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SMALL-AMOUNT POT BUSTS CONTINUE

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On September 29, 2011 at approximately 1:00 am Patrolman Keith Hirschbein responded to the Henry Hudson Trail in reference to a report of two juveniles passed out. Upon arrival the officer located the two juveniles and observed one of them attempt to [...]

PARKER HOUSE WINS REGISTER ENTRY

The Parker homestead, seen here in 2007, dates back to (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Parker House, Little Silver’s oldest surviving homestead, has won addition to the state Register of Historic Places, Mayor Bob Neff tells redbankgreen.

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

Two of the four readers who wrote in about last week’s Where were mistaken.

MENNA SEEKS FOUR-TOWN COURTROOM

The location of the proposed court is up in the air, says Mayor Pasquale Menna. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Taking a cue from three other Monmouth County towns, Red Bank’s mayor has invited leaders of neighboring boroughs to consider forming a joint court system to cut costs.

TWO CARS STOLEN FROM SAME OWNER

By JOHN T. WARD Thieves stole two cars from the same owner Tuesday evening, Fair Haven police say. A Range Rover and a Mercedes, both parked in a driveway unlocked and with keys inside, were taken sometime between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p,m., Detective Jesse Dykstra tells redbankgreen. “During dinnertime,” he said. “It was pretty [...]

RUMSON CAN REBUILD ON HOME’S FOOTPRINT

A derelict house on the site, adjacent to Victory Park, is to be demolished and replaced with a boathouse. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE Rumson is one step closer to the demolition — and possible reconstruction — of a boarded-up house resting near the banks of the Navesink River.

TEEN CHARGED WITH SPITTING ON COP

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On September 25, 2011 at approximately 8:20 pm Patrolman James Beirne responded to the Shoprite Store in reference to a report of a shoplifting. Upon arrival he was advised by store security that they had observed Gabrielle Santopietro, age 22, from 7th [...]

‘FLAVOUR’ TO TEASE TASTE BUDS AND MORE

A screen grab from the Red Bank Flavour website. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A restaurant-and-bar-led consortium has rolled out a multi-front web marketing campaign to boost Red Bank’s profile as a cultural destination. Dubbed Red Bank Flavour, the campaign’s aim is to resharpen the town’s dulled edge as Monmouth County’s go-to place [...]

RESIDENT STUMPS FOR SLIGHTED MAYOR

Ambassador Drive, serving the Elkridge condominium complex off Spring Street, is the only public tribute to late Red Bank Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD She was Red Bank’s first, and only, female mayor. She also served four years as America’s ambassador to Denmark, was a [...]

WEEKEND WRECKS LEAD TO DWI CHARGES

A street sign impaled a tree on Broad Street as a result of predawn accident that destroyed a utility pole and led to a shutdown of the road for several hours Sunday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Two motorists face charges of drunk driving after their involvement in accidents four hours apart over [...]

DRIVER REFUSES CARE AFTER TRAIN HITS CAR

Emergency personnel on the scene Monday night. Below, the driver of the car was briefly trapped. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A North Jersey Coast Line train struck the the driver’s side of a car at a grade crossing in Red Bank Monday evening. But the car’s driver, after being carefully extricated and [...]

RUMSON TO REPLACE RIVERFRONT HOUSE

A derelict house next door to Victory Park will be razed and replaced with a boathouse for RFH Rowing, the mayor says. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Rumson officials expect this week to advance a plan to demolish a vacant riverfront home the town bought for $875,000 three years ago. In its place, [...]

POLICE SEEK INFO ON SUSPECT HANDYMAN

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On September 21, 2011 at approximately 1:55 pm police responded to the Thassian Mechanical Contractors Business located on Highway 36 in reference to a report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival a witness advised officers that they had observed a subject [...]

POP STAR TOUTS ADVIL FOR SOUL KITCHEN

A production crew swarmed the Jon Bon Jovi-supported Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street in Red Bank Monday morning as the pop star prepared to shoot a commercial for pain-reliever Advil that will tout the not-yet-officially-open pay-what-you-can restaurant. Plans for an official opening of the eatery have not yet been finalized, a Soul Foundation spokeswoman tells [...]

HOOFING IT ACROSS THE OCEANIC

While boating on the Navesink River Sunday, Mike McMahon of Little Silver spotted a caravan of six or eight coaches, each drawn by a team of four horses and carrying passengers done up in historical finery, thundering across the Oceanic Bridge from Middletown to Rumson Sunday. McMahon says panels were laid over the open steel [...]


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