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LIGHTNING THE MOOD
Reader Stephen Kroll grabbed this shot of a lightning strike in Middletown — or beyond? — during Wednesday night’s brief storm. Red Bank’s Molly Pitcher Inn is in the foreground.Continue reading "LIGHTNING THE MOOD"
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September 23rd, 2010 @ 6am
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M’TOWN MAN CHARGED IN EXPLOSION
The home at 56 Twin Brooks Ave., where three people were injured in an explosion Tuesday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI [EDITOR’S NOTE: ThisContinue reading "M’TOWN MAN CHARGED IN EXPLOSION"
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September 15th, 2010 @ 1pm
“Several” State Troopers suffered non-life-threatening injuries “during a small chemical explosion” in Middletown Tuesday afternoon, according to a report by the Star-Ledger. The troopers drove themselves to Riverview Medical CenterContinue reading "TROOPERS HURT IN ‘MI ...
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September 14th, 2010 @ 10pm
RT. 35 CRASH SENDS CAR OVER DIVIDER
One of two cars involved in the accident jumped the divider and ended up on its roof. (Photo by Peter Lindner; click to enlarge) Police and other emergency personnel respondedContinue reading "RT. 35 CRASH SENDS CAR OVER DIVIDER"
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August 13th, 2010 @ 7am
MAKE ALL PAY FOR SCHOOL, MAYOR SAYS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger really wants to bring those tax bills down. So much so that he’s urging his governing body to vote in favor of aContinue reading "MAKE ALL PAY FOR SCHOOL, MAYOR SAYS"
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August 6th, 2010 @ 12pm
M’TOWN SWIM CLUB MAY GET OVERHAUL
Township officials are considering options for the aging Middletown Swim & Tennis Club. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Dropping revenues and increasing maintenance needs, combinedContinue reading "M’TOWN SWIM CLUB MAY GET OVERHAUL"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 12pm
ON THE HUNT FOR MOVIE RICHES
Actress Mary Kate Costa is framed in a window at Stokaboka on Monmouth Street last Friday during the shooting of a scene by Mike Altino, right, and Connor Hughes. Below,Continue reading "ON THE HUNT FOR MOVIE RICHES"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 5am
JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED
Judith Stanley Coleman at the opening of the Tiffany store in Red Bank in November, 2007. (Click to enlarge) Judith Stanley Coleman, an ardent land conservationist and philanthropist from Middletown,Continue reading "JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN HAS DIED"
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August 2nd, 2010 @ 12pm
M’TOWNERS STILL STEAMING OVER BUDGET
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Getting a budget in place is going to have to wait another month in Middletown. A pending review of the 2010 spending plan at the state levelContinue reading "M’TOWNERS STILL STEAMING OVER BUDGET"
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July 20th, 2010 @ 7am
ROAD REOPENS IN TIME FOR KABOOM SURGE
A man checked out the newly rebuilt roadway over the earthen dam shortly after it reopened Tuesday night. (Click to enlarge) A stretch of Navesink River Road in Middletown wasContinue reading "ROAD REOPENS IN TIME FOR KABOOM SURGE"
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June 30th, 2010 @ 8am
DAM SITE REPAIR OFFICIAL: ‘WE’LL MAKE IT’
David Yegelwel, in brown pants at center, watches preparations for the installation of storm drain Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) The mishap-plagued replacement of an earthen dam on Navesink River RoadContinue reading "DAM SITE REPAIR OFFICIAL: ‘WE’LL MAKE IT’"
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June 25th, 2010 @ 5am
A culvert collapse at Poricy Pond, marked by the blue bubble, has closed Navesink River Road between Hubbard Avenue and Poricy Lane for the past 12 weeks. Monmouth County officialsContinue reading "MORE WOES IN ROAD FIX AS KABOOM LOOMS"
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June 23rd, 2010 @ 6am
M’TOWN SALUTES A FINE COLLEAGUE & FRIEND
Middletown police Lieutenant Steve Dollinger remembers the details well: Red Bank cops needed help investigating a case in which a man was believed to be shipping marijuana hidden in stereoContinue reading "M’TOWN SALUTES A FINE COLLEAGUE & FRIEND"
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June 10th, 2010 @ 1pm
AMID BUDGET CONCERNS, AX FALLS IN M’TOWN
Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger listens to administrator Anthony Mercantante at Monday night’s workshop meeting. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The budget ax has made its firstContinue reading "AMID BUDGET CONCERNS, AX FALLS IN M’TOWN"
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June 8th, 2010 @ 7am
MINOR INJURIES AS BUS FLIPS ON PARKWAY
The bus was traveling in the local lanes, according to Red Bank photographer Peter Lindner, who took this shot and the one below. (Click to enlarge) A tour bus overturnedContinue reading "MINOR INJURIES AS BUS FLIPS ON PARKWAY"
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June 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
ROAD REOPENING STILL A MONTH AWAY
Repair work underway on the culvert Tuesday morning. The view is toward the south. (Click to enlarge) “Another round of unexpected delays” will push back the reopening of the westernContinue reading "ROAD REOPENING STILL A MONTH AWAY"
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June 1st, 2010 @ 12pm
MONMOUTH SHINES ON ITS DAY
A Monmouth Rugby Football Club player tries to escape a pack of opposing players. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Kate Kelly, a thin-framed woman who’sContinue reading "MONMOUTH SHINES ON ITS DAY"
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May 17th, 2010 @ 6am
View Larger MapTwo people waited as lookouts at the Knollwood Gardens apartments while a 17-year-old prostitute serviced a resident in his apartment, police allege. Two 17-year-old girls and two allegedContinue reading "M’TOWN COPS BUST TEEN PROSTITUTION RING"
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April 27th, 2010 @ 9am
A woman left comatose after a former Middletown police officer crashed his car into hers while he was drunk has died, according to the Jersey Journal. Forty-year-old Ruth Zelaya diedContinue reading "SECOND VICTIM OF DRUNK COP DIES"
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April 27th, 2010 @ 5am
LONGTIME LEGISLATOR JOE AZZOLINA, 84
Joe Azzolina at Red Bank’s centennial picnic in May, 2008. (Click to enlarge) Middletown’s Joe Azzolina, a supermarket executive who who served in Trenton as both a state Senator andContinue reading "LONGTIME LEGISLATOR JOE AZZOLINA, 84"
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April 16th, 2010 @ 6am
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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 ...
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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.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.