s <em>Young Actors Summer School</em> in London), Mullen said the entire experience had a significant impact on her future plans.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m definitely going to pursue acting, and most schools want some background in Shakespeare,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It’s a hard skill to acquire, but it’s important to appreciate it.”</p>
<p>Mullen has been researching <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml">Carnegie Mellon</a>’s musical theater program as well as the drama program at <a href="http://www.juilliard.edu/">Juilliard</a>, and said she’s open to either.</p>
<p>“I have a passion for both, so I’d be happy either way,” she said.</p>
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		<title>FAIR HAVEN TREE LAW MAY BE TRANSPLANTED</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of arguing that Fair Haven&#8217;s tree ordinance is unconstitutional and needs to be put through a chipper, borough Councilman Bob Marchese is now proposing that it be dug up, balled and relocated. That, he said, would at least begin to address the law&#8217;s most problematic elements, as demonstrated by a recent brouhaha over [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2009/07/hot-topic1.gif"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-8218" title="hot-topic right" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2009/07/hot-topic1.gif" alt="" width="208" height="189" /></a>After months of arguing that Fair Haven&#8217;s tree ordinance is unconstitutional and needs to be put through a chipper, borough Councilman Bob Marchese is now proposing that it be dug up, balled and relocated.</p>
<p>That, he said, would at least begin to address the law&#8217;s most problematic elements, as demonstrated by a recent <a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/2012/03/battle-over-tree-ends-with-removal-ok.html">brouhaha</a> over a 100-foot tulip poplar.</p>
<p><span id="more-61364"></span>At Monday night&#8217;s borough council meeting, Marchese proposed removing the controversial tree-preservation law from a land-use ordinance and reconstituting it as a code-enforcement matter.</p>
<p>The effect, he and borough Attorney Sal Alfieri said, would be that homeowners wishing to remove trees protected under the ordinance would no longer be required to obtain a zoning variance. Instead, they would take their cases to the borough council.</p>
<p>The law protects specimen trees and those that exceed specified girths. Builder Bob Susser saw his plan for a three-home subdivision on Woodland Drive, which otherwise required no variances, held up for months as his request to remove an 80-year-old tulip poplar was kicked from one department to another, and later on appeal to the planning board &#8212; three times. He <a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/2012/03/battle-over-tree-ends-with-removal-ok.html">succeeded</a> in winning approval to remove the tree on the third try, in March.</p>
<p>Councilman Jerome Koch wondered if the change would &#8220;take some of the teeth out&#8221; of the existing law. Marchese said the move &#8220;doesn&#8217;t change how we define protected trees, but reduces the burden&#8221; on the planning and zoning arms of the town government.</p>
<p>&#8220;I still haven&#8217;t changed my opinion of the tree ordinance,&#8221; Marchese told <strong>redbankgreen</strong> afterward. &#8220;I will still seek to make it better.&#8221;</p>
<p>The amendment is expected to be formally introduced at the next council meeting on May 29.</p>
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		<title>SO MUCH FOR GRAFFITI-PROOFING</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The installation of Red Bank RiverCenter&#8217;s first new &#8216;grafitti-proof&#8217; information kiosk on English Plaza isn&#8217;t even finished and it&#8217;s already had an unauthorized poster pasted over it. RiverCenter executive director Nancy Adams, who was unaware of the poster, said a notice would be included in the kiosk letting event organizers know their Red Bank events [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/20120515-130611.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/20120515-130611.jpg" alt="20120515-130611.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" /></a><em><strong>The installation of Red Bank RiverCenter&#8217;s first new &#8216;grafitti-proof&#8217; information kiosk on English Plaza isn&#8217;t even finished and it&#8217;s already had an unauthorized poster pasted over it.</p>
<p>RiverCenter executive director Nancy Adams, who was unaware of the poster, said a notice would be included in the kiosk letting event organizers know their Red Bank events could be advertised inside the glass, and that all other attachments would be removed &#8220;just like the countless other stickers and posters we have to take off poles and signs every day.&#8221;</strong> (Click to enlarge)</em></p>
