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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Keith Monaghan, age 18, from Commonwealth Avenue in Red Bank, NJ, arrested on April 24, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: SEX ASSAULT ALLEGED"
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April 30th, 2012 @ 1pm
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The restaurant is doing an extensive overhaul at 33 Broad Street and plans a September opening, says the landlord. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD You’ll be able toContinue reading "CHAR GETS LIQUORED UP & LANDLORD SCORES"
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April 30th, 2012 @ 12pm
The driver of an SUV that smacked head-on into a utility pole in Little Silver Friday evening has been charged with drunken driving and fleeing the scene, police Chief DanContinue reading "DRIVER CHARGED WITH DWI, FLEEING SCENE"
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April 30th, 2012 @ 10am
RED BANK: FOODIE TREK AROUND THE WORLD
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Like the past two autumn Oysterfests, Red Bank Flavour’s new International Flavour Fest on Sunday will bulge at the belt line of the White Street parking lot. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: FOODIE TREK AROUND THE WORLD"
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April 30th, 2012 @ 7am
Three men, including one from Middletown, are facing allegations they robbed a man on a Red Bank street when one of them posed as a cop, Red Bank police announcedContinue reading "TRIO CHARGED IN FAUX-COP ROBBERY"
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April 29th, 2012 @ 12pm
SUV HITS POLE IN LITTLE SILVER
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Little Silver police closed Branch Avenue between Pinckney Road and Silverton Avenue after an SUV smashed into a utility pole around 6 p.m. Friday. No information about the accident orContinue reading "SUV HITS POLE IN LITTLE SILVER"
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April 27th, 2012 @ 6pm
A state Superior Court judge has overturned the harassment conviction of one of three Sea Bright firefighters involved in a firehouse scuffle 18 months ago, redbankgreen has learned. In anContinue reading "JUDGE TOSSES CONVICTION IN BRAWL CASE"
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April 27th, 2012 @ 6pm
Red Bank police abandoned a high-speed chase that took them up the Garden State Parkway nearly to the Raritan River early Friday morning, authorities say. The  incident began at aboutContinue reading "RED BANK COPS IN HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT"
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April 27th, 2012 @ 1pm
BOMB THREAT EMPTIES BROKERAGE
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Red Bank police and a NJ Transit dog were on the scene as as authorities investigated a report of a bomb left in the underground parking garage of Merrill LynchContinue reading "BOMB THREAT EMPTIES BROKERAGE"
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April 27th, 2012 @ 12pm
PAINTING, AND CLOTHING, THE TOWNS PINK
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A profusion of pink explodes from local wardrobes this time of year, as evidenced by these pix from the 2011 Girls’ Night Out party in Pink Bank. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "PAINTING, AND CLOTHING, THE TOWNS PINK"
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April 27th, 2012 @ 8am
GARDENERS ADVISED TO MAKE NICE
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Concerns expressed by the proposed garden site’s neighbors must be addressed before any planting can occur, town officials said. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank officials toldContinue reading "GARDENERS ADVISED TO MAKE NICE"
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April 26th, 2012 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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A second clue to last week’s Where Have I Seen This? didn’t keep some fans of this feature from going a bit astray. One guessed it was taken at Prown’sContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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April 26th, 2012 @ 8am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. • April 8- A Fraud was reported to have taken place at a residence on Winding Way. P.O.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER POLICE BLOTTER"
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April 26th, 2012 @ 6am
The unacknowledged elephant in the room: the Welsh Farms on East Front Street, now seeking to convert to an all-day 7-Eleven. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Without explainingContinue reading "RED BANK AIMS TO BAN OVERNIGHT BUSINESS"
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April 26th, 2012 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER SEARCH YIELDS NOTHING
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Police presence was high on the roads bordering the marshland, including Prospect Avenue, above. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD An intensive manhunt for two suspected burglars in LittleContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER SEARCH YIELDS NOTHING"
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April 25th, 2012 @ 1pm
MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN LITTLE SILVER
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A tracking dog from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s office arriving at a home on Prospect Avenue at noon. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Police and tracking dogs fromContinue reading "MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN LITTLE SILVER"
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April 25th, 2012 @ 12pm
READYING RED BANK’S RED CLAY COURTS
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It doesn’t look very red now, but the outlook for fans of Red Bank’s red clay courts is rosy. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER A recent visit to RedContinue reading "READYING RED BANK’S RED CLAY COURTS"
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April 25th, 2012 @ 10am
OPERA AND DANCE TO LIGHT UP RBR STAGE
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Rehearsing for this week’s Spring Dance Concerts at Red Bank Regional, VPA dance majors include (front row, left to right) Phoenicia Butler, Jessica Adderly, Dillion Jackson, plus (back row, leftContinue reading "OPERA AND DANCE TO LIGHT UP RBR STAGE"
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April 25th, 2012 @ 9am
Town officials are hoping to determine if a time capsule featured in a 1976 celebration of the nation’s 200th anniversary at Fair Haven’s Bicentennial Hall was buried or misplaced. (ClickContinue reading "CONFUSION OVER FAIR HAVEN TIME CAPSULES"
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April 25th, 2012 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On April 22, 2012 Patrolman Adam Colfer responded to a report of a collision at the intersectionContinue reading "MTOWN: COCAINE CHARGE FOLLOWS ACCIDENT"
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April 24th, 2012 @ 2pm
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
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 ...