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The following information about crime activity for the week of January 2 through 9 was supplied by the Red Bank Police Department and appears here unedited. Burglary occurring on 1-2-09 at Broad St.—Jewelry Store. Alarm was activated by unknown person(s)...
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January 12th, 2009 @ 6am
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216 Pine Place in Middletown. A redbankgreen reader with a nose for financial hanky-panky calls our attention to a house for sale in the River Plaza section of Middletown. Turns out this is the home built by two defendants in...
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January 6th, 2009 @ 5am
Middletown police are looking for a Red Bank man in connection with an attempted sexual assault on a woman as she lay asleep next to her husband on Christmas morning. The Asbury Park Press reports that the assailant was known...
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December 30th, 2008 @ 10am
Entries from the Red Bank Police Department desk blotter for the week of December 12 to December 19. This report is unedited by redbankgreen. Theft of Services occurring at Monmouth St. restaurant on 12-13-08. Employee reported that male subject left...
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December 22nd, 2008 @ 6am
The exterior is just about finished at Union Street Village. But as indicated by the' sample' list of residents in the intercom, the eight condo units as well as a commercial space remain vacant. News that three players in Red...
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December 15th, 2008 @ 10am
Unedited entries from the desk log of the Red Bank Police Department for the week of December 5 through 12. Theft occurring on 12-6-08 in the area of White Street. Victim reported that unknown person(s) stole her brown leather purse...
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December 15th, 2008 @ 7am
Unedited entries from the Red Bank Police desk log for the period of November 21 to December 5. Theft occurring on 11-21-08 at Bridge Ave. Victim reported that upon returning to residence after work discovered that cash and clothes had...
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December 8th, 2008 @ 6am
Primary school Principal Rick Cohen and Superintendent Laura Morana at a 2007 event. The Asbury Park Press has a dramatic account today of the previously unreported role of the principal and a guidance counselor at the Red Bank Primary School...
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December 5th, 2008 @ 8am
Details about the roles of Primary School Principal Rick Cohen and guidance counselor Karl Parker in subduing a man as he stabbed his former girlfriend at the school entrance Wednesday morning emerged a day after Superintendent Laura Morana told reporters...
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December 5th, 2008 @ 8am
Officials in Fair Haven are weighing whether to route all emergency calls from the borough to the Monmouth County Sheriff's office as a cost-saving measure, the Asbury Park Press reports today. Under the proposal, all police, fire and first aid...
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December 4th, 2008 @ 10am
Today's Asbury Park Press describes a bloody scene as a 22-year-old Red Bank man stabbed his former girlfriend outside the Red Bank Primary School shortly before 9a Wednesday. Being held on attempted murder and weapons charges is Jorge Vargas Mancilla,...
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December 4th, 2008 @ 6am
Red Bank Schools Superintendent Laura Morana tells redbankgreen that the primary school is functioning normally this morning following a domestic dispute on the school grounds but outside the building. No staff members or children were involved in the incident, which...
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December 3rd, 2008 @ 10am
The Welsh Farms convenience store on East Front Street in Red Bank was robbed at gunpoint Sunday evening, the Asbury Park Press reports. From the report: Police were called to the store about 5 p.m. A clerk told officers that...
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December 2nd, 2008 @ 9am
The Asbury Park Press has some details on the police search for a burglary suspect redbankgreen reported on yesterday. The newspaper says that the subject of the search, which involved a helicopter and police dogs, was a 26-year-old man wanted...
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November 20th, 2008 @ 2pm
A search helicopter (upper right) flies over Route 35 near Nicholas Restaurant Wednesday afternoon. Police from Middletown and Red Bank, aided by a helicopter and search dogs, were out in southern Middletown in search of burglary suspect this afternoon. Homeowners...
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November 19th, 2008 @ 3pm
Grace Scott, left and Cionna Rosenthal of the Rumson Country Day School help homeowner Yvonne Grayson repaint her repeatedly vandalized Obama sign Sunday morning. Late last month, redbankgreen reported on a rash of Obama campaign signs being stolen and vandalized...
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November 17th, 2008 @ 7am
Unedited entries from the Red Bank Police Department activity log for the week of November 7 to 14. Criminal Mischief occurring at Globe Court between 11-6-08 and 11-7-08. Victim reported that unknown person(s) broke two window in the business. Ptl....
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November 17th, 2008 @ 6am
Here's the latest crime report from the Red Bank Police Department, covering the week of October 31 to November 7. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 10-30-08 at Tower Hill Ave. Victim reported that unknown person(s) spray-painted the side...
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November 10th, 2008 @ 6am
Six days after police in Little Silver arrested a Red Bank man on drug possession charges, they arrested him again Wednesday after finding a loaded pistol and holl-point bullets in his impounded car, the Asbury Park Press reports today. From...
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November 7th, 2008 @ 7am
Crimes reported to the Red Bank Police Department during the week of October 24 to 31. The information is unedited. Theft occurring on 10-24-08 at Monmouth St. Victim reported that cash was stolen from purse. Ptl. Paul Perez. Theft occurring...
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November 3rd, 2008 @ 5am
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
St. James Church praying mantis 102026
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
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)