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Though violent crime declined, a jump in reported thefts boosted Red Bank’s crime rate through the first 11 months of 2013, according to data released last Friday by the NewContinue reading "RED BANK: VIOLENT CRIME DOWN, THEFT UP"
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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of December 27, 2013 to January 2, 2014. Report of Theft in the area ofContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE ACTIVITY"
•Middletown police released the following on Friday afternoon regarding a robbery Thursday evening: On December 19, 2013 at approximately 6:45 p.m. the Middletown Police Department responded to a report ofContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ARREST IN DRUG ROBBERY"
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of December 7 to December 13, 2013. Report of Theft by Deception in the areaContinue reading "SHREWSBURY BLOTTER"
RED BANK: FIXX GETS 20-DAY SHUTDOWN
The settlement of charges calls for the West Front Street bar to meet a list of conditions involving security. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: FIXX GETS 20-DAY SHUTDOWN"
RED BANK: NEW CHIEF TAKES COMMAND OF PD
Darren McConnell chats with Mary Ellen McCarthy, the widow of late Red Bank Police Chief Steve McCarthy, shortly before his swearing-in as McCarthy’s sucessor Wednesday evening. McConnnell, 44, joined theContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW CHIEF TAKES COMMAND OF PD"
RED BANK: McCONNELL TO BE NAMED CHIEF
Captain Darren McConnell is expected to be named chief of the Red Bank police department at Wednesday night’s borough council meeting, redbankgreen has learned. McConnell has been the officer inContinue reading "RED BANK: McCONNELL TO BE NAMED CHIEF"
RED BANK: PAY-TO-PLAY RULES IN PLAY
Elected officials would be permitted to vote on applications by their campaign contributors under a law change that’s up for a vote in Red Bank this week. And the upperContinue reading "RED BANK: PAY-TO-PLAY RULES IN PLAY"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of December 5 to December 12, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE REPORTS"
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of November 30 to December 6, 2013. •Report of Theft in the area of Harmon’sContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CRIME REPORTS"
How’s this for gratitude? After Red Bank police gave an Ocean County man a ride to the to the borough train station Monday evening, he became belligerent and wound upContinue reading "UNGRATEFUL, UNRULY & UNDER ARREST"
A tentative deal to settle allegations arising from recent melees has tentative agreement, the mayor says. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fixx, theContinue reading "RED BANK: FIXX SETTLEMENT EXPECTED"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 28 to December 5, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of November 23 to November 29, 2013. •Report of Theft in the area of ThornbrookContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: LINGERIE PINCHED FROM GROVE"
RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK BILLIARDS TO REOPEN
Lucky Break was closed for more than two months as the owner struggled to find a way out of red tape over BYOB rules.  (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK BILLIARDS TO REOPEN"
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. •Jusino Wilfredo, age 43, from Vermeer Drive in South Amboy, NJ, arrested on November 14, 2013Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BUSY BLOTTER"
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 21 to November 28, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: BurglaryContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR HIT WITH EGGS AND SYRUP"
RUMSON: OXFORD HOUSE REACHES OUT
“Not the best mix” of residents formed the initial population at the Oxford House when it opened in Rumson in August, a facility official told neighbors Tuesday night. One ofContinue reading "RUMSON: OXFORD HOUSE REACHES OUT"
RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM
James Hertler, below, shut down Lucky Break Billiards in September, a month after police cracked down over BYOB issues. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD How’s this for anContinue reading "RED BANK: LUCKY BREAK’S SHATTERED DREAM"
The owner of an investment firm based in Fair Haven was arrested Monday on charges he ran an $18 million Ponzi scheme, federal authorities said. Louis J. Spina, 56, formerlyContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: FEDS CHARGE $18 MILLION SCAM"
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.