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By JOHN T. WARD Three suspects and two Red Bank cops wound up in the emergency room early Sunday morning as a result of another closing-time brawl among patrons ofContinue reading "RED BANK: BRAWL INJURES FIVE NEAR FIXX"
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September 24th, 2013 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: ‘PROPER SENDOFF’ PLANNED
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Chief Steve McCarthy, who died Monday, laying a wreath at the September 11, 2001 memorial in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park two years ago. (Click to enlarge) Funeral arrangements haveContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘PROPER SENDOFF’ PLANNED"
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September 24th, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HORNING IN ON BROAD
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Saxman David Farrow, a product of Tinton Falls who lives and plays professionally in Atlanta, was out on Broad Street in Red Bank Tuesday, absolutely nailing the ballad ‘My OneContinue reading "RED BANK: HORNING IN ON BROAD"
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September 24th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TOWN HALL MOURNS A LOST FRIEND
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Bunting hung above the police station door and flags flew at half-staff in memory of Red Bank police Chief Steve McCarthy shortly after his death Monday. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: TOWN HALL MOURNS A LOST FRIEND"
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September 24th, 2013 @ 12pm
[slideshow_deploy id=’84837′]The first afternoon of autumn 2013 was sun-splashed and spirited at the White Street parking lot Sunday, when the fourth annual Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival brought bands, libations,Continue reading "RED BANK: SCENES FROM OYSTERFEST"
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September 24th, 2013 @ 7am
By JOHN T. WARD A two-day gun-buyback program aimed at getting unwanted firearms out of circulation ended with a bit of a bang this weekend. Police in affluent, suburban RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON OUTDRAWS ASBURY IN GUN BUYBACK"
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September 24th, 2013 @ 7am
A fighter jet did several low, and loud, loops over the greater Red Bank area late Monday afternoon. The above video shows it on the last one, at about 4:45Continue reading "RED BANK: FIGHTER JET SHAKES UP THE GREEN"
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September 23rd, 2013 @ 5pm
RED BANK CHIEF STEVE MCCARTHY DEAD AT 50
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Chief Steve McCarthy at borough hall in November, 2011. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Police Chief Steve McCarthy died Monday morningContinue reading "RED BANK CHIEF STEVE MCCARTHY DEAD AT 50"
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September 23rd, 2013 @ 12pm
Crime and arrest reports for the month of August, 2013, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. August 4: Cpl. Jeff Jarvis took a theft report from theContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: DRUG CHARGES FOLLOW FIGHT"
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September 23rd, 2013 @ 7am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of September 12 to September 19, 2013. This information is unedited. CRIMES: TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER BOAT ENGINE STOLEN"
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September 23rd, 2013 @ 7am
[slideshow_deploy id=’84664′]Limousine, ambulance, utility truck, boat: set a bunch of kids loose in a parking lot full of large vehicles, with license to touch them, and they will touch, alrightContinue reading "RED BANK: IF IT MOVES, THEY’RE ON IT"
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September 23rd, 2013 @ 6am
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of September 13 to September 19, 2013. Report of Theft in the area of AnnContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: THEFT AT ANN TAYLOR STORE"
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September 20th, 2013 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BACK TO SCHOOL, BRIEFLY
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“We’re going to keep this short and sweet, because we know you’re all excited to see your children’s classrooms,” said Red Bank Primary School Principal Luigi Laugelli. Running a tighterContinue reading "RED BANK: BACK TO SCHOOL, BRIEFLY"
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September 20th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: A PSYCHIC’S QUEST FOR BELIEF
Lenore Dinger with a client at Earth Spirit in Red Bank last month. (Click to enlarge) By GRACE GOLDONI As someone who bills herself as a “spiritual intuitive counselor” andContinue reading "RED BANK: A PSYCHIC’S QUEST FOR BELIEF"
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September 20th, 2013 @ 1pm
WEEKEND: IDEAS, MUSIC, FOOD, ART & TRUCKS
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Local faves Brian Kirk and the Jirks, above, return for the fourth Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival on Sunday. Below, Touch-a-Truck parks it at the Red Bank Middle School SaturdayContinue reading "WEEKEND: IDEAS, MUSIC, FOOD, ART & TRUCKS"
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September 20th, 2013 @ 8am
A Fair Haven man faces burglary and other charges after a two-town spree early last Saturday in which he allegedly broke into three stores, using an axe to get intoContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAN BUSTED FOR BURGLARY SPREE"
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September 19th, 2013 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FROM THE ’70S, A FRESH BREEZE
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It was an unsettled afternoon in downtown Red Bank. A series of pouting, petulant young men and women were hanging out on the corner of Broad and West Front streets,Continue reading "RED BANK: FROM THE ’70S, A FRESH BREEZE"
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September 19th, 2013 @ 2pm
Crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department for the period of August 31 to September 12, 2013. •Arrests Guilherme Ortiz, male age 24 of NewarkContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CRIME REPORTS"
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September 19th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: SHUCKS, IT’S OYSTER TIME AGAIN
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For the fourth year in a row, autumn kicks off this weekend with the Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival. Featuring headliner bivalves and brew, the event is also a showcaseContinue reading "RED BANK: SHUCKS, IT’S OYSTER TIME AGAIN"
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September 19th, 2013 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Recognize this? Tell us Where you’ve seen it, with answers sent to [email protected]. Last week’s photo, showing an array of gas meters behind a metal picket fence, drew five responses.
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September 19th, 2013 @ 7am
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THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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 ...