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Middletown officials have now confirmed eight cases of rabies in wild animals this year. The latest case followed a report by a resident in the area of Walnut Avenue betweenContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: RABIES COUNT STILL RISING"
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Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Enricky Cosme-Cruz, age 22, from Hudson Avenue in Middletown, NJ, arrested on June 3, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MAN ARRESTED THREE TIMES"
OCEANIC BRIDGE TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRS
The Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown will be closed to traffic and pedestrian use from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday for “routine maintenance” on the bascule section,Continue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRS"
If you’ve never walked or biked out onto the Captain Joe Azzolina Bridge between Highlands and Sea Bright, well… here’s a taste of a magnificent, sweeping panorama that takes in theContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: THE VIEW FROM JOE’S BRIDGE"
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Richard Emme, age 52, from Fleetwood Drive in Hazlet, NJ, arrested on May 15, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: SUCH (ALLEGED) CONTEMPT!"
RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN
Middletown resident Jon Bon Jovi, seen here at the opening of the pay-what-you-can-or-earn-your-meal JBJ Soul Kitchen in 2011, tells USA Today in an interview at the Red Bank eatery heContinue reading "RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN"
ARMY CORPS MAPPING NAVESINK RIVER FLOOR
Have you noticed a small, two-hulled boat with flashing lights meandering up the Navesink River lately? It’s an Army Corps of Engineers vessel mapping the river bottom, traveling from bankContinue reading "ARMY CORPS MAPPING NAVESINK RIVER FLOOR"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Do you find this week’s Where Have I Seen This rock hard? Oh, go ahead, take a guess! Please send your answer to [email protected].
The American Doughboy statue in Fair Haven’s Memorial Park, one of an estimated 159 on display across the country, as captured on video on April 10, 2014. (Video by GerdaContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: REMEMBERING AND HONORING"
MIDDLETOWN: ALLIGATOR CAPTURED
Found safe and sound in suburbia. (Photo courtesy of Middletown PD. Click to enlarge) This just in from the Middletown police department: On this date, May 23, 2014 at approximatelyContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: ALLIGATOR CAPTURED"
MIDDLETOWN: WILD TURKEY KILLING PROBED
Wild turkeys in Fair Haven in 2011. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Middletown police are investigating a report that a man killed a wild turkey with a policeContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: WILD TURKEY KILLING PROBED"
All over the Green – and beyond, even – towns are highlighting the importance of breast cancer detection by painting themselves pink this month. Here are some snippets from downtown RedContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: IN THE PINK"
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Gurdeep Singh, age 51, from Campbell Avenue in Belford, NJ, arrested on May 3, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
Signs of spring were abundant in Little Silver last Tuesday. Is it just us, or is everyone expecting a short-lived spring that gives way too quickly to a hot-and-sticky summer?Continue reading "CLIPPINGS: LITTLE SILVER SPRINGS TO LIFE"
Middletown officials are warning residents to be cautious about sickly wildlife after five confirmed cases of rabid raccoons over the past five weeks. According to an alert issued by theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: RABIES CASES ON THE RISE"
Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Angela Dacosta, age 50, from Campbell Avenue in Belford, NJ, arrested on April 21, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
A jogger added a splash of pink to a gray morning on the Middletown end of the Oceanic Bridge on May 1, 2014. (Video by Gerda Liebmann. Click to pause.)Continue reading "CLIPPINGS: A DASH OF COLOR AMID THE GRAY"
WHO FIXED THE NAVESINK OSPREY NEST?
The osprey nest as see Friday morning, above, and a year ago, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) A precariously leaning home to ospreys in the NavesinkContinue reading "WHO FIXED THE NAVESINK OSPREY NEST?"
LINCROFT: MONMOUTH TAKES RUGBY CUP
Team captain Evan Fitzgerald scoring the game-winning try as Red Bank-based Monmouth Rugby Football Club beat Buffalo, 28-25, and took the Empire GU championship at Thompson Park in Lincroft Saturday. MoreContinue reading "LINCROFT: MONMOUTH TAKES RUGBY CUP"
RED BANK: UNDERWATER AT BRIDGE SITE
A coffer kept contractors dry while working below the surface of the Navesink River at the site of the new Hubbards Bridge under construction between Red Bank and Middletown Monday afternoon.Continue reading "RED BANK: UNDERWATER AT BRIDGE SITE"
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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 ...