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Revelers beware: Red Bank Police are stepping up their enforcement of drinking-and-driving laws this month. It starts tonight, with a DWI checkpoint on Newman Springs Road. Cops will be out there from 11p to 3a. There will also be more...
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By LINDA G. RASTELLI Three Red Bank residents have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a rash of burglaries of cars in Fair Haven, Rumson, Red Bank and Little Silver, according to Fair Haven Police Chief Darryl...
A trial in the DWI fatality case against Red Bank Red Hot publisher Claudia Ansorge may be scheduled for January or February, her attorney said this morning, following a procedural hearing in Red Bank Municipal Court. Attorney Peter O'Mara of...
Borough residents want the speed limit north of the downtown lowered to 35 mph. Here, at the south end, it's 30 mph as you head north into the business district. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Sea Bright residents want to take...
Another day, another mailboxful of slime. Today's delivery includes the same attack-and-counterattack voters (and, presumably, ex-voters) have gotten accustomed to in recent weeks. But one item in particular stands out not only from today's load, but from much of what's...
Today's Asbury Park Press has a story on Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck's three license suspensions, which have been publicized by her opponent for the 12th-district state Senate seat, incumbent Ellen Karcher. The most recent suspension was in 1995, and Beck hasn't...
Local authorities are expecting heavy traffic with this weekend's Breeders' Cup events at Monmouth Park, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the article: On Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and on Saturday between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.,...
It's not like we spend our days looking for cars driving into oncoming traffic. It just keeps happening in front of us. Six weeks ago, we caught a car going the wrong way in the new traffic 'roundabout' in Lincroft,...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI When Monmouth County's first 'roundabout' — a miniature version of the old, widely dreaded traffic circle — opened at the entrance to Brookdale Community College in late August, a clutch of local and county officials turned...
It's official: westbound vehicles on Harding Road are now barred from making left turns onto Tower Hill Avenue. Here's a press release issued Tuesday by Red Bank Police Lt. Darren McConnell of the traffic safety bureau: Traffic Pattern Change Motorists...
Is Red Bank about to start buzzing with funny-looking little electric cars? Could be, if early adapters follow the leads of two trendsetters. One is a furniture store known for impeccable taste in modern design. The other, as unlikely as...
Christela Diaz, the Aberdeen woman who gave birth to a boy in her car near exit 109 of the Parkway Tuesday, tells the Asbury Park Press that she and her husband were shocked by little Zachary's sudden arrival. For one...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI The building's roof is somewhat swaybacked, and the slatted wood walls are fringed near the ground by the ravages of water. But it serves its purpose. Likewise for the elderly pair who own this place. Essie...
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The Wall Township police captain found not guilty of drunken driving by Red Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman in May plans to sue his employer for $5 million, according to news reports today. The arresting officer in the case,...
The Route 36 bridge as seen from the entrance to Sandy Hook. In official terms, a proposed new bridge to replace the one that links Sea Bright with Highlands is a 'go.' The New Jersey Department of Transportation says it...
A westbound car, at left, heads into oncoming traffic in the new roundabout outside Brookdale Community College this morning. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Just moments after Monmouth County and Middletown officials packed up their press conference to tout a "safer"...
Red Bank Police will man a DWI spot-check on Newman Springs Road beginning at 11p tonight, the department says in a press release. The sobriety checkpoint will stay up until 3a. Extra patrols will also be on the lookout for...
Most weekdays during the school year, parking gets pretty tight along East Bergen Place between Broad and South streets. The return of autumn means that Broad Street Post Office employees who find refuge for their cars at the Red Bank...
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.