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		<title>A BOOZY WEEK IN MIDDLETOWN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Frane Pesa, age 20, from Sunset Avenue in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on May 8, 2012 by Patrolman Greg Buhowski on Contempt of Court warrants issued by the Middletown and Holmdel Municipal Courts. He was held on $1,750.00 bail. • Nicole Welch, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/2012/../images/2009/06/call-in-the-authorities.gif"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-6611" title="call-in-the-authorities" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/2012/../images/2009/06/call-in-the-authorities.gif" alt="call-in-the-authorities" width="147" height="194" /></a>• Frane Pesa, age 20, from Sunset Avenue in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on May 8, 2012 by Patrolman Greg Buhowski on <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrants issued by the Middletown and Holmdel Municipal Courts. He was held on $1,750.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Nicole Welch, age 27, from Bergen Place in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 8, 2012 by Patrolman Brian McGrogan and Patrolman Keith Hirschbein of the Quality of Life Unit on a <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrant issued by the Middletown Municipal Court. She was held on $1,000.00 bail.</p>
<p><span id="more-61405"></span>• Joseph Canavan, age 21, from Jefferson Street in Red Bank, NJ, arrested on May 8, 2012 by Patrolman Andrew Micalizzi on a <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrant issued by the Interlaken Municipal Court. He was held on $500.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Eugene McEnroe, age 48, from Crawfords Corner Road in Holmdel, NJ, arrested on May 8, 2012 by Corporal Keith MacDonald on a <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrant issued by the Middletown Municipal Court. He was released after posting $250.00 bail.</p>
<p>• John Osman, age 49, from Willow Street in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on May 8, 2012 by Corporal Thomas Meckier for <strong>Simple Assault</strong>. He was released after posting $5,000.00 bail set by Judge Richard Thompson.</p>
<p>• Robert Hesse, age 33, from Creek Road in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on May 8, 2012 by Patrolman Lawrence Seymour on <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrants issued by the Middletown Municipal Courts. He was held on $2,000.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Gregory Angelides, age 42, from Beach Boulevard in Highlands, NJ, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Patrolman Stephen Keller on <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrants issued by the Woodbridge and Brick Municipal Courts. He was released after posting $750.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Monica Markowski, age 50, from Windsor Terrace in Spring Lake Heights, NJ, arrested on May 10, 2012 by Corporal Joseph Glynn for <strong>Driving While Intoxicated</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Laura Frank, age 19, from Cherry Tree Farm Road in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 9, 2012 by Patrolman Brian McGrogan and Keith Hirschbein of the Quality of Life Unit for <strong>Criminal Mischief and Possession of Alcohol by Minors</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Joseph Matich, age 23, from Highland Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on May 9, 2012 by Patrolman Keith Hirschbein and Patrolman Brian McGrogan of the Quality of Life Unit for <strong>Criminal Mischief and Providing Alcohol to Minors</strong>. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Abrham Uraga, age 52, from Day Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 9, 2012 by Patrolman Robert McNair on a<strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrant issued by the Keansburg Municipal Court. He was held on $200.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Kendell Chesseboro, age 22, from North Munn Avenue in East Orange, NJ, arrested on May 9, 2012 by Patrolman Christian Clark on a <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrant issued by the Middletown Municipal Court. He was released after posting $1,000.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Karen Fortunato, age 52, from Daniel Drive in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Patrolman James Beirne for <strong>Disorderly Conduct, Obstructing the Administration of Law and Resisting Arrest</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Donna Valesio, age 52, from Knollwood Drive in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Patrolman Greg Buhowski for <strong>Driving While Intoxicated</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Robert Terry, age 31, from Monmouth Avenue in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Patrolman Nicholas Fenezia for <strong>Simple Assault</strong>. He was held on $2,500.00 bail with no 10% option set by Judge Richard Thompson.</p>
