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Category Archives: Law & Justice

This week's Holmdel Independent has a delicious story about the owner of split-level house in the New Monmouth section who claims his property is entitled to a tax exemption because he has turned it into a monastery. Sixty-three-year-old Raymond Bertolette,...
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June 20th, 2007 @ 6am
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By LINDA G. RASTELLI Red Bank's legal offensive against the controversial Best Liquors store on Leighton Avenue is the economic equivalent of a 'death penalty' case, its lawyer argued Thursday night at the conclusion of a three-hour hearing. The session...
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June 14th, 2007 @ 11pm
In what has to be one of the most bizarre court filings ever made by a former assistant county prosecutor and governor, Jim McGreevey is now saying his ex-wife's tell-all book failed to sell in part because of the "inappropriate...
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June 13th, 2007 @ 5pm
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Although everyone who spoke at a Fair Haven public hearing on a proposed tree-protection ordinance said they supported the idea of one, the one on the table Monday night was divisive. A self-proclaimed "tree guy" who...
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June 13th, 2007 @ 5am
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June 12th, 2007 @ 10am
With just a week to go in his short tenure as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, James Zazzali of Rumson is continuing to lobby for higher judge's salaries, telling an audience in Paramus yesterday that judiciary pay...
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June 8th, 2007 @ 7am
As was widely expected, Gov. Jon Corzine will nominate state Attorney General Stuart Rabner to succeed retiring Supreme Court Chief Justice James Zazzali on Monday, according to the Star-Ledger The newspaper cites three officials familiar with Corzine's plans as the...
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May 31st, 2007 @ 11am
The Red Bank Borough Council has set June 14 as the resumption date of its hearing in the Best Liquors license matter. The hearing, a special session of the council, will begin at 5p. Borough Attorney Tom Hall, who is...
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May 31st, 2007 @ 8am
After a five-day grace period, Sea Bright police have begun ticketing motorists for exceeding new speed limits just north and south of the downtown, the Asbury Park Press reports. From the story: Police today issued 10 speeding tickets during the...
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May 29th, 2007 @ 2pm
By Linda G. Rastelli In a hearing characterized by polite sparring between lawyers, the Red Bank borough council sat through nearly four hours of testimony in the case against Sunny Sharma and Best Liquors without a decision Tuesday night. No...
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May 22nd, 2007 @ 11pm
After six months of delays, the Borough of Red Bank's administrative law case against Best Liquors will finally happen next Tuesday. That's the plan, at least. At stake for Best Liquors owner Sunny Sharma is his ability to sell beer,...
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May 18th, 2007 @ 10am
Bail was set at $85,000 yesterday for a 46-year-old Rumson woman arrested on charges of using her 85-year-old mother's identity to falsely obtain credit cards and loans totaling $110,000, the Asbury Park Press reports. Mary E. Kohler faces charges of...
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May 16th, 2007 @ 6am
Today's Asbury Park Press has more details about the ruling by Red Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman in a case in which a Wall Township police captain was found not guilty yesterday of drunken driving. The case had been...
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May 15th, 2007 @ 6am
In a case that was moved to Red Bank Municipal Court to avoid the appearance of partiality, a Wall Township police captain was cleared of a drunken driving charge despite evidence that a Breathalyzer test showed him at twice the...
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May 14th, 2007 @ 7pm
The Freedom Film Society, the organization that serves up the Red Bank International Film Fesitval each fall, will screen "Deliver Us From Evil" next Wednesday night at the Clearview Cinemas on White Street. Directed by Amy Berg, "Deliver Us From...
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May 3rd, 2007 @ 6pm
A three-hour standoff between Middletown police and a shotgun-holding man in a pickup truck ended peacefully last night, the Asbury Park Press reports today. The tense episode, which triggered police backups from Holmdel and Belmar, centered on a vehicle parked...
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May 2nd, 2007 @ 6am
The state of New Jersey has extracted a $1 million settlement from Chevron over a 2006 oil spill in the Arthur Kill, and Navesink River oyster beds are among the expected beneficiaries, according to the Star-Ledger. The $1 million will...
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April 25th, 2007 @ 6pm
Here's an item from an email sent out this morning by RiverCenter: Phone Solicitation Notice - Important Someone representing Red Bank PAL (police athletic league) has been making solication calls to Red Bank businesses asking for money for this organization....
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April 25th, 2007 @ 10am
A Monmouth County grand jury has decided not to indict local publisher Claudia Ansorge for her role in the motor-vehicle death last April of a Riverview Medical Center employee, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. The decision not to indict...
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April 23rd, 2007 @ 2pm
The signs announcing a two-hour parking limit along Maple Avenue have been there so long that they're faded. But it seems nobody in borough hall can explain why there was no ordinance putting legal teeth behind the signs. Apparently, there...
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April 20th, 2007 @ 12am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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