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Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Steven Ciufo, age 38, from Shoal Harbor Court in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on January 25, 2015 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: NINE FACE DWI CHARGES"
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OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS
A 2012 photo of the Oceanic Bridge surface. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown will undergo repair work starting next weekContinue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS"
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Nelson Dannecker, age 24, from Port Monmouth Road in New Jersey, NJ, arrested on January 13, 2015 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ARREST REPORTS"
While other residents of the Greater Red Bank Green were in panic mode in the bread aisles of supermarkets, some were preparing for the looming blizzard by stocking up onContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: NEVER MIND BREAD. BUY WINE."
MIDDLETOWN: WINGING IT OVER TO CLAUDIE’S
Kathy Lowenstein in the kitchen of Claudie’s, a gas-station convenience store/chicken joint. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON Really good fried chicken in a gas station quick-stop?Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WINGING IT OVER TO CLAUDIE’S"
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Christopher Finn, age 52, from Woodland Drive in Lincroft, NJ, arrested on January 2, 2015 by Patrolman ThomasContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ARRESTS"
ACCIDENTAL PHOTO: TRACKING THE WEATHER
Oh, the irony: Someone put an indoor ski machine out on the curb on Hubbard Avenue in Middletown just in time for the first snowfall of 2015. The snow shouldContinue reading "ACCIDENTAL PHOTO: TRACKING THE WEATHER"
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Frank Ferraro, age 23, from Fox Road in Edison, NJ, arrested on December 16, 2014 by Patrolman NicholasContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BUSTIN’ INTO THE NEW YEAR"
HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Beginning next Monday, or thereabouts, Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown will be closed to traffic for four months as a new span, at left above, is completed, MonmouthContinue reading "HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW"
MIDDLETOWN: WOMAN STRUCK AND KILLED
A 75-year-old Middletown woman died Monday evening when she was struck crossing Route 35, township police said Tuesday. Nadra Sourial was stuck as she crossed the highway from east toContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WOMAN STRUCK AND KILLED"
‘TWAS THE NIGHTSHIRT BEFORE CHRISTMAS…
Seen outside a home on Hubbard Avenue in Middletown Monday. The sign at right reads “Claus Bed & Breakfast.” (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Scott Rubman, age 45, from Heights Terrace in Middletown, NJ, arrested on November 21, 2014 by Corporal LawrenceContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WHO’S BEEN BUSTED"
PROSECUTOR: NO WRONGDOING IN ARREST
Video of Jeffrey Michel’s arrest on the Brookdale campus last month. (Video by Vincent Cordero) By JOHN T. WARD The viral-video pepper-spray arrest of a Brookdale Community College student lastContinue reading "PROSECUTOR: NO WRONGDOING IN ARREST"
LITTLE SILVER COP CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
A Little Silver police officer was charged with simple assault Friday following an alleged domestic violence incident in Sea Bright a day earlier, authorities tell redbankgreen. Joseph Glynn, Jr., 26,Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER COP CHARGED WITH ASSAULT"
RED BANK: FOUR-MONTH CLOSURE NEARS
The path of the new Hubbards Bridge between Middletown, on the left, and Red Bank is marked in yellow. (Click to enlarge) Commuters who use the bridge connecting Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: FOUR-MONTH CLOSURE NEARS"
MIDDLETOWN: WIRY CHARACTER SIGHTED
The odd presence of a sketchy figure, seen leaning against a utility pole on Hubbard Avenue near West Front Street in Middletown Wednesday afternoon, seems to cry out for explanationContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WIRY CHARACTER SIGHTED"
AROUND THE GREEN: VOICES HEARD ON HIGH
Above: Dr. Ryan Brandau leads the assembled voices of the Monmouth Civic Chorus in the annual Christmas program at the Count Basie Theatre…while the New Jersey Chamber Singers (right) visitContinue reading "AROUND THE GREEN: VOICES HEARD ON HIGH"
AROUND THE GREEN: OUTSIDE THE BIG BOX
Silent auction gift baskets await inspection during the recent Holiday Bazaar at Christ Church in Shrewsbury. For those who missed it, there are many more craft shows, artisan fairs andContinue reading "AROUND THE GREEN: OUTSIDE THE BIG BOX"
AROUND THE GREEN: WHERE’S SANTA?
Above, Tuba Christmas toots exclusively at Middletown Arts Center on  the evening of December 7 — while below, Santa (seen in a past appearance at Red Bank’s West Side TreeContinue reading "AROUND THE GREEN: WHERE’S SANTA?"
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Pedro Santiago, age 19, from Park Avenue in Perth Amboy, NJ, arrested on October 25, 2014 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: RECENT ARRESTS"
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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 ...