<p>• Jeffrey Trezza, age 21, from Park Avenue in Belford, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Sergeant First Class William Colangelo for <strong>Purchasing Alcohol for use by Minors</strong>. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Anthony Marini, age 21, from Seabreeze Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Sergeant First Class William Colangelo for <strong>Purchasing Alcohol for use by Minors</strong>. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Christine Nazzaro, age 20, from Campbell Court in Aberdeen, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Corporal Douglas Wiatrak for <strong>Possession of Alcohol by an Underage Person</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Alexa Fortunato, age 20, from Daniel Drive in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Corporal Douglas Wiatrak for <strong>Possession of Alcohol by an Underage Person</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Janine Foster, age 38, from Valley Avenue in Highlands, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Corporal Thomas Meckier on <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrants issued by the Keyport, Holmdel, Keansburg Municipal Court and on a <strong>Failure to Appear</strong> warrant issued by the Monmouth County Superior Court. He was held on $26,450.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Violetta Borovaya, age 21, from Congress Lane in South River, NJ, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Patrolman Antonio Ciccone for <strong>Shoplifting</strong> from the Whole Foods store. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Chelsea Dravis, age 20, from Sieben Drive in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Patrolman John Soltysik for <strong>Possession of Alcohol by an Underage Person</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Sarah Newell, age 18, from Nautilus Drive in Leonardo, NJ, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Patrolman John Soltysik for <strong>Possession of Alcohol by an Underage Person</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Katelyn Strand, age 21, from Selman Lane in Hazlet, NJ, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Patrolman John Soltysik for <strong>Purchasing Alcohol for use by an Underage Person</strong>. She was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Shawn Gutleber, age 21, from Buttonwood Road in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Patrolman Anthony Bumbico on <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrants issued by the Middletown and Rumson Municipal Court. He was released after posting $750.00 bail.</p>
<p>• Robert Dickerson, age 18, from Nautilus Drive in Leonardo, NJ, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Patrolman Brady Carr for <strong>Possession of Alcohol by an Underage Person and Exhibiting a False Drivers License</strong>. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Marcus Hawthorne, age 36, from City Island Avenue in Bronx, NY, arrested on May 11, 2012 by Corporal Keith MacDonald for <strong>Fraud, Uttering a Forgery and on a Contempt of Court warran</strong>t issued by the Jersey City Municipal Court. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Edward Freeman, age 19, from Prospect Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 13, 2012 by Patrolman Frank Mazza for <strong>Possession of Alcohol by Minors</strong>. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Fergal Clusky-Gallagher, age 18, from Rambling Brook Drive in Holmdel, NJ, arrested on May 13, 2012 by Patrolman Richard Belmonte for <strong>Shoplifting</strong> from the Sears Store. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• David Thompson, age 26, from Fleetwood Drive in Hazlet, NJ, arrested on May 13, 2012 by Corporal Thomas Meckier for <strong>Obstructing the Administration of Law</strong>. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• On May 13, 2012 Patrolman Richard Belmonte arrested a 16 year old Male juvenile from Holmdel, NJ, for <strong>Shoplifting</strong> from the Sears Store. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Timothy Kegley, age 19, from Duxbury Court in Holmdel, NJ, arrested on May 13, 2012 by Patrolman James Beirne for <strong>Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of under 50 Grams of Marijuana and Possession of Alcohol by a Minor</strong>. He was released pending a court date.</p>
<p>• Kathryn Yuhas, age 49, from Seabreeze Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on May 12, 2012 by Patrolman Greg Buhowski on a <strong>Contempt of Court</strong> warrant issued by the Newark Municipal Court. She was released on her own recognizance pending a court date.</p>
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		<title>ASHLEY DUPRÉ SETS UP SHOP AND MOVES ON</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashley DuPré embarked on a new life Monday with the opening of Femme by Ashley, her Red Bank swimwear and lingerie boutique, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Can a Jersey Girl whose work as a 22-year-old prostitute helped derail a political career in spectacular fashion return home and remake herself as a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/DuPre1.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img title="DuPre" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/DuPre1-500x299.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="299" /></a><em><strong>Ashley DuPré embarked on a new life Monday with the opening of Femme by Ashley, her Red Bank swimwear and lingerie boutique, below.</strong> (Click to enlarge)</em></p>
