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LITTLE SILVER: MINOR INJURY IN TRAIN V. CAR
One person suffered minor injuries when a NJ Transit struck a car in the grade crossing at White Road in Little Silver around 2:30 Saturday afternoon, police said. (Photo byContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: MINOR INJURY IN TRAIN V. CAR"
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The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of February 13 to February 20, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES: CriminalContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR STOLEN FROM GAS STATION"
SHREWSBURY: MAN TICKETED FOR DOG-IN-CAR
Police questioning Ralph Prisco after several shoppers reported he’d left his dog in a hot car Monday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON A Bronx manContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: MAN TICKETED FOR DOG-IN-CAR"
RED BANK: AFTER 83 YEARS, RASSAS TO CLOSE
Aaron Rassas outside his Red Bank auto dealership. Below, the original location, at 21 Mechanic Street, in 1934. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Born in the Great Depression,Continue reading "RED BANK: AFTER 83 YEARS, RASSAS TO CLOSE"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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RED BANK: FIAT DEALER EYES TIGHT CORNER
A vacant lot that was last home to a car rental business could be revived as a Fiat dealership, according to plans filed with the borough. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: FIAT DEALER EYES TIGHT CORNER"
LITTLE SILVER: CAR AND MOTORCYLE COLLIDE
A motorcyclist appeared conscious and alert after a collision with a sedan on Branch Avenue at Pinckney Road in Little Silver shortly before 4 p.m. Friday. Further information was notContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: CAR AND MOTORCYLE COLLIDE"
A 27-year-old Highlands woman faces a slew of charges arising from an  string of car burglaries in Rumson and Little Silver, police reported Wednesday. She’s also in trouble in Shrewsbury.Continue reading "WOMAN FACES CHARGES IN THREE TOWNS"
BACK TO THE ARCHIVE
Stumbling on this scene in downtown Red Bank Monday night was like a trip back into the not-too-distant reaches of the redbankgreen archive, as Chris LoBue of CLB Photography shotContinue reading "BACK TO THE ARCHIVE"
MIDDLETOWNER BACKS CAR INTO THE FUTURE
Jim Carroll in his ‘Back to the Future’ car. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Jim Carroll had just pulled his car out of his Middletown garage when aContinue reading "MIDDLETOWNER BACKS CAR INTO THE FUTURE"
By JOHN T. WARD A Fair Haven girl is recovering from injuries sustained when she was struck by a car while crossing River Road Friday night, police said Monday. TheContinue reading "TEEN STRUCK BY CAR IN FAIR HAVEN"
The River Plaza section of Middletown was the scene of what appears to be a spree of break-ins by a suspect who stole a resident’s car early Thursday and isContinue reading "SPREE BURGLAR HITS RIVER PLAZA HOMES"
By JOHN T. WARD Thieves stole two cars from the same owner Tuesday evening, Fair Haven police say. A Range Rover and a Mercedes, both parked in a driveway unlockedContinue reading "TWO CARS STOLEN FROM SAME OWNER"
DRIVER REFUSES CARE AFTER TRAIN HITS CAR
Emergency personnel on the scene Monday night. Below, the driver of the car was briefly trapped. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A North Jersey Coast Line train struckContinue reading "DRIVER REFUSES CARE AFTER TRAIN HITS CAR"
WRONG-WAY TIX ISSUED DURING CAR SHOW
A frame from an amateur video shot during the exotic car show captured at least one vehicle parked facing in the wrong direction on Wallace Street. (Click to enlarge) [ThisContinue reading "WRONG-WAY TIX ISSUED DURING CAR SHOW"
A 16-year-old Little Silver boy was seriously injured late Friday morning when he was struck by a car while crossing Seven Bridges Road on a bike, police say. The unidentifiedContinue reading "TEEN BICYCLIST HIT BY CAR IN LITTLE SILVER"
Well, in this case, the authorities were called… but only after a homeowner found himself in a tussle with an alleged car burglar. Middletown police report that they arrested aContinue reading "HOMEOWNER GRABS ALLEGED CAR BURGLAR"
Rumson, the latest Red Bank-area town to suffer a spate of thefts from unlocked cars and other vehicles, has arrested two juveniles and a young adult for an 18-car break-inContinue reading "RUMSON NABS TRIO FOR 18 CAR BREAK-INS"
M’TOWN: ALLEGED COP-WHACKER BUSTED
The crime reports below were provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. The information appears here unedited. • On April 22, 2011 Detective Daniel Sullivan received information from Detective JasonContinue reading "M’TOWN: ALLEGED COP-WHACKER BUSTED"
DRIVER ESCAPES BURNING CAR
An unidentified woman escaped from the car she was driving on Branch Avenue in Red Bank when it caught fire Saturday. Firefighters responding to the call at about 2:30p foundContinue reading "DRIVER ESCAPES BURNING CAR"
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NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...
RHAPSODY ON ICE
RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...
CRASH ON LEIGHTON
The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...
CAR VS STREET SIGN
The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...
YO, ADRIAN!
It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...
KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK
A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...
CHISELIN’ AWAY
Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...
STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES
  Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...
SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE
RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.
POWER LINE DOWN
Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...
TAR BEACH SOLSTICE
Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...
GOING GREY
Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.