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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Steven Nalbach, age 51, from Hamilton Avenue in Leonardo, NJ, arrested on March 12, 2012 by DetectiveContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN BLOTTER UPDATE"
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FROM A RED BANK ALLEYWAY, A PERFECT TAN
Dianne Drewing in the Monmouth Street mews where she plans to open a spray-tan salon next week. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD For most of her life, DianneContinue reading "FROM A RED BANK ALLEYWAY, A PERFECT TAN"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
One reader thought last week’s Where Have I Seen This?, which showed a lighted path and archway, was taken at the Soul Kitchen on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. AnotherContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
PRELIMINARY: AVERAGE RED BANK TAX UP $94
The spending plan includes debt service on the estimated $1 million cost of a replacing 25-year-old Ladder 91, above.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Still a work inContinue reading "PRELIMINARY: AVERAGE RED BANK TAX UP $94"
By JOHN T. WARD An Eatontown man was indicted Wednesday for the alleged murder of his ex-wife, a Red Bank woman whose body was found six weeks after she disappearedContinue reading "EX INDICTED IN RED BANK WOMAN’S DEATH"
OFFICIALS BLAST NJNG OVER GAS VALVES
State Senator Jennifer Beck with the offending gas pressure valve on Broad Street Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD [SEE UPDATE TO THIS STORY AT THE BOTTOM] RedContinue reading "OFFICIALS BLAST NJNG OVER GAS VALVES"
LAST STOP FOR TOLLBOOTHS: TINTON FALLS
Decommissioned tollbooths in a yard in Tinton Falls, as photographed by the Star-Ledger’s Robert Sciarrino. (Click to enlarge) Wednesday’s Star-Ledger has a quirky story about what happens to all thoseContinue reading "LAST STOP FOR TOLLBOOTHS: TINTON FALLS"
IT’S ‘TAPS’ FOR RED BANK ARMY-NAVY STORE
Vinny Faiella is calling it quits, closing an Army-Navy store that had its roots at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD With roots that goContinue reading "IT’S ‘TAPS’ FOR RED BANK ARMY-NAVY STORE"
A two-classrooom expansion of Point Road School to accommodate a new all-day kindergarten program won overwhelming approval by Little Silver voters Tuesday, according to figures reported by the Asbury ParkContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER OKS ALL-DAY-KINDERGARTEN"
FAIR HAVEN LAUNCHES LOOKBACK IN STYLE
Kicking off its centennial year, the Borough of Fair Haven hosted a fundraising gala at the Raven and the Peach restaurant that attracted 300 revelers Saturday night. The $20,000 raisedContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN LAUNCHES LOOKBACK IN STYLE"
DON’T JUMP!
With just a week to go until the start of spring and temperatures expected to soar into the low 70s, a snowblower continues its long winter of unemployment atop theContinue reading "DON’T JUMP!"
RED BANK BENCHES AWAIT SPRING BUTTS
Red Bank has completed the installation of 18 new sponsored benches in Marine Park, says borough Administrator Stanley Sickels. The benches, with plaques commemorating loved ones, were sold for $1,500Continue reading "RED BANK BENCHES AWAIT SPRING BUTTS"
BIKE SHOP PLANS WEST FRONT ROLLOUT
Jonathan Erdelyi takes a break from painting the interior of the Red Bicycle Studio, his new bike shop on West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD MoreContinue reading "BIKE SHOP PLANS WEST FRONT ROLLOUT"
The marijuana possession case against former Fair Haven resident Eric Hafner was postponed two weeks by a Middletown judge Monday, the Asbury Park Press reports. Hafner, 20, was the subjectContinue reading "PRESS: MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE POSTPONED"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Howy Green, age 30, from Laurel Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on March 6, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN COPS"
RED BANK FIREFIGHTERS DOWN TWO TRUCKS
Members of the Navesink Hook & Ladder recently tested a surplus tower truck from Middletown for fit in their Mechanic Street firehouse as a potential loaner. See video at redbankgreen‘sContinue reading "RED BANK FIREFIGHTERS DOWN TWO TRUCKS"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of March 2 TO March 9, 2012. This information is unedited. Burglary occurring on 3-3-12Continue reading "JEWELER SCAMMED IN FAUX-GOLD PAWN"
SPRING AHEAD
Sunset, as seen from Parker/Sickles Farm Park in Little Silver Saturday evening. Almost worth losing an hour of sleep when clocks are set ahead in the switch to Daylight SavingContinue reading "SPRING AHEAD"
FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY
“I’d almost rather be incinerated than have to live down here,” says Suellen Sims, below inspecting her new home’s fallout shelter, built beneath an earthen berm alongside Harris Park. (ClickContinue reading "FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY"
RED BANK COPS BACK ON THE BEAT
Patrolman George Travostino walking Broad Street Thursday afternoon. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD George Travostino has been getting a lot of double-takes lately. Like all patrol-duty cops inContinue reading "RED BANK COPS BACK ON THE BEAT"
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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