<p><strong>By JOHN T. WARD</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/femme-2-051312.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-61202" style="margin-left: 6px;" title="femme 2 051312" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/femme-2-051312-220x165.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="165" /></a>Can a Jersey Girl whose work as a 22-year-old prostitute helped derail a political career in spectacular fashion return home and remake herself as a small-town retailer?</p>
<p>Four years after her high-priced hotel romps with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Spitzer_prostitution_scandal">Eliot Spitzer</a> dynamited his tenure as governor of New York and made her infamous, <a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/2012/02/spitzer-call-girl-plans-red-bank-boutique.html">Ashley Dupré</a> says she turned a page Monday with the opening of <a href="http://femmebyashley.com/">Femme by Ashley</a>, a lingerie and swimwear boutique on the choicest block in downtown Red Bank.</p>
<p>The shop, Dupré told <strong>redbankgreen</strong> in an exclusive interview, &#8220;is almost like the beginning of the rest of my life.</p>
<p>&#8220;I made a bunch of mistakes when I was younger, and I feel like, for the first time in my life, I&#8217;m growing into an adult, and I&#8217;m really excited about that,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p><span id="more-61198"></span><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/femme-051312.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-61203" title="femme 051312" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/femme-051312-500x375.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a><em><strong>The Broad Street boutique features lingerie, swimsuits and Victoria  Beckham sunglasses.</strong> (Click to enlarge)</em></p>
<p>Petite and wearing eyeglasses that made her appear somewhat more studious than she did in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnMKilHiUA">Girls Gone Wild</a> videos made a decade ago, 27-year-old Dupré said she agreed to <strong>redbankgreen</strong>&#8216;s request for a sit-down only at the urging of her boyfriend, TJ Earle, who thought it was important in establishing community roots. She said it would likely be her only interview on the topic.</p>
<p>Off-limits were questions about the events that made her a household name. Dupré also refused to allow <strong>redbankgreen</strong> to videotape the interview or even take her photo, saying she&#8217;d been &#8220;burned&#8221; in the past by the unauthorized release of images. Instead, she supplied a commissioned portrait.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just done with it,&#8221; Dupré said of her scandal-based persona. &#8220;I&#8217;m very private. People don&#8217;t believe that, but I&#8217;m a very private person. I don&#8217;t want that life. I&#8217;m not looking to be in the press. I&#8217;m just looking to get on with my life.&#8221;</p>
<p>Her focus, she said, is on becoming a business owner and &#8220;me doing what I enjoy for the first time, and not caring what anyone else has to say about it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dupré&#8217;s image rehab effort <strong></strong>might be traced to her hire two years ago as a sex -and-relationship advice columnist for the New York Post, which had previously reveled in labeling her a &#8220;ho&#8221; and &#8220;trollop&#8221; at every opportunity. In bringing her on board, the newspaper wrote:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">She didn&#8217;t ask for fame, but, &#8220;Now that I have it, it&#8217;s up to me to take advantage,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Under the tag &#8220;<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/spitzer_babe_answers_4duaVqTCJHA38suGawuaiM">Ask Ashley</a>,&#8221; Dupré fielded questions that at first overtly traded on her notoriety. &#8220;How do I know if my daughter may be getting into trouble?&#8221; asked &#8220;Meredith, 40, Queens,&#8221; in the debut.</p>
<p>But the column later morphed into questions about keeping relationships fresh and exciting, Dupré said. &#8220;I think I have moved away from how I&#8217;m viewed to &#8216;how do I save my relationship?&#8217; and &#8216;how do I make this work?&#8217;&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>The Broad Street store represents a continuation of that evolution, she said – and the likely end of the column, which she said has &#8220;run it&#8217;s course.&#8221;</p>
<p>Other than a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJbF14DVO0">confessional interview</a> with Diane Sawyer on 20/20, a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&amp;feature=endscreen&amp;v=bVEQWV2vRgE">raunchy one</a> with Howard Stern and a nude spread in <a href="http://theblemish.com/2010/04/ashley-dupre-naked-in-playboy/">Playboy</a>, what else has Dupré been up to since the Spitzer scandal broke in March, 2008?</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been in a relationship,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve just started my life over.&#8221; She and Earle, a paving industry exec, have lived in the Navesink section of Middletown for the past two months. She said she considers him her best friend, and his young daughters her family.</p>
