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One of three doughnut shop employees convicted in a 1991 murder in a Red Bank medical office has had his latest appeal denied, today's Asbury Park Press reports. In one of the borough's more sensational crimes, 22-year-old Wanda Pandure was...
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 6am
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[PLEASE SEE THE EDITOR'S NOTE, POSTED JAN. 22, 2008, AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE] One of two Red Bank men sworn in last week as probationary police officers has already been dropped from the training program, a department official...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 5pm
Several dozen Red Bank residents gathered at the Mount Zion House of Prayer Saturday afternoon for discussion about ways to head off violence by young people. The event was prompted by the November shooting of two brothers at Montgomery Terrace,...
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January 21st, 2008 @ 6am
Red Bank Municipal Judge William Himelman has set a special court date to try the driving-while-intoxicated charge against local publisher and advertising agency owner Claudia Ansorge. The case will be tried beginning at 8:30a on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Municipal court...
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January 16th, 2008 @ 10am
Nicholas D. Maletto, at left with his mom, and Milton A. Gray IV, with his girlfriend and daughter, below, give their oaths as new new police officers. Borough Clerk Carol Vivona administered the oaths. Click on photos to enlarge. The...
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January 15th, 2008 @ 7am
Updating our prior post on Bank Street police activity this morning: Tinton Falls Police Capt. David Trevena tells us officers from that department were led into Red Bank by one of their K-9 dogs on the trail of a suspect...
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January 7th, 2008 @ 2pm
Dr. Philip Eatough, the Rumson pain-management physician facing a slew of charges related to drug prescribing, should be allowed to continue operating his Middletown practice in the interim, but under strict limits, a state panel has recommended. Today's Star-Ledger reports...
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January 4th, 2008 @ 7am
Red Bank Police have arrested a suspect in the early New Year's Day stabbing on Drs. Parker Boulevard. Ruben Johnson, 40, was arrested on an unrelated contempt-of-court warrant by police, according to Capt. Steve McCarthy. Though he was already a...
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January 3rd, 2008 @ 5pm
Red Bank Police are looking for assailants whose names they're not yet disclosing in connection with a stabbing at a West Side party early New Year's day. The victim, whose identity also wasn't disclosed, is in stable condition in the...
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January 2nd, 2008 @ 4pm
Dr. Philip Eatough, the Rumson physician who faces criminal charges for alleged overprescribing painkillers, got some key support today at hearing over the fate of his medical license, the Asbury Park Press reports. At a hearing before the New Jersey...
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January 2nd, 2008 @ 1pm
Janet Hostrup of Middletown hugs her 27-year-old son, Christian, after he was sworn in as Fair Haven's newest policeman Tuesday. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Detective Joseph McGovern was promoted to lieutenant and Christian Hostrup of Middletown was sworn in as...
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January 2nd, 2008 @ 10am
Red Bank Police Chief Mark Fitzgerald confirmed yesterday that a stabbing occurred on New Year's Eve on or near Dr. Parkers Boulevard. Details of the incident will be released today, he told redbankgreen. Also over the holiday, a 20-year-old Middletown...
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January 2nd, 2008 @ 6am
A suspect whose escape in the Dec. 10 burglary of a Catherine Street home was said to be witnessed by neighbors has been arrested, according to police Capt. Steve McCarthy, head of the detective bureau. Milo Rainey, 28, who police...
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December 27th, 2007 @ 3pm
A Rumson physician who was indicted in October on federal drug charges is facing a possible loss of his medical license, the Asbury Park Press reports today. The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners took up the administrative case of...
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December 21st, 2007 @ 6am
Re Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman expressed frustration this morning over delays concerning evidence in the DWI case of local publisher Claudia Ansorge. "It's now too long" since a Monmouth County Grand Jury decided not to indict Ansorge last...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 12pm
A state hearing on the fate of Best Liquors' booze license has been pushed back until March. An administrative law judge with the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division granted a request, submitted yesterday by the store's attorney, asking for an...
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December 18th, 2007 @ 9am
A Red Bank patrolman will lose his job but won't face jail time after pleading guilty to assault and falsifying police records, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. Officer Steven Adams, 28, was indicted in October by a Monmouth County...
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December 17th, 2007 @ 10pm
An anonymous donor, acting through the Red Bank Men's Club, has posted a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of Anthony Sims Jr., wanted in connection with last month's shooting at Montgomery Terrace that left two brothers...
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December 15th, 2007 @ 12pm
A homeless juvenile arrested in late October for burglarizing several address on East Bergen Place turns out not to be a minor after all, Red Bank Police say they have learned. Ismael Rojas-Vela turns out to be 19 years old,...
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December 13th, 2007 @ 10am
A former Middletown cop with a long rap sheet involving booze and driving faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to DWI charges in connection with a 2-year-old boy's death in Hudson County earlier this year,...
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December 13th, 2007 @ 6am
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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 ...
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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.