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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A brief standoff with a knife-wielding man on Monday ended without injury and resulted in the man’s arrest for aggravated assault and possession of a weapon forContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER"
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August 10th, 2011 @ 1pm
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The recurring — and alarming — theme for Middletown’s police officers this week was dealing with alleged drunks crashing into things. There were five reported car accidentsContinue reading "DRUNK DRIVING RAMPANT IN MIDDLETOWN"
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August 8th, 2011 @ 4pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A man rollerblading in the area of Brandywine Way in Middletown was assaulted by three men Sunday, police said. According to Detective Lieutenant Steve Dollinger, the unidentifiedContinue reading "ROLLERBLADER ASSAULTED ON SKATE HOME"
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August 2nd, 2011 @ 12pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It was a tense situation for one Garden State Parkway driver earlier this week who was being chased by a man claiming to be a State PoliceContinue reading "FAKE COP BUSTED IN ROAD RAGE"
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July 29th, 2011 @ 12pm
COPS: CLERK POCKETED CASH
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI An employee at the Target on Route 35 was taken from the store in cuffs last week after police say she pocketed cash that was supposed toContinue reading "COPS: CLERK POCKETED CASH"
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July 26th, 2011 @ 9am
NEEDLES AND PIPES RULE POLICE REPORTS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Lots of drug arrests in this week’s police activity report in Middletown. In one case, a man left a needle and bag of heroin in plain viewContinue reading "NEEDLES AND PIPES RULE POLICE REPORTS"
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July 20th, 2011 @ 12pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police shut down a bar/liquor store last weekend after an inspection showed none of the employees had state-issued cards to serve alcohol. The inspection also yieldedContinue reading "COPS SHUT DOWN MIDDLETOWN BAR"
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July 14th, 2011 @ 11am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A father and two sons were arrested after a lengthy undercover investigation by Middletown police and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, police said. The three-month investigation ledContinue reading "DAD, SONS BUSTED IN M’TOWN DRUG STING"
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July 6th, 2011 @ 3pm
TEEN BUSTED FOR NAVESINK BURGLARY
A Middletown police cruiser. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In this week’s roundup of police activity, Middletown police made a burglary bust at a homeContinue reading "TEEN BUSTED FOR NAVESINK BURGLARY"
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June 22nd, 2011 @ 2pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a 10-hour search that started early Tuesday morning for four missing boaters who reported their boat sinking off Sandy Hook Bay,Continue reading "COAST GUARD: MISSING BOAT CALL A HOAX"
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June 14th, 2011 @ 5pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police busted a Keansburg man late last month for allegedly submitting a false prescription for 120 Oxycodone pills at a pharmacy in the Navesink section ofContinue reading "M’TOWN COPS MAKE RX FRAUD ARREST"
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June 14th, 2011 @ 11am
FULL OF VODKA, COVERED IN BLOOD
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Drugs and alcohol dominate the Middletown police blotter this week, which includes at least two drunken driving arrests in which the drivers are alleged to have hadContinue reading "FULL OF VODKA, COVERED IN BLOOD"
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June 7th, 2011 @ 11am
PRISONER BUSTED IN 2008 BURGLARY
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In this week’s recap of Middletown police activity, a high school girl was assaulted  at school, a teen was busted trying to buy whiskey and a prisonerContinue reading "PRISONER BUSTED IN 2008 BURGLARY"
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May 17th, 2011 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police made several arrests over the weekend, including one of a man accused of drunkenly smashing a vehicle into the back of a paint truck andContinue reading "COPS: DRUNK DRIVER CRASHES IN WORK ZONE"
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May 10th, 2011 @ 6am
GUN WAVER AMONG M’TOWN ARRESTEES
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI One man was arrested for waving a gun and threatening to use it, another was arrested for stealing from a food store and two were cuffed afterContinue reading "GUN WAVER AMONG M’TOWN ARRESTEES"
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April 19th, 2011 @ 6am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Mater Dei High School‘s former dean of students was arrested by Middletown police Tuesday on sexual assault charges. Police say William Miltner, who worked at the schoolContinue reading "MATER DEI DEAN CHARGED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT"
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April 14th, 2011 @ 6am
M’TOWN POLICE MAKE 5 WEEKEND ARRESTS
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police made five arrests over the weekend, with incidents including two failed burglary attempts and somebody allegedly trying to lift candy, socks and lawn care productsContinue reading "M’TOWN POLICE MAKE 5 WEEKEND ARRESTS"
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April 11th, 2011 @ 2pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Yet another busy week for Middletown police, the department reports, with seven arrests the last five days. In today’s weekly roundup from Detective Lieutenant Steve Dollinger, there’sContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN COP ARRESTS BELT-SWINGER"
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March 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Capping a busy week in Middletown, police reported an array of arrests for offenses including hard-drug sales, car break-ins and a slew of St. Patty’s Day disorderlies.Continue reading "BUSY WEEK FOR MIDDLETOWN POLICE"
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March 21st, 2011 @ 6am
COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE
A 31-year-old Middletown man was arrested for setting fire to a Harmony Road home Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI After being told he wasContinue reading "COPS SAY TENANT FACING EVICTION SET FIRE"
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March 18th, 2011 @ 3pm
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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.