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Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of May 10 to May 22, 2014. Report of Theft in the area of TheContinue reading "SHREWSBURY POLICE ACTIVITY"
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RED BANK: BURNED BOAT CLEARED FROM RIVER
The burned hull of the Fiddler at low tide last Thursday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The icebound boat that went up inContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNED BOAT CLEARED FROM RIVER"
RED BANK: OLDEST LADDER MEETS NEWEST
On display at the Navesink Hook & Ladder Company’s christening of a new million-dollar ladder truck in Red bank Sunday afternoon is the borough’s first ladder truck, above, which wasContinue reading "RED BANK: OLDEST LADDER MEETS NEWEST"
RED BANK: LADDER TRUCK TO MAKE ITS DEBUT
Ladder 91 as it was put through the paces downtown in December. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s newest piece of firefighting equipment gets its formalContinue reading "RED BANK: LADDER TRUCK TO MAKE ITS DEBUT"
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE SOLD, USE UNKNOWN
With his brother, Michael, looking on, John Morgan gives borough Administrator Stanley Sickels a deposit for the firehouse purchase. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE SOLD, USE UNKNOWN"
Having failed to attract any bids in its first attempt to auction off the former Liberty Hose firehouse on White Street last month, Red Bank will try again on AprilContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE OPENING BID REDUCED"
RED BANK: STREET FAIR BUSTLES
[slideshow_deploy id=’89229′]The spring edition of the Red Bank Street Fair drew hundreds of visitors downtown on a warm and sunny afternoon Sunday. The event was a fundraiser for the PoliceContinue reading "RED BANK: STREET FAIR BUSTLES"
RED BANK: CHURCH PLAN WINS FULL BLESSING
Developer Bob Silver, below, hugs congregants of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, above, after gaining approval to convert the 62-year-old structure to offices. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: CHURCH PLAN WINS FULL BLESSING"
RED BANK: CHURCH PLAN UPSETS NEIGHBORS
William Hartigan notes the proximity of a church garage to his family’s outdoor dining area. Below, the church as seen from Broad Street; the wing at the left would getContinue reading "RED BANK: CHURCH PLAN UPSETS NEIGHBORS"
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE AUCTION FIZZLES
No bidders emerged at Tuesday’s auction, conducted by attorney Sean Byrnes, left, and Administrator Stanley Sickels. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A discontinuedContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE AUCTION FIZZLES"
RED BANK: GATE MAIN ISSUE IN CHURCH PLAN
Hudson Avenue resident William Hartigan discusses the church’s plan for fencing at Thursday night’s planning board meeting with neighbor Kevin Moss. Below, a rendering of the proposal. (Photo by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK: GATE MAIN ISSUE IN CHURCH PLAN"
RED BANK: CIGARETTE SPARKS FENCE FIRE
Volunteer firefighters on the scene of a yard fire at 62 Washington Street in Red Bank Sunday night. Fire Chief Tommy Welsh tells redbankgreen the fire, reported at around 7:30Continue reading "RED BANK: CIGARETTE SPARKS FENCE FIRE"
RED BANK: KICKING TIRES AT THE FIREHOUSE
Red Bank Administrator Stanley Sickels, at right, leads prospective bidders on a tour of the former Liberty Hose firehouse on White Street in Red Bank Thursday afternoon in advance ofContinue reading "RED BANK: KICKING TIRES AT THE FIREHOUSE"
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE AUCTION RESCHEDULED
The auction of a former firehouse on White Street in Red Bank has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 25, at 10:30 a.m. The original March 18 sale date was changedContinue reading "RED BANK: FIREHOUSE AUCTION RESCHEDULED"
RED BANK: OWNERS CALL BOAT FIRE ARSON
The charred outline of the Fiddler lies surrounded by ice in the Navesink River off Maple Cove in Red Bank Tuesday morning. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: OWNERS CALL BOAT FIRE ARSON"
WEEKEND NEWS: TWO FIRES, HIT & RUN
Two residential fires less than 24 hours apart kept Middletown volunteer firefighters busy over the weekend. (Click to enlarge) A pair of house fires in Middletown and a hit-and-run accidentContinue reading "WEEKEND NEWS: TWO FIRES, HIT & RUN"
RED BANK: NOT MUCH LEFT OF BOAT TO PROBE
“Not much of evidentiary value” remains of the icebound boat that burned on the Navesink off Red Bank early Wednesday, State Police spokeswoman Trooper Irina Spies said Thursday. “It burnedContinue reading "RED BANK: NOT MUCH LEFT OF BOAT TO PROBE"
RED BANK: WAS THE FIDDLER TORCHED?
The Fiddler last month, above, and during Wednesday’s fire, below, as seen from Maple Cove. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD Did one orContinue reading "RED BANK: WAS THE FIDDLER TORCHED?"
The fire that destroyed the Fiddler, at anchor and enclosed in ice on the Navesink River, early Wednesday morning, as seen from Riverside Gardens Park, the Cooper Bridge and MarineContinue reading "RED BANK: BOAT FIRE VIDEO"
RED BANK: LOBSTER BOAT BURNS ON ICE
The Fidder seen from the Cooper Bridge as it burned early Wednesday morning. Below, the icebound vessel on January 26. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: LOBSTER BOAT BURNS ON ICE"
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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 ...