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FOLEY CRASH WAS SECOND IN 20 MONTHS
The sheared stump of the utility pole struck by Foley’s car on East River Road was still there Monday, more than a week after the accident. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI [EDITOR’SContinue reading "FOLEY CRASH WAS SECOND IN 20 MONTHS"
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Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the weeks of  November 20 to November 27, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief reported on 11-20-09 atContinue reading "BLOTTER INCLUDES THREE DWI CHARGES"
Shaun Foley has quit his post as Fair Haven’s fire chief following a bizarre series of incidents Sunday night that began with a car crash and ended with a massiveContinue reading "PRESS: FOLEY RESIGNS, FACES DUI CHARGE"
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the weeks of  November 13 to November 20, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Theft occurring at Riverview Plaza onContinue reading "POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT"
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY?
Red Bank police today issued this sketch of a man wanted in connection with a Branch Avenue burglary committed earlier this week. (Click photo to enlarge) A 20-year-old resident ofContinue reading "HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY?"
One day after he pleaded guilty to federal charges arising from an $8 million investment scam, Fair Haven resident Maxwell Smith was in state court Wednesday, owning up to moreContinue reading "MONEY MAN ADMITS TO STATE FRAUD CHARGES"
Maxwell Smith, a 69-year-old financial advisor and Fair Haven resident, pleaded guilty to fraud charges yesterday, admitting he stole at least $8 million from clients. He faces up to 20Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAN ADMITS $8 MILLION SCAM"
Red Bank police are looking for a burglar who tied up and fought with a 20-year-old borough man during a break-in on Branch Avenue Tuesday morning. According to Capt. DarrenContinue reading "MAN FOUGHT WITH BURGLAR, COPS SAY"
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the weeks of October 30 to November 12, 2009. This information appears here unedited Theft reported on 10-30-09 at RiversideContinue reading "POLICE BLOTTER"
FITZGERALD PUTS IN FOR RETIREMENT
Chief Mark Fitzgerald in dress blues for Red Bank’s centennial parade in 2008. Red Bank’s police chief for the past seven years plans to retire by the end of theContinue reading "FITZGERALD PUTS IN FOR RETIREMENT"
TWO BUCKETS OF COPPER STOLEN
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of October 23 to October 30, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Burglary occurring between 10-24-09 and 10-25-09Continue reading "TWO BUCKETS OF COPPER STOLEN"
POLICE: TEEN CURFEW WORKS
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"
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"
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?"
A RUNNING START FOR BIKE/PED PROPONENTS
Jenny Rossano of Worthley Street and her map, below, with half-mile radii drawn around each of Red Bank’s five schools and suggested bike routes in red. (Click to enlarge) [SeeContinue reading "A RUNNING START FOR BIKE/PED PROPONENTS"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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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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 ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.