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A federal judge in Trenton has ordered the owners of the ‘Girls Gone Wild‘ pixelated-flesh empire to pay $3 million to a 27-year-old woman whose identity was misused in aContinue reading "WOMAN DEFAMED IN DUPRÉ VIDEO WINS $3M"
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August 16th, 2012 @ 4pm
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MAN ARRESTED FOR FIGHT, HIT & RUN
The unidentified suspect being taken into custody by Little Silver police at Rumson Road and Riverside Drive in Rumson. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Little Silver police arrestedContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR FIGHT, HIT & RUN"
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August 16th, 2012 @ 11am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. July 3- Robert Meyer, 26, of Red Bank, NJ, was arrested following a motor vehicle stop for aContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FOUR BURGLARIES REPORTED"
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August 16th, 2012 @ 6am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s photo: the former Douglas Auto Electric shop at the corner of Maple Avenue and West Bergen Place/Drs. James Parker Boulevard in Red Bank, which was in the processContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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August 16th, 2012 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. • 7/4/12 -Cpl. Waltz and Ptl. Reevey arrested Francis Luby, 19, Rumson, and charged him with Disorderly Conduct.Continue reading "NO FARE! CABBIE GETS STIFFED IN FAIR HAVEN"
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August 15th, 2012 @ 3pm
DON’T TELL THEM THEY’RE NOT KIDS ANYMORE
At the top of the fifth, it was Rumson 13, Oceanport 11 at an over-40 slow-pitch playoff game Tuesday night at Patterson Park in Shrewsbury. (Click to enlarge)
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August 15th, 2012 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN BACKSTOPS OPEN-SPACE BID
Borough officials are eyeing this Third Avenue property as a potential parking lot for Fair Haven Fields, which is accessible via the backyard. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN BACKSTOPS OPEN-SPACE BID"
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August 14th, 2012 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN RINGS ITS BELLS FOR BIKERS
The annual Tour de Fair Haven raced into that century-old town Sunday, complete with tailgating spectators, a bike-themed house decorating contest and hard-charging professional cyclists. redbankgreen‘s Stacie Fanelli was there withContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN RINGS ITS BELLS FOR BIKERS"
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August 13th, 2012 @ 3pm
Two drivers were injured and traffic around the Little Silver train station was tied up for about an hour after two cars collided at rush hour Monday morning, police said.Continue reading "TWO INJURED IN LITTLE SILVER CRASH"
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August 13th, 2012 @ 12pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 3 to August 10, 2012. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "VANDALS EPOXY DOOR LOCK, DAMAGE BOAT"
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August 13th, 2012 @ 7am
MORE SUMMER RAIN EXPECTED
Doomy clouds loomed over Fair Haven and Red Bank Friday afternoon as weather forecasts called for possible thunderstorms Friday night and Saturday, followed by sunshine on Sunday. (Click to enlarge)
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August 10th, 2012 @ 5pm
MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHTS RED BANK EATERIES
A screen grab of the article posted Friday. (Click to enlarge) Inside Jersey, the monthly magazine of the Star-Ledger, calls out Red Bank as one of ‘Jersey’s Dining Dozen’ inContinue reading "MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHTS RED BANK EATERIES"
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August 10th, 2012 @ 4pm
Antonio ‘Mingo’ Suarez-Perez, left, will not be eligible for parole. Co-defendants Samson Theodore ‘Freedom’ Hearn, center, and Eric Joel ‘Pun’ Figueras testified against him. The triggerman in 2009’s vicious double homicideContinue reading "KILLER OF TWO G ...
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August 10th, 2012 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • JD Rockafellow, age 23, from South Avenue in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, arrested on August 7, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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August 10th, 2012 @ 10am
RED BANK TWEAKS KIOSKS FOR SHORT STAYS
One of Red Bank’s new parking pay stations, on Wharf Avenue. (Click to enlarge) We’ll take credit for this one. Red Bank parking officials say they have reprogrammed the newContinue reading "RED BANK TWEAKS KIOSKS FOR SHORT STAYS"
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August 9th, 2012 @ 1pm
RBC TO PAY MORE FOR BASIE FIELDS TURF
The addition of two artificial turf fields will bring the total at Count Basie Fields to three under the lights. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank CatholicContinue reading "RBC TO PAY MORE FOR BASIE FIELDS TURF"
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August 9th, 2012 @ 1pm
RED BANK COUNCIL HONORS THREE
Officials commended Doug Lang for helping an 88-year-old woman who’d fallen and hit her head. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s governing body honored three people at its bimonthly meeting WednesdayContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL HONORS THREE"
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August 9th, 2012 @ 11am
SUMMER SAIL
Young competitors prepare to drop their sailboats into the Navesink River from the dock at Monmouth Boat Club at the annual Junior Sweeps in Red Bank Wednesday. The two-day event,Continue reading "SUMMER SAIL"
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August 9th, 2012 @ 10am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
One reader slipped and fell, but eighteen others skated to the correct answer to last week’s Where.
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August 9th, 2012 @ 7am
ROMNEY EXPECTED IN RUMSON TONIGHT
The long driveway to the Rumson home of former Port Authority chairman Lewis Eisenberg, where Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to appear at a private fundraising dinner withContinue reading "ROMNEY EXPECTED IN RUMSON TONIGHT"
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August 8th, 2012 @ 12pm
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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 ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...