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ROAD WASHOUT WIPES OUT TRIATHLON
The bike and run portions of Saturday’s event have been scratched, but 1.2- and 2.4-mile swims in the Navesink will be offered. Below, the planned bike route. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "ROAD WASHOUT WIPES OUT TRIATHLON"
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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On October 2, 2011 at approximately 2:10 am Patrolman James Beirne was on patrol in the areaContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN NABS TEEN TRIO FOR BURGLARY"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On September 29, 2011 at approximately 1:00 am Patrolman Keith Hirschbein responded to the Henry Hudson TrailContinue reading "SMALL-AMOUNT POT BUSTS CONTINUE"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On September 25, 2011 at approximately 8:20 pm Patrolman James Beirne responded to the Shoprite Store inContinue reading "TEEN CHARGED WITH SPITTING ON COP"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On September 21, 2011 at approximately 1:55 pm police responded to the Thassian Mechanical Contractors Business locatedContinue reading "POLICE SEEK INFO ON SUSPECT HANDYMAN"
HOOFING IT ACROSS THE OCEANIC
While boating on the Navesink River Sunday, Mike McMahon of Little Silver spotted a caravan of six or eight coaches, each drawn by a team of four horses and carryingContinue reading "HOOFING IT ACROSS THE OCEANIC"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On September 18, 2011 at approximately 9:15 pm Patrolman Richard Fulham was on patrol in the areaContinue reading "COP BUSTS TWO FOR DWI, ONE A WALK-UP"
OCEANIC BRIDGE USERS WANT LOW OPTION
The bridge, built in 1939, is in need of replacement, Monmouth County officials say. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE A decision on they type of bridge that will replaceContinue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE USERS WANT LOW OPTION"
RAIL, WATER JOBS PROMPT DETOURS
A water-line installation along Shrewsbury Avenue, below, may add to driver woes after regular business hours, while Newman Springs Road users are in for a new route for 24 hours.Continue reading "RAIL, WATER JOBS PROMPT DETOURS"
In Fair Haven, Shrewsbury and Middletown on Sunday, they honored residents and all who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Photographer Peter Lindner visited each for redbankgreen.Continue reading "SEEKING SOLACE A DECADE LATER"
MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37
Votive candles symbolized the lives of Middletown residents who died in the attack, including Louis Minervino. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINE A solemn ceremony SundayContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN HONORS 37"
• On September 6, 2011 at approximately 5:00 pm Patrolman Michael Reuter and Patrolman Nicholas Fenezia of the Quality of Life Unit were on patrol in the area of theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: TEEN HAD DRUGS & A MACHETE"
MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On August 31, 2011 Detective Daniel Sullivan arrested Christopher Perez-Santalla for Theft as a result of anContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POLICE REPORTS"
MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM PARENTS
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On August 28, 2011 at approximately 1:55 pm Patrolman Carl Roth and Patrolman Anthony Gigante responded toContinue reading "MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM PARENTS"
SINGER SEBASTIAN BACH’S HOME DESTROYED
Heavy metal singer Sebastian Bach‘s Middletown home was destroyed when the Swimming River Reservoir overflowed its banks Sunday, he writes on his Facebook page. A “numb, in shock & devastated”Continue reading "SINGER SEBASTIAN BACH’S HOME DESTROYED"
THREE MIDDLETOWN BRIDGES SWAMPED
Rushing water from Shadow Lake left a gaping hole in Hubbard Avenue, above. Below, a truck fords flooding at the Poricy Pond culvert on Navesink River Road, site of aContinue reading "THREE MIDDLETOWN BRIDGES SWAMPED"
A Middletown culvert that was undermined by flooding 17 months ago was overrun by water rushing downriver from Poricy Pond late Sunday morning.
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On August 23, 2011 Detective Laurence Schachtel arrested Jennifer Franklin, age 21, from Hudson Avenue in Middletown,Continue reading "COPS: HOME HEALTH AID DEFRAUDED PATIENT"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On August 21, 2011 at approximately 5:40 pm Patrolman Brady Carr responded to the Shop Rite StoreContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN MISCREANTS REPORT"
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...