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Yearly Archives: 2011

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI An Oklahoma man who was arrested for hiding outside a Port Monmouth home with an explosive device last year committed suicide while being held in Monmouth CountyContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN-CHARGED INMATE HANGS SELF"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 10am
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Two local teenagers were arrested in Red Bank Thursday after being caught spray-painting a downtown building, police said. Thomas Ley, 18, of Rumson, was arrested and chargedContinue reading "TEENS BUSTED FOR ROOFTOP GRAFFITI"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of June 20 to June 24, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft reported on 6-20-11Continue reading "BLOTTER: VANDALISM AT RIVERSIDE GARDENS"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 7am
EX CHARGED AS RED BANK WOMAN’S KILLER
The estranged husband of a Red Bank woman missing since mid-May has been charged with her murder following the discovery of a body buried near the Garden State Parkway inContinue reading "EX CHARGED AS RED BANK WOMAN’S KILLER"
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June 27th, 2011 @ 6am
ATRIUM PROJECT DRAWS PICKET
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June 24th, 2011 @ 7pm
ROOM FOR PINTS, PASTA, JAVA AND SUSHI
The Dublin House is adding a second-story room to its Monmouth Street location. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Dublin House on Monmouth Street isContinue reading "ROOM FOR PINTS, PASTA, JAVA AND SUSHI"
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June 24th, 2011 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT BASH GOES NATIONAL
A contestant hits the water in last year’s Skimbash event in Sea Bright. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In its eight years of wave-hopping, SkimbashContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT BASH GOES NATIONAL"
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June 24th, 2011 @ 8am
PAY POSTS COMING TO MAPLE COVE
The borough will install pay stations at the recently rebuilt parking lot at the north end of Maple Avenue. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI BeContinue reading "PAY POSTS COMING TO MAPLE COVE"
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June 24th, 2011 @ 6am
TRANSFORMER BLOWS IN LITTLE SILVER
A brief, strong storm that blew through the Green prompted an emergency response on White Road in Little Silver Thursday afternoon. Though fire officials were not immediately available for comment,Continue reading "TRANSFORMER BLOWS IN LITTLE SILVER"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 5pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A recent Red Bank Regional graduate who was accepted to Julliard‘s prestigious dance program was badly injured in an assault Sunday night, Red Bank police said. PoliceContinue reading "RBR DANCE STUDENT INJURED IN BEATING"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
BOMB THREAT CLOSES ROAD IN RUMSON
Police Chief Richard Tobias, left, coordinating Rumson’s response to a report of a bomb at 97 East River Road. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; Click to enlarge) Rumson police were onContinue reading "BOMB THREAT CLOSES ROAD IN RUMSON"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 10am
FIXX NEEDS A FIX TO KEEP LIQUOR LICENSE
Fixx must go to the state if it wants to keep serving booze, Red Bank officials have decided. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Just likeContinue reading "FIXX NEEDS A FIX TO KEEP LIQUOR LICENSE"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This one shouldn’t be too hard. If you think know where the above photo was taken, send us an email, please. As usual, we’ll reveal the answer next Thursday.
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 9am
RENTER COMPLAINTS FILL BOARD’S AGENDA
Red Bank Terrace is one of two apartment complexes with complaints pending before the borough’s Rent Leveling Board. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The meetingsContinue reading "RENTER COMPLAINTS FILL BOARD’S AGENDA"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 7am
McCARTHY AND RBPD GET CONTRACTS
Red Bank Police Chief Steve McCarthy at a West Side Community Group meeting in November. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Steve McCarthy just got himselfContinue reading "McCARTHY AND RBPD GET CONTRACTS"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 6am
B-BALL TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL
A couple of Rumson teenagers inspect the newly installed plexiglass backboard and basketball hoop at Victory Park. The borough also repainted the court, from black to green and purple, toContinue reading "B-BALL TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL"
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June 23rd, 2011 @ 5am
TEEN BUSTED FOR NAVESINK BURGLARY
A Middletown police cruiser. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In this week’s roundup of police activity, Middletown police made a burglary bust at a homeContinue reading "TEEN BUSTED FOR NAVESINK BURGLARY"
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June 22nd, 2011 @ 2pm
STREAK ENDS WITH A SMILE IN SEA BRIGHT
Maryann Smeltzer ended 30 years of attending municipal meetings Tuesday night, sitting in on her last Sea Bright council session — a brief, 30-minute one — before she retires nextContinue reading "STREAK ENDS WITH A SMILE IN SEA BRIGHT"
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June 22nd, 2011 @ 10am
CLEMONS RECALLED AS A TRUE ‘BIG MAN’
Clarence Clemons, right, backs up Stormin’ Norman Seldin, behind the piano, at the Lock, Stock and Barrel in Fair Haven sometime in the late ’70s. (Photo courtesy of Norman Seldin;Continue reading "CLEMONS RECALLED AS A TRUE ‘BIG MAN’"
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June 22nd, 2011 @ 9am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown has wrapped up a months-long town-wide study pinpointing locations ideal for solar panels, and may soon bring on a contractor to start the process of gettingContinue reading "M’TOWN SOLAR PROJECTED TO SAVE MILLIONS"
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June 22nd, 2011 @ 7am
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9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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 ...