<p>Growing up in Wall Township, Dupré said she was a frequent visitor to Red Bank. Moving back to the Shore after seven years in Manhattan and again visiting the town, &#8220;I just fell in love with the community as a whole,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It is like a little mini SoHo, and the people here are great.&#8221;</p>
<p>In creating Femme by Ashley, Dupré hired <a href="http://www.amymanor.com/">Amy Manor</a> of West Front Street to design the space. Borough-based <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frame-to-Please/284172198870">Frame to Please</a> supplied oversized mirror frames and <a href="http://www.solaricreative.com/">Solari Creative</a>, also of Red Bank, did the website.</p>
<p>&#8220;We really kept it in the community. It&#8217;s like our own little networking circle here,&#8221; Dupré said. &#8220;It&#8217;s very important to me to have that.&#8221;</p>
<p>The resulting shop features white walls, ceilings and flooring. Long, silver velvet drapes form a pair of dressing rooms, each equipped with a plush purple chair so shoppers and their significant others can have some intimate time during a bikini or teddy try-on.</p>
<p>Dupré said the boutique&#8217;s merchandise, including labels <a href="http://www.aguabendita.com.co/">Agua Bandita</a>, <a href="http://pilyq.com/">Pily Q</a> and <a href="http://www.jennaleighlingerie.com/">Jenna Leigh</a>, reflects her own evolving fashion sense.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m  a girl, and I think every girl likes to shop and explore their tastes,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Getting into this business, I kind of explored all of these designers and fell in love with them.&#8221;</p>
<p>The shop offers swimsuits in the $180 to $200 range as well as some &#8220;special&#8221; underthings, Dupré said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I really wanted this to be a place where anybody could come in and get something and be able to afford it, but also to have the luxurious items, too,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Dupré said she plans to be in the store daily, and is braced for curiosity seekers.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m going to see <em>everybody</em>,&#8221; she says with a laugh. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure a lot of interesting people are going to walk through those doors.&#8221;</p>
<p>Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna met recently with Dupré and Earle at their request, and said he came away impressed by their vision for the store and their enthusiasm about the town. Only one person, the wife of a retailer, had complained to him about Dupré&#8217;s arrival, he said. &#8220;I reminded her that none of us are exemplary in every aspect of our lives.&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are a very diverse town,&#8221; Menna said. &#8220;We welcome everyone.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dupré, though, doesn&#8217;t expect everyone to be welcoming. She says she&#8217;s learned to shrug off whispers, which she finds prevalent &#8220;whether you&#8217;ve been involved in a scandal or not. People always talk about other people. And it&#8217;s sad that you don&#8217;t have anything more important to talk about in your life, but that&#8217;s just the way of life. Not everybody can like you, and it&#8217;s OK. I&#8217;m OK with that.</p>
<p>&#8220;What am I going to do, live in the past, regretting every mistake I&#8217;ve ever made?&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the sign of a weak person. You need to get over it and move on.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>RED BANKER INDICTED IN HEROIN &amp; GUN CASE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Red Bank man arrested last August as an alleged member of guns and heroin distribution ring has been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury, the county prosecutor announced Monday morning. Russell Vann, 54, right, was one of 20 defendants named as alleged members of &#8220;a criminal enterprise responsible for the distribution significant quantities [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/russell-vann.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-61283" style="margin-left: 6px;" title="russell vann" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/russell-vann-167x220.jpg" alt="" width="167" height="220" /></a>A Red Bank man <a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/2011/08/drug-sweep-nets-three-red-bankers.html">arrested</a> last August as an alleged member of guns and heroin distribution ring has been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury, the county prosecutor announced Monday morning.</p>
