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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Misty Lee, age 35, from Newman Springs Road in Lincroft, NJ, arrested on December 10, 2011 byContinue reading "15-YEAR-OLD BUSTED FOR DWI & MORE"
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After almost a year and a half of on-and-off debate, an effort to trim Fair Haven’s tree-protection ordinance failed Monday night, the Asbury Park Press reports. Mayor Mike Halfacre, whoContinue reading "MAYOR’S VOTE HALTS TREE-LAW SAW"
Red Bank police and other emergency personnel are warning of a false emergency text message received Monday by numerous cellphone users. The text messages warn of a civil defense emergencyContinue reading "COPS WARN OF FAKE EMERGENCY ALERTS"
SIDEWALK SIGNS OK FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Sandwich board signs are are here to stay – at least for another year. Though there have been some ‘issues’ of merchants posting signs away from their stores to getContinue reading "SIDEWALK SIGNS OK FOR ANOTHER YEAR"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Keith Johnson, age 19, from Chapel Hill Road in Middletown, NJ, arrested on December 2, 2011 byContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT"
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN SEXUAL ASSAULT
Red Bank Police said Monday that they are looking for a man who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman on the West Side of town early Saturday. Here’sContinue reading "SUSPECT SOUGHT IN SEXUAL ASSAULT"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 24 to December 02, 2011. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring atContinue reading "VICTIM SEES THIEVES BREAKING INTO CAR"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Gloria Souza, age 55, from Donnelly Street in Union Beach, NJ, arrested on November 28, 2011 byContinue reading "CHARGE: ‘THROWING BODILY FLUIDS’ AT COP"
Activity reports for the month of November, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. •11/1/11 -Ptl. Schneider arrested Katharine Fox, 66, Rumson, NJ for being in Contempt ofContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN POLICE BLOTTER FOR NOVEMBER"
By JOHN T. WARD On a typical Thursday in Red Bank’s municipal court, Public Defender Kevin Wigenton may juggle dozens of cases, crafting pleas on behalf of clients he’s metContinue reading "PUBLIC DEFENDER FACES DISBARMENT"
TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS
Seventh-grader Rebecca Unsinn weighs in on stop signs, above, and resident Dorothy Nowack, below, makes a pitch for keeping chickens in her yard. (Click to enlarge) Students at Fair Haven’sContinue reading "TODAY’S LESSON: CHICKENS & STOP SIGNS"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Rick Chapman, age 45, from Monmouth Avenue in Leonardo, NJ, arrested on November 21, 2011 by DetectiveContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 11 to November 23, 2011. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring betweenContinue reading "RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER"
HOTEL FOES FOCUS ON RIVER VIEWS
Lawyer Ron Gasiorowski grills Roy DeBoer, a planner for the developer of the proposed Hampton Inn. Below, a sketch shows the east side of the hotel. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "HOTEL FOES FOCUS ON RIVER VIEWS"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Jose Rosario, age 42, from Richard Ave in West Caldwell, NJ, arrested on November 15, 2011 byContinue reading "MAN HELD ON WEAPONS CHARGES"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Jonpaul Debow, age 26, from North Shore Street in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on November 13, 2011 byContinue reading "M’TOWN: LOTSA DRUGS & CONTEMPT CASES"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of November 4 to November 11, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft by Deception occurringContinue reading "REPORT: OBSCENE IMAGE DRAWN IN CEMENT"
DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST
A deer crosses a Shrewsbury street in 2010. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Local and state laws that allow deer hunting closer to housing than in the pastContinue reading "DEER-HUNT LAWS SPUR SHREWSBURY PROTEST"
RUMSON THROWS SWITCH ON OLD STATION
The phone company switching station turned police station was reduced to rubble Tuesday. (Photo above by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A chapter of Rumson’s historyContinue reading "RUMSON THROWS SWITCH ON OLD STATION"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Timothy Black, age 49, from Manalapan Avenue in Freehold, NJ, arrested on November 5, 2011 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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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.