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Category Archives: MIDDLETOWN

A State Police Marine Unit boat travels east along the Navesink yesterday afternoon, shortly after receiving the report of a dead dolphin on the Middletown side. The decomposed corpse of a young dolphin was found in the Navesink River yesterday,...
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October 9th, 2008 @ 6am
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A marine animal advocacy group has dialed up its calls for a forced removal of the visiting dolphin pod from the Navesink River following the death of a young female this week. Meanwhile, redbankgreen has gotten an unconfirmed report that...
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September 26th, 2008 @ 8am
Dolphins swimming off Fair Haven on July 9. Preliminary results of a necropsy performed on the dolphin found dead in Fair Haven yesterday morning indicate the juvenile died of of pneumonia, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The death of the...
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September 25th, 2008 @ 6am
Step right up if you think you can identify the location of this week's Where, folks. The email in-basket is now accepting entries. In fact, it's overdue for some. Last week's image drew no responses at all. The location of...
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September 18th, 2008 @ 7am
A Middletown woman has a date in muncipal court next month on disorderly persons charges that she abandoned three gerbils and a hamster in the woods, the Asbury Park Press reports. If found guilty, she faces up to $8,000 in...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 11am
One man is dead and another injured after the in a car in which they were traveling struck a utility pole and flipped onto its roof in Middletown last night, according to two reports. The Star-Ledger says the unidentified dead...
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September 17th, 2008 @ 5am
After feeding near the Oceanic Bridge since July 7, it's time for the pod to go, says a marine biologist. Wildlife experts should execute a plan to remove a visiting dolphin pod from the Navesink River or risk the animals...
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September 15th, 2008 @ 7am
Obama's been outraising McCain in New Jersey, thanks to events like last week's dinner at Bon Jovi's crib. A pair of events culminating with dinner at the Navesink River chateau of singer Bon Jovi last Friday generated $4.1 million for...
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September 9th, 2008 @ 6am
Expecting someone? White tents were visible on Bon Jovi's riverfront property yesterday. Sen. Barack Obama arrives in the Red Bank area Friday evening in the hunt for campaign cash. He's sure to find a boatload. A cocktail party at one...
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September 5th, 2008 @ 7am
We came across this dripping faucet and sign last Saturday next to the basketball court at M.T. Thompson Park in Lincroft (not part of Monmouth County's Thompson Park just a few hundred yards west on Newman Springs Road). The faucet...
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September 4th, 2008 @ 6am
Sen. Barack Obama Prepare for a traffic jam in the vicinity of Navesink River Road next week. Democratic presidential nominee-apparent Barack Obama will visit Middletown on Friday, September 5 for a two-stop lovefest that wraps up at the riverfront chateau...
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August 25th, 2008 @ 10am
Fishing in the Navesink River just east of the Oceanic Bridge Friday morning. Yes, the dolphins are still feeding on the other side of the bridge. Productivity schmoductivity. Have you opened a window today? It's gorgeous out there, and the...
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August 22nd, 2008 @ 12pm
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...
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August 7th, 2008 @ 6am
Motorists flock to the railing of the Oceanic Bridge when car traffic is stopped for boat traffic. Cars have also been stopping when they're not supposed to, county officials say. Monmouth County is warning motorists not to park on the...
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August 6th, 2008 @ 7am
An Atlantic bottlenose breaks the surface of the Navesink on the Middletown side Monday afternoon. (Click to enlarge) It's been some time since there's been anything to report on the dolphin pod that moved into local inland waters seven weeks...
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August 5th, 2008 @ 10am
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....
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July 30th, 2008 @ 7am
Believe it, Mike, you're on the list. No Joe's proprietor Mike Tierney welcomes customers during the Sheehan Classic in June. New Jersey Monthly magazine's annual list of the state's best restaurants is out, and the Red Bank area is represented,...
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July 29th, 2008 @ 12pm
There may not be many one-lane gravel roads in these here parts, but our picture of one last week proved that there are at least enough of them in one patch of Middletown to confuse some 'Where' fans. A number...
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July 24th, 2008 @ 8am
A kayaker watches a dolphin off Rumson last week. Today's Star-Ledger has an Associated Press story reporting that the folks at a marine animal advocacy group are getting anxious about a federal agency's reluctance to tease our visiting dolphins out...
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July 24th, 2008 @ 7am
Dolphins near the Oceanic Bridge late Wednesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Mary Fenton) We were just wrapping up our sixth visit to the dolphins since they moved into the Navesink River more than a week ago when we heard on...
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July 17th, 2008 @ 8am
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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.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
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