<p>Russell Vann, 54, right, was one of 20 defendants named as alleged members of &#8220;a criminal enterprise responsible for the distribution significant quantities of heroin and the trafficking of firearms,&#8221; Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw, Jr. said in a prepared announcement.</p>
<p>Two other men arrested in the sweep and previously identified as Red Bank residents were not named in the indictment. They are Charles Dixon, 54, and Raymond Jackson, 41.</p>
<p><span id="more-61282"></span>Vann, whose street address was not given, was among 40 people arrested in a series of raids last summer, the announcement said. The prosecutor contends Vann was a &#8220;mid-level&#8221; heroin dealer, one of a number of such alleged player who were</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">indicted for racketeering conspiracy for their roles as “runners” who distributed, stored or collected money for the sale of quantities of heroin sold under Stevenson’s supervision and at his direction.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">During the course of the investigation, approximately 200 bricks of heroin, a quantity of cocaine and approximately $72,000 in U.S. currency was seized. The heroin seized has an estimated street value of approximately $50,000.</p>
<p>Vann was charged with multiple counts of drug possession and conspiracy, including the intent to distribute drugs in a public housing complex. He is not charged with any weapons-related offenses.</p>
<p>He was being held of $350,000 bail, with no option to post 10 percent, and facing a bail source hearing, the prosecutor said.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the announcement: <a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/5.14.2012-Nygee-Indictment.pdf">5.14.2012 Nygee Indictment</a>. And here&#8217;s a charging chart identifying the defendants <a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/5.14.2012-Nygee-charging-chart.pdf">5.14.2012 Nygee charging chart</a>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navesink River Rowing member Katya Hanson, above, gives some guidance on oar handling to Susan Skeans at the Red Bank club&#8217;s annual open house on the Navesink Saturday. At right, Ann Marie Carton of Middletown, a college rower who joined NRR for summer, tunes up. (Click to enlarge)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/Nrr-3-051212.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-61229" title="Nrr 3 051212" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/Nrr-3-051212-500x375.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/Nrr-2-051212.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-61228" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-top: 6px;" title="Nrr 2 051212" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/Nrr-2-051212-220x165.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="165" /></a><em><strong><a href="http://www.navesinkriverrowing.shuttlepod.org/">Navesink River Rowing</a> member Katya Hanson, above, gives some guidance on oar handling to Susan Skeans at the Red Bank club&#8217;s annual open house on the Navesink Saturday. At right, Ann Marie Carton of Middletown, a college rower who joined NRR for summer, tunes up.</strong> (Click to enlarge)</em></p>
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		<title>BATTER UP! BUT WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucas Sileno, 8, played catch with his dad, Phil, below, as Red Bank fifth- and sixth-graders faced off in an opening-day game Saturday. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Red Bank’s Parks and Recreation department held its second annual baseball/softball day at Count Basie Fields Saturday to promote the town’s sports [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/RB-baseball-051212.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-61258" title="RB baseball 051212" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/RB-baseball-051212-500x375.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a>Lucas Sileno, 8, played catch with his dad, Phil, below, as Red Bank fifth- and sixth-graders faced off in an opening-day game Saturday.</strong> (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge)</em></p>
<p><strong>By DANIELLE TEPPER<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/SilenoS-051212.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-61259" style="margin-left: 6px;" title="SilenoS 051212" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2012/05/SilenoS-051212-220x165.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="165" /></a>Red Bank’s Parks and Recreation department held its second annual baseball/softball day at Count Basie Fields Saturday to promote the town’s sports programs and to entice kids to sign up.</p>
<p>After several years of rebuilding, the department was able to field a seventh- and eighth-grade boys team for the first time in decade, parks &amp; rec director Memone Crystian tells <strong>redbankgreen</strong>.</p>
<p>“Our objective is to get Red Bank kids playing through to the high school level,&#8221; she said, to the background sounds of hardballs landing in leather mitts. &#8220;To do that, we need to get them interested, which is why we’re having a day like today.”</p>
