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POLICE: TEEN CURFEW WORKS
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This year, for the first time since 1998, the Mischief Night/Halloween combo falls on a Friday and Saturday. Does that portend trouble in the form of tissued utility lines, eggedContinue reading "POLICE: TEEN CURFEW WORKS"
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October 28th, 2009 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Peter Paras, a Red Bank family law attorney who was run over in a by a Jeep in the parking lot of the Galleria shopping and office complex in 2002,Continue reading "GALLERIA AMBUSH TARGET TESTIFIES"
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October 28th, 2009 @ 6am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of October 16 to October 23, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 10-16-09 atContinue reading "POLICE BLOTTER: A STOLEN GARBAGE CAN?"
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October 27th, 2009 @ 6am
More than seven years after a lawyer was run over by a Jeep at the Galleria Red Bank in an attempted murder, a former client accused of masterminding the crimeContinue reading "GALLERIA RUBOUT ATTEMPT NEARS TRIAL"
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October 21st, 2009 @ 11am
Responding to chatter about last Friday’s incident at Red Bank Regional High, in which four young men entered the school in an alleged attempt to settle a score with aContinue reading "RBR TARGETS TRESPASSING ‘SPECULATION’"
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October 21st, 2009 @ 10am
A little more than a month after his estranged wife and co-worker Jonelle Melton was found murdered in her Neptune City apartment, Red Bank Middle School teacher Michael Melton hasContinue reading "SLAIN TEACHER’S EX SPEAKS"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 7am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of October 9 to October 16, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Theft occurring at Oakland Street restaurantContinue reading "STOLEN: PATIO UMBRELLA, LICENSE PLATES"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 5am
[Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an earlier post, incorporating information supplied at 5:30p by the Little Silver Police Deapartment] Four non-student teenagers were arrested on trespassing chargesContinue reading "FOUR IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR RBR TRESPASS"
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October 16th, 2009 @ 3pm
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of October 2 to October 9, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Theft occurring on 10-1-09 at W.Continue reading "LAST WEEK ON THE POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 12th, 2009 @ 7am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 25  to October 2, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Auto Theft occurring at Broad St.Continue reading "FROM LAST WEEK’S POLICE BLOTTER"
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October 5th, 2009 @ 7am
A Red Bank police captain arrested a drunk-driving suspect after a short chase and scuffle on the East Side early Saturday morning. Jesse Rowe, 21, was charged with DWI, drugContinue reading "COP NABS DWI SUSPECT AFTER SHORT CHASE"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 4pm
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 18 to September 25, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring at Mechanic St.Continue reading "BLOTTER: FISH SHOPLIFTER NETTED"
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September 28th, 2009 @ 6am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 11 to September 17, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 9-11-09 inContinue reading "POLICE BLOTTER"
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September 22nd, 2009 @ 6am
TRIO NABBED IN JEWELRY STORE ROBBERY
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Morris County authorities say they have arrested three men in connection with a series of attempted jewelry store scams throughout New Jersey, including one that ended as an armed robberyContinue reading "TRIO NABBED IN JEWELRY STORE ROBBERY"
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September 21st, 2009 @ 1pm
Red Bank teacher Jonelle Melton‘s death is being treated as a homicide by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office, the Asbury Park Press reports. But no cause of death and otherContinue reading "MELTON DEATH BEING TREATED AS MURDER"
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September 16th, 2009 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN DISCONNECTS DISPATCH PLAN
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Police and fire dispatch duties will be shifted to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s office, borough officials said. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Abandoning a plan hatched in controversy, Fair Haven won’t beContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DISCONNECTS DISPATCH PLAN"
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September 15th, 2009 @ 12am
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of September 4 to September 11, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 9-4-09 atContinue reading "BLOTTER: GOLD CADILLAC SUV STOLEN"
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September 14th, 2009 @ 5am
A former broker at the Red Bank office of Merrill Lynch was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury yesterday on charges that he swindled $500,000 from more than twoContinue reading "MERRILL BROKER INDICTED FOR FRAUD"
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September 11th, 2009 @ 5am
A tentative contract with the collective bargaining unit representing Red Bank police calls for three-percent pay raises this year and next, borough officials said Tuesday night. The terms of theContinue reading "POLICE PACT: SIX PERCENT OVER TWO YEARS"
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September 9th, 2009 @ 6am
MURPHY: BRING THE CONTRACT — AND A PEN
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Murphy stewing at the August 24 council session. Red Bank’s council is expected to introduce a proposed labor contract with the Police Benevolent Association at tonight’s meeting. It had better,Continue reading "MURPHY: BRING THE CONTRACT — AND A PEN"
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September 8th, 2009 @ 8am
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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)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(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 ...