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Category Archives: MIDDLETOWN

RBR TO INTRO BUDGET, NEW SUPERINTENDENT
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Jim Stefankiewicz, right, will waste no time getting back down to business at Red Bank Regional. Even though he won’t officially step in as the high school’sContinue reading "RBR TO INTRO BUDGET, NEW SUPERINTENDENT"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 12pm
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COPS NAB MAN FOR CAR BREAK-INS
A Tinton Falls man was arrested by Red Bank police early Tuesday morning after a witness reported a break-in underway at a Lincroft motel, Middletown police say. Louis DeAngelo, 34,Continue reading "COPS NAB MAN FOR CAR BREAK-INS"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 10am
FIORE: MIDDLETOWN BUDGET WILL MEET CAP
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Now that the Middletown township committee’s gotten the cooperation it asked from the library board, in the way of a half-million dollar transfer to the budget, theContinue reading "FIORE: MIDDLETOWN BUDGET WILL MEET CAP"
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March 22nd, 2011 @ 9am
BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Capping a busy week in Middletown, police reported an array of arrests for offenses including hard-drug sales, car break-ins and a slew of St. Patty’s Day disorderlies.Continue reading "BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 6am
COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE
A 31-year-old Middletown man was arrested for setting fire to a Harmony Road home Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After being told he wasContinue reading "COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 3pm
A 27-year-old Little Silver man is in the Monmouth County jail following his arrest at home Tuesday for possession with the intent to sell the painkiller Oxycodone, the county prosecutor’sContinue reading "PAIR NABBED IN LITTLE SILVER DRUG BUST"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 5pm
LIBRARY OKS $500K TO TOWNSHIP
The library approved transferring nearly $500,000 to the township committee Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In order to help the township balance its budgetContinue reading "LIBRARY OKS $500K TO TOWNSHIP"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 9am
Six months after he was arrested on charges of trying to defraud a Shrewsbury bank branch out of $93,000, a Middletown man has been indicted on related charges. Sandy Masselli,Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN MAN INDICTED FOR BANK FRAUD"
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March 16th, 2011 @ 4pm
MORE WILD TURKEYS
Is there an ornithologist in the house? Earlier this week, readers sent us photos of five wild turkeys spotted on the streets of Red Bank and Fair Haven. Today, ColleenContinue reading "MORE WILD TURKEYS"
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March 16th, 2011 @ 1pm
BONUS FOR CHIEF, TRASH JOBBED OUT
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven Police Chief Darryl Breckenridge got his annual attaboy from the borough council last night in the form of a $3,000 bonus. This is not unusualContinue reading "BONUS FOR CHIEF, TRASH JOBBED OUT"
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March 15th, 2011 @ 1pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Shoplifting, car break-ins and credit card theft are among the crimes that have kept Middletown police busy as of late. The department made six arrests for theContinue reading "M’TOWN: THEFT, SHOPLIFTING, BURGLARY"
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March 14th, 2011 @ 2pm
LINCROFT HOUSING PLAN RATTLES NEIGHBORS
A proposal to build more than 300 townhomes at a former Avaya property in Lincroft has neighbors worried. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A planContinue reading "LINCROFT HOUSING PLAN RATTLES NEIGHBORS"
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March 10th, 2011 @ 10am
‘ROLLERCOASTER’ FLIGHT FOR RUGBY TEAM
A scheduled four-hour flight home from Barbados turned into a 12-hour ordeal for members of a Red Bank club and other passengers Sunday. Here’s a portion of the route theContinue reading "‘ROLLERCOASTER’ FLIGHT FOR RUGBY TEAM"
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March 10th, 2011 @ 8am
Peter Burnham quit his job as Brookdale Community College president Tuesday, the Asbury Park Press reports. Under fire for lavish pay and perks, and under investigation over questions about spending,Continue reading "UNDER FIRE, BURNHAM QUITS BROOKDALE"
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March 9th, 2011 @ 5am
BANK GOES TO PLAN B ON FORMER HOV HQ
The former Hovnanian Enterprises headquarters in Middletown is in the midst of a complete makeover and almost ready for tenants. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "BANK GOES TO PLAN B ON FORMER HOV HQ"
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March 8th, 2011 @ 2pm
M’TOWN SEEKS SHADOW LAKE DREDGE MONEY
Middletown is hopeful it can get permission and funds to dredge Shadow Lake. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Austin Canade regularly swims in Shadow Lake,Continue reading "M’TOWN SEEKS SHADOW LAKE DREDGE MONEY"
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March 8th, 2011 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A 24-year-old man was killed in a single-car accident in Middletown early Friday morning, police said. Jonathan Hendler, of Middletown, was pronounced dead on the scene atContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN CRASH KILLS TOWNSHIP MAN"
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March 4th, 2011 @ 12pm
MALLET WANTS BIRDSALL OUT AT BROOKDALE
A growing controversy over spending on and by the president of Brookdale Community College has prompted Monmouth County Freeholder Amy Mallet to call for the resignation of the chairman ofContinue reading "MALLET WANTS BIRDSALL OUT AT BROOKDALE"
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March 4th, 2011 @ 9am
Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham has been put on unpaid leave amid questions about “questionable spending,” the Asbury Park Press reports. Burham, who has been in the spotlight recentlyContinue reading "BROOKDALE PREZ PUT ON UNPAID LEAVE"
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 3pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Head east on Hartshorne Road from Navesink Avenue in Middletown and you’ll eventually come across the cement pillar shown in last week’s Where Have I Seen This?
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 10am
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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.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...