<p>Next challenge: getting girls out on the diamond.</p>
<p><span id="more-61256"></span>Crystian said the day, which doubled as a season opener and showcase for other sports, was organized in part to say “thank you to the players and to the families who believe in the rec programs. We hope to grow this bigger and bigger every year as our program grows.”</p>
<p>All around Count Basie Park, kids in different grades participated in either sanctioned or exhibition games while almost 200 people wandered the fields and sidelines.</p>
<p>“We have football sign-ups on one end, soccer tryouts on another,&#8221; said Crystian. &#8220;There’s free food and festivities, beautiful weather. It’s a great day to try to get kids to want to play outside.&#8221;</p>
<p>Crystian and Councilwoman Juanita Lewis both noted, however, that the program has seen one significant loss over recent years: female athletes.</p>
<p>“We’re losing our girls,” said Crystian. “They’re just not turning to sports for some reason, so for this upcoming year, that’s our focus. We’re going door-to-door, sending emails, doing whatever we can to get them to come out for softball.”</p>
<p>Crystian said this is not just a concern for Red Bank recreation, but is an epidemic spreading across neighboring towns as well. “Shrewsbury, Little Silver and Rumson have all cut their female teams completely because they had no one. We don’t want to do that. Girl athletes rock. We’re committed to making sure this program is there for the girls, too.”</p>
<p>Lewis says one possible reason is that girls just lose interest, and &#8220;we need to find some other ways to reach them, new ways to get them engaged.</p>
<p>“Recreation is very important. It unites the town and gives opportunities to our kids,” said Lewis. “We have a great director. She believes in Red Bank kids and does amazing things. She’s making more out of less because budget constraints are always looming, but she’ll go the extra mile.”</p>
<p>Information on Red Bank sports programs can be found <a href="http://www.redbanknj.org/content/parks-and-recreation.html">here</a>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathleen Fox-Smith chats with a customer on opening day of her Little Silver shop last Friday. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Home Depot, Costco, PetSmart: With their enormous inventories, the big-box-stores that transformed American retailing in the 1990s destroyed innumerable small, local businesses along the way. They also forced customers to travel farther for [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>By DANIELLE TEPPER<br />
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<p>Home Depot, Costco, PetSmart: With their enormous inventories, the big-box-stores that transformed American retailing in the 1990s destroyed innumerable small, local businesses along the way. They also forced customers to travel farther for the privilege of finding what they need at unbeatable prices.</p>
<p>Kathleen Fox-Smith has chafed against the tradeoff for years.</p>
<p>“I have three dogs, and the nearest major pet store is PetSmart on Route 36&#8243; in Eatontown, says the Little Silver resident. &#8220;It’s not that far, but it’s just a nuisance to go over there.”</p>
<p>So, answering a deep desire to own an animal-related business and her belief that area pet owners are ready to again shop locally, Fox-Smith has decided to take on the giants in her own, small way.</p>
<p><span id="more-61110"></span>Last Friday, Fox-Smith debuted a new shop: <a href="http://www.petsgeneralstore.com">Pet’s General Store</a>, in the A&amp;P Plaza on Prospect Avenue, offering food, treats, toys and other accessories for dogs, cats, and birds.</p>
<p>Fox-Smith spent eight years at <a href="http://www.rbvh.net/">Red Bank Veterinary Hospital</a>, first as a pharmacy tech and later as head of the purchasing department, the latter of which she said gave her valuable inventory management experience needed to run the store.</p>
<p>After she left RBVH in 2006, she managed an interior design office up until last year. But during the interim, she ached to return to a job that allowed her to work, at least in some capacity, with animals, she said.</p>
<p>When the 1,200 square-foot space that had been the home of the Peppermint Tree, a specialty children’s clothing store, became available, &#8220;I decided to go for it,” she told <strong>redbankgreen</strong>.</p>
<p>While this is her first business venture, Fox-Smith said she is not intimidated.</p>
<p>“The unknown makes you a little nervous, but I’ve always had pets, always loved them, so I’m hoping to become a reliable place for pet owners,” she said<strong></strong>.</p>
<p>Fox-Smith plans to carry some products that PetSmart doesn’t, to set her store apart. “If someone comes in and is looking for a brand of food we don’t carry, if I can get it, I’ll get it,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>But she&#8217;ll also stock brands that the giants carry, because “the whole purpose here is to help people not have to make that trip,” she said.</p>
<p>After she gets settled in and has the place running smoothly, Fox-Smith would like to see the store become involved with animal rescue efforts.</p>
