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Category Archives: Accidents

RED BANK: WIND RIPS ROOF OFF HIGH-RISE
Strong winds peeled back the roofing atop the Grandville Tower high rise on Morford Place in Red Bank Monday afternoon, leaving it flapping over the edge of the 10-story building.Continue reading "RED BANK: WIND RIPS ROOF OFF HIGH-RISE"
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October 29th, 2012 @ 4pm
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SHREWSBURY: WIRES DOWN ON SYCAMORE
Emergency workers closed a stretch of Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury around 2 p.m. Monday after a tree limb took down some wires. An auto accident apparently occurred nearby, with aContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: WIRES DOWN ON SYCAMORE"
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October 29th, 2012 @ 3pm
This just in from the Middletown PD: Middletown Twp. Police report they are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash which occurred at State Highway 36 Southbound and Wilson Avenue atContinue reading "WOMAN STRUCK AND KILLED IN MIDDLETOWN"
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October 22nd, 2012 @ 8am
RED BANK: TREE DOWN
A large tree fell on Monmouth Street in Red Bank Sunday morning, damaging a fence at the Crossfit Triple Threat gym at the corner of Pearl Street. Winds were lightContinue reading "RED BANK: TREE DOWN"
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October 15th, 2012 @ 5am
RED BANK COPS HALT GAS VALVE WORK
An NJNG crew packs it in after being ordered by police to stop work on a nearly completed gas regulator valve replacement on Monmouth Street Friday morning. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK COPS HALT GAS VALVE WORK"
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October 12th, 2012 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RAIL FATALITY WAS A SUICIDE
The victim was struck by at the West Bergen Place crossing at about 9:18 p.m. Saturday, according to New Jersey Transit. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD [Update, 2:45Continue reading "RED BANK: RAIL FATALITY WAS A SUICIDE"
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October 7th, 2012 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: CAR AND MOTORCYLE COLLIDE
A motorcyclist appeared conscious and alert after a collision with a sedan on Branch Avenue at Pinckney Road in Little Silver shortly before 4 p.m. Friday. Further information was notContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CAR AND MOTORCYLE COLLIDE"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 4pm
NO SERIOUS INJURIES IN TWO-CAR CRASH
It took emergency volunteers more than half an hour to extricate a 36-year-old Red Bank woman after a two-car smashup on Newman Springs Road Thursday night, but no one oneContinue reading "NO SERIOUS INJURIES IN TWO-CAR CRASH"
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October 5th, 2012 @ 9am
A 27-year-old Red Bank woman died after being struck by a vehicle while walking in a Middletown parking lot Monday morning, township police said. Janet Ramos-Morales, whose street address wasContinue reading "RED BANK WOMAN DIES AFTER ACCIDENT"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 10pm
OOH, THAT’S GOTTA BE EMBARRASSING
A pricey Ford GT sports car ended up kissing a tree on Rumson Road near the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge in a one-car crash Sunday afternoon. Police said they don’t knowContinue reading "OOH, THAT’S GOTTA BE EMBARRASSING"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 12pm
Police closed down Galloping Hill at Van Schoick roads after the accident, which occurred shortly after 10 a.m. A two-car accident near the Middletown-Holmdel border claimed the lives of aContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN MAN AND SON KILLED IN CRASH"
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October 1st, 2012 @ 5am
NO GREEN LIGHT YET FOR RED-LIGHT CAMS
The intersection of Broad Street and Shrewsbury Avenue is one of two under consideration by borough officials for red-light cameras. (Photo by Rebecca Desfosse. Click to enlarge) By REBECCA DESFOSSEContinue reading "NO GREEN LIGHT YET FOR RED-LIGHT CAMS"
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September 26th, 2012 @ 11am
The intersection of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard is slated for $225,000 in pedestrian safety improvements. One of Red Bank’s busiest intersections has been singled out for aContinue reading "WEST SIDE CROSSING TO GET SAFETY UPGRADE"
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September 24th, 2012 @ 1pm
The first aiders are looking for help responding to more than 800 EMS calls a year. (Click to enlarge) This edition of Done Good focuses on appeals for help fromContinue reading "EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SEEK HELP"
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September 19th, 2012 @ 6am
WIND PARKS LIMBS ATOP CARS
Gusty winds played havoc all over the Green Tuesday, taking down tree limbs that strained utility wires and gave car owners headaches. Above, the aftermath of a limb collapse thatContinue reading "WIND PARKS LIMBS ATOP CARS"
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September 18th, 2012 @ 5pm
STUDENT’S DEATH PROMPTS RASH OF RUMORS
By JOHN T. WARD An 18-year-old senior at Red Bank Regional died suddenly at home early Monday morning, and authorities were racing to dispel rumors that she had been murdered,Continue reading "STUDENT’S DEATH PROMPTS RASH OF RUMORS"
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September 10th, 2012 @ 5pm
Sea Bright’s volunteer emergency services are pulling for one of their own following a boogie-boarding accident that left a first aider with a broken neck Thursday. Police Chief John SorrentinoContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT FIRST AIDER INJURED IN OCEAN"
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September 7th, 2012 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER HOUSE FIRE CONTAINED
The second story of an addition to the house was heavily damaged. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD About 15 volunteer firefighters stopped an early-morning fire that heavily damagedContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER HOUSE FIRE CONTAINED"
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September 1st, 2012 @ 8am
ALL SETTLED AFTER CAR FLIP
A black GMC Envoy overturned in Red Bank on Thursday at about 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of Madison and Branch avenues. Sgt. Mike Furlong was headed to Riverview MedicalContinue reading "ALL SETTLED AFTER CAR FLIP"
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August 30th, 2012 @ 1pm
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
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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 ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...