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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Joseph Reamer, age 45, from 7thStreet in Belford, NJ, arrested on February 11, 2012 by Sergeant FirstContinue reading "MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON COP"
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Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Kelsey Jensen, age 20, from Crine Road in Morganville, NJ, arrested on February 7, 2012 by PoliceContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Anthany Grant, age 25, from Main Street in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on February 4, 2012 byContinue reading "80-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFTING"
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"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Kevin Allen, age 28, from Powell Avenue in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, arrested on February 1, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE ACTIVITY"
BON JOVI OPENS CRIB TO TV CREW, AND YOU
Bon Jovi’s mansion on the Navesink River, as seen in 2008. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD ‘Person to Person,’ a TV program of bygone days that featured liveContinue reading "BON JOVI OPENS CRIB TO TV CREW, AND YOU"
LAURA CRISCI BEATS THE BLUES @BROOKDALE
Singer, songwriter and Brookdale Community College alumna Laura Crisci performs with her formidable “Whoever Shows Up Band” at a special Beat the Winter Blues event Saturday evening at BCC’s LincroftContinue reading "LAURA CRISCI BEATS THE BLUES @BROOKDALE"
This just in from the Middletown PD: On January 31, 2012 at approximately 5:50 pm the Middletown Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery at the RiteContinue reading "GUN SHOWN IN LINCROFT RITE AID HOLDUP"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. On January 31, 2012 Detectives Laurence Schachtel, Adam Finck and William Strohkirch arrested Christopher Martin, age 26, fromContinue reading "TWO CHARGED IN QUICK STOP ROBBERY"
CURLEY TAKES ON FOOD STAMP DELAYS
Freeholder John Curley (right) of Middletown has declared a “food stamp emergency” after learning that Monmouth County’s government has fallen three months behind on processing food stamp applications from theContinue reading "CURLEY TAKES ON FOOD STAMP DELAYS"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Brian Brehm, age 36, from Walnut Street in Frostburg, MD, arrested on January 28, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "FROM THE MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
The Oceanic Bridge as seen from Victory Park in Rumson earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fingers crossed, but so far, the repair job on theContinue reading "COUNTY: OCEANIC REPAIRS ON SCHEDULE"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Alexander Haegney, age 18, from Clay Court in Navesink, NJ, arrested on January 24, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN ARREST REPORTS"
An Ocean County resident is facing drunken driving and other charges, as well as possible deportation, following a three-vehicle crash that seriously injured another man in Middletown Tuesday night, theContinue reading "PRESS: DWI CHARGED IN MIDDLETOWN CRASH"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Thomas Burgos, age 24, from Piave Avenue in Staten Island, NY, arrested on January 20, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • The Middletown Police Department advises that it has received numerous reports of contractor’s work vans being brokenContinue reading "TRADESMEN WARNED OF VAN BREAK-INS"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Joseph Stevenson, age 22, from Woodland Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on January 15, 2012 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
FAIR HAVEN MAN VOWS FIGHT OVER POT BUST
“I’m not going to stop doing what I’m doing,” says medical marijuana advocate Eric Hafner. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Among those cheering at the Statehouse when NewContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN MAN VOWS FIGHT OVER POT BUST"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On January 12, 2012 at approximately 10:00pm police responded to an armed robbery at the Quick StopContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBED"
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On January 6, 2012 Detective Daniel Sullivan arrested a 17 year old male juvenile from Colts Neck,Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN CHARGES TEENS FOR HOLDUP"
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FORMER FAMEABILIA REMAKE
Coming soon across from Toast! More to come soon on redbankgreen about this development. (photo from Partyline contributor Greg Fitzgerald)
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Whether through schmear force of will or user error, this bagel somehow seems to have escaped the cooking vat or hopped out of the bag as so ...
MANTIS HANGIN’ DOWNTOWN
A mantis seems to be saying, “shh, don’t tell them I’m here” as it hangs under an eave on White Street with a pair o ...
SUNDAY MORNING BOLLARD CRASH
No stranger to being awoken by an early morning bollard strike, redbankgreen reader and Broad St. resident Steven Sickles submitted this Par ...
SOUPY SAILING
Sailboats out there in all that fog and rain on the Navesink River Wednesday. (Photo by Partyline contributor James Barnett)
SMOKY WHO?
Smokey Bear has nothing on Red Bank Fire Department First Deputy Chief Frank Woods as he delivers the straight dope on fire prevention to ca ...
HAZY DAYS INDEED
View of the Navesink River, taken from New Jersey Transit Coastline Train #3320 Friday morning. Photo by Partyline contributor Karly Swaim
RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
A midsummer evening thunderstorm and a rainbow. Does it get any better? This rainbow appeared over Red Bank after Friday evening’s sho ...
MEANWHILE, ON THE DARK SIDE OF RED BANK
Away from the lights and crowds of Broadwalk, Darth Vader was seen hanging just a couple of blocks down in Red Bank’s second best park ...
PARKLETTING BEGINS
Construction began Monday morning on a “parklet” on Monmouth Street near the intersection with Broad. You can read more about wh ...
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 ...