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SUV HITS POLE IN LITTLE SILVER
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
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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
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
GARDENERS ADVISED TO MAKE NICE
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?
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
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
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
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
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
YOUNG RUMSON BAKERS RAISE SOME DOUGH
Sophie Shea, center, and Kristina Taylor, right working their roadside bake sale with friend Willow Nicolaides on Saturday. (Click to enlarge) By STEPHANIE SCHROEPFER What began as a curbside nickel-and-dime lemonadeContinue reading "YOUNG RUMSON BAKERS RAISE SOME DOUGH"
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April 24th, 2012 @ 10am
Video purporting to show cars racing to a Ferrari rally in Red Bank in 2010. (Warning: crude language. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD An explosive scandal alleging thatContinue reading "RACING SCANDAL SPREADS TO RED BANK"
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April 23rd, 2012 @ 2pm
YOUR CHOICE: YELLOW, YELLOW OR YELLOW
Environmental Commission member Lou DiMento speaks with resident Ann Roseman behind the new recycling bins at Sunday’s Earth Day fair at the Red Bank Middle School. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "YOUR CHOICE: YELLOW, YELLOW OR YELLOW"
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April 23rd, 2012 @ 11am
BRINGING A LITTLE EARTH DAY RAIN INDOORS
Dozens of Red Bank residents ignored Sunday’s rain to turn out at an Earth Day fair at the Red Bank Middle School, where a rapt audience of children simulated rainfallContinue reading "BRINGING A LITTLE EARTH DAY RAIN INDOORS"
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April 23rd, 2012 @ 10am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of April 13 to April 20, 2012. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK CHARGES TEEN WITH DWI"
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April 23rd, 2012 @ 8am
SAYING ‘CHEESE’ IN THE STREET
redbankgreen‘s Accidental Photographer came upon Dan Campbell (in black suit) and the men of his wedding party beaming in the sunshine on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Saturday. (Click toContinue reading "SAYING ‘CHEESE’ IN THE STREET"
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April 23rd, 2012 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • David Matheny, age 50, from Seaside Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on April 17, 2012 by CorporalContinue reading "PAIR ARRESTED FOR HALLUCINOGENS"
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April 23rd, 2012 @ 6am
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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 ...