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Category Archives: Accidents

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
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A NIGHT OUT IN FAIR HAVEN AND RED BANK
Four-year-old Zach Halpern gets airborne for a ring toss at the Fair Haven PD’s National Night Out celebration of police and community relations Tuesday. At the Red Bank edition, teens woreContinue reading "A NIGHT OUT IN FAIR HAVEN AND RED BANK"
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August 8th, 2012 @ 9am
A 21-year-old Fair Haven man was treated at a hospital Tuesday after his ex-girlfriend accidentally ran over his foot with her car, Red Bank police said. The incident, witnessed byContinue reading "DRIVER LEAVES EX-BOYFRIEND FLAT-FOOTED"
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July 31st, 2012 @ 7pm
THE AXEMAN COMETH
An unidentified axe-wielding man, one of two on the scene, chops away at a tree that fell across Harding Road just east of Spring Street in a thunderstorm that blewContinue reading "THE AXEMAN COMETH"
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July 26th, 2012 @ 9pm
SAILBOAT SMASHED IN RIVER HIT-AND-RUN
Employees at Carriage House Marina in Sea Bright look over the Nonsuch catboat that they say was damaged beyond repair in the crash. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "SAILBOAT SMASHED IN RIVER HIT-AND-RUN"
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July 23rd, 2012 @ 3pm
By JOHN T. WARD A Middletown man has been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury for a multi-town rampage in which he’s alleged to have smashed his car intoContinue reading "M’TOWN MAN INDICTED IN ALLEGED RAMPAGE"
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July 18th, 2012 @ 10am
SAVING LIVES, TRANSFORMING THEIR OWN
Karr Mullen, front, and Christopher Faherty at a reunion of former Little Silver EMS Cadets on Saturday. Below, Elizabeth Giblin. (Photos by Connor Soltas. Click to enlarge) By CONNOR SOLTASContinue reading "SAVING LIVES, TRANSFORMING THEIR OWN"
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July 18th, 2012 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN OPTS FOR ‘COMPLETE STREETS’
The intersection of River Road and Fair Haven Road boasts some key features of “Complete Streets” design, including distinctive crosswalks. (Photo by Connor Soltas. Click to enlarge) By CONNOR SOLTASContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN OPTS FOR ‘COMPLETE STREETS’"
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July 17th, 2012 @ 9am
CAR V. POLE AND FENCE IN FAIR HAVEN
A car struck a utility pole and crashed through a fence on Prospect Avenue near Harding Road in Fair Haven at about 9:30 Saturday morning. Neighbors said at least oneContinue reading "CAR V. POLE AND FENCE IN FAIR HAVEN"
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July 7th, 2012 @ 10am
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON BROAD
The scene on Broad Street shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday. (Click to enlarge) A Red Bank man suffered a head injury of unknown severity when he was struck by aContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON BROAD"
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July 6th, 2012 @ 4pm
A stove fire involving candle wax left a Red Bank woman with significant burns to both hands Monday morning, borough police report. Susan Frieri, 51, of Branch Avenue, was transportedContinue reading "RED BANK WOMAN BURNED IN WAX FIRE"
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July 2nd, 2012 @ 3pm
MIDDLETOWN ADJUSTS TO WATER LIMITS
“You don’t realize how much you use water” until the supply is restricted, said Don Cunningham, owner of Junction Bagels & Subs. Below, Charlie Rogers of Middletown’s Office of EmergencyContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN ADJUSTS TO WATER LIMITS"
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July 2nd, 2012 @ 12pm
NJNG TO REPLACE ALL SIDEWALK VALVES
The disputed gas pressure regulators are beneath steel covers like this one outside 12 Broad Street. The utility contends they should be above ground for safety, like the one outsideContinue reading "NJNG TO REPLACE ALL SIDEWALK VALVES"
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June 29th, 2012 @ 4pm
COW PUT DOWN AFTER RIVER PLAZA ACCIDENT
One of the two cows that got loose in lower Middletown early Tuesday. Her half-sister was destroyed by police after she was struck by a car. (Photo courtesy of MaryContinue reading "COW PUT DOWN AFTER RIVER PLAZA ACCIDENT"
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June 26th, 2012 @ 9am
LIGHTS ON IN LITTLE SILVER
New flashing amber and red lights at White Road and Branch Avenue in Little Silver joined a pair at Rumson Road and Branch, in foreground above, over the weekend. TheContinue reading "LIGHTS ON IN LITTLE SILVER"
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June 25th, 2012 @ 8am
A 22-year-old Ocean County man was sentenced to seven years in state prison for killing a Middletown father of five in a 2011 Parkway accident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter WarshawContinue reading "DRUNK DRIVER: SEVEN YEARS FOR FATALITY"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 5pm
HOAX CALL TAB: $330,000 AND COUNTING
Buses arrive at Sandy Hook
An ambulance arriving at Fort Hancock Monday evening, above, joining a growing number at two staging areas. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Calm and collected, the anonymous callerContinue reading "HOAX CALL TAB: $330,000 AND COUNTING"
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June 13th, 2012 @ 7am
ACCIDENT DEMO DRIVES HOME SAFETY LESSON
RBR students look on as emergency personnel perform an extrication of a ‘victim’ trapped in a vehicle. Below, Joy Jones displays a portrait of her son Steven as she speaksContinue reading "ACCIDENT DEMO DRIVES HOME SAFETY LESSON"
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May 25th, 2012 @ 1pm
ALL OK AS FIRE GUTS RED BANK TWO-FAMILY
Firefighters found the blaze strongest at the northwest corner of the house, as seen from a neighboring backyard, above, and from Hudson Avenue, below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "ALL OK AS FIRE GUTS RED BANK TWO-FAMILY"
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May 17th, 2012 @ 4am
REPORT OF WASTE OFF FAIR HAVEN DISPUTED
A sewerage authority representative said a line on the Fair Haven beach near the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club, in background, is slated for replacement but is not leaking. (Click toContinue reading "REPORT OF WASTE OFF FAIR HAVEN DISPUTED"
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May 12th, 2012 @ 10pm
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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 ...