<p>“If I won the lottery, I would open a rescue,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If we could do something with that here, maybe help the Humane Society somehow, I would really love to do that.”</p>
<p><em>Pets General Store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday; it&#8217;s closed on Monday.<strong></strong></em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 4 to May 11, 2012. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 5-5-12 at Spring St. parking lot. Victim reported that unknown person(s) dented parked vehicle and shoe prints were visible on the car. Ptl. Michael Zadlock. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2009/06/call-in-the-authorities.gif"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-6611" title="call-in-the-authorities" src="http://www.redbankgreen.com/images/2009/06/call-in-the-authorities.gif" alt="call-in-the-authorities" width="147" height="194" /></a><em>The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 4 to May 11, 2012. </em><em>This information is unedited.</em></p>
<p><strong>Criminal Mischief</strong> occurring on 5-5-12 at <strong>Spring St</strong>. parking lot. Victim reported that unknown person(s) dented parked vehicle and shoe prints were visible on the car. Ptl. Michael Zadlock.</p>
<p><strong>Theft</strong> occurring on 4-29-12 at <strong>Riverview Plaza</strong>. Report that unknown person(s) stole a<br />
diamond and sapphire ring from patient while in the hospital. Sgt. Robert Gannon.</p>
<p><span id="more-61172"></span><strong>Theft</strong> occurring between 4-24-12 and 5-3-12 at <strong>W Westside Ave</strong>. where the victim rents a room. Stolen from room were a Apple I Pod Nano and a watch with diamonds. Ptl. Gary Watson.</p>
<p><strong>Burglary</strong> and <strong>Theft</strong> occurring on 5-7-12 at <strong>Catherine St</strong>. residence. Victim reported that unknown person(s) gained entry into home by removing screen on window. Stolen from bedroom was cash. Ptl. Paul Perez.</p>
<p><strong>Criminal mischief</strong> occurring at <strong>Broad Street</strong> on 5-8-12. Victim reported that unknown person(s) broke the plexiglass in his business sign in the front of his business. Ptl. David Smith</p>
<p><strong>Criminal Mischief</strong> reported on 5-9-12 but occurring on 5-4-12 at <strong>Catherine St</strong>.— parking lot. Victim reported that unknown person(s) damaged corner of new dumpster which was on property. Ptl. Nicholas Maletto</p>
<p><strong>ARRESTS</strong>: 1 Contempt of Court</p>
<p><strong>OTHER ARRESTS:</strong><br />
Tiffany Lussier, age 44 female of Red Bank was arrested on 5-11-12 in the area of<strong> Riverside Ave. </strong>for<strong> DWI</strong> by Ptl. James DePonte.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Summey, age 47 male of Red Bank was arrested on 5-10-12 in the area of <strong>W. Bergen Place </strong>for<strong> Hindering Apprehension</strong> by Ptl. Jonathan Quispe.</p>
<p>Raheem Wilson, age 30 male of Red Bank was arrested on 5-6-12 in the area of <strong>Montgomery Terrace </strong>for<strong> Disorderly Conduct</strong> by Ptl. Jonathan Quispe.</p>
<p>Joseph Dwyer, age 19 male of Leonardo was arrested on 5-6-12 in the area of <strong>Shrewsbury Ave. </strong>for<strong> Poss. of CDS Marijuana under 50 grams</strong> by Ptl. Jonathan Quispe.</p>
<p>Allen Lawson, age 57 male of Aberdeen was arrested on 5-5-12 in the area of <strong>Shrewsbury Ave. </strong>for<strong> Hindering Apprehension and Disorderly Conduct</strong> by Jonathan Quispe.</p>
<p>David Lopez, age 18 male of Red Bank was arrested on 5-5-12 in the area of <strong>Catherine St. </strong>for<strong> Underage Poss. of Alcohol and Poss. of Marijuana under 50 grams</strong> by Ptl. Nicholas Maletto.</p>
<p>A male juvenile age 17 of Red Bank was arrested on 5-5-12 in the area of <strong>Catherine St. </strong>for<strong> Underage Poss. of Alcohol</strong> by Ptl. Jonathan Quispe.</p>
<p>A male juvenile age 17 from Red Bank and a female juvenile age 15 from Fair Haven were arrested on 5-5-12 in the area of <strong>N. Bridge Ave. </strong>for<strong> Underage Poss. of Alcohol</strong> by Sgt. Robert Gannon and Ptl. David Hicks.</p>
<p>Pablo Hernandez-Atlixqueno, age 20 male of Red Bank was arrested on 5-4-12 in the area of <strong>E. Newman Springs Rd. </strong>for<strong> Entering Premise to purchase Alcohol Underage</strong> by Sgt. Robert Gannon.</p>
<p>Jose Hernandez, age 20 male of Red Bank was arrested on 5-4-12 in the area of <strong>E. Newman Springs Rd. </strong>for<strong> Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia</strong> by Ptl. Thomas Doremus.</p>
<p>Amy Matheny, age 42 female of Red Bank was arrested on 5-4-12 in the area of <strong>Leighton Ave. </strong>for<strong> COC</strong> [Contempt of Court] by Ptl. Michael Zadlock.</p>
<p>Jesse Rowe, age 23 male of Red Bank was arrested on 5-4-12 in the area of <strong>Globe Court </strong>for<strong> Poss. of CDS Marijuana under 50 grams and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia</strong> by Ptl. Thomas Doremus.</p>
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