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A rundown of crimes entered in the Red Bank police blotter from August 1 to August 8. Items are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 8-3-08 at Riverside Parking Garage. Victim reported that upon returning to parked vehicle discovered the rear...
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A 30-year-old Middletown man was ordered to a year's worth of psychiatric counseling after he pleaded guilty yesterday to beating three goslings to death with an umbrella, today's Press reports. Middletown Municipal Court Judge Michael D. Pugliese sentenced Michael Gonzalez...
Today's Press reports that newly installed 'no parking' signs on an out-of-the way residential street in Little Silver have disappeared — every last trace of them, including the posts they were attached to. The signs were installed just last month...
Red Bank crimes from July 25 to August 1, as reported by the borough police. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 7-25-08 at the Red Bank Train Station parking lot off of Chestnut. Victim reported that unknown person(s) smashed...
Today's Press reports that controversial pain-management physician Dr. Philip Eatough has pleaded guilty to federal money laundering and the illegal distribution of oxycodone. The 61-year-old Rumson resident faces 36 to 42 months in prison when he is sentenced by U.S....
Crimes for the week of July 18 through July 25, as reported by the Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Theft occurring between 7-16-08 and 7-17-08 at Monmouth Street restaurant. Victim reported that unknown person stole her pocketbook, containing...
The former Anderson storage building, seen in a file photo, where Mertrovation has approvals to build 23 condos and two stores. A pair of large-scale, long-stalled development projects near the Red Bank train station cleared legal hurdles yesterday when a...
Crimes reported between July 11 and July 18, as recorded by Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring White St. on 7-12-08. Victim reported that unknown person(s) scratched her motor vehicle on sides and hood with what...
The Asbury Park Press reports today that Terrence Wilkins could retain his certification as a school principal despite a guilty plea in an arson case last month. Because of his eligibility for pre-trial intervention, the former principal of the Red...
Here's a bizarre and scary break-in case in Rumson, as reported today's Asbury Park Press: Police arrested a Middletown man who was found sleeping in a child's bed in a Club Way home early Wednesday morning. Robert W. Sampson, 20,...
Crimes reported between July 4 and July 11, as recorded by the Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 7-4-08 at Mechanic St. Victim reported that unknown person(s) scratched two vehicles on the passenger side with...
The Highlands Bridge as seen earlier this week, looking west from the Sandy Hook overpass. Today's Star-Ledger has a dire forecast for beachgoers heading home from Sandy Hook by car this weekend: "traffic stretching as far as the eye can...
The standing-room crowd watches a power-point presentation on the merger proposal; Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, left, who initiated the idea, addresses the crowd, and Fair Haven Police Chief Darryl Breckenridge listens. Elected officials exploring the idea of merging the police departments...
Terence Wilkins Former Red Bank Middle School Principal Terence Wilkins will avoid a prison sentence following a guilty plea in connection with an arson fraud case in Newark, a spokesman for Essex County Paula Dow confirmed today. Spokesman Paul Loriquet...
Postal workers continue to get ticketed for a 'violation' that a lawyer contends doesn't exist on the books. The sun is high, and the RBC students who drive themselves to school are away, meaning long stretches of Hudson Avenue have...
Red Bank Police activity log entries from June 27 through July 2. The log is unedited. Burglary reported on 6-27-08 at W. Bergen Place—Vacant Resident. Owner reported that entry was gained by breaking window and removing air-conditioner. Stolen were electrical...
Entries from the Red Bank police logs from June 13 to June 27. Items are unedited. Theft reported on 6-13-08 which occurred at River St. between the dates of 6-4-08 and 6-5-08 a lap top computer was stolen from one...
A sailboat under power gets close to the dolphins between Sea Bright and Highlands late Friday afternoon. Trailed and often surrounded by big boats, small boats and personal watercraft, a pod of dolphins moved back and forth in the upper...
Dolphins in the Shrewsbury River near the confluence of the Navesink yesterday. The Asbury Park Press reports that the dolphin pod in the Shrewsbury River is heading north. The U.S. Coast Guard and state Marine Police [are] giving them an...
Some boats are zooming past the dolphins in the Shrewsbury River; this one idled near the pod this afternoon. Boaters continue to navigate the Shrewsbury River without regard to the presence of a pod of stray dolphins in the waterway,...
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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.
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 ...