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A carload of young adults and a motorcyclist involved in a spill were charged with alcohol-related offenses after separate incidents in Rumson this weekend, according to police.
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The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of APRIL 27, to MAY 04, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft occurring between AprilContinue reading "MISCREANTS DAMAGE PARKED CARS"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 the Middletown Police Detective Bureau and Quality of Life Unit arrested MichaelContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WARRANT YIELDS POT, WEAPON"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. • 4/2/12 -Ptl. Lagrotteria arrested Richard P. Devaney, 53, Hazlet and charged him with DWI. Additional motor vehicleContinue reading "FIVE CHARGED IN WINDOW-BREAKING SPREE"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of April 20 to April 27, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft reported on 4-21-12Continue reading "RED BANK: 10-YEAR-OLD BUSTED FOR ASSAULT"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Keith Monaghan, age 18, from Commonwealth Avenue in Red Bank, NJ, arrested on April 24, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: SEX ASSAULT ALLEGED"
The restaurant is doing an extensive overhaul at 33 Broad Street and plans a September opening, says the landlord. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD You’ll be able toContinue reading "CHAR GETS LIQUORED UP & LANDLORD SCORES"
The driver of an SUV that smacked head-on into a utility pole in Little Silver Friday evening has been charged with drunken driving and fleeing the scene, police Chief DanContinue reading "DRIVER CHARGED WITH DWI, FLEEING SCENE"
Three men, including one from Middletown, are facing allegations they robbed a man on a Red Bank street when one of them posed as a cop, Red Bank police announcedContinue reading "TRIO CHARGED IN FAUX-COP ROBBERY"
SUV HITS POLE IN LITTLE SILVER
Little Silver police closed Branch Avenue between Pinckney Road and Silverton Avenue after an SUV smashed into a utility pole around 6 p.m. Friday. No information about the accident orContinue reading "SUV HITS POLE IN LITTLE SILVER"
A state Superior Court judge has overturned the harassment conviction of one of three Sea Bright firefighters involved in a firehouse scuffle 18 months ago, redbankgreen has learned. In anContinue reading "JUDGE TOSSES CONVICTION IN BRAWL CASE"
Red Bank police abandoned a high-speed chase that took them up the Garden State Parkway nearly to the Raritan River early Friday morning, authorities say. The  incident began at aboutContinue reading "RED BANK COPS IN HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. • April 8- A Fraud was reported to have taken place at a residence on Winding Way. P.O.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER POLICE BLOTTER"
The unacknowledged elephant in the room: the Welsh Farms on East Front Street, now seeking to convert to an all-day 7-Eleven. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Without explainingContinue reading "RED BANK AIMS TO BAN OVERNIGHT BUSINESS"
LITTLE SILVER SEARCH YIELDS NOTHING
Police presence was high on the roads bordering the marshland, including Prospect Avenue, above. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD An intensive manhunt for two suspected burglars in LittleContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER SEARCH YIELDS NOTHING"
MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN LITTLE SILVER
A tracking dog from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s office arriving at a home on Prospect Avenue at noon. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Police and tracking dogs fromContinue reading "MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN LITTLE SILVER"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On April 22, 2012 Patrolman Adam Colfer responded to a report of a collision at the intersectionContinue reading "MTOWN: COCAINE CHARGE FOLLOWS ACCIDENT"
Video purporting to show cars racing to a Ferrari rally in Red Bank in 2010. (Warning: crude language. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD An explosive scandal alleging thatContinue reading "RACING SCANDAL SPREADS TO RED BANK"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of April 13 to April 20, 2012. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK CHARGES TEEN WITH DWI"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • David Matheny, age 50, from Seaside Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on April 17, 2012 by CorporalContinue reading "PAIR ARRESTED FOR HALLUCINOGENS"
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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.