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Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Marvin Towler, age 50, from 23 Ryers Place in Eatontown, NJ, arrested on January 17, 2014Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN COPS BUST FIVE FOR DWI"
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Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Michele Gaulette, age 35, from Pine Street in Middletown, NJ, arrested on January 7, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. [See UPDATE below] On December 14, 2013 Patrolman John Mele arrested a 17 year old maleContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WHO’S BEEN BUSTED"
LINCROFT: POLES DOWN AT WATER PLANT
Somebody took down two utility poles alongside the New Jersey American Water plant on Swimming River Road in Lincroft shortly after noon Monday. But who? redbankgreen photographer Peter Lindner wasContinue reading "LINCROFT: POLES DOWN AT WATER PLANT"
LITTLE SILVER: WOMAN DRAGGED BY CAR
The victim’s car continued across Rumson Road from Seven Bridges Road before crashing into a tree. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A 79-year-old borough woman was hospitalized followingContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: WOMAN DRAGGED BY CAR"
RUMSON CRASH INJURES TEEN
A 19-year-old man was in serious condition Sunday after an early-morning accident in which he drove his car through the foundation of a house “near Hance and Rumson roads” inContinue reading "RUMSON CRASH INJURES TEEN"
‘EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT’ IN CYCLIST’S LIFE
Megan Porter at her Shrewsbury home earlier this month. Her husband, Cole, below, on the morning of his fatal accident. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD He was goingContinue reading "‘EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT’ IN CYCLIST’S LIFE"
This just in from New Jersey Transit: At approximately 5:00 pm, a New York-bound North Jersey Coast Line train struck and fatally injured an adult, male trespasser west of theContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: RAIL FATALITY REPORTED"
MEMORIALS FOR A BELOVED BICYCLIST
A bicycle painted pink, said to have been the favorite color of Shrewsbury resident Cole Porter, and a solitary candle were left Thursday night on River Road in Fair HavenContinue reading "MEMORIALS FOR A BELOVED BICYCLIST"
Cole Porter, the Shrewsbury bicyclist who was seriously injured last month in an accident during a Tour de Fair Haven race, died Wednesday. Porter’s death was reported on the Porterhouse SupportContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN BIKE CRASH VICTIM DIES"
RED BANK: SUPPORT ON TWO WHEELS
Dozens of cyclists, some of them regulars on a Tuesday night ride from the Red Bicycle Studio in Red Bank, assembled for a ride Tuesday evening as a way of pullingContinue reading "RED BANK: SUPPORT ON TWO WHEELS"
RED BANK: BIKERS TO RIDE FOR INJURED PAL
A ride for injured racer Cole Porter, below, is planned for Tuesday evening, beginning at the Red Bicycle Studio in Red Bank, above. (Click to enlarge) Friends of Cole Porter,Continue reading "RED BANK: BIKERS TO RIDE FOR INJURED PAL"
FAIR HAVEN: SERIOUS CRASH AT BIKE RACE
Racing action at Sunday’s Tour de Fair Haven following the first-race accident. (Click to enlarge) A rider in the first race of Sunday’s Tour de Fair Haven series of bikeContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SERIOUS CRASH AT BIKE RACE"
This just in from Middletown PD: On September 4, 2013 at approximately 3:04pm the Middletown Police Department responded to the area of West Front Street and Harbor Green Circle inContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN CRASH KILLS MOTORCYCLIST"
Ed McKenna, putting on headphones at left, with then-Governor Jon Corzine at the Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink in Marine Park in 2009. (Click to enlarge) Former Red Bank MayorContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: McKENNA PLEADS NOT GUILTY"
RED BANK: FAMED SKATEBOARDER INJURED
A shot of Brian Wenning that appears on the website of his company, Lockdown Skateboards. (Click to enlarge) A world-renowned skateboarder was seriously injured in a fall on the stepsContinue reading "RED BANK: FAMED SKATEBOARDER INJURED"
RUMSON: AUTHORITIES MUM ON VNA CRASH
One passenger was airlifted to a trauma center after the VNA van at right collided with the dump truck, at left. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A passengerContinue reading "RUMSON: AUTHORITIES MUM ON VNA CRASH"
RUMSON: ONE HURT AS TOUR VAN HITS TRUCK
Emergency personnel place the victim in a MONOC helicopter that landed at Rumson-Fair Haven regional to transport her to Jersey Shore Medical Center. The damaged van, below. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RUMSON: ONE HURT AS TOUR VAN HITS TRUCK"
An Ocean County woman was charged with drunken driving after an accident in which her car hit two others Thursday night, Red Bank police said. Joyce Jeffers, 39, of BeachwoodContinue reading "RED BANK: DWI CHARGED AFTER CRASH"
FORMER RED BANK MAYOR ARRESTED FOR DWI
Former Mayor Ed McKenna tallies election returns at Democratic HQ last November. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna was arrested and charged withContinue reading "FORMER RED BANK MAYOR ARRESTED FOR DWI"
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.